Grand Slam [Original recording reissued]

Magic Slim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Rooster Blues
• ASIN: B00004S7IQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Early Every Morning

2. She Belongs to Me

3. Just to Be with You

4. Walking the Dog

5. Slammin'

6. Rough Dried Woman

7. Fannie May

8. Give Me Back My Wig

9. Scuffling

10. Make My Dreams Come True

11. 1823 South Michigan Avenue

12. Wonder Why

13. If You Need Me

14. Teardrop

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slamming, raw Slim, July 12, 2000

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Tim Weber (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grand Slam (Audio CD)

First of all, completely ignore the track listings with this disc. Amazon.com screwed up and they are tracks for some other artist and album. The music is rough and tumble, ragged but potent blues from the always-strong Magic Slim. It's great Rooster Records has re-released this disc which features 11 cuts from a 1982 session and three tracks from 1975. Slim kicks out some raw instrumentals, a couple originals and a slew of well-chosen covers. This isn't pretty, it isn't pop or blues-rock. This is the real deal, more raw than his three recent Blind Pig releases (all good). "Black Tornado" strikes the perfect balance between roughness and clarity; "Grand Slam" might be his second-best album. Give a listen to one of the few great blues artists we have left.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slammin' Slim, February 16, 2001

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J. E FELL "boogaloojef" (Carterville, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Slam (Audio CD)

Magic Slim (Morris Holt) is one of the most underrated bluesmen alive today. If you like house rockin' Chicago style electric blues you will like this cd. His style is similar to that of Hound Dog Taylor except he does not play as much slide guitar. This cd is a reissue of his best album which has been out of print for a while. The reissue includes the welcome addition of three bonus cuts from an aborted session in 1975. The band is excellent and they are given ample time to stetch out on a number of instrumental cuts. Magic Slim is a master of not only uptempo boogie numbers but also low down minor key blues tunes. My favorite tunes include covers of Hound Dog Taylor's "Give Me Back My Wig", Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae" and a tribute to his friend Magic Sam "She Belongs To Me". If you have picked up any of Magic Slim's recent Blind Pig releases you will enjoys this reissue as much if not more than those. I hope with this reissue and his current cd "Snakebite" he will finally get some of the credit he deserves later in his career like Luther Allison did. Warning his cds are addicting. If you hear one you may have to get them all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Blue from the magic man of blues, September 12, 2009

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Ron Ballard (Melbourne,Vic,Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Slam (Audio CD)

The man has magic fingers
has everything from close your eyes mellow to pyrotechnic guitar
this crew sound tight and play like pros who love what they do and who they are playing with..
I loved this album from the first time i put it on