Jonathan
Sirls, Chris Belt, Robert Sirls, Clay Fuqua
Big riffs, harmony vocals, and
finger-lickin good melodies. This be Big Jim Slade.
Believe it or not, all four
members of Big Jim Slade have known each other since before they could
sprout a whisker.
Chris and Clay grew up together
in Paducah, KY cruising in Clay's Camaro, listening to KISS, Cheap
Trick, Van Halen, Rush, etc., while making their own rock in the garage. Meanwhile, Rob and Jon were 20 minutes down the
road in Benton, KY watching "Live at El Mocambo"
most every night, and playing Hendrix and Zeppelin covers in
the basement.
All four knew each other, and also knew that Western Kentucky wasnt exactly
a hotbed for original rock music at the time, so all four eventually
landed in Nashville, TN and created Big Jim Slade in 1997.
Since then, Big Jim Slade
has released four albums; Plant Life in 1998, Big Jim Slade in 2000, Pacify The Herd in 2002, and "This is delicious." in 2008.
Along the way, the band has played hundreds of shows, won a Citysearch.com Battle of the Bands, an Ernie Ball Battle
of the Bands, performed at big whig industry shindigs like SXSW,
played the Vans Warped Tour 2003 in Atlanta, were a featured artist on a MP3.com/Heineken Compilation CD (250,000
copies distributed in U.S.), etc.
Big Jim Slade is also host/backing band of a
popular Live Band Karaoke show at Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN, called
"Everybody's a Rockstar".
Big Jim Slade has shared bills
with artists such as Raging Slab, King's X,
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, OkGo, Kevin Kinney, Nonpoint,
Impotent Sea Snakes, Bare Jr., Drive-By Truckers, Bonepony, Hermano,
Taildragger, Supafuzz, Deathray Davies, Centromatic, etc.
Contact Info:
email: info@bigjimslade.com
or belt@bigjimslade.com
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