Samuel James - For Rosa, Maeve And Noreen (2009) + “Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy” (2008)

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Astonishing !

There's the famous elders Skip, Elmore and “Homesick”, the late Steve, the younger Colin, Dicky, Seth, Nathan and Julian. Now there's Samuel. Samuel James, multi string-instrument player (all kinds of guitars and banjos, piano), harmonicist, foot-stomper and hand-clapper, acoustic roots and blues performer, singer, songwriter, storyteller. And an amazing phenom on stage.

Totally possessed by his music, he strums or rather slams and slaps his resonator guitar so hard that it's a miracle the strings survive each song, knocks the beat on the body, and is unable to stay on his seat, suddenly lifting up his right leg as if he'd been stung by a bee, sometimes throwing both legs in all directions like an octopus, or playing his instrument in all kind of positions, all that while singing his succulent stories with a powerful rasping voice ! Just watch some of the videos listed below, you won't believe it !