Magic Sam

The kid was Sam Maghett, later known as Magic Sam, and Syl was amazed at how well this new kid played guitar, something he'd picked up from his childhood friend Matt "Guitar" Murphy.

NPR Topics: News 2011

One night, there were six people to see Magic Sam and I brought five of them.

Aggressively Spanning the Blues Jim Fusilli 2012

It was already in danger of becoming moribund in the mid '60s, when Junior Wells and Magic Sam saved it by injecting some soul into it.

At Pepper's Hideout, A South Side Party To Remember 2010

Guitarists like Otis Rush and Magic Sam played an aggressive, virtuosic blues that attracted a younger crowd, and Freddie King ran with them.

Freddie King And The Harsh 'Business' Of The Blues 2010

Easy Baby soundclip by Magic Sam recording of 1968 from Black Magic (Delmark 620) &

Magic Sam Lyrics 2009

Oh south side of Chicago, oh all the way where Magic Sam used to play

Susan Tedeschi Lyrics 2009

The numbers are informed by what Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy and Magic Sam contributed to music — and funk and hip-hop and even country influences show up, too.

We’ll Never Lose the Blues 2009

It's All Your Fault soundclip by Magic Sam recording of 1968 from Black Magic (Delmark 620), copyright notice

Magic Sam Lyrics 2009

She started listening to electric blues guitar masters - Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Freddie King - and that was it.

Susan Tedeschi's Motherly Blues 2008

My buddies and I watched that clip probably three or four times today in between Grateful Dead, Magic Sam, and Firesign Theatre CDs.

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