Label: Burnside
Blues
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 easily cross-over and appeal to audiences of various musical tastes.
The bands latest CD “The Fortune Teller“ has 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 IL. 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 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 bassist Dave Nordstrom, and drummer Rudy Simone.
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 Traveler, Steppenwolf, Johnny and Edgar Winter.
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Recorded in 1990, this is the second Studio Album from Too Slim and the Taildraggers. This is a hard Rockin' Blues album featuring, screaming guitars, and high energy performances by Too Slim and the Taildraggers in the early years of the bands formation.
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Too Slim & the Taildraggers are a hit on several continents, but at home in the Washington state city of Spokane, they're a little like the Rodney Dangerfield of blues bands. Despite the band's release of more than half-a-dozen CDs, and numerous national and international tours, many citizens, when first meeting the band's frontman and leader, Spokane native Tim "Too Slim" Langford, scratch their heads in non-recognition and ask what his profession is. Upon finding out that he's a blues musician, the next question is usually an inquiry concerning where the band performs. The situation is a far cry from what the band experienced on a trip to Belgium, where everyone they met requested an autograph and owned their CDs. All in all, it sure isn't anything at all like the recognition received by many other musicians in their hometowns, like Bruce Springsteen in his home base of Asbury Park. There, everyone knows that "The Boss" goes to the Stone Pony. If all this wasn't enough to make Langford and the Taildraggers feel like they get no respect, the next anecdote might be. One night in a parking lot, as Langford was leaving a gig in the city, a stranger pressed something into his neck from behind, something that felt suspiciously like a gun. His assailant, a woman, told him to fork over that night's pay, adding injury to insult. Still, for all of the drawbacks, Langford and his band intend to remain in Spokane between tours that take them to Norway, Belgium, and throughout Europe. Because their hometown is also home to an incredible number of extremely talented musicians, it's where Langford intends to base the Taildraggers for a long time to come.
Times haven't been all bad in Spokane for Too Slim & the Taildraggers, to be sure. The fan base they have built up since the band's formation in 1986 is a loyal and strong one. The band has had the opportunity to perform with a long list of heavyweight artists that includes Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, and Robert Cray (the latter has long been a major influence on Langford and the band). Other main influences include Elmore James and Duane Allman. The Cascade Blues Association named Too Slim & the Taildraggers Best Regional Band for five consecutive years, beginning in 1995. The Inland Empire Blues Society dubbed them Best Blues Band for four straight years, from 1995 through 1998. The same blues society honored the CD Blues for EB as Best Album in 1998, and gave the same honor to the CD Swamp Opera two years earlier. For three consecutive years beginning in 1995, the society also named the band's guitarist the best of his kind and placed him in the Hall of Fame, as it did for the band's drummer in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The Taildraggers' bass player was also honored as Best Bassist in 1995. The Washington Blues Society conferred awards, too: one in 1996 for Best Blues Song, and another three years earlier for Best Songwriter.
By Linda Seida, All Music Guid
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Too Slim and the Taildraggers are 11 time winners of the" Best Regional Band" award from the Cascade Blues Association(Portland OR) . They are also Hall of Fame members in The Cascade Blues Society , Inland Empire Blues Society(Spokane WA) and ... Full DescriptionWashington Blues Society (Seattle Wa). They have also won numerous awards in category's such as Best Guitarist, Best Album, Best Slide Guitar, Best Bass Guitar, Best Band in all the Pacific Northwest Blues Societies and Readers Poll's. Too Slim and the Taildraggers music has been featured in MTV's "Real **
Tim "Too Slim" Langford- (Vocals, guitar);
Tom Brimm- (Bass Guitar);
John Cage- (Drums, Percussion).
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01. Don't Take My Woman 4:46
02. Miss Peggy 3:34
03. Face Up 5:32
04. No Quarter 4:26
05. You Upsets Me 3:47
06. Double Trouble 5:40
07. The Stumble 3:31
08. Won't Let Go 3:19
09. Big River 6:06
10. Ol Man Cole 4:41
11. Rock Em Dead 3:31
12. Eyes On the Prize 4:58
13. Rumble 3:04
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