Willie Finlay's Concert Archive

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Willie Finlay has 1 Magic Slim & The Teardrops concert.

Magic Slim was born Morris Holt in Torrence, Mississippi, on August 7, 1937. He took an early interest in music, singing in the church choir, and fashioning a guitar for himself with baling wire from a broom, which he nailed to the wall. "Mama whooped me for that," recalls Slim. His first love was the piano, but having lost the little finger on his right hand in a cotton gin accident he found it difficult to play properly. Undaunted, he simply switched to guitar...

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Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 05, 2008 –
Jun 08, 2008
Chicago Blues Festival
Cedric Burnside / Lightnin' Malcolm / B.B. King / John Boutte / Marie Knight / Bobby Parker / Lavelle White / Lurrie Bell / Tony Joe White / Magic Slim & The Teardrops / Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine / Buckwheat Zydeco / Eddie the Chief Clearwater / Johnny Winter / Little Willie Littlefield / Sugar Pie DeSanto Show all bands
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Grant Park Chicago, Illinois, United States

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