Zoo Bar Collection Vol. 1 – 6

Magic Slim -one of Chicagos greatest musicians-was a great LIVE-musician ! When he was on tour, he made  a stop two times a year in Lincoln,NE to play at the Zoo Bar. A bluesfan from Lincoln recorded Slim during his gigs there. This is the first CD from the 80´s,with Jr. Pettis on rhythm guitar.  "Mannish Boy", "Five long Years" and "Mojo" are some of the songs on this CD.

This is the second CD of the Zoo Bar recordings, with Pete Allen Or, Jr. Pettis on guitar and Nate Applewhite on drums. There are some great songs: "How long", "See what you´re doing to me", "TV dinner blues"..... Also Jr. Pettis singin heart fixin´business. His conversation with the crowd is super and we know now how great Slim -the country boy from Grenada,MS was !

At the end of the 80´s there was a lot of change in Slims band, The Teardrops: Nick Holt was still there, but there was John Primer on guitar and Michael Scott on drums! Many bluesfans think, this was the best Teardrops band ever! Great songs here too: "See what you doing to me","Talk to your daughter" or the best :"you know what my body needs!" Thanks to Phil Hammar who recorded this CD !!

This CD has the same quality as the other 3 with the same band as on CD 3, and there are great songs like "The moon is full", "Standin´on the Highway" or "Spider in my Stew"! You can feel, that here plays the best bluesband on the planet ! The great surprise is that in the booklet there is an interview with the Magic Man himself! So anyway,you have to buy this CD!

This is the last CD from Slims ZOO BAR recordings! The great blues band is the same and the recording has been done in the late 80's, now you can hear that the band was together for years and the loop-style was there! Songs are: "Cold women with warm heart", "Highway is my home" and "Mustang Sally"! Now, after Slim died 4 years ago, we know these recordings are blues history!

After the Wolf Records manager listened to the Zoo Bar recordings he got the idea to make a CD just with John Primer, because he always opened every set at the Zoo Bar and it was great! So the musicians here are just Nick Holt on bass, Michael Scott on drums and John himself!  The three had a great sound and played songs like "Gambler´s blues", "Easy Baby" and "Walkin' through the Park"! Great!