Le blues de Walter Trout: étape 10: Magic Sam !

Notre tournée du blues de Walter Trout touche vers sa fin. Voici la dixième étape.  Aujourd’hui, notre brillant guitariste évoque pour nous Magic Sam, auteur de « Out of bad luck ». Voici donc ce qu’écrit Walter Trout à son sujet, accompagné de la version d’origine du morceau :

« He was born in Grenada Country Mississippi, and moved to Chicago in 1956. At a recording session in 1957, his bass player coined his stage name Magic Sam – a creative take on his actual name. He recorded and performed until he died of a heart attack at age 32. 

Sam never really achieved widespread success, but for years, he has been revered and loved by blues fans – especially musicians. In the film, The Blues Brothers, Jake Blues dedicates the band’s performance of Sweet Home Chicago to “the late, great Magic Sam.” 

Sam was also one of the finest songwriters of the blues and this song is one of his lesser-known numbers. I was drawn to it both by the guitar lick that answers the vocal lines, and the lyrical content in which the singer may be down, but he’s “on his way back up again.” I guess that is something we can all relate to. »

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Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck (Crash)