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Magic Slim & The Teardrops is tagged as: blues, chicago blues, blues rock, guitar, rhythm and blues

Magic Slim was born Morris Holt in Torrence, Mississippi, on August 7, 1937. He took an early interest in music, singing in the church choir, and fashioning a guitar for himself with baling wire from a broom, which he nailed to the wall. “Mama whooped me for that,” recalls Slim. His first love was the piano, but having lost the little finger on his right hand in a cotton gin accident he found it difficult to play properly. Undaunted, he simply switched to guitar, working in the cotton fields during the week and playing the blues at house parties on weekends.

Magic Slim is the greatest living proponent of the intense, electrified, Mississippi-to-Chicago blues style that spawned much of the music played by modern blues artists and rockers. It’s no wonder that Magic Slim and the Teardrops, considered by many “the last real Chicago blues band,” have become one of the busiest and best-loved blues bands around. As Blues Revue wrote, “Whoever the house band in blues heaven may be, even money says they’re wearing out Magic Slim albums trying to get that Teardrops sound down cold.” Slim’s live performances have become legendary. Standing well over six feet, Slim cuts a commanding figure on stage, prowling the boards in his larg...
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Top 10 Magic Slim & The Teardrops Songs
Early Every Morning
Just Before You Go
Goin' To Mississippi (Live)
Get Your Business Straight
What's Wrong
Think
Lonely For Your Love
Magic Boogie
Gravel Road
I Started Loving You Again
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Top 10 Magic Slim & The Teardrops Albums
Blue Magic
Snakebite
Scufflin'
Grand Slam
Black Tornado
Anything Can Happen
Gravel Road
Midnight Blues
Tin Pan Alley
Raw Magic
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