Showing posts with label Austrian blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austrian blues. Show all posts

June 13, 2023

Special Austria : Hooked On Blues - I Have To Stop (feat. Bonnie Lee, Magic Slim, John Primer, Nick Holt) (1994) / Austrian Blues Summit (1998)

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Hooked On Blues - I Have To Stop (1994)

The little Austrian band that hooked... Magic Slim
There is in Austria a nice little label launched in 1974 by a blues fan, Hannes Folterbauer, who managed to sign some good blues artist from Chicago like Eddie Taylor Jr., Vance Kelly, Magic Slim and his Teardrops, John Primer after he left the Teardrops, and "the Sweetheart of the Blues" aka singer Bonnie Lee.

Meanwhile in Austria a bunch of young blues crazies formed a band baptized Hooked On Blues. A few years later, Magic Slim was in Austria for some concerts and happened to hear them perform. He was so impressed by their understanding of Chicago blues that he advised Wolf to make them record, and consequently Wolf organized a first session. When Magic Slim came back to Austria with the Teardrops (which was featuring John Primer on guitar, and Slim's brother Nick Holt on bass), Wolf set another session, this time including Slim, Holt, Primer and Bonnie Lee.