Uphill Slide

Having learned the Highland pipes as a child, Jim picked up the guitar in his early teens and taught himself to play. Influenced by delta blues players, he developed his own style of playing with emphasis on slide and bottle-neck guitar, and his songs range from delicate acoustic ballads to powerful rock-orientated numbers. Crossing genres effortlessly, traditional and modern simultaneously, Jim Hunter's music is vigorous, fresh and passionate. Uphill Slide', Jim's first release on Temple Records, is a compilation made up from two self-released cassettes in 1988 and 1989, and to which two new tracks have been added. "He may be a new name to many, but Hunters singing has the worldly-wise ruggedness of a rock veteran, not without warmth, and his guitar playing, especially the eponymous slide work, can be similarly authoritative" CENCRATUS Artists on this album: Jim Hunter & Band