MAGIC SAM

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No blues guitarist better represented the adventurous modern sound of Chicago's West side more proudly than Sam Maghett. He died tragically young (at age 32 of a heart attack), just as he was on the brink of climbing the ladder to legitimate stardom, but Magic Sam left behind a thick legacy of bone-cutting blues that remains eminently influential around his old stomping grounds to this day.

Maghett (one of his childhood pals was towering guitarist Morris Holt, who received his Magic Slim handle from Sam) was born in the Mississippi Delta. In 1950, he arrived in Chicago, picking up a few blues guitar pointers from his new neighbor, Syl Johnson (whose brother, Mack Thompson, served as Sam's loyal bassist for much of his professional career). Harpist Shakey Jake Harris, sometimes referred to as the guitarist's uncle, encouraged Sam's blues progress and gigged with him later on, when both were Westside institutions.

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MAGIC SAM The Legacy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Legacy
Blues 1989
MAGIC SAM Give Me Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Give Me Time
Blues 1991
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 All Your Love
Blues 1992

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 Magic Sam Live
Blues 1981
MAGIC SAM Magic Sam & Shakey Jake ‎: Magic Touch - Live At Sylvio's 1968 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Magic Sam & Shakey Jake ‎: Magic Touch - Live At Sylvio's 1968
Blues 1983
MAGIC SAM Rockin' Wild In Chicago album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Rockin' Wild In Chicago
Blues 2002
MAGIC SAM Live 1969: Raw Blues! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Live 1969: Raw Blues!
Blues 2012
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 Live At The Avant Garde
Blues 2013

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 (1937-1969)
Blues 1969

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