We lost another bluesman. They're leaving us all too often these days. A wonderful performer... I hope some of you were able to see him live... he was truly one of the greats.
Morris "Magic Slim" Holt, Lincoln bluesman, dies at 75
Morris “Magic Slim” Holt, the Chicago bluesman who called Lincoln home for two decades, died Wednesday at a Philadelphia hospital. He was 75.
Holt was on tour with his band the Teardrops in late January when he became ill with breathing problems and was hospitalized in Phoenixville, Pa. He was transferred later to Philadelphia.
By far Lincoln’s best-known and most-hailed musician, Magic Slim and the Teardrops was considered the last of the Mississippi-to-Chicago electric blues bands that took root in the 1950s.
In 2003, Magic Slim and the Teardrops received the Blues Music Award as "Blues Band Of The Year,” the sixth time he won a Blues Music Award, considered the highest honor in the blues.
Slim’s passing was mourned immediately by Lincoln’s music community, which poured out remembrances and condolences on social media, like this Facebook post from Shaun Sparks of the band Large Mouth: “Rest in Peace Magic Slim. What an amazing musician and a sweet, funny man. He'll be missed the world over.”
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