Old Banjo Song - a Slim Dime original, many songs are written from the perspective of the person left by another in a relationship, this song explores the idea of a woman who has left her Husband and child, a live favourite as it really thumps along… Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at Incubator Studios. Jen Land - vocals & tenor guitar. Chris Taylor - banjo.

Old Banjo Song

"That Ole Train" original song by Slim Dime. Audio of video
youtu.be/D5AA5TJ07g0

Filmed by Peg Leg Productions.
Director of Photography - Joshua Collings.
Sound Production & Mix - Matt Walker & Rowan Matthews.

This song is new, original but sounds as though it's always existed, somewhere on a mountaintop……

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That Ole Train - video mix

"I’m a stranger in this town" original song by Slim Dime. 
Filmed by Peg Leg Productions. 
Director of Photography - Joshua Collings. 
Camera A - Joshua Collings. 
Camera B - Tristan Pierce. 
Post Production - Joshua Collings. 
Sound Production & Mix – Stovepipe Studios - Matt Walker & Rowan Matthews.
This song is new, original but sounds as though it's always existed, somewhere on a mountaintop……

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Stranger In This Town - video mix

Frost on the Ponies is an original banjo tune; imagine a frosty morning, at sunrise………

The Long Journey Home

Frost on the Ponies

01 Frost On The Ponies

Hello Stranger is a well known Carter Family song, covered by a lot of musicians better known than us - here’s our version.

Hello Stranger

02 Hello Stranger

Big Sky Dreaming is a song about finding a sense of home/peace in movement - very much like watching the tidal ebb and flow of the ocean. After a decade living in the same place we moved to a new area, a new house and also started travelling a lot.

Big Sky Dreaming

03 Big Sky Dreaming

Jordan am a Hard Road is a remarkably contemporary sounding old song by Dan Emmett. We learned this song upon the advice of a friend and it’s become a real favourite. We were inspired by the Norman Blake version of this song.

Jordan am a Hard Road

04 Jordan Am A Hard Road

So Far From Home (Immigrant Song)is an original composition that tells the story of a person who immigrates to a new land by sea, hoping to find a better life but perishes on the way.

So Far From Home (Immigrant Song

05 So Far From Home (Immigrant Song)

The Blackest Crow is a gorgeous Traditional tune about the loss of a dear loved one.

The Blackest Crow

06 The Blackest Crow

That Ole Train is an original song about the journey we are all on, we know where the train is going and what the final destination is, an upbeat tune about the inevitability of death.

That Ole Train

07 That Ole Train

Where the Soul of a Man Never Dies is a Bluegrass Gospel standard written by William A. Golden, one of our favourites to perform live.

Where the Soul of a Man Never Dies

08 Where The Soul Of A Man Never Dies

Bright Eyes is an original song that tells the story of a small town girl who never finds a home in the big smoke.

Bright Eyes

09 Bright Eyes

The Last Old Shovel is a Delmore Brothers song written by Alton Delmore, one of the many duets that have inspired our music but particularly the use of tenor guitar.

The Last Old Shovel

10 The Last Old Shovel

The Little Black Train is a Carter Family song that seems even more relevant with the present COVID pandemic.

The Little Black Train

11 The Little Black Train

Tea for Two an original song, talks about the devastating experience of losing a partner to dementia, the dreadful experience of watching someone forget a shared life, someone who is still there – and yet gone.

Tea for Two

12 Tea For Two

Why Did You Leave Me Dear, another Delmore Brothers song written by the prolific Alton Delmore under the name of Jim Scott.

Why Did You Leave Me Dear

13 Why Did You Leave Me Dear

Lay Me Down is an original gospel tune we wrote about longing for peace, homecoming and a release from earthly burdens.

Lay Me Down

14 Lay Me Down

The Old Cross Road is a classic Bill Monroe Gospel song about the eternal choice between earthly temptations and eternal salvation.

The Old Cross Road

15 The Old Cross Road

Ho Honey Ho, an Osborne Brothers bluegrass song, stripped back and played in an almost old timey style.

Ho Honey Ho

16 Ho Honey Ho

“this is music for the literate Hillbilly” – CD Baby

“They also doff their hats to traditions and they clearly know and appreciate their musical antecedents…..  Her voice is melodious and his playing very accomplished, making their work look effortless as do the best performers.   The harmonies are sweet and nuanced, like the A.P. Carter vocal drift to and from the microphone that they use.” - Live Review Mountaingrass 2018 – Listening Through the Lens

“the arrangements and performances are utterly engaging and, because of the nature of the material, altogether timeless.” – Leicester Bangs
“Slim Dime treat songs with utmost respect, and the listener is the beneficiary.” – Jolene – Country Music Blog

“Slim Dime is a set of contradictions. It’s a 21st-century urban Australian hip duo whose musical choices are anachronistic & old-fashioned. Its instrumental work is simple yet produces alarmingly brilliant flashes. Sure, Jen & Chris have chemistry on stage but it’s reined in tight-until suddenly, passionately, it’s not. Contradictions. There’s a line Slim Dime tread when performing the sentimental and simplistic songs of the old-time repertoire; too straight and it would be cloying, too hip and it would be disrespectful. To make their live performances perfect would require only an audio overlay of the crackle, scratch, and clicks from an old 78 record. Or, you could do it in your head as you watch.” Australian Bluegrass Legend – Leonard Cohen

Slim Dime are an acoustic duo featuring old-time mountain sounds, seamless harmonies and some mighty-fine pickin’. They make music that sounds as though it’s always existed somewhere on a mountaintop. The material is both original songs and traditional songs made new. They reference the old time and bluegrass repertoire and write original compositions with mesmerising story telling and precise musicianship with a broad emotional range. It’s music that makes you lean in and listen.

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