Magic Sam
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Biography
Born in Mississippi but moving to Chicago at an early age, Magic Sam was taken in by his uncle, harmonica player Shakey Jake. They created a new style of blues in the late '50s, reflecting the dramatic life of the West Side's squalid ghetto, blending the Chicago blues of Muddy Waters with the sounds of gospel, and emphasizing solo guitar playing in the Californian style. Magic Sam records his West Side Soul for the Cobra label, scoring local hits with "All Your Love" and "Easy Baby". Notable festival appearances in Europe and the U.S., two superb albums for Delmark in 1968-1969, a contract with John Mayall... the future seemed bright for Magic Sam when he died of a heart attack at the age of thirty-two. His role in modernizing Chicago blues and his influence remain enormous.
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Albums
Top Tracks
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- Love Me This Way
- 21 Days In Jail
- I Have the Same Old Blues
- Easy Baby
- I Just Want a Little Bit
- I need you so bad
- Every night and every day
- Mama, mama -talk to your daughter
- My love will never die
- Reconsider Baby by Shakey Jake
- Juke by Shakey Jake
- Strange Things Happening
- Feeling the Blues
- Blue Blues
- Sweet Mama
- Rockin' and Rollin' the Blues
- J. T. Shuffle
- Sam's Blues
- You Were Wrong
- Backstroke
- I Don't Want No Woman
- Just Pickin'
- Bullet Blues
- My Babys Blues
