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Infobox musical artist| name = Magic Slim| image = Magic-Slim 2008-06-08.jpg| caption = Magic Slim at the 25th Annual Chicago Blues Festival | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Morris Holt| alias = Magic Slim| Born = Birth date and age|1937|8|7|mf=yes Grenada, Mississippi|Grenada , Mississippi , United States | death_date =| instrument = Singer|Vocals , electric guitar | genre = Blues | occupation =| years_active = 1955–present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.magicslimblues.com/ Official website| notable_instruments = Magic Slim (born Morris Holt , August 7, 1937, Grenada, Mississippi|Grenada , Mississippi ) is an United States|American blues singer and guitarist .cite book | last =Guralnick | first = Peter | title = Lost Highway: Jouneys and Arrivals of American Musicians| publisher = Harper & Row | year =1989 | location = New York | isbn = 0-06-077174-6 | page = 306
Biography
Magic Slim was forced to give up playing the piano when he lost his little finger in a cotton gin mishap.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p440|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography - accessed January 2008 He moved first to nearby Grenada, Mississippi|Grenada . http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Magic-Slim.html oldies.com biography He first came to Chicago in 1955 with his friend and mentor Magic Sam . The elder Magic (Sam) let the younger Magic (Slim) play bass guitar|bass with his band (music)|band , and gave him his nickname .
At first Slim was not rated very highly by his peers.cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray | edition= | publisher= Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | isbn= 1-85868-255-X | page= 144 He returned to Mississippi to work and got his younger brother Nick interested in playing bass. By 1965 he was back in Chicago and in 1970 Nick joined him in his group, the Teardrops. They played in the dim, smoke-filled juke joints popular in Chicago in the 1970s on band stands barely large enough to hold the band.
Slim's sound recording and reproduction|recording career began in 1966, with the song "Scufflin'", followed by a number of single (music)|singles into the mid 1970s. He recorded his first album in 1977, Born Under A Bad Sign , for the France|French MCM record label|label . During the 1980s, Slim released titles on Alligator Records|Alligator , Rooster Blues and Wolf Records and won his first Blues Music Award|W.C. Handy Award . In 1980 he recorded his cover version of " Mustang Sally (song)|Mustang Sally ".
In 1982 the guitarist John Primer joined the Teardrops and stayed and played for him for 13 years. Releases include Spider in My Stew on Wolf Records, and a 1996 BlindPig release called ''Scufflin' , which presented the post-Primer line-up with the new addition of the guitarist and singer, Jake Dawson.
In 1994 Slim moved to Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln , Nebraska , where the Zoo Bar (Lincoln, Nebraska)|Zoo Bar had been booking him for years.Slim is frequently accompanied by his son Shawn (Lil' Slim) Holt, an accomplished guitarist and singer.
In 2003 Magic Slim and the Teardrops won the W.C. Handy Award as 'Blues Band Of The Year' for the sixth time. Magic Slim and the Teardrops captured a live performance that was released on Compact disc|CD and DVD in August 2005, entitled Anything Can Happen . http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm? section=artists& artistid=15 Blindpigrecords.com biography - accessed January 2008
Citation
"Magic Slim consistently offers no-frills houserockin’ blues. He and his band are a national treasure." - Living Blues Magazine http://www.wirthentertainment.com/magic_slim_and_the_teardrops.htm Wirthentertainment.com - extracted January 2008
Discography
1977 : Born On a Bad Sign (MCM), reissue (Storyville)
1978 : Let Me Love You (MCM)
1978 : Highway is My Home (Black & Blue), reissue (Evidence)
2005 : Anything Can Happen (Blind Pig) ( live album )
2006 : Tin Pan Alley (Wolf Records) ( compilation album )
2006 : ''That Ain't Right ( Delmark Records|Delmark ) Magic Slim & the Teardrops / Joe Carter (musician)|Joe Carter with Sunnyland Slim - originally recorded in 1977
2008 : Midnight Blues (Blind Pig) - produced by Nick Moss with special guests James Cotton , Elvin Bishop , Lil' Ed Williams , Lonnie Brooks , and Otis Clay
http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm? section=artists& artistid=15 Slim biography at blindpigrecords.com
Persondata | NAME =Magic Slim | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =August 7, 1937 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Magic Slim Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:American blues guitarists Category:American blues musicians Category:American blues singers Category:Blues musicians from Mississippi
