Meet Slim and some of the band.

Illinois Slim grew up on the West Side of Chicago. During hard times the family did like most of the poor Chicago residents. They occasionally went down to "Maxwell Street" The trip, usually on a Sunday, meant that you could catch a bargain, eat one of those famous polish sausage sandwiches and maybe catch some guys playing some good raw blues on the sidewalk. Those trips would make being poor not quite so bad. That upbringing and roots to family roots in Mississippi and Arkansas is where the music comes from.

Chicago Carl Snyder plays keyboards. Carl spent 30 years in the Windy City, where he worked with a great number of blues artists, including Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Son Seals, Jimmy Johnson, Louis Myers and Jimmy Rogers. He played on two albums that won Handy Awards and two that were nominated for Grammies. He also appeared in a film (Blues Highway) that was nominated for an Academy Award. After moving to Pennsylvania in 1996 he launched his own record label Lost World Music. Says Carl "Illinois Slim is a real talent and a terrific guy to work with. I believe he is destined for a great career in blues".