Magic Sam
West Side Soul

Here is an immensely important album, a product of the famous 1967.

Ladies & Gentlemen, West Side Soul, the debut album of the unfortunate Samuel Gene Maghett. A guitarist who spent most of his short life in the shadows, in bars and even in jail (for refusing the draft), a direct offspring of the blues demon from whom he inherited the gift/curse showcased in the only two LPs he recorded.

Here he is accompanied by the famous Mighty Joe Young (who decades later, for copyright reasons, did not allow the use of his name to the future Stone Temple Pilots).

A decidedly modern artwork for the era that shows Sam already in action with his trembling six-string.

Classic examples of unbearably dynamic, soulful Electric Blues and the cherry on top, which is the cover of Sweet Home Chicago by the old shaman Johnson. Needless to dwell on the fact that Magic Sam is the protagonist, with his cries and his broken heart.

Unjustly overlooked, he would die two years after the release of this milestone at the age of 32 due to a heart attack. His only fault, perhaps, was not fitting into what the collective imagination calls club27.

One of the few tributes reserved for him appears in the film The Blues Brothers, right at the moment of the performance by Belushi and Aykroyd where the aforementioned classic is played in his honor, besides the introduction into the Blues Foundation.

An illustrious and seminal performer that the history of music can boast of.