Too Slim & the Taildraggers
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 4, 2009
Recorded from KBOO FM a local all volunteer radio station. There are always reception problems and drops in sound from this station. Maybe it's just where I live. Anyway, I have tried to find and fix all the drops in sound. This year not all the first day was broadcast. Not sure why. Etta James canceled and was replaced by Keb Mo' but his recording contract wouldn't allow his broadcast.
Please understand that I don't know all these bands and it's hard for me to come up with all the set list's. I'll do my best and ask for help when needed.
Linage: FM tuner straight to HD>CD Wave>TLH>FLAC>torrent.
This is a big undertaking for me every year and I love doing it. Please leave your comments, I enjoy reading them. Enjoy the tunes, twofthrs
Tim “Too Slim” Langford, with his band 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 appeal to audiences of various musical tastes.
Free Your Mind, the band's new CD, debuted on the Billboard Top Blues Album Chart at #12 in this spring. It has been getting rave reviews, and as one Chicago reviewer put it:
"A delightful and glorious throwback to when music was in clubs and you could hang out with the act after the show (as long as you weren't an asshole). A raucous roadhouse brew of Americana that was made to facilitate beer and hooking up, let's hope the kids can bring us back an America that wasn't so PC that you couldn't smoke and drink and have a good time. This CD feels like the gateway drug to such a remembrance." - Chris Spector
"Tim "Too Slim" Langford has an uncanny knack for writing songs that not only deal with his own personal experiences, but everyday life and its accompanying craziness as well. And that is the underlying theme of his latest CD, Free Your Mind. Tim wrote all eleven cuts on this set, and handles the guitar and vocal duties. They present good mix of blues, Americana, and roots-rock, all driven by Slim's wailing guitar and smoky vocals.
"Too Slim and the Taildraggers certainly bring a "personal touch" to their brand of blues that Everyman can relate to. "Free Your Mind" is quite an enjoyable listen! Highly recommended!" - Nashville music writer Don Crow
The band's previous CD, The Fortune Teller, charted as high as #9 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart in 2007 and 2008. The Fortune Teller was also nominated for “Best Contemporary Blues Album“ in the 2008 Blues Blast Music Awards in Chicago. This award-winning band has been voted the Best Regional act 11 times by the Cascade Blues Association, the largest organization of it’s kind in North America. 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 an 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.
Set List
1. one more gallon of gasoline
2. been through hell ??
3. mississippi moon
4. testament
5. serching for the motherlode
6. ??
7. devil in a doublewide
8. when you love somebody