New Slide Man Slim & Penny Hanna single: "Above & Below"

Slim Heilpern · Post by **Slim Heilpern** » 7 Dec 2020 7:25 am

Here's a new upbeat Brazilian-flavored instrumental featuring chromatic harmonica, pedal steel, sax and guitar with Penny on electric bass and alto sax and myself on the other instruments. It's called "Above & Below". Listen or download here:

https://slimandpenny.com/web/articles/AboveAndBelow/

I'm still cheating with lots of punch-ins on the pedal steel parts due to my still immature technique on the instrument, but I think it came out nicely.

Hope it puts a smile on your face...

- Slim

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 7 Dec 2020 8:42 am

I love those chord changes, and the texture contrasts, especially where the steel enters w/ string section and guitars go away for a whole new sound. Also steel & alto go together so perfectly near the end.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 7 Dec 2020 8:58 am

I listened earlier this morning. It went well with my morning coffee. Nice tune, good job all around. Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting that.

Slim Heilpern · Post by **Slim Heilpern** » 7 Dec 2020 10:18 pm

Earnest Bovine wrote:I love those chord changes, and the texture contrasts, especially where the steel enters w/ string section and guitars go away for a whole new sound. Also steel & alto go together so perfectly near the end.

Thank you Doug! I think I got lucky with the chord changes, especially the transition to the bridge -- it was one of those "what happens if I go here?" moments. The rest of it kind of fell into place from there...

Slim Heilpern · Post by **Slim Heilpern** » 7 Dec 2020 10:19 pm

Jerry Overstreet wrote:I listened earlier this morning. It went well with my morning coffee. Nice tune, good job all around. Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting that.

Thanks for listening Jerry! So glad you liked it...

- Slim

John Alexander · Post by **John Alexander** » 11 Dec 2020 2:32 am

A smile indeed.

Then I went to the video section of your web site and listened to practically everything there. It's all so well done that it's a little misleading to single anything out, but I will say that your harmonica playing astonished me, and I also greatly enjoyed hearing all the viola da gamba solos. And the steel guitar of course . . .

Your video performance of Sunshine of My Life gave me a hit of nostalgia for Santa Cruz, where you performed it, as that's where I was living when Stevie Wonder's Talking Book album came out and I came to know to the tune.

Slim Heilpern · Post by **Slim Heilpern** » 11 Dec 2020 6:56 am

Thank you John! You just made my day

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I too remember where I was when Talking Book came out (Green Mtn. Falls, CO, on the road with my first band) -- it was my first introduction to Stevie, one of my harmonica heroes.

So happy you also enjoyed the viola da gamba solos, I'll let Penny know...

- Slim

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 25 Dec 2020 11:11 am

Slim, you never fail to entertain me with your exquisite skills. Too cool for words. i have listened to most if not all your compositions and it's great.

Edward Efira · Post by **Edward Efira** » 25 Dec 2020 4:44 pm

Lovely.

Slim Heilpern · Post by **Slim Heilpern** » 25 Dec 2020 5:00 pm

Larry and Edward, thank you so much!

We have a ton of fun recording, but when other musicians enjoy it, that's the icing on the cake. Thanks for letting us know!

- Slim