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Thursday, March 14, 2024

Sam C. Jones & the Sinners

Overdue Confession II

(Self-issued)



Sam's resume articulates his bona fides: The singer/guitarist was solicited to toil as musical director for the Florida production of Million Dollar Quartet, in whose cast he was variously featured as Elvis and Carl Perkins. And last year, he starred in New York-based stage show Rockabilly Rumble USA, which revisited a host of chestnuts from the Golden Age.

The ardor of those credits blazes here, though a divergent musical path is broken - one of contemporary vintage. Exuberant and Country grounded Rock'n'Roll that ushers grins, foot-stomps, and dance-floor stormings shakes the house. Sam's is a voice of earnestness. His stringed utterances can scintillate - indeed, stinging declarations and chunkiness elevate when summoned, but understated tenderness also whispers its aura. The star portrays personal depictions with poetic grasp. 

This creation stands atop the shoulders of pioneers Sam venerated.

Recommended: "Trouble In Paradise," "We Were the Kings," "Born To Love You," "Chicago," "Boss Man," "Smiling Like We're Stupid," "Hangover Hurts," "100 Dollars"

Video: "Hangover Hurts"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..