Original Blues recorded live at Poor David's Pub 12/3/2016
89.3 KNON Blues event opening for the Zac Harmon Band

"Beam of Light" is an original blues ballad by Son Slim & the Gems. It was written in part as a tribute to B.B. King who shortly before his passing complained that there were not enough blues ballads being written. Son Slim, shocked by the sudden and tragic death of a close friend in a car accident, muses about the "candle flicker" that is life. This is the 6th live performance of this already rising artist who is in the process of recording a new album.

Beam of Light

Original Blues recorded live at Poor David's Pub 12/3/2016
89.3 KNON Blues event opening for the Zac Harmon Band

"Biscuit Time" is an original blues instrumental recorded by Son Slim & the Gems. The song is a tribute to the instrumental recordings on King Records by Dallas blues legend Freddie King. The title alludes to the first major blues broadcast "King Biscuit Time," and is also a special tribute to Son Slim's cat––who was making biscuits while he was writing the tune. "Biscuit Time" is an example of how, while Blues can have incredible gravity, it is also a light-hearted dance music that expresses joy.

Biscuit Time

Born in Dallas, TX to a musical family, Pete Miller was fascinated at an early age with music. Son of a mother who played ragtime guitar and the blues legend Texas Slim, he felt like coming home the first time he heard Lightnin' Hopkins. His first work as a musician began at 14 years old playing gospel music in North Texas. After that, he began working as a dance musician for Texas Women's University. He released an EP with psychedelic rock group Achtöne! in 2011 and has done studio work on several country and roots albums. In 2012, he joined his father's group the Texas Slim Band. 

He has had the honor of sharing the stage with Texas Slim, Pops Carter, Bobby Patterson,, Zac Harmon, Lou Hampton, Jackie Don Loe, Jason Elmore, Jim Suhler, Mike Morgan, Pat Boyak and other great blues artists. He has performed at Bedford Blues Festival, Denton Blues Festival, 35 Denton, the legendary Poor David's Pub, Gas Monkey Live, and the Texas Theater. He has been on the bill with Dr. John, Jimmie Vaughan, John Mayall, Buddy Guy, and Bernard Allison.

Son Slim is a blues lover through and through. He is an avid coffee drinker, record and book collector, and is happily married. He holds a degree from the University of North Texas and lives in the small town of Denton, TX. In 2016, he took the moniker "Son Slim," because as he puts it, "Blues is more than music, it's our heritage. I learned the ropes from my father [Texas Slim], and so I'm going to tribute his name as I go out and make the next generation's version of the blues."