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The headline performer was the
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Slim Jim continued as a solo act in the 1950s. He had a daily radio show and hosted the television program "Slim Jim’s
Westerners". He was much in demand for live performances and made a number of records. His death in 1958 was mourned by thousands of fans. Having married into the Ruschmeyer
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In 1980 Howard Pine, who had worked on Slim Jim's radio show, released the first of four albums taken from the artist's broadcast performances. As recently as 2006 he released the CD "Rocking Chair Radio" with twelve more tracks by the singer. These live recordings from the early 1950s were
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released an album, which combined Slim Jim's solo recordings on the Soma label with FM recordings he had done with his brother
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to their credit. Their 1937 collection of cowboy and mountain ballads, however, had only a handful of original songs. Among the old favorites in the book were
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company. One of its advertising slogans was "Cures all pain in man or beast". Crazy Water
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