Magic Slim Doing Fine

Magic Slim ‎– Doing Fine
Label: Isabel Records ‎
Released: 1981
Format:Mp3@320




Morris Holt (August 7, 1937 – February 21, 2013), known as Magic Slim, was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born at Torrance, near Grenada, Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers, he followed blues greats such as Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to Chicago, developing his own place in the Chicago blues scene.
Magic Slim was forced 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.
Slim's recording career began in 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 the guitarist and singer Jake Dawson.
In 1994, Slim moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where the Zoo Bar had been booking him for years. Slim was 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.

Tracklist
1 Gravel Road 4:10
2 You Can't Lose What You Ain't Got 6:35
3 Mama Talk To Your Daughter 4:25
4 Ain't Doing Too Bad 4:38
5 Walking Back Streets 5:25
6 A Woman Treats A Good Man So Bad 4:55
7 Cold Woman 4:25
8 She Left Me 4:05

Bass – Nick Holt
Drums – Nathan Applewhite
Guitar – Alabama Junior
Guitar, Vocals – Magic Slim

Recorded at Condorcet Studio, Toulouse on March 25, 1980