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| MVBS presents Too Slim and The Taildraggers April 18 The Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) will sponsor the first Quad-City appearance of Too Slim and The Taildraggers at The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St., Bettendorf, for a show on Wednesday, April 18, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 for the general public and $8 for MVBS members. The band's current release, entitled Shiver, has charted as high as No. 5 on the Billboard blues music charts and has been nominated for a Blues Music Award (the highest in the nation) for best Blues/Rock album of the year, competing with the likes of Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers), Mike Zito, Joe Bonamassa and George Thorogood .Their 2009 release, Free Your Mind, also charted on Billboard at No. 5 and their 2007 release, Fortune Teller charted on Billboard as high as No. 9. Too Slim's music style ranges from down home blues to funky blues rock, Americana, and southern swamp rock. The band, led by singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Tim "Too Slim" Langford, is backed by the rhythm section of Polly O'Keary on bass and vocals and Tommy Cook on drums and vocals. The band has been featured on two MTV series, Road Rules and Real World. They describe themselves as sounding like a combination of John Fogerty, ZZ Top, Johnny Winter and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Jazz News :: home page |