Magic Sam
- MatchMagic Sam
- 100%Otis Rush
- 68%Elmore James
- 67%T-Bone Walker
- 65%Freddie King
- 64%Earl Hooker
- 60%Albert King
- 60%Fenton Robinson
- 58%Jimmy Reed
- 58%Lowell Fulson
- 57%Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Biography
Samuel Gene Maghett, 14 February 1937, Grenada County, Mississippi, USA, d. 1 December 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Although Maghetts immediate family were not musical, he received encouragement from his uncle, Shakey Jake, a popular blues singer on Chicagos west side. Maghett arrived in the city in 1950 and by the age of 20 had secured a recording contract with Eli Toscanos Cobra Records, an emergent independent label. He also changed his name from Good Rocking Sam to Magic... Read more