Slim Gaillard - Searching For You: The Lost Singles Of McVouty (1958-1974)

Multi-instrumentalist & vocalist Slim Gaillard’s joyous music appealed to adults and little children alike, with songs about love, traveling, potato chips, beer and everything in between. Searching For You: The Lost Singles Of McVouty (1958-1974) is the first collection of new Gaillard music officially released with the endorsement of the Gaillard family in decades. Includes a 32-page book of rare photos, essays by producer Zev Feldman, author Ricky Riccardi, saxophonist/composer John Altman, and Slim’s son Mark Gaillard and daughter Jan Gaye. Gaillard’s music is currently being featured on 9 episodes of Louis CK and Pamela Adlon’s new TV series Better Things on FX.

Tracklist

1. Baked Beans And A Bottle Of Beer — 1958

2. I Love You (Harry Archer-Harlan Thompson) — 1958

3. Frank Rhoads Round — 1962

4. Dr. Free — 1962

5. Frim Fram Sauce (Joe Ricardel-Redd Evans) — 1962

6. Cha Cha Enchilada — 1962

7. Searching For You — 1964

8. Flat Foot Floogie (Slim Gaillard-Bud Green-Slam Stewart) — 1964

9. Many Things — 1964

10. Darktown Strutters Ball (Shelton Brooks) — 1964

11. Cement Mixer Putti-Putti (Slim Gaillard-Lee Ricks) — 1965

12. Linda Cara — 1965

13. Peanut Vendor (Moises Simons) — 1974

14. I Don't Know Why (Fred Ahlert-Roy Turk) — 1974

15. Kahlúa (John Altman) — 1990 (*Radio Commercial Written & Produced By John Altman)