Magic Sam

You will fight through rough fidelity to roast in this electric-blues fire, just as you probably
had to battle up to the bar at the Chicago clubs where these bootleg-style tapes were
made, between 1963 and 1968. But Magic Sam Maghett (above) -- an exuberant singer and
thrilling guitarist whose rhythmic attack, heavy with tremolo, and spearing notes combined
the heated discipline of Buddy Guy with the ecstasy of Jimi Hendrix -- died just s... More >