Singles Collection

Listening to Magic Sam playing and singing from a twenty first

century perspective shows distinctly how he was pushing the

blues in a rockier direction and influencing many subsequent

players. During the sixties he attracted many new fans with two

fine albums on Delmark Records that have remained very

collectable. This fine album represents the first phase of his

career and captures his distinct guitar playing with its crisp and

sometimes choppy attack. He was very much a second-wave

bluesman on the Chicago scene, but obviously had so much to

offer in terms of taking the blues in new and exciting directions.