Hello Slim Guys and Dolls,

I went on a date with a woman who said she was attracted to men with power.

I told her I just paid my electric bill.

Slim Folks!

How are we? I know it's been a while. I've been making a lot of music…and a lot of meatballs!

I hope the Slimmest of All People have been fine and dandy.

Thanks to all the San Antonions who came to the Leon Valley Jazz Fest! Yes, there were some sound issues at the start, but once we were rolling, it was rocking!

If you couldn't go to that show, we got mo'!

Why not saddle up the donkeys and get those jackasses down to Vicky's? Road trip! Stay at the Indian Wells Hotel next door.

Then put on your poncho and stroll over to see the Slim Man Band! We're at Vicky’s every Tuesday. So pick up your shoe phone and make reservations!  

Pick a Wednesday, any Wednesday, bundle up the burros and mosey on down to the Hotel Paseo. Book a room. I think they accept donkeys.

Hop on the elevator to the first floor and catch the Slim Man Chase Huna Rat Pack Duo at the Larkspur Grill.

I croon tunes. Chase plays sax. It's a finger-snappin', toe-tappin' good time!

A little Frank. A little Dino. A little Nat.

If you're looking for the perfect gift for someone who finally filed their taxes, someone who just finished cooking the books, how about...

A cookbook!

Slim Man Cooks Volume 2 has lots of ravishing recipes, funny stories and hundreds of glorious photos. And it might be tax deductible!

While you're on the Slim Site, check out our concert dates and other merch. Our Head of Merch, Selma Krapoff, keeps it fresh!

Take a stroll around.

https://www.slimman.com



AND NOW THE REAL NEW REAL NEWS FROM SLIM'S SHADY TRAILER PARK

My two most poplar newsletters so far? The one about the naked wedding and the one about the Mexican dental exploits.

I haven't sung at any naked weddings recently.

But I did need to get my teeth cleaned. My chompers checked. My bicuspids sand-blasted.

I called a dentist here in Palm Springs. The next available appointment? In May.

2025.

JFK. Just Effing Kidding! 

But they did say it would be ten weeks. Ten weeks! And $150 bucks.

I emailed my Mexican dentist. They could see me in two weeks. $35 for cleaning and x-rays. Muy bueno. Si! 

On appointment day I jumped in the Slim Mobile and headed to Mexico with my friend Brad. I call him Brad Dude. I met him through Art Good, who does the Catalina Jazz Festival.

Brad Dude had a mangled molar and wanted to do some recon, to check out the dentists down there.

Down where? Los Algodones. Mexico. Ole!

It’s just across the USA border. About 2 ½ hours from the Slim Shack.

When we got to the Mexican border, we parked on the USA side. $6 bucks. We locked up the Slim Vehicle and strolled across the border into Mexico. 

There wasn’t any ID check. We just ambled through the gate and there we were. Right in the heart of Los Algodones.

There are so many dentists in Los Algodones, they call it Molar City.  True story.

We had plenty of time before my appointment so we explored the town, walked by the dental implanters and root canalers, checked out the food stands, and the stalls selling sombreros and T-shirts.

My teeth scrub took about 45 minutes. Same dentist who did my other dental stuff, the implant, the crown, the yankenpull.

She’s in her 30s, petite, looks like a movie star and was self-assured and confident while power washing my donkey teeth.

The office piped in American music (Elton John and Dua Lipa) and she hummed along as she took a pickax to my funky fangs.

After my mouth was certified minty fresh, Brad Dude and I walked down the street, found a guy under a big umbrella in front of a cooler the size of a moving pod. He was selling fresh shrimp. From the Sea of Cortez. 

I don’t even know who Cortez is, or why they named a sea after him or her or whatever they identified as, but the shrimp looked pink and fresh and smelled like the ocean.

The person in front of me bought…

Twenty pounds! Seriously.

I got two pounds, shrimp guy packed them in ice and triple bagged them. The cost? $20 bucks for a kilo of crustaceans.

Brad Dude and I crossed the border back into the USA.

It was a lot more serious entering the USA than getting in to Mexico. There was a sign at passport control that said, “NO JOKES.”

I was gonna tell the customs officer the one about when I took Viagra for the first time, it got stuck in my throat, and I had a stiff neck for more than four hours, but I didn’t.

