Browsing: Magic Slim

Winning his first W. C. Handy Award (Blues Music Award) in 1981, Magic Slim & The Teardrops won “Best Blues Band of the Year,” no fewer than six times, garnering over 40 nominations in the first three decades of the awards’ existence.

I don’t care if everyone changes and starts playing jazz and R&B, I’m gonna play Chicago blues. I’m gonna play traditional blues, and I’m gonna pay homage to the man that gave me the first guitar, which was my dad.