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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
Wikidata facts
- 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 · 日本語
マジック・サム（Magic Sam, 1937年2月14日 - 1969年12月1日）は米国のブルース・ギタリスト、シンガー。本名はサミュエル・ジーン・マゲット。50年代から60年代にかけてシカゴで活躍し、オーティス・ラッシュ、バディ・ガイらとともにシカゴ・ブルースに新風を吹き込んだ。
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