Magic Sam

Biography

Samuel Gene Maghett, 14 February 1937, Grenada County, Mississippi, USA, d. 1 December 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Although Maghett’s immediate family were not musical, he received encouragement from his uncle, Shakey Jake, a popular blues singer on Chicago’s west side. Maghett arrived in the city in 1950 and by the age of 20 had secured a recording contract with Eli Toscano’s Cobra Records, an emergent independent label. He also changed his name from Good Rocking Sam to Magic... Read more

Genres

Blues

Tags

blues

chicago blues

electric blues

classic blues

rhythm and blues

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