Shrimp City Slim (keyboard, keyboard bass, vocals, acoustic guitar), when playing in a band setting, most often performs with Silent Eddie Phillips (guitar, vocals) and LaMont Garner or Adam Parrott (drums, vocals).
/ The expanded band regularly features Jerome Griffin or LaVonta Green (bass, vocals), Mike "Mr. Big" Kincaid (saxes), Juke Joint Johnny or Chuck "The Cat" Morris (harmonica).
/ SCS collaborates with singer Wanda Johnson (www.myspace.com/misswandajohnson). He & the band also back up veteran artists such as Chick Willis, Beverly Guitar Watkins, Chicago Bob Nelson & others (festivals, tours).
/ In France, works with Paris-based guitarist/singer Dr. Pickup. / In Poland, with The Blues Doctors.
Influences
Blues poet-laureates such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) and of course the great piano men of New Orleans & Chicago. More mainstream inspirations have been Jack Bruce, Procol Harum, The Beatles, A.C. Jobim, Vince Guaraldi, Alan Price, and others.
Sounds Like
Like everyone else, we hate to play the comparison game, but some reviewers have found touches of Mose Allison, Randy Newman, Professor Longhair, Bonzo Dog Band, Enrico Macias, and others in SCS’s music. Some say the early recordings (1980-83) hint at Steely Dan.
Shrimp City Slim (aka Gary Erwin, b. 1953 Chicago, IL) is a keyboardist/singer/songwriter based in Charleston, South Carolina. His specialty is "Lowcountry blues & original songs". He performs throughout the Southeast and overseas, solo and also with his fine band.
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To date, Shrimp City Slim has released seven (7) CDs (latest: "Dark Road Piano") and also produces other artists for his label Erwin Music. His publishing company is Blue Chasqui Music (BMI).
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Shrimp City Slim's ongoing collaboration with vocalist Wanda Johnson (www.wandaj.com), since 1999, has earned them both further int'l recognition. Latest CD (2008): "Hold What You Got" (see Wanda's myspace page at www.myspace.com/misswandajohnson
************************************************************** His other activities include festival production (eight annual events/festivals, including the famed Lowcountry Blues Bash, which happens every February for 10-12 days in Charleston, SC. February 5-16, 2010 will be the 20th edition) and booking other blues & roots artists.
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SCS/GE has been profiled in "Jazz & Blues Musicians of South Carolina" by Prof. Benjamin Franklin (University of SC Press); "Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas", edited by Ann Wicker (Novello Press), and "Blues" by Edoardo Fasio (Editori Laterza, Rome, Italy).
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If you enjoy modern piano-based blues performed with commitment and exuberance, you will want to check out Shrimp City Slim.
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Guido Ciardetti – Born in Chicago, and was Buddy Miles Bass Player
Brad Messer – Born in Texas, and grew up with SRV
Mike Fraz – Born in New Orleans, playing same venues as Dr. John
Mike Dollins – From California & Arkansas Delta, played in the King Biscuit Blues Band, and with the great blues legends Big Daddy Rucker and Len Rainey on the west coast.
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