Magic Slim ~ Similar Artists

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Frank Frost - 86% match to Magic Slim

15 April 1936, Auvergne, Arkansas, USA, d. 12 October 1999, Helena, Arkansas, USA. Frost's skills encompassed keyboards and guitar, but like many other blues artists, he started with the harmonica. After moving to St. Louis as a teenager, he took up playing with Sonny Boy "Rice... Read more

Dave Hole - 82% match to Magic Slim

30 March 1948, Heswall, Cheshire, England. Hole's family moved to Perth, Western Australia, when he was four years old. The music of the Rolling Stones inspired him to pick up the guitar, and through them he discovered Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He had been playing for some... Read more

Lonnie Brooks - 81% match to Magic Slim

Lee Baker Junior, 18 December 1933, Dubuisson, Louisiana, USA. Brooks took up the electric guitar while living in Port Arthur, Texas, playing as Guitar Junior with Clifton Chenier and Lonesome Sundown. His first solo record was the local hit "Family Rules", made for Eddie... Read more

Phillip Walker - 79% match to Magic Slim

11 February, 1937, Welsh, Louisiana, USA. Originating from the Port Arthur area of Louisiana, Walker worked in many bands building a reputation as a performer of note. Moving to Los Angeles, he recorded for the small Elko label before finally having an album made up from tracks... Read more

Johnny Copeland - 78% match to Magic Slim

27 March 1937, Haynesville, Louisiana, USA, d. 4 July 1997, New York, USA. A former boxer, Johnny "Clyde" Copeland was active as a guitarist and singer on the Houston blues scene during the late 50s and 60s. While there is no doubt as to Copeland's blues credentials, throughout... Read more

Lucky Peterson - 78% match to Magic Slim

Judge Kenneth Peterson, 13 December 1964, Buffalo, New York, USA. Peterson was an exceptionally gifted musician as a child, and this has left him with the problem of harnessing his natural gift to a definable personality. His father James owned a blues club, the Governor's Inn,... Read more

Luther Allison - 73% match to Magic Slim

17 August 1939, Mayflower, Arkansas, USA, d. 12 August 1997, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Born into a family where he was the fourteenth child of 15, the young Allison worked with his siblings in the local cotton fields. In his youth, guitarist Allison sang with a family gospel... Read more

Kenny Neal - 69% match to Magic Slim

14 October 1957, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The oldest son in Baton Rouge's most famous musical family, six of whom are professional musicians, Neal was groomed throughout the 90s for blues stardom, but in a time of transition it remains an aim rather than an... Read more

Omar & The Howlers - 67% match to Magic Slim

Kent Dykes, 1950, McComb, Mississippi, USA. Omar began playing guitar in the town's tough blues clubs at the age of 13. Forming the Howlers, he built up a reputation throughout Mississippi and the south, before moving on to Austin, Texas, and recording two albums for independent... Read more

Otis Rush - 60% match to Magic Slim

29 April 1934, Philadelphia, Mississippi, USA. A left-handed blues guitarist, Rush moved to Chicago where his impassioned singing and playing on "I Can't Quit You Baby" brought a Top 10 R&B hit in 1956. He became one of the "young turks" of the Chicago scene together with... Read more