Satan and Adam, "Heartbreak" (Greenwood SC, 2008)

The comeback continues! After dropping out of sight between 1998 and 2004 in the aftermath's of some health challanges, the Harlem blues duo of Satan and Adam (Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow) has been playing occasional test-flight gigs in Florida, where Magee now lives.

The summer of 2008 marks the return of Satan and Adam (now with Dave Laycock on drums) to regional touring at select venues. This video was shot at the Greenwood "Blues Cruise" in the hills of South Carolina.

For harmonica players: Gussow is playing an unmodified Hohner Marine Band, key of C.

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• satan
• adam
• gussow
• sterling
• magee
• dave
• laycock
• blues
• harmonica
• harp

[LongingCirkel]

Lol, just realized you're wearing the same (or alike) clothes here as in your "early 1990s" video of Groovy People ;-) Gussow has a gimmick?

[KudzuRunner]

You've got good eyes! Different shirt, but those are actually the same pair of jeans as in that earlier video. They're very light blue, faded through many washings, but I only wear them in the summer, and not that often. Most people have a bottom-of-the-drawer pair of jeans, I think.

[zanzibu]

It still amazes me how each player has their own intonation or voice...but always has a cousin sound similar to whoever it may be? The gussow sound to me is: james cotton..the reason is, when I first heard satans vocals and adams harp playing that's what I saw in my mind.

[KudzuRunner]

Cotton has always been one of my favorite harp players. He doesn't do the sort of long single-note runs I do here, but I'm sure I've absorbed a bit of his full growly tone.

[Ledvolta]

Hi, Adam. Satan and Adam is cool. Thanks for giving us so very much.

[JuicyHarp]

You guys are great as usual, I like your drive! I also like the fact you are playing "unmodified Hohner Marine Band" - I'm in favor of "raw" harps too! :)

[slaxor]

It's always good to see/hear a good ol' blues band.

Think you should throw away all of that electrical stuff though. Hehe.

[petro062]

SUPER!

[hoafdngd]

nice, greatings from chile :)

[KudzuRunner]

I'll be solo. I don't have the email, but the director of the thing is named Michael Roach. Google "Roach blues week northampton" and I suspect you'll find it. I don't know if they still have space, but I suspect they can find a way of accommodating you.