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Slim Jim & PHATTS Inc continue the hard-working entertainment tradition created by Slim Jim & the FATTS Band, which debuted in 1986.
Slim Jim & PHATTS Inc celebrate their 39th Anniversary in the Western Australian Music Industry in 2025.
Slim Jim & PHATTS Inc is a seven-piece band of elite entertainers and musicians performing classic hits from the 60’s to current Top 40. The PHATTS song list includes a broad array of music genres - pop, rock, soul, disco, rhythm & blues, country and blues.
For thirty-nine years, Jamie “Slim Jim” Mercanti has been fronting one of the most successful cover bands in Western Australian music history.
Slim Jim has performed more than 8000 gigs throughout Western Australia – setting a precedent within the local music industry for professionalism and demand.
The FATTS/PHATTS broke house attendance records at many venues throughout WA; including the Silver Slipper (Nedlands), the Ocean Beach Hotel (Cottesloe), Plaistowes Bar (West Perth), the Coronado (Nedlands), the Brewery Alehouse (Nedlands), the Boulevard Alehouse (Victoria Park), the Babylon (Victoria Park), the Breakwater Tavern (Hillarys), the Kalgoorlie Hotel / Judd’s Pub, Trafalgar’s (Bunbury), the Dunsborough Hotel, The Bog Northbridge, the Aberdeen Hotel and The Woodvale Tavern.
In 1988, Slim Jim & the FATTS Band received five nominations at the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Awards - including “Most Popular Band”. In the same year, Slim Jim was nominated in the “Most Popular Entertainer” category.
In 1994, a reader’s poll in “The West Australian” newspaper voted Slim Jim & the FATTS Band as the “Most Popular Commercial Rock Band in WA”.
“Live at the OBH” was Slim Jim & the FATTS Band’s debut album. It was the highest selling independently released album in 1988 and remained in the Top 10 for 9 months. The album successfully captured the spirit of an audience supporting their favourite local band at their favourite local venue.
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