Sarasota Slim - Bourbone To Beale (Ap 069 )

"It's the music on "Bourbon to Beale," however, which tells who slim actually is. The tall, thin guitarist dishes up original tunes like the title cut and "Tin Pan Alley," along with tasty, hot to cool licks that blend like a stew of Duane Allman and Johnny Winter topped off with a dash of B.B. King."

1991 Time Out - Lakeland Ledger

"Crack session men and down home vocals give Bourbon to Beale its backbone, but it is Hardage's astonishingly lucid attacks on the fretboard that give this material its heart."

St. Petersburg Times - Jeff Jacks

"Few Bay area musicians are as deserving of the title "bluesman" as Gene Hardage, a/k/a Sarasota Slim. On his new release, Bourbon To Beale, Slim doesn't just play the blues, he delivers the down-home feeling that's always been at the heart of the music - when it's played right. And Slim plays it right."

Ken Hall