Happy New Year Slim People

Oui Oui Music Newsletter

January 10, 2023

Hello Slim Guys and Dolls!

Autocorrect can be your best friend.

Or your worst enema.

Slim People!

How are we? Everybody good? Ready for 2023?

Lots of good stuff to look forward to here at Slim's Shady Trailer Park.

Like every Tuesday at Vicky's! It's the coolest club in Palm Springs (actually Indian Wells, CA) and the Slim Man Band has never sounded better!

And THIS JUST IN! Shea Welsh is gonna play with us tonight!

Another cool gig to look forward to? Chase Huna and I have put together a Rat Pack Duo. Our Big Debut is at the Larkspur Grill in Palm Desert (CA) on January 18th.

I'm gonna sing some Frank, Dino, and Nat, and Chase is gonna play sax. The first time we did this was a few months ago at a birthday party for our friend Elaine.

And we sounded pretty good! So we decided to do it again. In public! So come on out and see the Big Debut. Wednesday, January 18th.

The Slim Man Band is putting together some cool concerts for 2023. We are confirmed for El Paseo Gardens on March 4th. And the La Quinta Arts Festival on March 5th.

We're working on another gig in San Diego at Humphrey's in February. And San Antonio in March.

And we're going back east! Hoping to hit the Rams Head in Annapolis, MD, Zoll Vineyards in Virginia, and Laguna Beach this summer.

Check the Slim Man website for all concert info! We update it every week. Keeping it fresh!

We have a new Slim Man single coming out. And a new Bona Fide single, too. We hope the new songs will hit the top of the charts so we can retire and play pickleball for the remainder of our time here on this magnificent planet!

A lot of wonderful things are happening in 2023.

And a lot of wonderful things happened in 2022...

First off, the new cookbook was released in January, 2022. It was like giving birth...

To quintuplets!

I organized a benefit at Vicky’s for the Ukraine Red Cross in April. So many great things happened because of that. We raised some serious dough.

I had a chance to meet some Slimsational people, made some melodious music with some excellent musicians, and had the opportunity to hear some amazing artists!

And it was heart-warming to see you Slim People show up and help some folks in need.

Right after that, I hit a bit of a snag…

I broke my left leg in a freak biking accident on the way to the Coachella Music Festival in April. My fractured fibula was painful, all day, all summer long. But I never took the opioids they gave me...

I sold them to some schoolkids down the street.

JFK! Just Effing Kidding!

Yes, the leg was painful. And so were the medical bills! Not to mention the loss of gigs.

And sure, it wasn’t fun having to wrap my languishing limb in a Hefty trash can liner sealed with duct tape every time I took a shower, but I did get a chance to write a brand new screenplay!

And…my Marlboro Men screenplay won three awards in 2022--two quarterfinalists and one semifinal!

Some lovely things came out of that shattered shinbone. It’s all about love, Slim People!

And speaking of love...I sang at a naked wedding. Well, I wore clothes, but everyone else was in the buff! That was another magical musical memory from 2022...

We did a couple of AMAZING concerts in Laguna Beach. How lucky can one guy be?

I released two singles in the summer of 2022, one Bona Fide and one Slim Man.

I boogied back east in August. I stayed for three weeks, did a great gig at the Rams Head, spent some time visiting the Slim Family, saw some old friends, made some new ones. Went to the beach with the kids!

We did lots of great shows in 2022! Vicky’s was crazy-crowded every Tuesday. I did concerts all across the US of A…Sedona, Laguna Beach, Annapolis, San Antonio, San Diego, Virginia…

And two gigs in Wisconsin! We did the Peace Love and Music Festival in September. Sponsored by Peace Man!

And a benefit for United Way in Antigo in November. SOLD OUT! Gotta love those Cheeseheads!

We did a benefit for CREER in San Juan Capistrano, CA, that raised a lot of money and awareness for kids with educational needs. Thanks for the support, Slim Folks!

And one of the things I’m most proud of in 2022 was the 5@5 benefit we did in December for Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.

You Slim People stepped up big! We raised a lot of money for some kids with serious health issues.

I’m so proud of you generous and magnanimous Slim People for kicking in! So impressive! All. Year. Long.

We done did some good! Thank you, Slim Folks!

The best thing about 2022 was the very welcome affirmation that it really and truly is all about love.

Who loves ya?

Uncle Slimmy

PS: Here's a video for chicken with sun-dried tomatoes. She's a-so nice!

https://youtu.be/9agdpQh6ml4