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Many believe this 1967 landmark, Sam Maghett's first full-length studio recording, is the greatest blues album ever made. While that assertion is awfully difficult to substantiate, these 11 gems (plus one alternate) certainly deserve hyperbolic praise. These cuts have a dramatically direct emotional appeal, a blunt, unfiltered artlessness that's rarely been achieved in an electric setting. Sam's spirited vocals come from his heart and his belly, not his brain. His guitar work is smoothly melodic, à la B. B. King with a bit more bite, frenetic and energetic like Buddy Guy, but with more taste. Since this Mississippi native died at age 32, this album sits in a mystical place in blues history: In many ways, it is to Chicago blues what Robert Johnson's meager output is to Delta blues. --Marc Greilsamer
From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
Magic Sam's 1967 recording West Side Soul belongs to the highest heaven. He ravages his fretboard with boldness, sometimes playing lead, rhythm, and bass simultaneously, keeping his tone clear and focused, his runs inventive and searching. He also lends true feeling to his dithyrambic singing of every syllable in "My Love Will Never Die," "Sweet Home Chicago," and nine more stellar numbers. A twelfth, "Looking Good," is a boogie-locomotive instrumental, another slice of bliss. Fellow travelers to the realm of light include rhythm guitarist Mighty Joe Young and eponymous father-and-son drummers Odie Payne. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993
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Many believe this 1967 landmark, Sam Maghett's first full-length studio recording, is the greatest blues album ever made. While that assertion is awfully difficult to substantiate, these 11 gems (plus one alternate) certainly deserve hyperbolic praise. These cuts have a dramatically direct emotional appeal, a blunt, unfiltered artlessness that's rarely been achieved in an electric setting. Sam's spirited vocals come from his heart and his belly, not his brain. His guitar work is smoothly melodic, à la B. B. King with a bit more bite, frenetic and energetic like Buddy Guy, but with more taste. Since this Mississippi native died at age 32, this album sits in a mystical place in blues history: In many ways, it is to Chicago blues what Robert Johnson's meager output is to Delta blues. --Marc Greilsamer
From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
Magic Sam's 1967 recording West Side Soul belongs to the highest heaven. He ravages his fretboard with boldness, sometimes playing lead, rhythm, and bass simultaneously, keeping his tone clear and focused, his runs inventive and searching. He also lends true feeling to his dithyrambic singing of every syllable in "My Love Will Never Die," "Sweet Home Chicago," and nine more stellar numbers. A twelfth, "Looking Good," is a boogie-locomotive instrumental, another slice of bliss. Fellow travelers to the realm of light include rhythm guitarist Mighty Joe Young and eponymous father-and-son drummers Odie Payne. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993
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