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Magic Slim - Alone & Unplugged (1995) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 36]

Label: Wolf Records | Time: 53:29 | 289MB (5% Recovery)

Genre: Blues

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 to be "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 large cowboy hat, filling the room with his slash and burn guitar and booming vocals, commenting on the action throughout, slipping occasionally into a feral, Howlin' Wolf-like voice. Slim has an encyclopedic repertoire of hundreds of blues songs in his head, giving the live shows a charming impromptu quality.

When word got out recently that Magic Slim was looking for a few guest Teardrops, the Chicago rhythm & blues community responded with a resounding "Yeah!" The result is perhaps his finest record to date, 2008's "Midnight Blues." Joining Slim, the Teardrops and producer Nick Moss on this incredible set of real Chicago Blues with a dash of Country and a bit of Soul thrown in are

* James Cotton - harmonica on Muddy Waters' "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had"

* Lil' Ed Williams - slide guitar on "Give Me Back My Wig"

* Lonnie Brooks - guitar on Willie Dixon's "Spider In My Stew"

* Otis Clay (background vocals), Gene Barge (tenor sax) and the Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings horn section on Little Milton's

"Loving You Is the Best Thing That Happened to Me"

* Elvin Bishop - guitar on Slim's "Cryin' Won't Let You Stay"

The camaraderie, stylistic variety, sheer exuberance of Slim’s playing and singing make “Midnight Blues” unique in Slim’s substantial body of work.

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 left 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.

When he was 11, Holt moved to Grenada, Mississippi, where he met and became friends with Magic Sam, who gave him a few pointers on guitar. Slim recalls, "We used to sit up under the tree Sunday afternoons and play our little acoustic guitars. Magic Sam told me don't try to play like him, don't try to play like nobody. Get a sound of your own." And that he did - a trademark guitar tone, featuring the meanest vibrato in blues, coupled with the raw, earthy power in his vocals.

Years later the two would hook up again in Chicago, where Sam would have a major influence on Slim's career. When Slim made his first trip to Chicago in 1955, Sam offered his friend encouragement, letting Slim play bass in his band and even giving the then lanky Magic Slim his nickname. But Slim found it rough going on the highly competitive blues scene and returned, discouraged, to Mississippi to perfect his craft. Demonstrating his characteristic determination, Slim spent the next five years practicing guitar and teaching his younger brothers, Nick and Douglas (Lee Baby) to play bass and drums respectively.

Confident in his abilities, Slim returned to Chicago and established himself as a formidable player on the scene. In 1967, Slim put his own band together called the Teardrops, which included his younger brothers. In 1972, he began playing regularly at a tiny South Side club called Florence's, initially filling in for Hound Dog Taylor on occasion, and eventually taking over the gig when Hound Dog left the club for a safer and more lucrative career on the road. Slim's aggressive, boisterous style was the perfect compliment to the often rowdy atmosphere at Florence's.

In the mid-70's Slim began to hit his stride as a guitarist, performer, bandleader, and recording artist, launching a career that has taken him across the country and overseas to national and international recognition and acclaim. He began touring Europe, where his rough and tumble authenticity was well appreciated. Today he's one of the most sought-after headliners for festivals in the U.K., Poland, Scandinavia, France, Holland, Belgium, and Greece. By the late 80's he was also touring Japan and South America. On his first trip to Brazil in 1989, he became an instant hero, appearing on television, in a dozen magazine articles and every major newspaper in the country. The press said he stole the show from the likes of Buddy Guy, Etta James, and Albert Collins. He's returned several times to Brazil, easily selling out all venues. Slim's live shows are so electrifying that Eddie Vetter invited Slim to open Pearl Jam's concert in Chicago after catching the Teardrops' performance at a local nightclub.

Slim's recording career began with the 1966 recording of the song "Scufflin'," followed by a number of singles in the mid-70's. He recorded his first album in 1977, Born Under A Bad Sign, for the French MCM label. During the 80's, Slim released titles on Alligator, Rooster Blues and Wolf Records and won his first W.C. Handy Award.

Slim's first album on Blind Pig Records, Gravel Road, was released in 1990. Its title track was one of the first tunes he learned to play on his baling wire guitar in Mississippi. The album was well received by the press, garnering a passel of glowing reviews and landing on several year-end Top 10 lists. Billboard magazine said, "The well-traveled Chicago blues singer/guitarist is near the top of his form on this delightful album, which comes close to capturing the late-night ambiance of Slim's live set."

In 1996, Slim's career came full-circle with the release of Scufflin' on Blind Pig, the title track being a remake of the song which began his recording career thirty years earlier. Living Blues said the album "should bring a smile to the face of even the most jaded listener." 1998's Black Tornado was released to similar accolades in both the blues and mainstream press. An Associated Press review noted that "Magic Slim has never been better than on Black Tornado and that is a lot to say." Downbeat called Slim "a true all star; a guitarist of considerable authority whose lines snap like a crocodile's mighty jaw and a singer with a persuasive capacity for wrenching every bit of emotion out of his lyrics."

