Live at the Avant Garde

Live at the Avant Garde is a live album by the American blues musician Magic Sam, compiling tracks recorded in Milwaukee in 1968, that was released by the Delmark label in 2013.[1][2]

Live at the Avant Garde
Live album by
Magic Sam
ReleasedNovember 18, 2013
RecordedJune 22, 1968
VenueThe Avant Garde, Milwaukee
GenreBlues
Length67:40
LabelDelmark
DE/DF2-833
ProducerJim Charne, Robert G. Koester
Magic Sam chronology
Rockin' Wild in Chicago
(2002)		 Live at the Avant Garde
(2013)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
PopMatters[4]

Allmusic reviewer Mark Deming stated "for an amateur audience tape recorded in 1968, Live at the Avant Garde sounds remarkably good, with the instruments sounding clean and rich and Sam's voice suffering just a touch of distortion from the PA system. Magic Sam never broke through to real stardom, but he made a big impression during his short time in the spotlight, and Live at the Avant Garde shows he never dogged it, not even on a coffeehouse gig in Wisconsin, hardly a show where a blues legend would be expected to pull out all the stops".[3] On PopMatters David Maine said "Magic Sam Live at the Avant Garde is a time capsule from the days when this Chicago blues trio could step into a Milwaukee club and tear the place up ... the band is simultaneously energetic, laid back and tighter than a watch spring ... There’s no showing off here, as Sam is a practitioner of the “less is more” school of guitar wizardry, but the solos are extensive and note-perfect without being busy ... this recording stands as a testament to his mastery".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Samuel Maghett except where noted

  1. "San-Ho-Zay" (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) − 4:01
  2. "Don´t Want No Woman" (Don Robey) − 3:37
  3. "I Need You So Bad" (B.B. King, Sam Ling) − 4:22
  4. "Feelin´ Good" (Herman Parker) − 4:28
  5. "It´s All Your Fault Baby" (Lowell Fulson) − 4:31
  6. "You Belong to Me" − 4:10
  7. "Bad Luck Blues" − 3:14
  8. "Come On in This House" (Amos Blakemore) − 3:46
  9. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) − 3:21
  10. "Still a Fool" (Muddy Waters) − 3:32
  11. "That´s All I Need" − 4:32
  12. "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" (Otis Rush) − 3:58
  13. "That´s All Right" (Jimmy Rogers) − 3:07
  14. "I Found Me a New Love" (Little Milton, Bob Lyons) − 4:25 Additional track on 2LP release
  15. "Lookin´ Good" − 4:20
  16. "Everynight Everyday" (Jimmy McCracklin) − 3:41
  17. "Hully Gully Twist" (B.B. King, Joe Josea) − 3:43

Personnel

References
  1. Wirz' American Music: Magic Sam discography accessed October 31, 2019
  2. Delmark Records: album details accessed October 31, 2019
  3. Deming, Mark. Magic Sam: Rockin' Wild in Chicago – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  4. Maine, D. PopMatters Review accessed October 31, 2019
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