Besides being a human blues jukebox, Chicago’s Magic Slim has made himself into a guitar-playing cottage industry when it comes to releasing music. Certainly no other blues artist in the last four ...

Blues guitarist Magic Slim died yesterday in a Philadelphia hospital, The Associated Press reports. He was 75, and had been dealing with worsening health problems, his manager said. Slim, born Morris ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Mayor Emanuel has issued statement mourning the loss of bluesman Magic Slim, who did it his way against some long odds. WBBM's John Cody has more. A cotton gin accident claimed a ...

A release of remastered albums on vinyl by the European jazz label Storyville provides a welcome chance to re-evaluate the blues and the black artists who introduced the musical form to Europe. The ...

Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago’s electric blues, died Thursday. He was 75. He died shortly after midnight ...

Magic Slim, 75, whose ragged voice and punchy guitar riffs made him a symbol of Chicago blues, died Thursday in Philadelphia after surgery for a bleeding ulcer, according to his family. A younger ...

Magic Slim has been playing the blues for more than 50 years and been recording since 1977 with his band The Teardrops. The lineup has changed over the years but the sound and intent have not. With ...

Magic Slim was an American blues guitarist and singer known for his raw, powerful style rooted in the Chicago blues tradition. Born Morris Holt, he became a prominent figure in electric blues, ...

The dynamic guitarist helped shape the sound of Chicago's electric blues and, at Eddie Vedder's request, opened for Pearl Jam in 1994. By THR Staff Magic Slim, a dynamic guitarist who helped shape the ...