Hometown - Wilmington, North Carolina 
Sam began playing the drums at age eleven. his influences were the greats -  Buddy Miles, Dennis Chambers and Steve Gadd, to name a few. He played in Jazz-fusion bands, with blues guitarist Kenny Noel and has recorded with Mille Jackson. He opened for Kenny Wayne when he was in Wilmington playing and soon joined the band. Sam says the blues, like himself, has come a long way and it's definitely not
going away.