Rochester Slims newest work, "Tales from California" is now available. Featuring a host of new songs which examine the complexities of of life, love, terror and torture along the breaking shores of the Pacific Ocean, "Tales from California" is a must-have for the serious and discriminating music collector. Order a copy from Slim, or listen to it here...
I'm Paranoic is one of Slims newest songs, which veers somewhat towards the dark side in a light sort of way. Slim could not resist throwing in the Bushes for good measure.....
I Love California This new song is a bluesy fantasia of a likely dream Slim once had regarding fame and fortune in his adopted home.
Kill Devil Hills Clocking in at 9 1/2 minutes, this is Slims longest song and has a trippy 60s feel, Redemption is always at hand, sez Slim. The song is gigantic, byte-wize, so fans can listen to it on Slims MySpace page.
Thoughts on Barbara Stanwyck's 100th Birthday Sadly, Barbara was quite the conservative, an odd thing given her harsh upbringing and early poverty. And, her one-time husband, Robert Taylor, ratted out to the infamous HUAC during the McCarthy era. So, a musing sort of song about Barbara and the state of the world seemed only natural.
Singing Neil Diamond What's next, sez Slim....Well, Neil was a pretty darn good songwriter.
The Dude Abides is a tribute to the great film - The Big Lebowski (Do You See What Happens, Larry?).
The IRS Weary Blues (They're Gonna Steal Your Money) is pretty much self-explanatory, as is Lazy Day
And then we have Slims ode to Summer - The Surfing Life (La Jolla Latitudes)!
Monkey Boy The inspiration for which escapes Slim at the moment, but - Hey Hey We're all the Monkees...
Guess It's Just Love That's All Just another in a long string of songs Slim has written over the years about life and love - but is one that Slim particularly likes.
Wild Night That Night Written at the time of an extremely dazzling full moon - explaining quite a bit, Slim thinks
Ventura is an ode to those carefree days of youth. Slim is convinced that this song could have been a big hit for Jan& Dean, circa 1965....
Beach Boys Dream 1968 With my pending move to southern California, I was listening to Beach Boys songs quite a bit for potential guidance. Surf's Up...