Hamilton rockabilly/ country / blues musician Ginger St. James and her “partner in crime” Slowheel Slim played a rousing set of classic style music for approximately a dozen people at the Slice, April 23.
They played three huge set, but I only caught the second, which included several sultry, sassy numbers from Ginger St. James’ new CD “Diesel and Peas” as well as classic country covers.
She sang with a beautiful twang, and oozed good natured attitude and sass.
Snowheel Slim played plenty of twanging Telecaster licks and thumped out a rhythm on a bass drum and snare drum set at his feet.
She at times channelled Wanda Jackson at times and outlaw country queen Elizabeth Cook at other times.
She had a pair of couples two stepping to the more upbeat country songs.
“ Please Mr. Driver, one of the more bluesy songs off her new CD was a highlight as was a cover of “Little Red Wagon,” popularized by Miranda Lambert. she broke up a couple of the more sexy, sassy numbers “Boom Boom Room” and “ Zipper” with an Ernest Tubbs cover of “ Thanks A Lot.”
She went really old school country by request and showed off some prodigious yodelling chops on “I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.”
