Whiteboy Slim

Genre: Blues
Secondary Genre: Americana moose jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Contact

Whiteboy Slim, (Maurice Richard Libby), carries the blues tradition. His raw, authoritative delivery is obviously born of his respect for the music. He bows to the sounds that have traditionally portrayed American troubles, combining them with current sounds to create genuinely modern music.

Artist Information

Biography

Whiteboy Slim has played music since he was a child, learning trumpet, piano, and sousaphone before he discovered the blues and picked up guitar and harmonica. From his first time on stage in a rock band when he was sixteen, he knew his path in life.

While studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he rubbed shoulders with musicians like Gary Burton, pianist Al Copley (co-founder of Roomful of Blues), and bassist Ron McClure (bassist with Charles Lloyd, Wynton Kelly, Quest, The 4th Way, Joe Henderson, Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Pointer Sisters, Sarah Vaughan, Thelonious Monk).

After years on the road in everything from showbands to top-40 cover bands, he landed in Toronto where he founded the New Wave Band "Dirty Movies" which still has fans today.

Finally returning to his first love, he formed the Blues Band "Automatic Slim", which played most of the blues clubs in the city, including the legendary El Mocambo, The Silver Dollar Saloon, and the Black Swan. Automatic Slim was the house band at four different clubs on different nights of the week, and was noted for having best grossing Wednesday night downstairs at the El Mocambo.

After Automatic Slim broke up, he played solo before moving west and starting fresh as Whiteboy Slim. playing bars and festivals such as the Sasktel Jazz Festival, The Mid-Winter Blues Festival, The Prairie Arts Festival, the Flatland Music Festival, Blues for Peace, and many others. He has since played with international artists such as Henry Correy (AUS), Sam Dufour (Sweetsalt) (CAN), The Bill Hills Blues Band (CAN), and L.O.R.D. Funk (CAN/USA).

In 2011 whiteboy Slim released the single “Come On Daddy. Make it Better featuring Ginas Zavalis”, the first song from a collaborative effort that will culminate in the release of a full CD in March 0f 2012.

In 2010 he released his fourth CD “I'm Still Here”, which debuted on the Canadian Roots, Fold, and Blues College charts at #7 and remained high in the charts for six months.It made more than one Top Ten Blues Release of 2010 lists, and the title song was named “Best B;lues Song of 2010” by Toronto Exclusive Magazine.

In 2008 he released a Christmas CD. “(I'm Dreaming of a) Whiteboy Slim Christmas, featurung many guest artists.

His second cd, the envelope-pushing "aka Whiteboy Slim." which earned him three awards at the 2007 Toronto Exclusive Magazine Music Awards--Best Blues Album, Best Blues Song ("Hey Hold On Stop"), and Best Males Blues Artist.

"It Ain't Art" won Honorable Mention in the first round of the 2007 Singer/Songwriter Awards.

2007- was given the "True Blues Man" award for perpetuating and preserving the Blues by The Black American Blues Historical Society of Canada.

In 2005 he was nominated Best Blues Act --Toronto Independent Music Awards.




Instrumentation

Whiteboy Slim
Michael Libby - Drums
Dustin Bowyer - Bass, Baritone Sax, alto sax
Shaynee Modien 1-306-750-0044 - Booking Agent

Discography

CD--I'm Still Here release May 31, 2010

Since its release, the album has received considerable radio air play across Canada ranking in the top 10 of folk/roots/blues category of Canadian Campus/Community Radio Stations.

The title track of the new CD, "I'm Still Here" was named "Best Blues Song (provincial)" at the 2010 Toronto Exclusive Magazine Music Awards.

“Hey Little Girl” the single from Whiteboy Slim’s new CD “I’m Still Here” has won an honourable mention in Billboard Magazine’s 17th annual Billboard Starmaker WorldWide Song Contest.
Judges are picked from a select group of music industry insiders knowledgeable about songwriting, current music trends and the music business in general.

Since its release, the album has received considerable radio air play across Canada ranking in the top 10 of folk/roots/blues category of Canadian Campus/Community Radio Stations.

CD--(I'm Dreaming of) A Whiteboy Slim Christmas released December 15, 2007.

CD-aka Whiteboy Slim released November 24 2006
three awards at the 2007 Toronto Exclusive Magazine Music Awards--Best Blues Album, Best Blues Song ("Hey Hold On Stop"), and Best Male Blues Artist.
CD--Homemade released April 2003

"Krispy Kreme Woman" ( from "aka Whiteboy Slim") played on 104.7 FM iRADIO LA, Dr Lou Radio Show, Bluesfest Radio.com

"It Ain't Art" (from "aka Whiteboy Slim") Played on On the Horizon Network, BandRadio Streaming Radio Live, three Honorable Mentions 2007 International Singer-Songwriter Awards.

