Slim Pickens

Slimpickens sticks to their southern roots with strong ties to Virginia and Louisiana. Their music is a throwback to the depression era higlighting various styles from rural america such as country blues, cajun, and ragtime, and fiddle tunes often covering songs by obscure artists. All three are strongly influenced by the old greats of that time.
Jake Landry and Annie Ford make up the duo Slim Pickens. Annie Ford is native to northern Virginia and grew up near the small town of Marshall in a log cabin in the woods. She began playing the violin at age 11. After picking up a fiddle book in Scotland, she fell in love with Scottish and Irish music. She studied classically and continued to play fiddle tunes and improvise throughout college. After moving to New Orleans, she played in several bands and in several different styles including latin, gypsy jazz, folk and Irish. She then relocated to Manila, CA and played with two more bands before meeting her current beau and partner in crime Jake Landry. Jake grew up in southwestern Louisiana.
He started playing bass at 14 and then picked up the guitar when he was 16. He became disillusioned with modern music and began to go back through the years to study the old-time music styles including ragtime, blues and mountain music. After moving to Eureka CA Jake became an extraordinary picker and began to develop a strong and resonant voice. Meeting each other one night in early August, they discovered they had a good sound together that had great potential. Together they have studied the old-time musicians and the pickers today who seek to preserve this type of music. They have created a unique sound both vocally and instrumentally. Jake's deep voice mingles with Annie's to produce an authentic, true sound.
Slim Nelson originally from Little Rock, Arkansas has been playing the harmonica since he was seven. He has been a lead and a side man inboth Chicago and New Orleans. For the past 10 years in New Orleans Slim has been honing his skills as a multi-instrumentalist playing harmonica, gas tank bass, guitar, and fiddle. In 2001 he joined the Kitchen Syncopators and did numerous tours throughout the Northwest and the South and across the country. Since Hurricane Katrina Slim has been making gas tanks into basses and harmonicas into art. You can check out his work at www.slimsgastankbass.com
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