CD Review: Slim Sandy

Slim Sandy
This is the Night (Crow-Matic Records)

Local rollickin’ rockabilly Slim Sandy’s This is the Night is a great collection of cover tunes and originals, all chock full of more honky-tonk harmonica and references to “baby” than you can tap a toe to. While the covers are solid (particularly the opener, Jerry McCain’s “Next Door Neighbor”), it’s the originals that add a nice taste of originality to this true-to-the-genre rockabilly recording (my favourite is “Snowstorm Boogie”). The lo-fi recording technique employed definitely adds a feeling of authenticity; it sounds like you could have found this album in a pile of dusty LPs at your folks’ place—a funny thought, considering this is a digital-only release (head to Slim Sandy's website to find out how you can get a copy on your hard drive and into your headphones).

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Slim Sandy CD Release
(with Hank Angel and the Island Devils and DJs Cheeky Tiki and Eric Van Bop)
8pm Friday, December 12
Logan’s, 1821 Cook
Tickets $10 • 250-360-2711