Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Pure Magic - 2014 - FLAC

Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Pure Magic - 2014 - FLAC

Genre: Blues

Tracks:

01. Love Somebody - 6:29
02. Going To California - 6:35
03. I'm Ready - 5:34
04. I Got The Blues - 6:22
05. Lovin' You - 5:58
06. Since I Met You Baby - 8:27
07. See What You're Doin' To Me - 4:50
08. Spider In My Stew - 6:47
09. Slim Talk 1 - 3:54
10. Look On Yonders Wall - 4:52
11. Jimmys Blues - 6:12
12. Do You Mean It - 4:37
13. Call My Job - 5:11
14. Slim Talkin' Part 2 - 0:40

These LIVE recordings from 1992-94 in Austria feature one of Slim's best lineups: JOHN PRIMER- EARL HOWELL & brother NICK HOLT in a hard grind blues session that only he was capable of.

Everything we have come to expect of the band over the years is present and correct here. Songs old and new and borrowed and blue(s), including riveting versions of old-favourites Spider In My Stew and the Albert King-inspired Cold-Hearted Woman (listed here as I Got The Blues). Storming covers of classics include Elmore’s Look Over Yonder’s Wall, Muddy’s I’m Ready and Ivory Joe Hunter’s Since I Met You Baby. And there are also songs plucked from deep within the repertoire for a rare outing here.

The sound throughout is excellent, invoking as it does the excitement and enthusiasm of the performance, among both the audience and band themselves. Slim’s vocals are relaxed and confident on all numbers and, as much as the individual talents of the band shine, it is the interplay and solidity of the band as a unit that really impresses.

Hopefully, there will be other ‘finds’ to enjoy in the future from the Magic Slim archives. But, if this were to prove to be the final instalment, then he couldn’t have wished for a more representative and enjoyable way to take his leave.