Samuel "Magic Sam" Gene Maghett,rodjen je 14.2.1937. Grenada,Misisipi.Bluz je naucio da svira,slusajuci ploce Muddy Waters-a i Little Walter-a.
Sa 19 godina odlazi u Cikago i potpisuje ugovor za Cobra Records,da bi 1957. izdao prvu plocu "All Your Love".Ubrzo potom sledi jos jedan singl,pod nazivom "Easy Baby".Odlazi u vojsku,ali ubrzo dezertira i 1963. privlaci veliku paznju svojim novim singlom "Feelin' Good (We're Gonna Boogie)".Nakon uspesne turneje po Velikoj Britaniji,SAD-u i Nemackoj,potpisuje ugovor za Delmark Records 1967.Nastavlja sa radom i izlaze "West Side Soul" i "Black Magic".
1969. dozivljava veliki uspeh na Ann Arbor Blues festivalu,ali nazalost umire od infarkta u decembru iste godine u 32. godini zivota.Sahranjen je na Restvale groblju,Alsip, Illinois.
Februara 1970. Butterfield Blues Band organizuje koncert u cast Magic Sam-a.Citat Willie Dixon-a:"Magic Sam had a different guitar sound.Most of the guys were playing the straight 12-bar blues thing, but the harmonies that he carried with the chords was a different thing altogether. This tune "All Your Love", he expressed with such an inspirational feeling with his high voice. You could always tell him, even from his introduction to the music."
Magic Sam je pored Otis Rush-a i Buddy Guy-a,jedan od pokretaca "novog talasa" u bluzu.Poznat je i kao veoma karakteristican tremolo-gitarista.
Nagrade i priznanja
1982 - Blues Foundation Blues Music Award: Magic Sam Live (Vintage or Reissue Album of the Year (US))
1982 - Blues Foundation Hall of Fame: Magic Sam inducted (Performer)
1984 - Blues Foundation Hall of Fame: West Side Soul (Classics of Blues Recordings - Albums category)
1990 - Blues Foundation Hall of Fame: Black Magic (Classics of Blues Recordings - Albums category)
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