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Sam Shaber

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About Me

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SAM SHABER: With a new digital EP out now, "Sassy" is uplifting, college road- tripping, foot-kicking, energetic raw pop. Get it RIGHT HERE, or visit www.cdbaby.com/cd/shaber6.
Sam Shaber likes to make her fans happy. This is why, for the last two years, she has been on a perpetual "Taper's Tour," inviting people to take home her unique blend of raw pop by recording the shows. She also likes to play "all-request" gigs where fans can email requests for their favorite Shaber songs in advance, effectively writing the set-list themselves.
Shaber took this one step further on February 18th, 2006 when she recorded her new live album, in my bones (live in chicago). Fans from all over the country were encouraged to email requests and the result is a collection of previously unreleased songs that have long been crowd favorites, such as the passionately yearning title track "In My Bones;" If I was alone on a desert island/ I wouldn't be alone/I'm never alone/'cause you're in my bones; the upbeat summer anthem "Jersey to O.C.;" Grab the great unknown/Lean in to every breeze/Unturn every stone/From Jersey to O.C.; and the most requested song, "Cryin' Shame," about a lovesick teenage Scottish boy (complete with accent!); It's a cryin' shame/That you don't even know my name/An' ah swear sometimes it smarts/To feel you breathing down my heart.
Three of these tunes are now featured on the new digital EP "Sassy," complete with the swelling electric guitar sound that producer Scott Cresswell refers to as the Wall of Guitars!
Audiences agree, a highlight of Sam's live shows is the pure Shaber banter, covering everything from high school crushes to Grey's Anatomy to a dinner party filled with sexually charged guests. Always impromptu, these moments are another large reason people love to see Sam live in concert. She is known for sending the audience from roaring laughter to deep saddness and back again in a matter of minutes. After a recent show, an audience member put it best when she sighed, "That was a work-out." Gene Shay at WXPN-fm in Philadelphia says Shaber is "Stark, raving, great!" Folkweb.com calls her "a riveting performer, and Femmusic.com voted her Top Female Performer.
Touring nationally year 'round, Shaber has won awards in the John Lennon, Billboard, and USA Songwriting Competitions for her driving melodies, smart lyrics, and soaring voice. She also won the ear of Columbia recording artist/producer Shawn Mullins ("Lullabye"), who produced her last album, eighty numbered streets, released in 2003 to great critical acclaim. Said Paste Magazine, "eighty numbered streets is confessional and emotional, but Shaber's salty falsetto and the stark beauty of this CD won't leave you drowning in your own tears."
Daughter of late-screenwriter David Shaber (The Warriors, Nighthawks) and artist Alice Shaber, Sam uses her observer's eye and sharp wit. Her strong guitar style and broad voice have won comparisons as diverse as Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell, and Stevie Wonder. And her passion for showing an audience a good time is never more clear than in the intimate, raw, live release, "in my bones." Because the album is put together without pauses, the listener lives an entire show from beginning to end, a true document of one night, one Shaber, in Chicago.
(Sam is also totally obsessed with the website www.cuteoverload.com, and brings you this cute homemade slideshow to waste your next few minutes with:)

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Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2005
Band Website: samshaber.com
Band Members: SASSY NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES!!

Sam Shaber - vocals, acoustic guitars

Influences: Prince, U2, Joni Mitchell, Sheryl Crow, Ani DiFranco, Green Day
Sounds Like: Sheryl Crow, Joss Stone, Joni Mitchell

Record Label: SMG (Shawn Mullins Group) & Brown Chair Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

JanuFebruMarShber!

SHOWS IN MARCH:Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Boulder, Golden, Denver, Arvada, or elsewhere, CO?HOST A HOUSE PARTY WITH SAM!Sam is available this night for a house concert (public) or private party in C...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:10:00 PST

DeShamberber!

SHOW IN DECEMBERThursday, December 13th, 2007 8:00 PM Mays Landing, NJCareme's Atlantic Cape Community College5100 Black Horse PikeMays Landing, NJ 08330609-343-5000http://www.atlantic.edu/aca/cafeSe...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:27:00 PST

Samember Shovember!

SHOWS IN NOVEMBER AND BEYOND:Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 7:00 PM Fort Collins, COin the Ramskellar!Colorado State UniversityStudent CenterFort Collins, CO 80523http://www.colostate.eduPrice: FreeSa...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:20:00 PST

SamOcttha ShOctober!

SHOWS IN OCTOBERThursday, October 4th, 2007 7:00 PM Buffalo, NYConcert and Music Biz Q&A with Sam Shaber!Medaille College18 Agassiz CircleBuffalo, NY 14214716-880-2127medaille.eduPrice: Free to Medai...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST

SASSY is now on iTUNES!

"Sassy" is uplifting, college road-tripping, foot-kicking, energetic raw pop. Sam Shaber heads into the studio this fall to record the debut album by her new band The Bones. In the meantime, she bring...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:26:00 PST

"Sassy" EP out TOMORROW!

Now you can purchase the new "Sassy" digital EP right here! Get it before all the neighbors... "Sassy" is uplifting, college road-tripping, foot-kicking, energetic raw pop. Sam Shaber heads ...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:48:00 PST

SepSAMSHAber SASSYtember!

FOUR QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS!1. NEW SHABER RELEASE: Yes, SEPTEMBER 20th this month brings the release of a NEW SAM SHABER album, affectionately titled "Sassy"! But this is the first time a recording wi...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:10:00 PST

Samuly Juber!

SHOWS IN JULYMonday, July 9th, 2007 9:00 PM Los Angeles, CASam Shaber and The Bones!Hotel Cafe1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90028323-461-2040hotelcafe.comPrice: $7Don't miss the Bones' tr...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:36:00 PST

ShaJunetha Sammertime!

QUICK MYSPACE TIP: Check out www.myspace.com/samshaber and click on Song #4, "Cryin' Shame," to hear the latest version with Sam Shaber and The Bones live at Hotel Café in Hollywood!! Close your eye...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:44:00 PST

SHMAYBER!

Ahhhh, the most funnest one of all, eh? SHMAYBER. Just doesn't get better than that. Oh wait - except when it's SAMAYTHA SHMAYBER. Oh yeah, that's better.Here I am in my childhood bedroom, in the ...
Posted by Sam Shaber on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:45:00 PST