SLIM AT COMING TOGETHER SHOW OF 4 ORGANIZATIONS--SUMMER 2006 AT BROKEN ACRES, JEFFERSON, MAINE
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SLIM AND MAINE HALL OF FAMER AL HAWKES-2005.
AL IS RECEIVING THE AWARD FOR "RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2005"
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SLIM'S MUSIC CAREER BEGAN IN 1942 AT AGE 11 WHEN HE WON A TALENT CONTEST AT THE COMMUNITY THEATER IN NEW AUBURN, MAINE. HE GOT HIS FIRST GUITAR AT THAT TIME AND HAS SPENT THE PAST 64 YEARS ENTERTAINING THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND, THE MIDWEST, THE SOUTHEAST AND NOW BACK IN MAINE.
UPON GRADUATION FROM DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL IN BOSTON, MASS.,IN 1948, HE JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AND SPENT THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN GERMANY WHERE HE ALSO ENTERTAINED THE TROOPS PERIODICALLY ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATING IN THE BERLIN AIR LIFT DURING THE BLOCKADE. UPON DISCHARGE, HE MARRIED HIS HIGHSCHOOL SWEETHEART, FATHERED FIVE SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER, ENTERED THE INSURANCE BUSINESS AND CONTINUED HIS CAREER AS A COUNTRY PERFORMER AND VOCALIST WITH SEVERAL GROUPS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AREA.
IN 1958 HE FORMED THE BERKSHIRE MOUNTAIN BOYS. AFTER 13 YEARS THERE, HE RETURNED TO MAINE IN 1971, FORMED THE WELL KNOWN CUMBERLAND VALLEY BOYS, CREATED THE STATE OF MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS IN 1976 WITH GINI EATON, OF THE SINGLE SPUR, IN WINDHAM, ME. TOGETHER THEY CREATED THE BOOKING BUSINESS OF SLIM ANDREWS ENTERPRISES,RAN THE SINGLE SPUR, MARRIED IN 1979, AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE BUSINESSES TOGETHER UNTIL 1985 WHEN THEY MOVED TO MICHIGAN. DURING THAT TIME SLIM WORKED WITH AND BOOKED MANY NASHVILLE ACTS INTO THE FAIR CIRCUIT IN NEW ENGLAND, PRIMARILY IN MAINE, AND ALONG WITH DICK CURLESS AND AL HAWKES WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM AS ONE OF THE TOP THREE PROMOTERS, PRODUCERS, AND MOVERS OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE STATE OF MAINE.
IN 1977, SLIM AND GINI, ALONG WITH BARRY DEAN, BEGAN THE FOUNDING OF THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION, WITH SLIM BECOMING THE ACTING PRESIDENT UNTIL REGULAR OFFICERS WERE ELECTED IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR. HE AND BARRY DREW UP AND REFINED THE INITIAL CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.
IN 1990 THEY MOVED ON TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA UNTIL 2000, WHERE SLIM CONTINUED PERFORMING AS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION BAND, THE COUNTRY VETS, ENTERTAINING IN NURSING HOMES AND RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES FOR THE VETERANS THERE, AS AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION. HE AND GINI BEGAN SUMMERING BACK IN MAINE FROM 1997 UNTIL 2000, WHEN THEY RETURNED PERMANENTLY. GINI PASSED AWAY IN MAY, 2001 AFTER BATTLING BREAST CANCER FOR 14 YEARS.
IN 2002 SLIM WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, MET AND MARRIED HIS WIFE CAROLE ANN (MC KEAGUE) AND CONTINUES TO PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SLIM IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AS EITHER A SOLO PERFORMER, DANCE BAND, OR STAGE SHOW PRODUCER AND ENTERTAINER.
FINALLY: SLIM'S MUSIC CAREER WAS REALLY HIS SIDELINE. HE WAS IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS SINCE 1961 AS AN AGENT, GENERAL AGENT, AND INDEPENDENT GENERAL AGENT. EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTRY MUSIC BUSINESS IS HIS FIRST LOVE, IT WAS NECESSARY TO EARN A LIVING TO RAISE 6 CHILDREN, SO SLIM WORKED DILIGENTLY IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS. BUT HE WORE A DIFFERENT COWBOY HAT NITES AND WEEKENDS FOR ALL THESE 64 YEARS, AND RECENTLY WROTE ANOTHER SONG WHICH WAS RELEASED ON HIS LAST ALBUM ENTITLED: "DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB, SON". THE CD IS CALLED "SIMPLY SLIM, w/HARRY."
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SLIM IS A LIFETIME MEMBER AND FOUNDER OF THE MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION; A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, CHAIRMAN OF HALL OF FAME INDUCTION COMMITTEE, & A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
MEMBER OF THE PINE TREE STATE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION, & THE FIRST RECEIPIENT OF THE "TRAILBLAZERS AWARD". SLIM WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MAINE OLE' OPRY ON OCTOBER 14th, along with BOB ELSTON, DENNIS DOIRON, AND STEVIE CEE. THEY ARE THE VERY FIRST INDUCTEES INTO THE OPRY.
MEMBER OF THE MAINE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
PAST COMMANDER OF THE GEORGE K. GANNAM AMERICAN LEGION POST 184 THUNDERBOLT, GEORGIA.
PAST VICE-COMMANDER FIRST DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA. RECEIVED THE LIVING LEGEND AWARD FROM MAINE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC, SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
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SLIM ANDREWS & THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY BOYS HOUSE BAND FOR THE MCMA AWARDS SHOW OCT.2004, 2005, & 2006.
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