Shrimp City Slim: News

14 days, 59 acts, up to 26 venues and now 102 shows.
www.bluesbash.com is the website where you can easily print your own brochure (two pages - full details). February 8-21 Charleston, SC.

March 22 we will be at the Kieselstein in Chemnitz, Germany.

Swamp Pop Shelly (Feb 15; 2 shows); John Primer (Feb 17-18); Joey Gilmore (Feb 21); Wanda Johnson (Feb 21). www.bluesbash.com for all festival details.

Twoj Blues, Poland's award-winning blues magazine, has chosen "Give Your Face a Rest" (from Wanda Johnson's "Hold What You Got" album) for inclusion on an upcoming subscribers-only CD compilation of modern blues tracks, to be given away with its spring 2012 issue. A few hundred more copies of the CD will be distributed among eastern Euro media types. "Face", penned by SCS, suggests another way to 'shut yo' mouth'. Transcends language barriers! Dziekuje bardzo, Twoj Blues!

www.twojblues.com

We met "Swamp Pop Shelly" Warters at Steve & Gayle's party in November, 2011. A native of Rayne, Louisiana, she has an innate understanding of old-time swamp pop and Cajun bayou rock 'n' roll. Things clicked when she sat in with the band that afternoon...starting to do some gigs together. February 4, 15 for starters.

Go for it - print your own at www.bluesbash.com

February 8-21, 2012 in Charleston, SC. Clocking in at 14 days, 60 acts, 23 venues, 96 shows, this is a doozie. www.bluesbash.com soon updated with a brochure you can print yourself. Stay tuned, book hotel now!

Our friend Professor Bottleneck (aka Rolf Heimann, Schwalmtal, Germany) has just released his new CD "Slide Rules", which features SCS on piano on five tracks. The piano tracks were laid down on a four-track digital recorded in the Professor's dining room and later mixed with the rest of the band (Prof on slide guitars and vocals; Harmonica Frank Born and a great rhythm section - Rado and Ronald). A great set of songs! Get a copy when Prof & Frank visit SC/GA March-April 2012. Full sched of shows t.b.a.

SCS and Wanda Johnson (with guitarist Silent Eddie Phillips and drummer LaMont Garner) embark on a 16-gig tour of Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia in March 2012. Fourteen shows are confirmed with several more to tumble in. Some SCS solo gigs might be attached to the front end of the tour (in Germany or France). More info coming...

Fri Nov 18, "Music to Your Mouth" at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, SC; Sat Nov 19, Harbor Cruise, Charleston, SC. See "Calendar" for links.

We had a ball last night at Cafe Mustang Sally in Sittard, Holland. Thanks to Miriam and Reno and their wild crowd for making the opening gig of our tour such a fun one. Woo hoo! You Dutch people are super.

Looking forward to returning to Europe. Three shows in Holland (with Professor Bottleneck), five solo shows in Poland, three shows in Paris area w/ Dr Pickup). Please visit "Calendar" for specifics.

First show last night at Southern Seasons Grill was a blast...19 more to go. Check out what Shrimp & the good Doctor are doing at 'Calendar'. Hope to see you at a show or two...

www.cdbaby.com/cd/shrimpcityslim9 Check out the new live CD just released!

It took eleven years, but here it comes: "Highway 77: Lowcountry Blues Live (Volume 2)" coming out on CD Baby in the next few days - digital downloads ONLY. Recorded at The Double Door in Charlotte, December 3, 2000, this is a wild & rockin' session with the road band du jour. Coming back from PA and VA, this was our last gig on the trip. Rockin' Jimmy Fenno, drums/vocals; Chuck The Cat Morris, harp/vocals; SCS keys (the old Korg 61-key job - split for bass!) and the ultra-versatile Mookie Brill who rips it up on guitar. Mostly covers but rambunctious as hell (it's the Charlotte Blues Society's Christmas party of that year)...a fun set that clocks in over 69 minutes. Watch for it shortly. I think you will like it if you've ever spent an evening with us in a club... :)

Cajun Kountry Kitchen Cafe, 1382B Remount Rd., North Charleston, SC / www.facebook.com/#!/cajunkountry (the only Cajun/Creole restaurant in metro Charleston); Southern Seasons Grill (214 N. Cedar St., Summerville, SC) - awesome food prepared on the grill and blues on the patio!

Enjoying very much the blues/BBQ cruises with the band on the "Carolina Belle" every Thursday, plus solo gigs like the Hardeeville Farmers Market, Dunleavy's, and Mama Rue's. Variety is the spice of life! Still trying to get time to put together a new CD or two...soon come.

So much great music, BBQ, hot weather and just the right touch of rain...this was a weekend to remember. Dates for 2012 will be Thurs-Sat July 12-14. If you like small-town Southern culture and hospitality and unforgettable blues music, this is the perfect weekend holiday for you. www.greenwoodbluescruise.com Lots of motels/b&bs etc to choose from. See you next year!

One of our favorite annual events takes place next week in Greenwood, SC., all FREE! Please visit www.greenwoodbluescruise.com for details. Juicy line-up, intimate venues.

Plans now call for Oct 19-23 in Germany/Holland and then onto Poland for a couple of one-off dates and then Bydgoszcz Blues & Folk Festival, Oct 28-29 in Bydgoszcz (my grandfather's hometown - 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of his emigration to America!). Finishing up with a couple of gigs in Paris. Dates being added now.