Magic Slim and The Teardrops was an American blues band formed in Chicago in 1965 by singer and guitarist
Magic Slim (born Morris Holt in 1937; died 2013). In 2003, Magic Slim and the Teardrops won the W.C. Handy Award as Blues Band of the Year for the sixth time. Holt has been in a Chicago band called Mr. Pitiful And The Teardrops. When that band broke up, Holt re-formed the Teardrops with his two brothers (of whom one brother, Nick Holt, became a permanent member as the bass player). The band recorded its first single for the local Wes label in 1966, and another for the equally sm…
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