The king of West Side blues guitar was a young gent named Sam Maghett, known by his singular stage name, Magic Sam, He had a style all his own, laced with vibrato and rapid fire barrages of bent notes, His soul steeped vocal delivery was every bit as distinctive as his fretwork.
The precise date when this performance was captured at Silvio's has been in question over the years, though December of 1966 is cited by one reliable source, Mark Thompson remained Sam's right hand man on bass, Odie Payne, Elmore James long time drummer sat in and Sam's uncle, and Shakey Jake, sat in to share the vocal load and blow some harmonica.