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Slim The Drifter: July 20, 1960 - May 25, 2007
Bakersfield loses local music legend...
Slim The Drifter: July 20, 1960 - May 25, 2007 This morning I recieved an e-mail from Bakersfield's Greg Goodsell, a longtime friend of the Slim's. Scott was an architect of the Bakersfield alternative music scene during the '80s, with a variety of local bands, and solo projects. He will be missed..  (Scott "Slim The Drifter" Sturtevant)Mon 5/28/2007 3:34 AM: “Slim the Drifter” – aka W. Scott Sturtevant has died. He was one of the few people I have known longer than my own brother, having been best friends with him since Kindergarten. Scott would found Bakersfield’s very first punk band Teen Suicide, before he branched off into a solo career under the nom de plume of Slim the Drifter. Scott cultivated controversy and a reputation for a hard-living lifestyle. A friend put in a call to his wife in Reno, Nevada, and she confirmed that he had died on Friday. The Slim the Drifter MySpace page lists Friday as his date of death. If you knew or know of people who knew Scott, please pass this on. - Greg Goodsell BIO from the Slim the Drifter MySpace page: Scott "Slim The Drifter" Sturtevant July 20, 1960 - May 25, 2007 Scott "Slim the Drifter" Sturtevant passed away Friday night. He died in Reno after being Care flighted out of Fernley. Scott had been suffering from Cirrhosis of the liver for a long time and was diagnosed with the illness in 2000 at stage three on a scale of four. Stage four was already well underway when we left Bakersfield for the Oregon coast where we married and lived for a couple of months before heading to Fernley Nevada. Scott's liver was shutting down and conditions related to end stage cirrhosis began to slow him down before Christmas. His Condition rapidly deteriorated to a point that his body was becoming a prison. He was ready to let go of this life. He was tired of the pain and frustrated by the limitations of his failing health. Scott lived his life on his own terms, and did exactly what he wanted to do. He wouldn't have changed a moment. His only regret was that the end was coming so soon after having found peace in his life. He loved our little home and our family, us and the cats ("The Boys"). He never expected to live as long as he did and remarked that if he had known "I might have taken a little better care of myself". We joked that he hadn't planned well. Scott passed away surrounded by his brothers and their wives, a very good friend of our family and me. He was surrounded by love and went peaceful to that goodnight that he had come to long for. He died of cardiac arrest brought on by respiratory failure due to conditions related to cirrhosis. His wish was to be cremated and his ashes scattered on the Suislaw River on the Oregon coast. It was a place where we had stayed on our extended honeymoon and he loved it so much. His family and I have set the date of August 12 to meet and do as he asked. No memorial service has been set as of yet. Please remember Scott for the truly wonderful man that he was. My heart is broken, but I wouldn't give up a moment of the time we had together. Debbie Slim's original greeting.. Hello, I'm Slim the Drifter. After long years of playing in four-on-the-floor bands, I started to record on my own in late "91". Low-Fi was all I could afford at the time, so that's what I did. I had a blast. The result was "Callin' Cali" (Gang of Hair 002). I toured as a one man show with my trusty boom box and sang to my own tracks without vocals. I'd put at least one mic on the box and play Mr. Microphone with the other one. I threw confetti, gave away (99 cent store) prizes in raffles from Hell... Jeez, sometimes I felt bad for having so much fun! I played a show once in my hometown of Bakersfield, California with none other than Kinky Friedman, who will hopefully be the next Gov. of Texas. He nicknamed me "The Karaoke Cowboy", A name that I still hear once in awhile. There was a small college radio hit on "Cali" about a cross dressing truck driver, it was called "The Ballad Of Bill". After a restful and restless period, I went back out on the road with a six string and I've been doing that ever since. Though there are a couple of lost efforts in between, I have a new record with my three piece band, Slim the Drifter Trio! We also have a My-Space site and as far as I know, we'll be able to sell you a record through My-Space by Christmas. The music is purely American. We will upload samples and gimmies A.S.A.P. Look for "The Guilty Ten" by Slim the Drifter Trio. We hope you like it. Keep the faith, Slim R.I.P 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
sagefever
on May 29, 2007 at 03:50 PM
R.I.P. again my friend Scott another one(s) that love you~you will be sorely missed.
posted by
mentoburu
on May 29, 2007 at 03:53 PM
Our local music scene is so small that when we lose one of our members, it's a very big loss for the whole community, especially since Scott was such an integral part of the early scene that would eventually make way for bands like us to exist. Jerry's Pizza punk rock kids lost their godfather....
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