Sterling Magee

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Born in Mississippi, Sterling "Mister Satan" Magee (b. May 20, 1936; Mt. Olive, MS) was raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he came of age dabbling as a piano player in local churches and suffering his parents' ire when he drifted into the blues. As a young man he worked local blues clubs under the monicker "Five Fingers Magee" and was billed as "the fastest guitar player in the world." After a stint in Germany as a U.S. Army paratrooper in the 1950s, Magee was demobilized in New York and ended up settling in Harlem. A sometime-songwriter for Jesse Stone, Magee recorded several near-hits on Ray Charles's Tangerine label in the early 1960s, including "Get in My Arms Little Girl." His proficiency on guitar earned him gigs with a number of rhythm-and-blues performers, including James Brown, King Curtis, Big Maybelle, Joey Dee and the Starlighters, and a transvestite duo known as The Illusions That Create Confusion. In the mid 1970s he played sessions with Paul Winley and the Harlem Underground, a loose-knit unit that included George Benson. In the late 1970s, after the death of his wife, Magee gave up guitar, roamed widely through Mississippi, Florida, and Puerto Rico, and returned to Harlem reborn, refusing to be identified by his birth-name and demanding that his associates call him Satan. His longtime friend and business manager, Harlem producer and record-store owner Bobby Robinson (of the Fire and Fury R&B labels), rented him an apartment and put a guitar in his hands

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Rattle And Hum

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The Arock & Sylvia Soul Story

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Sylvia 5009

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Soulin' Vol. 3

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Barnyard Soul

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The Arock * Serock * Sylvia Soul Story Continued

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Soulin' Vol 3

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Tangerine 968

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New Breed R&B: Saturday Night Special

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Northern Soul Of Tangerine

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Derek's Daily 45

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Barnyard Soul ! - Greasy Gritty Groovy Southern Fried Soul !

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