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Peg Leg Sam: Kickin' It
by Ed Kopp
The late Peidmont blues harpist Peg Leg Sam (real name Arthur Jackson) was a true ramblin' bluesman who lost his right leg in 1930 when he tried to hop a freight train in North Carolina. When he wasn't riding the rails, the South Carolinian worked as an entertainer with a medicine show run by “Chief Thundercloud," a Potawotomi Indian. This show continued its run until the chief's death in the early 1970s. It was around this time that Sam recorded ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
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