"Flesh and Blood" (from"homemade") played on
Dr Lou Radio Show , Bad Dawg Radio, Bluesfest Radio.com


Flesh and Blood-over four weeks on the Buzz Radio Top Twenty
Hey Babe-four weeks on the Buzz Radio Top Twenty

Reasons You Need (to sing the blues) played on the Musicbox 92.8 FM in France (#4 on the Top 75 chart at Music75.com).

His CDs are being broadcast in France, Spain, The Czech Republic, Croatia, Belgium, Great Britain, Poland, The Netherlands, Argentina, France, Australia, The USA, and Germany.

Whiteboy Slim as been featured artist on Musiquenet.com, Artistlaunch.com and many on-line radio shows.


Official Website

http://www.whiteboy-slim.com

Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

I Never Lied to You, Baby

Photo Gallery

Press

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Setlist

The core of my sets are from my four cds and a trunkload of blues and jazz standards.

Originals: Slow Down, Baby, I've Found a Woman, Flesh and Blood, Hey Babe, Into the Wind, Waiting for the Sun, Reasons You Need (to sing the blues), It's Strange, Bad Timing, Blue Murder, Hold on, It Must be Love, Hey, Hold on, Stop, It Ain't Art, Cards on the Table, I've Been Down So Long, Krispy Kreme Woman, Tears on my Pillow, Be Cool, I'm Still Here, Live Wire, Brown Skin Woman, Hey Little Girl, Hold On,It Must Be Love, I Got The Blues, My Baby Took the Train, Do you Want Me To Stay, Insomnia, Behind the Green Door, Dirty Movies,

In clubs I USUALLY do three 45-60 minute sets , in concert up to 2 hour sets.

Cover tunes are drawn from the following repertoire:

FATS WALLER
Ain't Misbehavin'
Stormy Weather
Down Home Blues
Squeeze Me

SMILEY LEWIS
Too Many Drivers

J.B.HUTTO AND THE HAWKS
20% Alcohol

ROBERT CRAY, ALBERT COLLINS, AND JOHNNY COPELAND
Lion's Den
She's into Something

ALBERT KING
Pretty Woman
The Hunter
Born Under A Bad Sign

MUDDY WATERS
Goin Down To Florida
Hoochie Coochie Man
Same Thing
I Can't Be Satisfied
Seventh Son
I Got My Mojo Working
I want To Be Loved
Bus Driver
I'm Ready

HOWLIN' WOLF
Killing Floor
Wang Dang Doodle
I Ain't Superstitious
Evil
Spoonful
Sitting on Top Of The World

TAJ MAHAL
She Caught the Katy
Corrinna
Good Morning Miss Brown
Six Days on the Road
Fishin Blues

JIMMY REED
Take Out Some Insurance
You Got Me Running

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON(RICE MILLER)
Eyesight to the Blind
One Way Out
Help Me
Peach Tree
Santa Claus

BIG BILL BROONZY
Key to the Highway
Mean Old World
Sun Gonna Shine In My Door Someday

FREDDY KING
Hideaway

ROBERT JOHNSON
Walking Blues
Judgement Day
Preaching Blues
From Four Until Late

LITTLE WALTER
Boom, Boom, Out go the Lights
My Babe

ELMORE JAMES
Yonder's Wall
The Sky is Crying
Dust My Broom
It Hurts Me Too


B.B.KING
Rock Me Baby
My Baby Was Gone
Sweet Little Angel
Night Life
When Love Comes To Town

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
Pride and Joy

LARRY DAVIS
Funny Stuff
Cross Eyed Cat

ELECTRIC FLAG
Wine

BILLIE HOLLIDAY
God Blessed the Child
'Taint Nobody's Business if I Do

LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Hear Me Talking To ya
Trouble In Mind

CURTIS JONES
Highway 51 Blues

HUDDIE LEDBETTER
Midnight Special
Bottle it Up and Go
Nobody Knows You, When You're Down and Out

SPENCER WILLIAMS
Farewell To Storyville

CATS AND THE FIDDLE
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water

RICHARD HUEY
Hurry Sundown

BESSIE SMITH
Outside of That

BIG JOE TURNER
Roll 'em Pete

ALBERTA HUNTER
Down Hearted Blues

MEMPHIS SLIM
How Long Blues

RAY CHARLES
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Unchain My Heart
Georgia
I Don't need No Doctor
Busted
Let's Go Get Stoned

DOOLEY WILSON
As Time Goes By

CHARLIE MINGUS
Good Bye Pork Pie Hat
Nostalgia In Times Square

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY
Work Song

OTIS RUSH
Violent Love
All the Love

HUEY "PIANO" SMITH
Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu

FRANK SINATRA
One More For the Road
That's Life



















Basic Requirements


Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Jul 22, 2013 Monday 8:00 PM Bushwakker Brewing Company Regina, SK, CA
Aug 31, 2013 Saturday 9:30 PM Cabri Hotel Cabri, SK, CA
Sep 16, 2013 Monday 8:00 PM Bushwakker Brewing Company Regina, SK, CA
Dec 23, 2013 Monday 8:00 PM Bushwakker Brewing Company Regina, SK, CA