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Slick Ballinger
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Member Since	6/15/2005
Band Website	http://www.slickballinger.com
Band Members	Slick Ballinger
Influences	Othar Turner and R. L. Burnside
Record Label	Oh Boy Records
Type of Label	Indie

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Slick Ballinger Bio

One might say that the Mississippi River runs through his veins. Certainly the spirit of traditional blues is the lifeblood of 21 year-old Daniel Slick Ballinger. Influenced by the likes of Howlin Wolf and Muddy Waters, the North Carolina native and current Mississippi resident picked up the guitar at the age of fifteen and with it took the torch from a bygone generation and began to run with it.

Before he turned eighteen, Ballinger was honored to share the stage with the likes of Othar Turner and Pinetop Perkins, and more recently with the legendary BB King. During the summer of 2002, a 94 year-old Turner took the young Ballinger under his wing and taught him how to live and breathe the blues, in a house with no electricity or running water. Turner was the last surviving master of the Mississippi back-country fife-and-drum tradition, a primitive take on African-American songs which dates back to the Northern Mississippi hill country culture of the 1800s. Living under such conditions is likely to drive a modern man crazy, but not when you are a young bluesman with an old soul like Ballinger. He and Turner rose early each day and led a simple routine of chores, followed by traveling the gravel roads of Mississippi to perform at juke joints and house parties.

The young Ballinger could never have imagined a better education, though he is truly humble and does not see himself as a prodigy. Everybody does something well, he says. For me, its playing the blues. I can make the people of Mississippi jump up and shout, and they know something about the blues.

Ballinger won the Albert King Award in 2004 for Most Promising Guitarist at the 2004 International Blues Challenge. Now, after a few years of becoming friendly with the road, Ballinger is set to release his debut on Oh Boy Records, a Nashville-based label that is home to singer/songwriter John Prine. The new record was produced by Jim Gaines (Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Thorogood, Steve Miller Band, Journey, John Lee Hooker). Ballinger refers to Gaines as a genius, saying that the renowned producer was able to capture the raw energy of Ballingers live sound.

Slick Ballinger is a young man with simple values, and sets out to make his music reflect that. His gruff but soulful voice and string-snapping guitar style are proof that old-school Delta blues can not only be taught, but can be truly learned and transferred to a new generation.

All of the great artists that ever been, went down in history because of the simplicity of it, Ballinger says. Like Chuck Berry. He pauses, then, like a wise old man, adds a simple sentiment that is the mantra of the young bluesmans life.

Aint no use in making things complicated, he says.

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Reece Lincoln	Nov 8 2008 5:32 AM Sounding good! Reece
Hot House Florida	Nov 18 2008 6:40 AM Your performance at the SFIBF was the best of all three days. Thanks.
Knife River Cowboys & girl Online Now!	Nov 22 2008 8:13 AM Way to go!!
JaBeaux	Dec 16 2008 7:07 AM I wanna take this time to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and hope that you have a Great New Year...It's been a blast this last year and lots of Great Thangs have went down...I see the Lights, the Party Lights and there Full of the Boogie Woogie! Don't forget to grab that Special person in your Life and give them a Slow but Firm Kiss...One that will last for a Life Time! Wishing you the Best in 2009 and know, I'll be on the Air in Austin and all over this Rock we Ride, the Boogie Woogie is on the loose!
Mimi	Dec 25 2008 2:10 AM Merry Christmas, Slick!
Valerie Medeiros	Jan 10 2009 8:45 PM When you comin' back up north? Us Yankees need some Slick Blues!
BLUES TASTE	Oct 20 2008 5:43 PM loving your music!!!!! Thanks !! Sounds Great!!!!! ; All the best. Blues on!!
kss	Oct 30 2008 10:46 PM Ha YA SLICK.. blowin' a Slick kss at ya ..
Tampa Blue	Nov 2 2008 8:29 PM Yo! Hope things are going well with you and yours! Thanks for being a friend! Tampa Blue "New and Used Acoustic Blues" Traditional, acoustic, Delta, slide, Piedmont, finger-style, Southern rural, pre-war, country, pre-electric blues with a touch of spirituals, hollers, rags and American finger-style guitar seasoning.
Blackmail Bluesband	Oct 16 2008 3:38 PM Hi Slick Ballinger! Thank you for adding Blackmail Bluesband to your friends. You have great tracks on your profile. Hope you will have a wonderful week. Greetings from Sweden. Blackmail Bluesband.
GRAVETOWN	Oct 16 2008 3:40 PM GREETINGS FROM DETROIT SLICK!! JP
Billy Martin Jnr	Oct 17 2008 5:08 PM Hey there, Many thanks for the add. All the best to you and yours, Billy
edouard sevele	Sep 26 2008 8:32 PM bonjour thank you for the add...edouard sevele
Victoria Axelrod	Sep 28 2008 7:01 PM Hello Slick! We're missing you here in Raleigh! I hope you're taking care of yourself on the road and please say hello to your mom for me. So good to hear your songs again! ((HUG))
Victoria Axelrod	Oct 1 2008 1:48 AM Wow I can't believe it. It seems like only yesterday when I first saw you play at 16 or 17 yrs old. I hope you're well and taking care of you. I am loving your music! Always have. Miss ya baby! Hugs and kisses!
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues	Sep 15 2008 5:53 PM Hey Slick, Thank you for adding me as a friend. Hope all is well with you and yours. Haven't seen you since the BMA's 2007 and I hope everything is working out for you. Keep in touch and hope to see you soon. God Bless, Mac
Blues & Trouble	Sep 16 2008 4:23 PM Thank you so much for the add!!!! Hello from Argentina
Rodeo	Sep 18 2008 3:48 AM
Charlie Wheeler Band	Aug 14 2008 7:24 PM Hey there and right on, thanks for the add!! Now go on and get yourself a free a download of our title track "Highway Run" at www. charliewheelerband. com Cheers, Charlie W.
Malachi	Aug 14 2008 6:00 PM Was great playing with you at teh Bluesfest brother! Stay in touch! Blessings Malachi
Tampa Blue	Aug 8 2008 10:59 PM Just stopped by for a visit and to say thanks for being a friend! Tampa Blue "New and Used Acoustic Blues" Traditional, acoustic, Delta, slide, Piedmont, finger-style, Southern rural, pre-war, country, pre-electric blues with a touch of spirituals, hollers, rags and American finger-style guitar seasoning.
Jeff Hunnicutt a.k.a Dr.Feelgood	Jul 25 2008 4:32 AM Thanks for the add !! Killer blues !!!
Howard Lips	Jul 10 2008 6:46 PM Mercy son! Thanx for the add Slick, and thanx for staying true to the roots! My God dude, you got it goin' on! Much respect, and welcome to my neck of the cyber woods! Peace, Howard Lips
Hatmangary	Jul 10 2008 7:42 PM Thanks for the Add, and Welcome to the Hatman's page. Hatman
echo	Jul 12 2008 7:40 AM good day your music is great I love the rock one you sing tres well you has a beautiful voice and it is great cool I thank you to have me accepts and I says you good weekend thank you

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