Magic Slim | |
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 Magic Slim at the Chicago Blues Festival, 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Morris Holt |
| Also known as | Magic Slim |
| Born | August 7, 1937 Torrance, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | February 21, 2013 (aged 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Blues |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, electric guitar |
| Years active | 1955–2013 |
Morris Holt (August 7, 1937 – February 21, 2013), known as Magic Slim, was an American blues singer and guitarist.[1][2] 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.[3]
In 2017, Magic Slim was posthumously inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame.[4]
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- ^ "Magic Slim and the Teardrops". Wirthentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
- ^ "Chicago Bluesman Magic Slim Dead at 75". Reuters. 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
- ^ "BLUES HALL OF FAME - ABOUT/Inductions - Blues Foundation". Blues.org. Retrieved 21 January 2018.