April 2023 - New Music & A Blast From The Past

 

Hi Folks - Spring is here, the solar eclipse is imminent, and we hope y'all are finding good ways to enjoy life and spread love in spite of all the anger and hurt in the world. New Music Since our December newsletter, we've released a couple of new singles on our website (listen or download at no charge). Waiting For Sleep To Come is a lullaby (of sorts), written and sung by Slim: https://slimandpenny.com/web/articles/waiting-for-sleep/ Penny sings and the band swings as we navigate and celebrate life's third act with Before My Light Goes Out, another tune written by Slim: https://slimandpenny.com/web/articles/BeforeMyLight/

Blast From The Past For those of you (lookin' at you, Austin folks) who remember Dan Del Santo and his music, there's a cool project underway by Utopia Unearthed Records(https://www.utopiaunearthed.com/) to re-release Dan's catalog (with full support of Dan's family) and they're also working on a documentary about Dan covering his life in music and its tragic end. We worked closely with Dan on several of the albums which are being newly released to the major streaming services and on vinyl. So far, Utopia Unearthed has released Life In The Big City, World Beat, and just this week My Own Country: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKGnP9CzBHNrwrNtXsAtdSE6nLrxA5-Cg This is one of the albums we did with Dan in our Marble Falls TX project studio in 1988. It was Dan's momentary return to the country and swing genres after having recorded several albums of world music with his band The Professors of Pleasure. We both play on this one along with some major Austin talent (some of whom are on this mailing list). See the credits in the below picture from the original 1988 release. Dan's other upcoming releases recorded in our studio include the albums Make It Right, Strength To Strength, and the 45 rpm single Merci Baby, Merci &So, You Know, So Say. Look for these to appear online in the coming months. Note that the Off Your Nyash album has been on the streaming services for quite a while and isn't planned to be re-released by Utopia Unearthed. Finally, a reminder that all our published music, bios, and video links can be found on our website: https://SlimAndPenny.com And our completed albums can be streamed from any of the major streaming services -- just search for "Slide Man Slim & Penny Hanna". That's all for now... Slim & Penny