Highway Is My Home

by Magic Slim

Overview

Magic Slim's style is a full-speed-ahead, hard-edged, ragged one, with a deep, sometimes sloppy vocal approach and an equally cutting guitar approach. It is not pretty, flashy, pop-oriented, or even particularly appealing, but it is genuine. The stripped-down Slim sound was mostly on target throughout the 10 tracks (one bonus cut) on this late '70s date originally recorded for Black and Blue. This Evidence CD features Slim being assertive, as close to romantic as he can get, and otherwise powering straight ahead. Only on Elmore James' "The Sky Is Crying" does he sound overwhelmed, more by the song's litany (Albert King's equally transcendent version also looms in the background). Otherwise, blues for the non-crossover set. ~ Ron Wynn

Product Details

Release Date:	07/12/2024
UPC:	4526180705598

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Magic Slim   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Nick Holt   Guitar (Bass)
Alabama Junior   Vocals,Guitar
Fred Below   Drums

Technical Credits

Blue   Producer
Disques Black   Producer
Junior Parker   Composer
Otis Spann   Composer
Gerhard Lehner   Engineer
David Shirk   Pre-Mastering Engineer,Engineer
Jerry Gordon   Reissue Producer,Producer
Howlin' Wolf   Composer
Magic Slim   Composer
Elmore James   Composer
Ewart Abner   Composer
Disques Black and Blue   Producer
Jimmy Reed   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer
James Fraher   Photography
Lois Ulrey   Liner Notes
Thomas Vilot   Art Direction
Big Bill Broonzy   Composer
Willie Mabon   Composer
Buster Benton   Composer