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Magic Slim and the Teardrops

Magic Slim and the Teardrops: 44 Blues

by Ed Kopp
April 1, 2000

Magic Slim and the Teardrops are one of the best gutbucket blues bands around. Their music is loud, refreshingly unprocessed and it rocks like the devil. Though the Teardrops' guitar-centric sound has grown edgier and more distinctive in recent years, the band was already a veteran operation in 1992 when this live set was recorded in ...

Black Tornado

By Magic Slim and the Teardrops

Label: Blind Pig Records
Released: 1999

Magic Slim and the Teardrops: Black Tornado

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1999

Critics tend to overemphasize regional differences in blues styles, but I'll concede that Chicago blues can be particularly loose and low-down. Chicago blues is really Delta blues electrified, and Mississippi-born Magic Slim may be the genre's finest living purveyor. You won't find a more authentic blues man than 61-year-old Magic Slim, whose given name is Morris ...