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It's The Slide Of Your Size
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues • Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #263
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
May 16, 2011
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:01
Meta Data
Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
For years, friends and strangers alike have teased me about the size of my bottleneck slide, a frictionless marine propeller shaft bearing. In truth, it is larger than any other slide that I've seen being used by other players. It took me a while to respond with the appropriate quip. "It's not the size of your slide. It's the slide of your size." Upon further reflection, I found that there was more to add. That's how this song came to be.
Lyrics
It’s The Slide Of Your Size by Reggie Miles NOBRO RECORDS NR-021 © 2011 All rights reserved It’s not the size of your slide it’s the slide of your size Ain’t no need to get jealous of the other guy’s Boys you better get hip to this tip to the wise It’s not the size of your slide. It’s the slide of your size. A long time ago it used to be slick To walk real soft and carry a big stick But I’m here to remind all you big stick guys It’s not the size of your slide. It’s the slide of your size. All you misters have heard sisters testify It ain’t the meat it’s the motion that satisfies I’d like to confirm that notion and dispel the lies It’s not the size of your slide. It’s the slide of your size. All you hicks diggin’ me pick my licks The way that I slip and glide If you want all the girls to roll their eyes It’s not the size of your slide. It’s the slide of your size. All you boys, makin’ all that noise I hope you now realize Don’t apologize for your merchandise It’s not the size of your slide. It’s the slide of your size. If you listen to the words of this simple song You know it don’t matter if your length ain’t long I may be wrong, but I surmise It’s not the size of your slide. It’s the slide of your size.
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