vendredi 22 février 2013

Magic Slim vient de nous quitter

Le grand Bluesman Magic Slim vient de nous quitter
à l'âge de 75 ans.

Magic Slim et son groupe 'The Teardrops' donnait un vrai concert de blues pendant le festival de 2012

Chicago-style blues guitarist Magic Slim dies in Philadelphia at 75; got sick while on tour

Greg Wahl-Stephens, File/Associated Press - FILE - In this July 5, 2009 file photo, Bluesman Magic Slim performs with his band “The Teardrops” on the final day of the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Ore. Slim, a contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf who helped shape the sound of the Chicago blues, has died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. He was 75.

By Associated Press, Friday, February 22, 12:37 AM

PHILADELPHIA — Magic Slim, a contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago’s electric blues, has died at age 75.

His manager Marty Salzman says Slim died shortly after midnight Thursday at a Philadelphia hospital. Salzman says Slim had health problems that worsened while he was on tour several weeks ago in Pennsylvania
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Magic Slim and the Teardrops performed Chicago-style electric blues, led by his singing and guitar playing, and were regulars on the music festival circuit.

Slim’s given name was Morris Holt. The Mississippi native established himself in Chicago’s thriving blues community in the 1950s but more recently lived in Lincoln, Neb.

Salzman calls Slim “the realredistributed. deal” with fans around the globe.