tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post7178900494905892455..comments2024-03-11T14:14:58.812-04:00Comments on TheHoundBlog: Magic SamThe Houndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328225246284521960noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-50227611853017362772009-09-26T06:50:03.859-04:002009-09-26T06:50:03.859-04:00The cat could play!
Nice way to start the day.The cat could play!<br /><br />Nice way to start the day.J.D. Kinghttp://jdkingillustration.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-91962030739730966122009-09-25T20:18:10.647-04:002009-09-25T20:18:10.647-04:00"Jazz Record Mart in Chicago. Can still be fo..."Jazz Record Mart in Chicago. Can still be found there, last I heard."<br /><br />Indeed it is, if you're passing through Chicago it's on the corner of W. Ilinois and N. Wabash Ave. One of the last great record stores left.The Houndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328225246284521960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-73604846320947095412009-09-25T18:02:38.711-04:002009-09-25T18:02:38.711-04:00Bob Koester still runs Delmark and the Jazz Record...Bob Koester still runs Delmark and the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago. Can still be found there, last I heard.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04013248532960596091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-84960603558140400382009-09-25T04:55:15.349-04:002009-09-25T04:55:15.349-04:00For my money (honey), Sam made the hardest-of-the-...For my money (honey), Sam made the hardest-of-the-hard blues. Tougher than tough, and given his contemporaries, dat's sayin' sumpin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-3796745759628924442009-09-24T23:30:15.863-04:002009-09-24T23:30:15.863-04:00Do you know the track "Trying to Make It"...Do you know the track "Trying to Make It"? Wicked organ/guitar interplay. It's more slinky memphis-style than the usual West Side blues sound, but it kills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-66419340772055593692009-09-24T20:43:49.564-04:002009-09-24T20:43:49.564-04:00The clip is absolutely fantastic, thanks. Talk abo...The clip is absolutely fantastic, thanks. Talk about economical playing! Love that distorted tone on the guitar.<br /><br />He would have been a huge blues star if he'd lived. He was an excellent singer, guitarist, songwriter and he had soul! <br /><br />The last of the great ones before the blues went to shit.chaskithttp://www.garagehangover.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-52340886254630801712009-09-24T13:15:50.624-04:002009-09-24T13:15:50.624-04:00West Side Soul.
maybe the first real blues "a...West Side Soul.<br />maybe the first real blues "album"<br />great one for sure.roscoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534812579037421463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226924615283203864.post-33238453684734601712009-09-24T12:55:39.899-04:002009-09-24T12:55:39.899-04:00Wow, great clip, thanks for posting.
I wonder if ...Wow, great clip, thanks for posting.<br /><br />I wonder if Earl Hooker ever got his guitar back...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com