{"id":221,"date":"2018-05-07T23:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T03:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blowmeaway.org\/?p=221"},"modified":"2018-05-07T23:48:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T03:48:22","slug":"elementor-221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blowmeaway.org\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"“Too Slim” and the Taildraggers New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Tim \"Too Slim\" and the Taildraggers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Too Slim (Tim Langford) is not only a master of slide guitar, But he’s also a composer of the highest regard. A supremely talented performer and composer who ranks with the best that blues\/rock has to offer.”<\/div>
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FROM “ROCK AND BLUES MUSE”<\/span><\/p>

By Tom O\u2019Connor<\/span><\/p>

After landing six straight releases in the Top 10 Billboard Blues charts, legend-in-his-own-time, Tim \u201cToo Slim\u201d Langford and his band\/institution The Taildraggers, have nothing to prove to anyone, but they\u2019re still not showing any mercy on their new\u00a0VizzTone Label Group<\/a>\u00a0release,\u00a0High Desert Heat\u00a0<\/i>out April 27th<\/sup>. This collection of nine savage new songs and one sturdy cover are a testament to the power and gravity that only comes with time.<\/p>

Fittingly, the album opens with the aforementioned \u201csturdy\u201d cover of the\u00a0Chambers\u2019 Brothers<\/a>\u00a0classic, \u201cTime Has Come Today.\u201d It is almost unfortunate that a song originally released 52 years ago carries a message that still urgently needs to be heard here in 2018, but it does, and Too Slim and the band give it a fierce and sincere workout.<\/p>

The stage is then set for the originals, and like the skilled veterans they are, Too Slim and the Taildraggers doesn\u2019t try to immediately re-blast you out of your seat after the Chambers Brothers track. \u201cTrouble\u201d eases in on a harmonica riff doubled off the bass line, just to let you know that you\u2019re in for a taste of the hoodoo from a bunch of guys who know how to get that first foot in the door before you\u2019ve even noticed. With unhurried confidence, you get an introduction to the locked-in rhythms of Jeff Fowlkes\u2019 drums and Zach Kasik\u2019s bass. As a bonus, the track also features one of the best harmonica workouts I\u2019ve heard so far this year from special guest Sheldon \u201cBent Reed\u201d Ziro.<\/p>

The blues takes a bit of a backseat to the dynamics of Southern Rock on \u201cBroken White Line,\u201d but there is still room for the first really scathing lead break from Langford that moves from a wah-wah groove to soaring string bends, that take you along with them, in the blink of an eye. \u201cStories To Tell\u201d follows with some good ones, laid over the top of a shakin\u2019 and city-fied strut that is just this side of funk, but can still move hips without even trying.<\/p>

As you listen to blusier \u201cOne Step at a Time\u201d it becomes clear that, when a guy who has been grinding up the road for three decades tells you that life is a tough battle but still, and always, worth fighting with everything you\u2019ve got, you best believe him. If the vocals aren\u2019t enough to convince you then the unstoppable rhythm section will give you something to hold on to until you\u2019re rested and ready for your next battle.<\/p>