Let's see how these vaccines do. We need to get back to LIVE BLUES in 2021. Working on prospects now. The festivals are still on the calendar, pending pandemic developments. Hang in there, friends!!
ERWIN MUSIC (the record store) is back on EBAY. Some of you may remember Erwin Music, my record shop on Wentworth Street in downtown Charleston, 1987-1996. We were the only store of our type in the Southeast - huge blues, reggae, world music collection...first on LP, later cassette, later CD.
I still have much of that library / inventory and now, in the interest of downsizing, am selling merchandise on EBAY. So far I have listed a lot of CDs: Latin, world music, reggae/Caribbean, blues, jazz, Celtic, folk, and various other goodies. Over a thousand items in the store as of year end 2020. Great condition, amazing variety, and fair prices. We also take offers on all items.
Check out our items for sale here at vendor : emusical53
Thanks!
BIG COVID CD & CASSETTE SALE ON NOW! PLEASE GO TO 'MUSIC' (section) FOR FULL DETAILS. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING THESE PERILOUS TIMES!
June 24, 2020
Fortieth anniversary for Ancestor Worship tracks 
ANCESTOR WORSHIP tracks turn forty!
1980-2020 - how could forty years fly by so fast? Six of the tracks on "Ancestor Worship: The Boston Sessions 1980-83" (Erwin Music CD release, 2000) were recorded in February, 1980 at Baker Street Studios in Watertown, MA. Also on this CD compilation of oldies: other Ancestor Worship tracks from 1982 and an assortment of solo recordings from the same period.
This was before what we now call the DIY norm, that is, do-it-yourself. It was either "get signed" or figure…
Read moreGigs in Colombia
Adding some dates in March: Thurs 5 Bogota, Fri-Sat 6-7 Cali. More to be announced. My first gigs back in this beautiful country since 1989. Please see ‘Calendar’ for details.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Dear friends, aside from a few private gigs over the holidays, 2019 is a wrap. Thanks for your support. I look forward to seeing you in the New Year. Here's to serene and enlightening holidays for everyone and justice & peace as we transition into 2020. Yours truly, Shrimp City Slim
"Good Mornin', Blues" (radio show) to celebrate Fourth Anniversary in January, 2020
Scheduling ahead, we see that "Good Mornin', Blues" turns four on January 24, 2020. Therefore, the show of that adjoining Sunday (January 26, 2020) will be a special occasion :) . Thanks for listening!
Tune in (eastern South Carolina): WCOO 105.5 FM (The Bridge)
Streaming worldwide at www.1055thebridge.com
Every Sunday morning at 8 am Eastern time.
Thanks!
RIP Beverly Guitar Watkins
Very sad and sorry to report that our friend and colleague Beverly Guitar Watkins passed away last night after a long and difficult illness. She was 80 years old. Her resume included teenage years playing guitar with Piano Red (Dr.Feelgood & the Interns), numerous recordings, and worldwide touring. I had the pleasure of playing with her in Switzerland, Italy, and France. She was a lovely person and a very talented artist. The world will be a lesser place with her gone. RIP Beverly.
Say goodbye to "Carolina Queen"
After a few (how many? six? seven?) glorious years of the Blues & BBQ Harbor Cruise on the "Carolina Queen", she is being relocated to Kingston, NY to serve on the Hudson River tours. Now christened "Rip Van Winkle II", she is, this week, enroute to her new abode
Welcome "Charleston Princess", also to be docked THIS WEEK at the Safe Harbor / City Marina on Lockwood Drive in downtown Charleston. This is the new boat - our new home of "Blues & BBQ". Hope to see you soon. This - our 11th year - ends…Read more
New video: Forte Jazz Lounge, CHS, 8/24/19
https://www.facebook.com/ForteJazzLounge/videos/474291306458284/
set #1 from the early show (7 pm)
Note the loose bird that got in through the back door.
SCS, piano; Steve Stun Gun Sandifer, bass; Jay Boom Boom Niver, drums; Steel City Steve Hardy, guitar.
We will be back Sept 13, Oct 26, Nov 23, and Dec 6.
Tickets and info: www.fortejazzlounge.com
Flash CD (and cassette) sale - MAIL ORDER ONLY
Midsummer and the living is easy...let's do a music sale
ALL SHRIMP CITY SLIM (and associated artists) CDs ON SALE:
$7 ea which INCLUDES (domestic) postage
(Overseas, please add $3 per unit)
Check payable to Gary Erwin OR concealed cash.
AND we gladly accept US dollars, euros, and Mexican pesos (check xm.com to convert)
SHRIMP CITY SLIM
Band albums:
Gone With the Wind*
Blues on the Beach
Blue Palmetto*
I Work Nights*
Ancestor Worship: The Boston Sessions 1980-83*
Highway 17: Lowcountry Blues Live
Star…Read more
New article in The Southern Edge
Thanks very much to Roy Scott for the article on Shrimp City Slim in the new e-edition of The Southern Edge:
https://issuu.com/scnationalheritagecorridor/docs/tse.summer19.digital
Article begins on page 34.
It's always nice to be recognized!