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ALBERTA SLIM - An RCA Recording star, and in true life, a real cowboy, not only composes his own songs, both lyrics and music, but tames and trains his horses and animals that he presents at his performances such as elephants, chimps, bears, dogs and his famous horses. Pictures and information are from -
Alberta Slim's Circus Souvenir Picture Program & Song Folio.
Surrey-Delta Messenger, Wednesday, June 20, 1979 Surrey Centennial song and history. Surrey entertainer (Alberta) Slim Edwards has got plans to celebrate Surrey's Centennial in the way he knows best - and aid the Variety Treatment Centre at the same time.
Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July 17, 18, 19, 1998. ALBERTA SLIM IS THE REAL THING. Had he been born south of the border, no doubt he would have turned up in various anthologies and been cited as an influence by all sorts of trendy bands. In a truly Canadian fashion, we often know more about the musical history of other countries than we do about our own.
BC CHRISTIAN NEWS - August, 1998 Alberta Slim is the real thing. TRADITIONAL values and patriotic sentiments are central to Alberta Slim's music.
Vancouver Sun - Rear Window, 1943 - March 24-30 2000. "I called him a standup comic, my horse," says Alberta Slim, on the horn from Surrey. "My horse did about 20, 25 tricks. He told fortunes, answered questions, danced and said his prayers."
Now, Saturday, June 3, 2000 "So far, during his interesting life, Slim has written more than 150 songs, cut a dozen albums with RCA, Gavotte and Aragon, recorded with the CBC Happy Gang Orchestra and toured back and forth across Canada about 15 times, playing his tunes."
Now, Saturday, June 10, 2000 The following is extracted from a story on the Surrey Museum … "There aren't really that many objects that really look Surrey specific." "This is actually designed by the Eatons in Guildford in the 1970s. "Speaking of treasures, the exhibit also features Canadian cowboy yodeling icon Alberta Slim. "He is one of Surrey's cultural treasures, for sure, "Panko said. "You can't get much more Canadian that that. "He is known as the yodeling cowboy."
Friday, September 15, 2000 The Mirror, Wilma Carr (L) and Pearl Shleifer don their cowboy hats and go a little bit country during a performance by Canadian country music legend Alberta Slim at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care's Apotex Centre.