Magic Slim
  • You Can't Lose What You Never Had
  • Gravel Road
  • Ain't Doing Too Bad
  • Why Does A Woman Treat A Good Man So Bad?
  • Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
  • Mustang Sally
  • In The Heart Of The Blues
  • Freddie's Blues
  • Stranded On The Highway
  • Dirty Mother For You
  • Spider In My Stew
  • Don't Say That No More
  • You Can't Lose What You Never Had
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (06:39) [67.1 MB]
  • Gravel Road
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (04:36) [46.45 MB]
  • Ain't Doing Too Bad
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (04:38) [46.73 MB]
  • Why Does A Woman Treat A Good Man So Bad?
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (04:57) [49.9 MB]
  • Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (03:51) [38.85 MB]
  • Mustang Sally
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (07:58) [80.41 MB]
  • In The Heart Of The Blues
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (07:06) [71.65 MB]
  • Freddie's Blues
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (05:13) [52.7 MB]
  • Stranded On The Highway
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (04:25) [44.65 MB]
  • Dirty Mother For You
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (05:08) [51.79 MB]
  • Spider In My Stew
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (04:21) [43.93 MB]
  • Don't Say That No More
    Genre: Blues
    WAV (03:45) [37.78 MB]
Biography
Magic Slim and the Teardrops are the epitome of raw-edged Chicago blues. Slim's totally aggressive, rhythm-driven sound shows not a trace of slickness. His music carries on in the unvarnished style of the '50s and '60s Windy City blues masters, and he keeps that tradition alive.

Born on August 7, 1937 in Grenada, Mississippi, Morris Holt began in music as a piano player. After losing one of his fingers in a farming accident, he switched to guitar. In 1955, he moved to Chicago and played bass in his friend Magic Sam's band for a time before returning to Mississippi. It was Sam, the famed West Side bluesman, who dubbed his young pal Magic Slim. While living in Chicago, Slim absorbed the sounds and styles of the city's blues greats. Besides Magic Sam, he was strongly influenced by Muddy Waters, Freddie King and Otis Rush.

After 'woodshedding' in the South, Slim moved back to Chicago in the early 1960s, determined to make a name for himself as a bluesman. He found a gig as lead guitarist with a South Side band called Mr. Pitiful and the Teardrops. When the lead singer left, Slim assumed the role of vocalist as well as guitarist. He cut his first 45 in 1966, and won a devoted following in the ghetto clubs, eventually taking over Hound Dog Taylor's spot at Florence's Lounge. His guitar work was tough and raw, and his roaring vocals were gruff and uncompromising. The Teardrops developed one of the heaviest grooves in the city, and the intertwining of Slim's lead guitar with insistent rhythm guitar grooves became the band's signature sound.

In 1978, Slim appeared on Alligator's Living Chicago Blues Vol. 2, a collection of songs by unsigned locally popular artists. Slim's appearance on the album led to other recordings, many on European labels, including the French Isabel label. In 1982, Alligator released an album of Slim's Isabel material entitled Raw Magic. Also in 1982, Slim recorded Grand Slam for Rooster Blues, for which he won a Blues Music Award.

Slim and the Teardrops have become one of the most recorded Chicago bands, with albums on labels like Blind Pig, Evidence, and Wolf documenting their proudly rough and tough style of Chicago blues. The band continues to appear at clubs and festivals worldwide.


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    Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, Freddie King and Otis Rush
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