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title: "Live at the Avant Garde"
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# Live at the Avant Garde

**Brand:** magic sam
**Price:** € 32.20
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- **What is this?** Live at the Avant Garde by magic sam
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Live at the Avant Garde

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    MAGIC SAM LIVE AT THE AVANT GARDE--$1.50 AT THE DOOR
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2013*

"The room was small and smoky and hot and loud."I just had to write something about this fine set so hopefully more Magic Sam/blues fans might find out just how good this set is.  Among the currently available live Magic Sam sets this is the best recorded of the bunch by far.  Sam's guitar and vocals are close mic'd and are fairly crisp and clean.  Bob Richey's drums too are pretty well recorded.  But Big Mojo Elem's bass is fairly inaudible.  With headphones you can hear his fine supportive bass runs, but it's too bad they aren't a bit higher in the mix.  But chalking  the sound up to conditions (not the best) and the equipment (second hand), and that nothing could be done about the inherent mix, it's amazing to hear Sam's vocals and guitar in all their glory.  So if the bass is a little low, that's okay.  This set is rated 5 "stars" because of both the relatively fine recording quality and Sam's subtle yet smoldering performance.  Is this the blues reissue of the year?If you're a fan of Magic Sam (like me) you'll want to add this set to your blues collection.  Sam's guitar is a prime example of that West Side sound you could hear virtually any night somewhere on the West Side of Chicago, back when blues was alive, in any number of small clubs and taverns.  Just listen to "Don't Want No Woman" for a good example of West Side blues/soul.  Sam's vocals are filled with that raw tension and that soulful, pleading tone he's known for.  And when you combine his guitar work with his declamatory vocals--well it doesn't get much better than this.All the songs are in the 4-5 minutes range.  And it's that conciseness that gives his performances a vibrancy and excitement found in Sam's two Delmark studio albums "West Side Soul" and "Black Magic".  The economy of his solos actually seems to build up a tension that increases through each song.  Listen to "It's All Your Fault Baby" or "Come On In This House" to hear how Sam builds up that tension with only a few notes in his relatively short  solos.  Or listen to Sam's version of Otis Rush's "All You Love (I Miss Loving)"--another highlight among many.  His use of his guitar, playing off his vocals to build a song's impact runs all through this set.  There's no long drawn out solos that dilute the tension heard in these tunes.  This set is the real deal.  You'll recognize songs written by Freddy King, Junior Parker, Willie Dixon, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Rogers, and (of course) Sam Maghett among others.I've always wondered why recordings this good, of a major blues artist, have taken so many years to see the light of day.  Sam recorded relatively little--his Cobra and Chief sides and his Delmark albums (from the same period as this live set) are considered his best albums.  The few recorded live albums were marred sonically, so why did something this good remain unheard?  But it doesn't matter.  There's an authentic energy and period feel of being in the club that runs all through this great set of tunes.  Sam's easy going banter with club patrons between songs helps give this set an authentic feel.  I've been listening to Magic Sam since the days of the original Delmark vinyl releases back in the late 60's, and this set from the Avant Garde club brings back all the excitement of those first albums from all those years (decades!) ago.  Buy this now.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Sam and Delmark delivers the best sounding overall full concert on CD yet
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2013*

Out of all the live CDs of Magic Sam released so far, this is the best sounding overall and a strong full concert.The set list is great, missing some classics each of us fans would like to hear like "I Just Want A Little Bit" (one of my favorite songs of his) but take what we can get!  Sam tightly bangs out one great song after another of his own or Chicago blues classic until the end.  Just like you're in the club, and very listenable.As another reviewer Stuart has already mentioned the sound isn't great but perhaps the high end of low-fi, but very listenable.  The bass player Big Mojo is hard to hear.I'm not sure if Big Mojo Elem was the best match for Sam but he's just OK here.  He's slightly out of tune and plays in the wrong key sometimes so maybe he didn'tknow all the songs or they hadn't played together much.  Perhaps he was just having an off-night.  They do get their groove on better later in the show.Fans of Sam's Delmark LPs like West Side Soul and Black Magic will get rewarded.  You keep hearing those classic tracks coming on over and over.  Collectors will have to accept any decent live Magic Sam they can get into this world, and this one delivers.For now, the best-sounding official release I've heard so far of live Magic Sam except the two live tracks tacked onto the end of "The Late Great Magic Sam".Fans or collectors of Magic Sam, or classic electric West Side Chicago blues must add this CD to their collections.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great Magic Sam CD
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018*

This is one of the cleaner live recordings of Magic Sam. You can hear the nuances very well. His guitar work and singing are great as always and certain tracks are interesting to hear because I hadn't heard them elsewhere. I would say the energy of this performance is more relaxed than some others (such as the Ann Arbor '69 or the 1966 Sylvio's performances) but is worthwhile by all means.

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