Peg Leg Sam and Temp 110

[ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Harpers,
	Has anyone heard of Peg Leg Sam (Arthur Jackson). I picked up a 
bargain tape of him on Tomato Label, the only existing recording, I think. 
Am I wrong? He has a breathy, deceptively simple, folk blues style. Great 
tone and dynamics. Great vocals-a voice with real character. He does the 
best John Henry I have ever heard, bar none. John doesnÕt die, but prevents 
a train wreck. In this song, Peg exhibits the vision of a great 
folktale-teller. The album was recorded (early 1970Õs) just a few years 
before he died, in his seventies, of emphysema! How he did it with a lung 
ailment is beyond me. The whole album is not great, but four cuts make it 
very worthwhile, in my estimation. I think he should get a little 
attention. It is a dirty shame he lived and died in obscurity and poverty. 
A few sessions like this one would have produced some lasting folk blues, 
IÕm sure. Check him out. By the way, he lost his leg jumping a train, and 
his face was badly disfigured in a knife fight. Guess he lived Ôdem blues. 
If anyone has heard anything at all about Peg Leg Sam please get back to 
me.
	Also, does anyone know if Sonny Boy ever recorded another version of 
Temperature 110 besides the one on the Bummer Road album (June 1960, Chess 
Records). The harp break is one of my all time favorites. Maybe it isnÕt 
real technically difficult, but, Man, is it RIGHT! And TIGHT! I know 99 
Below Zero, a similar song recorded in 57, but just wonder if Temp. 110 
existed anywhere else.  

Thanks 

-Ted Allbritton
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