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Sam Payne

SAM PAYNE free band taster CD

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FREE TASTER CD OF SAM PAYNE AND FRIENDS. Please post address and email address to me, I will send a free white label CD of an unreleased album when I get round to it. Sorry but can only afford this for UK residents.Copy it for all your friends. FREE CD available at gigs.Music available from www.cdbaby.com, www. towerrecords.co.uk, www.yahoomusic.com. www.itunes.com Can buy CD's direct from website, www.sampayne.co.ukLATEST NEWS: The album 'SHACKLES OFF' is well under way. It has Skip MacDonald producing (c little axe), Keith leblanc on drums and Ital Horns have just added their magic touch. Called 'Shackles Off' as it is without any restraints and is simply Sam recording the songs she wants to record. It has some political and controversial lyrics. It is a fusion of blues/ hiphop/pop/funk/jazz. It is aimed to promote peace, love and unity. Out next year- watch this space. SAM' SOLO CD's: HARD DRIVING, SHADES OF BLUE and FLY. There are songs from real love affairs some went good some went bad. Feelings of anger, lust, love, resentment, sadness, happiness just about all emotions which is what the blues is all about, emotion and soul. Just starting a porject wiht flamenco guitarist Dave Buckingham, c friends, a completly new adventure for me. The album 'Chill Pill' is in its embryonic stages. In my early years I was lucky enough to play on stage with Buddy Guy and it was an awesome experience. I also had a band with Superface, c friends. I held a residency at Ronnie Scotts for a while and have done nearly every blues club and pub in the UK. I gig most nights and live,eat and breath music!! I now play every sunday at The Living Room, Leeds. I like many styles of music from pop, jazz, funk, samba, folk, blues, rock, hiphop, dance etc. Lyrics are very important to me.

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Member Since: 2/20/2006
Band Website: sampayne.co.uk
Influences: Blues piano influences: Mose Allison, Otis Spann, Neville Dickie, Albert Ammons, Ray Charles, Johnny JohnsonBlues Singer influences: Big Mamma Thornton, Aretha Franklyn, Bessie Smith, Bonnie Raitt, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Linda Rondstadt.Contemporary influences: Skip McDonald (Little Axe), Massive Attack, The Temptations, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, The Bothy Band, Christy Moore, Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan,Miles Davis, John Martyn, J.J Cale, Bob Marley
Sounds Like: Blues set: sounds like Billie Holiday, Pinetop Perkins, Ray Charles, Bonnie Raitt but on piano.Singer/songwriter set: sounds like Macy Gray, Joss Sone and Joni Mitchell but on piano!
Record Label: FLY FREE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie