Medicine show and Piedmont Blues harmonica player Peg Leg Sam died on this day in 1977 in Jonesvile, SC. Peg Leg Sam was a true entertainer. He was a member of what may have been the last of the authentic traveling medicine shows. He delivered comedy routines, bawdy toasts, and was a virtuoso harmonica player. Peg Leg gave his last medicine show in 1972, but continued to be a favorite at folk and Blues festivals untill his death in 1977. Any true Blues fan will love Peg Leg Sam with Louisianna Red or Joshua on Tomato. Harmonica players and fans will like Early In The Morning on Blues Alliance, Peg Leg Sam (December 18, 1911 – October 27, 1977)[1] was an American country blues harmonicist, singer and comedian.[2] He recorded Fox Chase and John Henry, and worked in medicine shows.[1] He gained his nickname following an accident whilst hoboing in 1930.[3] Born Arthur Jackson in Jonesville, South Carolina, United States, to David Jackson, a farmer and native of Virginia, and Emma Jackson, Arthur was the fourth of six children. His fraternal great-grandmother, Racheal Williams, was born 1810 in Colonial Virginia, and was commonly referred to as a mulatto. She may have had a Caucasian mother or father, most likely, a caucasian father, as this would have been typical for the time period. Arthur went on to marry Theo S. Jackson, who was 18 years older than him, and the mother of Herbert Miller and Katherine Miller, both natives of Tennessee. In South Carolina, Peg Leg Sam made his living busking on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows. Peg Leg Sam gave his last medicine-show performance in 1972 in North Carolina, but continued to appear at music festivals in his final years.[3] He died in Jonesville in October 1977, at the age of 65.[1]youtu.be/OciGRpwJfkI -------------------------
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