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About Me

..I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.1Rochester Slim, true to his name, was born (as Alan Donovan) and raised outside of Rochester, New York, in the then-small town of Ontario - in the heart of apple and cherry country on the shores of the Lake Ontario. After nearly losing an eye in a tragic farm implement accident (or maybe it was when he was learning to walk - the history is unclear), he took up with the blues, and never looked back.Determined to follow the lead of his idols (among them, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, Lightning Hopkins, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Pete Townsend, Rick Nelson, Jimi Hendrix, and the 1910 Fruitgum Company), he hit the road in search of inspiration. After four grueling hours, Slim ended up in Potsdam, NY, where he was a founding member of The Green Bay Pickers and The Curbside Mutterers, two bands that despite really cool names floundered due to numerous personnel changes and the ravages of fame. Sadly, no recordings exist of these essential bands. Those few who saw these bands live remember those performances as "cosmic."From the mid 90s to the early 2000s, despite his aversion to "groups", Slim was an integral member of The David Theis Band. This band, which specialized in sporadic practice over a long period of time and consisted of an ever-changing number of members, finally made their one and only performance at Politiki, on Capitol Hill, in February, 2000. The Line-up was: David Theis (vocals and percussion), Bruce Waters mandolin) and Slim on guitar. Now living in sunny Palm Springs, Slim continues walking down a lonely road on his long search to explore and inhabit an eclectic variety of musical interests and styles. His other goal is to torment George Bush mercilessly until that golden day in 2009 when he slinks out of town quietly and one step ahead of a lynch mob - with all of his corrupt cronies.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/15/2006
Band Website: rochesterslim.com
Band Members: Looking for volunteers....
Influences: Many, many many. Short list: Buddy Holly, Lightning Slim, The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Wilco, The High Llamas, Trip Shakespeare, John Hiatt, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty...
Sounds Like: Nothing and everything
Type of Label: None

My Blog

THoughts on Barbara Stanwyck's 100th Birthday

Ms. Stanwyck would have been 100 years old yesterday, and Slim spent some time watching her on TCM on this milestone. Sadly, Barbara was conservative, an odd thing given her harsh upbringing and early...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:47:00 PST

Kill Devil Hills

A new song is up here and on Slims website - "Kill Devil Hills." Hard to say exactly where this one came from, but certainly it is based on a visit some years ago to the Outer Banks at a time that Sli...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:47:00 PST

Call for Bush & Cheney to Resign

Please view Keith Olbermann's call for Bush & Cheney to reign - let's skip impeachment and end this now. Even Nixon knew when it was time to go, and he didn't pardon any of his staff. The video, broa...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:13:00 PST

Paranoic

Slim finally posted a new song, one that simply reeks of his other, less-noble side - titles "I'm Paranoic." A paranoic, according to Slim, is an annoying paranoid. This is something Slim has some exp...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:49:00 PST

Al Gore - An American Hero

I hope that many of you got the chance to watch Al Gore testify yesterday before the House and Senate committees regarding global warming (or, global climate change if you prefer). Yes, the man who "...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:48:00 PST

Slim Considers Neil Diamond

After a short break to begin 2007, Slim is back with a new song, available here - Singing Neil. Slim has no idea where this song came from exactly, but perhaps its seeds go way back, back to the magic...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:06:00 PST

Slim's Website Finally Back Up!

Visit Slim at www.rochesterslim.com
Posted by Rochester Slim on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:15:00 PST

Slim on GarageBand.com

Slim can now be visited on GarageBand.Com - a great site for music fans. Kids - tell your parents!Clich here to visit Rochester Slim...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:41:00 PST

The Dude Abides

...and this is the title of Slim's newest song, inspired, of course, by one of his all-time faves - The Big Lebowski. Sadly, MySpace won't allow me to upload the song here because their system detects...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:24:00 PST

Check out this video: How to hack an electronic voting machine

Posted By:RockoGet this video and more at MySpace.com...
Posted by Rochester Slim on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:30:00 PST