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Origin: Grenada, MS
Decades: 1950's and 1960's
No blues guitarist better represented the adventurous modern sound of Chicago's West side more proudly than Sam Maghett. He died tragically young (at age 32 of a heart attack), right when he was on the brink of climbing the ladder to legitimate stardom -- but Magic Sam left behind a thick legacy of bone-cutting blues that remains eminently influential around his old stomping grounds to this day. Mississippi Delta-born Sam Maghett (one of his childhood pals was towering guitarist Morris Holt, who received h... Read More
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