Music Reviews by John The Rock Doctor – June 24th, 2020 By John Kereiff Features - Music Reviews & Get Off My Lawn! THE REMEDY Too Slim & The Taildraggers (Vizztone/Underworld Records) ***** As much of a fan I am of their last album, 2018’s High Desert Heat (it made my ‘best of the year’ list), I like The Remedy even more. If ZZ Top and The Rolling Stones went on a bender and one of them got pregnant, this is what would come out. The Remedy is a rugged, bluesy rockin’ adventure, just as I hoped it would be. Tim “Too Slim” Langford plays a greasy, unhurried guitar and that whiskey- soaked voice is just right for these tunes, just this side of Billy Gibbons. The album was recorded in Nashville at bassist Zach Kasich’s Wild Feather Recording Studio. Produced by the band, who obviously knew exactly what they wanted this album to be, the disc features 10 originals plus a great cover of Elmore James’s Sunnyland Train. The guitars are large, there’s some well placed banjo for you to spot, plenty o slide, and the band has obviously been working on their harmony vocals. Some of the band’s favorite harmonica players were invited to come out and play too; Jason Ricci, Richard Rosenblatt and Sheldon Ziro. With their last album (High Desert Heat, for those with a short memory) being nominated for a 2019 Blues Music Award in the “Blues Rock Album” category, I have no doubt The Remedy will do the same. In fact, I’m going to step out on a limb and predict a win. What the previous record abundantly hinted at, this one fully realizes. Like I insinuated off the top, this feels like mid-70’s ZZ Top and Rolling Stones, when they still remembered that their initial goal was to just be a great blues band. Too Slim & The Taildraggers have the blues, but they also rock like a fathermucker. Everyone would agree that the last few months have been weird, and The Remedy is just what I needed to lift me out of a spiraling funk. Listening to this is like having great sex on a Saturday night- it leaves you giddy, exhausted, and wanting more. Street date is July 17th. www.tooslim.net #rock #blues #music #vizztone #guitars #wildfeatherrecording https://www.instagram.com/p/CE4klTeMnCt/?igshid=13vv2ebq3qwm