Blue Magic

Magic Slim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 9, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blind Pig
• ASIN: B000068QV1
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,732 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Magic Slim Lite, October 22, 2002

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Marc D. Thomas (Moab, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Magic (Audio CD)

Unfortunately, this is what Chicago's baddest bluesman sounds like when he's been defanged. Better to start your collection with "Snakebite" or the classic "Gravel Road." Time marches on and this is not the same band without John Primer and Nick Holt. One star added for including the PC video.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Slim's Best..., July 30, 2002

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Matthew Philbin (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Magic (Audio CD)

...but it still is pretty damned good. If you've ever seen Slim and the Teardrops (as I have a couple times at the tiny B.L.U.E.S. in Chicago) you're probably already a fan. The best thing about Slim is his ability to use a stripped down, guitar intensive arrangement to transform even the most venerable (and often boring) blues tunes into something fresh and compelling. Coupled with his own catchy, driving originals, albums like "Black Tornado" crackle with energy.

Unfortunately, this album is uneven. Whereas with "Black Tornado" one can just enjoy listening to a killer blues band, this one sounds like it's self-conciously trying to be an album. In my opinion, that doesn't work as well for Slim. In spots, Popa Chubby's production is too much, taking some of the spontaneous grit away from the performance. Slim's guitar playing is, as always, magnificent, but it sounds a bit more processed than before--a real shame, because he has some truly killer tone.

As an introduction to Magic Slim, I can't recommend this album. But it's still Slim, and that's pretty damned good!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars goodun, October 21, 2002

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jerry langley (oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Magic (Audio CD)

I DON`T CARE WHAT YOU ALL SAY THIS CD MAKES ME WANT TO GET MY[self] DOWN TO THE WHISKEY STORE AND GET ME A BOTTLE OF BEAM,AND TURN IT UP TO 10 AND GET INTO SOME FINE BLUES MUSIC.MAGIC IS JUST A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER AND HE KNOWS ABOUT THEM BLUES.BUYS THIS IF YOU A BLUES FAN.