Magic Slim and The Teardrops
July 17, 2009 by admin
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Magic Slim and The Teardrops
Magic Slim had to give up playing the piano when he lost his little finger in a cotton gin mishap. He moved first to nearby Grenada. 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 with his band, and gave him his nickname.
At first Slim was not rated very highly by his peers. 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 recording career began with the 1966, with the song “Scufflin’”, followed by a number of singles into the mid 1970s. He recorded his first album in 1977, Born Under A Bad Sign, for the French MCM label. During the 1980s, Slim released titles on Alligator, Rooster Blues and Wolf Records and won his first W. C. Handy Award. In 1980 he recorded his cover version of 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 Blind Pig release called Scufflin’ , which presented the post-Primer line-up with the new addition of guitarist-singer, Jake Dawson.
In 1994 Slim moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where the Zoo Bar had been booking him for years.
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 CD and DVD in August 2005, entitled Anything Can Happen.
When this Mississippi born bluesman steps onto the stage he bursts into one of his dynamic songs and takes you on a long hot ride as he keeps his guitar cranked up to sweltering levels of the blues as only Slim can do.
Here is Magic Slim & the Teardrops Performing – Going to Mississippi
Go to the The Official Web Site of Magic Slim & The Teardrops to find out more about Magic Slim. http://www.magicslimblues.com/
Blues Robert Johnson
July 13, 2009 by admin
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Blues Robert Johnson
The grandaddy of the Blues Robert Johnson, sings his classic Crossroads.
This takes us back to the roots of the blues.
Robert Johnson with his Cross Road Blues.
Eric Clapton Blues
July 13, 2009 by admin
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Eric Clapton Blues
Eric Clapton Everyday I Have the Blues Live TV Recording
Below is a cool video of Eric Clapton Playing his slowhand blues. Taken from the unreleased documentary “Nothing but the Blues” by the director Martin Scorsese.
Eric Clapton Everyday I Have the Blues The Live TV Recording
Eric Clapton Unplugged
July 13, 2009 by admin
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Eric Clapton Unplugged
See Eric Clapton Unplugged below playing the classic Eric Clapton Tears in Heaven Unplugged
The unplugged Eric Clapton always delivers the goods.
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Billy Gibbons – Gives us a ‘Blues’ Guitar Lesson
March 29, 2009 by admin
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Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top – Gives a ‘Blues’ Guitar Lesson.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Lesson
March 28, 2009 by admin
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Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Lesson
Stevie Ray Vaughan was born Stephen Ray Vaughan on October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, whose broad appeal made him an influential electric blues guitarist.
A total of 18 albums of Vaughan’s work have been released and In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, and the Classic Rock Magazine ranked him #3 in their list of the 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes in 2007.
Stevie Ray Vaughan gives a Guitar Lesson
Here is Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Texas Flood (Long version!)
John Lee Hooker plays ‘Boom boom’
March 19, 2009 by admin
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John Lee Hooker playing the classic ‘Boom boom’ in the 60’s
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Tony McPhee – Graveyard Blues
March 19, 2009 by admin
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BB King, “The Thrill is Gone”
March 19, 2009 by admin
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BB King, “The Thrill is Gone”
Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower at the Isle Of Wight
March 18, 2009 by admin
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Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower at the Isle Of Wight
