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Music : West Side Soul
Rating: 
- Superb Blues
Wow, where do I start? How about with....BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!
Yep sounds good to me, Magic Sam, an obscure blues musician, just as his career was about to take off he sadly died, leaving behind two studio albums, West Side Soul, is his debut, it's rooted deeply in Soulful blues, from the very first track 'That's All I need' I found myself hooked, his quivering vocals demanding my attention, the guitar work was on par with his singing.
This truly is an underrated artist and album for that matter. Magic Sam should be raved about in every Country, city and town.
Listening to Sam is like fusing the guitar work of great blues guitarists with the vocals of, say, Sam Cooke---Okay, Okay, maybe Sam Cooke is a little high in expectations, but still, buy this and be astounded by Sam's ability to entertain.
Rating: - Soul meets the blues and explodes
Sometimes things just do live up to the hype, I'd heard about this recording in hushed tones from 'serious' guitar players and singers for years and I never believed a word of it. Well it's all true this is a masterpiece par excellence.
Although people tend to put Sam in the Hendrix camp he is a lot less distortion & flash and more feel and harmony his singing is somewhere between Otis Redding and Sam Cooke maybe a little reedier but a beautiful thing all the same.
Every track is a classic and you've heard them all a thousand times played by every bar band you've ever seen but you've never heard them like this, go on do your ears a favour.
Rating:
- Soulful blues. (Or bluesy soul....)
This album is Magic Sam Maghett's finest hour, and one of the finest electric blues albums of the 60s.
He plays blues with a strong soul influence, particularly on the magnificent "That's All I Need" and "I Don't Want No Woman". Classic slow blues ("All Of Your Love", "I Found A New Love"). And superb versions of Jimmy McCracklin's "Every Night And Every Day", Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago" and J.B. Lenoir's "Mama Talk To Your Daughter".
Okay, so not everything is equally memorable, and the arrangements and Sam Maghett's (albeit excellent) guitar playing may feel a bit unvaried towards the end, but "West Side Soul" is still a great, electrifying blues record, and it belongs in any serious blues collection.
Rating: - Feelin' good with the 'Magic' touch.
The title gives a clue - West Side Soul. In this ground breaking album, Magic Sam uses his soulful vocals to excellent effect, backed by the west side Chicago sound epitimised by contempories such as Otish Rush and Buddy Guy. This approach was a step up from the more traditional Chicago sound of Muddy Waters etc. Magic Sam was poised for greater things, having just joined Stax Records when he sadly died of a heart attack. Luckily this album stands as a testiment to his greatly missed genius.
- Superb BluesWow, where do I start? How about with....BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!
Yep sounds good to me, Magic Sam, an obscure blues musician, just as his career was about to take off he sadly died, leaving behind two studio albums, West Side Soul, is his debut, it's rooted deeply in Soulful blues, from the very first track 'That's All I need' I found myself hooked, his quivering vocals demanding my attention, the guitar work was on par with his singing.
This truly is an underrated artist and album for that matter. Magic Sam should be raved about in every Country, city and town.
Listening to Sam is like fusing the guitar work of great blues guitarists with the vocals of, say, Sam Cooke---Okay, Okay, maybe Sam Cooke is a little high in expectations, but still, buy this and be astounded by Sam's ability to entertain.
Rating:
- Soul meets the blues and explodesSometimes things just do live up to the hype, I'd heard about this recording in hushed tones from 'serious' guitar players and singers for years and I never believed a word of it. Well it's all true this is a masterpiece par excellence.
Although people tend to put Sam in the Hendrix camp he is a lot less distortion & flash and more feel and harmony his singing is somewhere between Otis Redding and Sam Cooke maybe a little reedier but a beautiful thing all the same.
Every track is a classic and you've heard them all a thousand times played by every bar band you've ever seen but you've never heard them like this, go on do your ears a favour.
Rating:
- Soulful blues. (Or bluesy soul....)This album is Magic Sam Maghett's finest hour, and one of the finest electric blues albums of the 60s.
He plays blues with a strong soul influence, particularly on the magnificent "That's All I Need" and "I Don't Want No Woman". Classic slow blues ("All Of Your Love", "I Found A New Love"). And superb versions of Jimmy McCracklin's "Every Night And Every Day", Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago" and J.B. Lenoir's "Mama Talk To Your Daughter".
Okay, so not everything is equally memorable, and the arrangements and Sam Maghett's (albeit excellent) guitar playing may feel a bit unvaried towards the end, but "West Side Soul" is still a great, electrifying blues record, and it belongs in any serious blues collection.
Rating:
- Feelin' good with the 'Magic' touch.The title gives a clue - West Side Soul. In this ground breaking album, Magic Sam uses his soulful vocals to excellent effect, backed by the west side Chicago sound epitimised by contempories such as Otish Rush and Buddy Guy. This approach was a step up from the more traditional Chicago sound of Muddy Waters etc. Magic Sam was poised for greater things, having just joined Stax Records when he sadly died of a heart attack. Luckily this album stands as a testiment to his greatly missed genius.