The officer looked my passport and asked if I had anything to declare. I was gonna say, “My latest song is the best I’ve ever written” but I just held up my big bag of shrimp.

He waved us through.

Brad Dude insisted we take the back way to Palm Springs. On the north side of the Salton Sea. 

As I drove, Brad Dude told me where we were going. 

First stop? Salvation Mountain. 

It’s a hill in the middle of the desert that an artist named Leonard Knight painted with leftover paint he collected from anybody and everybody.

He started painting this small sandy mountain with layer after layer of paint. He put a cross at the top. A white cross.

Beneath the cross was an incredibly big red heart with a quote from the Bible hand-written in white paint.

There was a little cathedral around the right side of the hill.

Brad Dude!

Behind a fence were two Airstreams where Lenny lived as he worked on his mountain masterpiece.  

Just like me, living here at Slim’s Shady Trailer Park, working on my next musical masterpiece!

Next stop was Slab City. That’s right, Slab City.

In World War II the Marines needed a place to train troops for the artillery regiment. So they made huge concrete slabs in the middle of the desert and built camps on top. The Marines abandoned the base in January 1943 when they deployed.

And now those slabs are occupied by squatters. Artists. Hippies. Musicians.

That’s right. Musicians. They even have a stage built on a slab.

It was quite a sight to see. And hear.

There were a lot of generators generating. Sounded like a regiment of lawn mowers on the move. Slab City is off the grid!

There’s no electricity. No electric bill!

And no running water.

No police, no fire department, no mayor.

Maybe I should run for Mayor of Slab City: Mr. Man for Mayor! Slabadabadoo!

Brad Dude and I drove down a dusty dirt road a ways to East Jesus. True story.

Years ago, a group of artists formed a colony and built an outdoor art gallery. A sculpture garden.

There was a small airplane that looked like it had recently crashed into the ground.  

Hundreds of pairs of shoes circled a dead tree. Old hightops hung from the limbs. Now that’s what I call a shoe tree!

I saw a couple of rusty old cars and trucks that had been…detailed. So to speak.

One car had old baby dolls and CDs glued all over the outside.

I looked close. I didn’t see any Slim Man discs...I should have stuck a few on the roof!

Brad Dude and I left East Jesus and drove west on Route 111 back to Palm Springs. No one but us on the deserted two lane highway.

The drive was beautiful, Salton Sea on the left, small golden mountains to the right, snow-capped peaks ahead.

I dropped Dude off, went back to the Slim Shack and put the shrimp in the fridge.

I cooked them the next night. Made them with sweet Marsala, porcini mushrooms, shallots and rosemary. Put the scrumptious sauce over pasta.

How was it?

Well, it was muy bueno, Slimmigos!

Slim People! Keep smilin'. While you still have teeth!

And keep in touch.

It's all about love.

Who loves ya?

Uncle Slimmy

I posted the Shrimp Marsala recipe on the Slim Man Cooks website. Free for All Slim People!

Shrimp with Marsala Porcini Sauce

THE SLIM MAN BAND

LIVE AT VICKY'S

EVERY TUESDAY

SHOWTIME 6:30 PM

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED!

Craig Chesnut on drums, Chase Huna on sax, and Tateng Katindig, the Thrilla from Manila, on piano.

VICKY'S

45-100 Club Drive

Indian Wells, CA 92210

https://www.vickysofsantafe.com



Wednesdays in April and May

The Slim Man Chase Huna Rat Pack Duo!

Larkspur Grill at the Hotel Paseo

45400 Larkspur

Palm Desert, CA 92204

740.340.6069

6-9 PM

Come see the Rat Pack Duo! I'll be singing some Frank, Dino, and Nat, and Chase is gonna play sax.

It's gonna be fun. Ain't that a kick in the head!

See you there!

https://www.larkspurgrill.com

MORE SHOWS ON THE WAY!

JUNE 10! BIG BAND CONCERT IN RIPON, CA!

JUNE 25

HUMPHREY'S IN SAN DIEGO!

JULY 22 SOUNDBITES IN SEDONA WITH WILL DONATO!

JULY 18 AND AUGUST 16

FESTIVAL OF ARTS IN LAGUNA BEACH!

WE'LL POST DETAILS AND LINKS ON THE WEBSITE AS SOON AS WE GET 'EM! PEACE!