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Magic Sam
Born:
02/14/1937
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Died:
12/01/1969
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Years Active:
1957-1969
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Samuel "Magic Sam" Gene Maghett was an American Chicago blues musician. Maghett was born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of nineteen, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after his first record, "All Your Love" in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo-guitar playing.
Concerts
| Event | Date | Venue | City | Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Sam | 10/02/1966 | Big Bill's Copa Cobana Club | Chicago | Illinois | USA |
| The Who | 08/13/1968 | Fillmore West | San Francisco | California | USA |
| The Who | 08/14/1968 | Fillmore West | San Francisco | California | USA |
| The Who | 08/15/1968 | Fillmore West | San Francisco | California | USA |
| Magic Sam | 08/16/1968 | New Orleans House | Berkeley | California | USA |
| Magic Sam | 08/17/1968 | New Orleans House | Berkeley | California | USA |
| Magic Sam | 12/17/1968 | New Orleans House | Berkeley | California | USA |
| Magic Sam | 12/18/1968 | New Orleans House | Berkeley | California | USA |