I first heard Little Sammy on a new Mannish Boys record and was blown away with his honesty and deep blues feel. This is why I wanted to check out his own record. The album is a joy to listen to. Sammy is the old school blues guy, I can hear the blues is something he was brought up with, he sounds so real. His voice is so emotional. Rough, yes, but this is a voice of a person who went through a lot in his life. His harp playing is just as down-home as his singing, the old style of playing that you don’t hear much these days. When he sings and plays those low down blues like “Hear My Train Coming” or “Forty Days And Forty Nights” this is just pure blues, non nonsense. When he goes into those semi-a-capella numbers like “Fat Rat” or “She’s Not Another Woman” I feel like I am down in the Delta, in a juke joint holding a cold bear and dancing with a warm woman. And when he starts singing deep soul, like in “Since You Been Gone” I just close my eyes and sway. Together with a tight band behind his back, very good song selection and classy production Little Sammy’s album is a blues-lover’s treat.

truly goooooood