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- With a Feeling!-The Complete Cobra
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1937-02-14
- Active to
- 1969-12-01
Discography
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Magic Sam (Samuel Gene Maghett, February 14, 1937 – December 1, 1969) was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of 19, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after the release of his first record, "All Your Love", in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo guitar playing. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grenada
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Delmark Records
- Image
- AABF 1969 Magic Sam JT.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1937-02-14
- date of death
- 1969-12-01
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- Commons category
- Magic Sam
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Article · Italiano
Magic Sam, pseudonimo di Samuel Gene Maghett (Grenada, 14 febbraio 1937 – Chicago, 1º dicembre 1969), è stato un musicista e cantante statunitense, esponente del cosiddetto Chicago blues. Magic Sam fu uno dei più interessanti chitarristi blues del periodo 1957-1969 della scena blues di Chicago (stile Electric Blues).
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