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13-549: Zoo Bar may refer to: Zoo Bar (Lincoln, Nebraska) , a blues music venue and nightclub in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. Zoo Bar (Halifax, West Yorkshire) , a nightclub in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zoo Bar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

26-421: A cotton gin mishap. He moved first to nearby Grenada . He first came to Chicago in 1955 with his friend and mentor Magic Sam . The elder (by six months) Magic (Sam) let the younger Magic (Slim) play bass with his band and gave him his nickname. At first Slim was not rated very highly by his peers. He returned to Mississippi to work and got his younger brother Nick interested in playing bass. By 1965 he

39-520: A 1996 Blind Pig release, Scufflin' , which presented the post-Primer lineup with the recent addition of the guitarist and singer Jake Dawson. In 1994, Slim moved to Lincoln, Nebraska , where the Zoo Bar had been booking him for years. He was frequently accompanied by his son Shawn Holt , an accomplished guitarist and singer. In 2003, Magic Slim and the Teardrops won the W. C. Handy Award as Blues Band of

52-877: The Forbidden Pigs, Tab Benoit , Tommy Castro , Albert Collins , Robert Cray , Deke Dickerson , Bo Diddley , Chris Duarte , Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Tinsley Ellis , Rick Estrin, Anson Funderburgh , Buddy Guy , the Hacienda Brothers , John Hammond, The Belairs, James Harman , Mark Hummel, Candye Kane , Jay McShann , Matt "Guitar" Murphy , Charlie Musselwhite , Rod Piazza , Ana Popović , Otis Rush , Doug Sahm , Curtis Salgado , Gina Sicilia , Magic Slim , Watermelon Slim , Son Seals , Koko Taylor , Junior Wells , Kim Wilson , and Link Wray . Eddie Clearwater, Mighty Joe Young , Clarence Gatemouth Brown , Carey Bell Numerous live albums have been recorded in

65-591: The French label MCM. During the 1980s, Slim released albums for Alligator , Rooster Blues and Wolf Records and won his first W. C. Handy Award . In 1980 he recorded a cover version of " Mustang Sally ". In 1983, the guitarist John Primer joined the Teardrops and played with the group for 13 years. Releases included Spider in My Stew on Wolf Records – which included the title track " Spider in My Stew ", composed by Willie Dixon and originally recorded by Buster Benton - and

78-619: The Year for the sixth time. They released a live performance on CD and DVD in August 2005 entitled Anything Can Happen . Slim died at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , on February 21, 2013, at age 75. He had health problems that had worsened while he was on tour several weeks earlier. His manager had stated that bleeding ulcers had sent Slim to the hospital, but that he also suffered from heart, lung and kidney problems. In May 2013, Magic Slim

91-556: The bar on to his sons, Jeff and Tim Boehmer, and Pete Watters; Jeff and Pete are partners in the club now. On September 4, 2012, Larry Boehmer died after struggling with lung cancer . Many not only remember Larry as a visual artist and blues player, but as a community builder. In July 2013, the bar celebrated its 40th anniversary. 40°48′52″N 96°42′03″W  /  40.81444°N 96.70083°W  / 40.81444; -96.70083 Magic Slim Morris Holt (August 7, 1937 – February 21, 2013), known as Magic Slim ,

104-585: The bar. Larry Boehmer, a Master of Fine Arts student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln at the time, promoted the bar to his fellow artists. He booked the first band in 1973 and was sole owner by 1977. Boehmer met Chicago musician and promoter Bob Riedy and formed a connection that brought many revered Chicago artists to the Lincoln club. Because of this connection, the Zoo Bar was the first white club that Magic Slim ever played. In 1975 he had never ventured outside

117-590: The club. Magic Slim and his band were regular performers at the bar, playing week-long stints. In the 1990s, Magic Slim moved his family from Chicago to Lincoln. In 1993 the Zoo Bar won the Blues Foundation 's Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Club of the Year. James Harman wrote a song on behalf of the club called "Everybody's Rockin' (At The Zoo Bar)", which can be found on Harman's 1995 Black And White CD. In 2000 Larry Boehmer retired and passed

130-601: The clubs in Chicago's African-American neighborhoods . In 1977, Boehmer was the sole owner and the Zoo was established as an important stop for bands on the touring circuit. The first band Boehmer booked to play in the club was The Cotton Blues Band in the summer of 1973. The first national act to play at the bar was Luther Allison in September 1974. Musical acts have included: Bernard Allison , Luther Allison , Dave Alvin , Billy Bacon and

143-443: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoo_Bar&oldid=795943965 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zoo Bar (Lincoln, Nebraska) Around 1971, Jim Ludwig, Bill Kennedy, and Don Chamberlin purchased

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156-530: Was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born at Torrance , near Grenada , Mississippi , the son of sharecroppers , he followed blues greats such as Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to Chicago, developing his own place in the Chicago blues scene. In 2017, Magic Slim was posthumously inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame . Magic Slim was forced to give up playing the piano when he lost his little finger in

169-402: Was back in Chicago and in 1970 Nick joined him in his band, the Teardrops. They played in the dim, smoke-filled juke joints popular in Chicago in the 1970s on bandstands barely large enough to hold the musicians. Slim's recording career began in 1966 with the song "Scufflin'", followed by a number of singles into the mid-1970s. He recorded his first album in 1977, Born Under a Bad Sign , for

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