Albums by Shrimp City Slim
ALBUMTidal PoolShrimp City Slim
ALBUMTransatlantic Blues ProjectShrimp City Slim & Green Grass
ALBUMStar MarinaShrimp City Slim
ALBUMRio AngieShrimp City Slim
ALBUMDark Road PianoShrimp City Slim
ALBUMHighway 17Shrimp City Slim
ALBUMWork NightsShrimp City Slim
ALBUMAncestor Worship: The Boston Sessions 1980-83Shrimp City Slim
ALBUMBlue PalmettoShrimp City Slim
ALBUMBlues On the BeachShrimp City Slim
Artist Biography
Shrimp City Slim, whose real name is Gary Erwin, was born in Chicago, IL, in 1953. He learned to play piano as a teenager, and soon found himself drawn to the blues. He played in several blues combos in the Chicago region before moving to Charleston, SC, in 1983, where he set up his own record label, Erwin Music. He has released seven albums of what he calls "lowcountry blues" -- a mix of Carolina coast blues, soul, and R&B -- on Erwin, including Gone with the Wind (1992), Blues on the Beach (1994), Blue Palmetto (1996), I Work Nights (2000), Ancestor Worship (2000), and Highway 17 (2003). In recent years Slim has also worked as a radio DJ on shows specializing in blues and other southeastern musical forms. ~ Steve Leggett
Hometown
Gary Erwin
Genre
Blues