Too Slim & the Taildraggers w/ Henry Cooper
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 6, 2007

Recorded from KBOO FM again this year. KBOO is an all volunteer radio station that has been broadcasting this festival for 20 years. There will be some inherrent reception problems and some drops in the music from time to time, but I have tried to "fix" all where possible.

Recorded from FM > Sharp MD > HD > Wave Editor > FLAC > you

Enjoy the tunes, twofthrs

Tim "Too Slim" Langford, and his band the Taildraggers team up with Seattle slide guitar wizzard Henry Cooper.

Too Slim and the Taildraggers, have created an eclectic style of Roots-Rock, Americana, and Blues, that has become a genre all its own. Too Slim's ever evolving musical direction cannot be classified into any box or category. The eclectic nature of the band allows Too Slim and the Taildraggers to easily cross-over and appeal to audiences of various musical tastes. Too Slim and the Taildraggers are amongst the lineage of talented artists cultivated from the world famous northwest music scene. This award winning band has been voted the Best Regional act, 10 times by the Cascade Blues Association, the largest organization of it's kind in the USA. Too Slim and the Taildraggers have multiple awards from various NW Reader's Polls and other NW Blues Societies for Best Band and Best Album. Founding member Tim ''Too Slim" Langford has won multiple individual awards as Best Guitarists, Best Slide Guitarist, and Best Songwriter. Too Slim and the Taildraggers are in the Hall of Fame in three NW Blues Societies. Their devoted fan base has grown over the years into a National and International following. Experiencing a Too Slim and the Taildragger concert is like taking a journey through the history of American music. Too Slim's music style ranges from down home blues, funky blues rock, americana, southern swamp rock, and instrumental guitar styles. The band, led by singer, songwriter and guitarist, Tim "Too Slim" Langford, is backed by the top shelf rhythm section of bass man Dave Nordstrom, and drummer Zachariah Cooper.

Too Slim and the Taildraggers are headliners at theaters, festivals, and concert stages. The band has shared the stage with the likes of Bo Diddley, Brian Setzer, Johnny Lang, .38 Special, Robert Cray, Otis Rush, Jeff Healey, Ted Nugent, Los Lobos, Lonnie Mack, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Travis Tritt, Junior Brown, Gatemouth Brown, Neil McCoy, Delbert McClinton, Blues Travelers, Steppenwolf, Johnny and Edgar Winter.

Seattle slide guitar master Henry Cooper joins the Taildraggers on the 'Rock the Boat' afternoon cruise, followed by a main stage set, Friday, July 6. During the 1990s, Cooper, formerly from Portland, fronted the Rose City's popular Terraplanes, and put in several years with the Duffy Bishop Band.

No set list. Most of this show is from a new cd.