Snakebite, Slim's fourth album for Blind Pig Records, was released in 2000. Critical reaction was typified by this quote in Jazz & Blues Report: "Slim sings and plays at a level that makes this among the best albums in a career spanning over three decades." On Blue Magic, his 2002 release on Blind Pig Records, Magic Slim paired up with New York postmodern blues producer Popa Chubby to conjure up some raw, rocking blues magic. Recorded in Blind Pig's vintage Chicago warehouse, where the high ceilings, wooden floors, and brick walls provided the perfect setting to capture Slim's raw industrial sound, was probably Slim's most relaxed and enjoyable studio experience to date. The project landed Slim and Popa on the cover of Blues Revue magazine with a lengthy feature article extolling their collaboration: "This may indeed be on of the best-produced blues albums you'll hear this year."

In 2003 Magic Slim and the Teardrops were officially recognized as the finest blues band in the land when they won the coveted Blues Music Award as "Blues Band Of The Year." It was the sixth time Slim has won a Blues Music Award, considered the highest honor in the blues field.

In 2005, the Teardrops' live show was documented on 2005's Anything Can Happen, a joint CD/DVD release. The DVD and live album capture all the elements of a Magic Slim show as described in Blues Revue: "Each Teardrops performance is underpinned by a massive groove - irresistibly punishing shuffles, slow numbers drawn from deep in the heart of the blues. Slim's singing is commanding yet nuanced; his huge, earthy, wet voice is one of the best in the genre."

Magic Slim is a national treasure, one of the few true "bluesmen" still around, and at seventy years young he is playing and singing with as much passion and strength as ever.

Tracklist:

01. Mixed up About You (2:56)

02. Bring Me My Shotgun (4:39)

03. Boogie Chillen (2:35)

04. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere (4:44)

05. Iky and Mikey (2:07)

06. Don't Look Now I've Got the Blues (3:59)

07. Tough Enough (3:25)

08. I'm a Poor Man But a Good Man (3:12)

09. Sadie (3:36)

10. Bring Your Fine Self Home (3:51)

11. Bye Bye Pretty Baby (2:56)

12. You Laugh and Grin (4:47)

13. A Little Instrumental (2:36)

14. Nothin' for Nothin' (3:07)

15. Interview With Slim (5:06)

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Index:

Boston Blackie & Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 01]

VA - Chicago Blues Harmonica (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 02]

Magic Slim & The Teardrops (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 03]

Alabama JR. Pettis & The Teardrops - Nora Lee (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 04]

Johnny B Moore - Lonesome Blues (1999) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 05]

John Primer - Poor Man Blues (2005) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 06]

Bonnie Lee - I'm Good (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 07]

VA - From West Helena to Chicago (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 08]

VA - Teardrops Blues Jam (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 09]

Magic Slim And Nick Holt & The Teardrops - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (1994) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 10]

Jimmy Davis - Maxwell Street (1994) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 11]

John Brim & Pinetop Perkins [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 12]

Johnny Littlejohn's Blues Party [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 13]

A. C. Reed & Big Wheeler (1989) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 14]

Jimmy Rogers & Big Moose Walker - Chicago Bound (1989) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 15]

VA - Chicago's Best West & South Side Blues Singers Vol. 1 [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 16]

VA - Chicago Blues Legends (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 17]

Magic Slim and The Teardops - Live On The Road (2000) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 18]

Michael Coleman - Back Breaking Blues (1990) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 18]

Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang - The Blues is Good News (1992) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 20]

Willie Kent & His Gents - The King Of West Side Blues (1991) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 21]

Billy Branch & Hubert Sumlin (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 22]

Eddy Clearwater & Carey Bell (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 23]

Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Magic Blues (The blues of the Magic Man) (1991) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 24]

Phil Guy & Lurrie Bell - Chicago's Hottest Guitars! (1998) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 25]

Eddie Vaan Shaw - Morning Rain (1992) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 26]

Johnny B Moore - 911 Blues (1995) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 27]

VA - Chicago's Finest Blues Ladies (1993) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 28]

John Primer - Blues Behind Closed Doors (1992) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 29]

Willie Kent And His Gents - Live at BLUES In Chicago (1993) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 30]

Vance Kelly - Call Me (1994) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 31]

Eddie Vaan Shaw - The Trail of Tears (1994) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 32]

Eddie Shaw - Home Alone (1994) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 33]

Michael Coleman - Shake Your Booty (1994) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 34]

Johnny Laws - My Little Girl (1994) [Chicago Blues Session Vol. 35]

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