Moose Jaw’s very own blues musician has just released a new album and is planning to kick-off his tour in his home town.
The new album I’m Still Here by Maurice Richard Libby, aka Whiteboy Slim, was released on May 31.
Blues have always been an influence for Libby and he grew up in a home full of records.
He describes his music as “blues outside the box”.
“I do lots of different styles like Delta Blues and Chicago Blues but I do not like to be constrained creatively so I go into different areas.
“On the new CD there’s some funk stuff on there, jazz infected things and on the previous CD there was a couple of hip hop influence things.
“I do not think of blues as a museum piece. I think it’s a living art form so it can keep its essential character and still go off in different directions,” he said.
Libby moved to Moose Jaw when he was five-years-old and went to Palliser Heights and Central Collegiate.
He later moved to Toronto but returned to his home town a few years ago.
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