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"Close To Home" New LP available from www.jumbo records.co.uk Monday 10th August 09
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Close To Home Release and Update
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PINE HILL HAINTS HAVE BEEN DEPORTED BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON
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PINE HILL HAINTS FROM HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA PLAY LEEDS 30TH JAN YADIG?
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US TOUR 09
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| About Serious Sam Barrett |
I learned to play from my old man.
I've played 12 String, Resonator and 5 string banjo but mainly play 12 string nowadays. Songs from the Southern States, England's shores, Scotland, Ireland and my head.
Photos are by Martyn Roper
Songs recorded by Atko
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Serious Sam Barrett is a solo acoustic artist drawing on a vast range of traditional idioms to create his own unique sound. His songwriting contains echoes of the great blues masters such as Bukka White and Blind Willie Mctell but also of American folk and country artists such as the Carter Family. Raised in the English folk tradition, Sam also draws heavily on English, Irish and Scottish folk music and arranges his own unique versions of traditional songs taking influence from such luminaries as Ewan Mcoll, Tim Hart and the Watersons. More recently Sam has been concentrating on songwriting and his current material contains elements of country and pop whilst maintaining the raw style and delivery he is known for.
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Sam is known for his direct, uncompromising heartfelt live performances and has pursued a remarkably busy gig schedule since embarking on a solo career in 2005. Sam is as comfortable playing in folk clubs as he is in font of rock and punk audiences and his fan base is composed of music lovers from the folk, blues, country and punk scenes. Sam has developed a strong following across England and beyond, having recently completed a 12 date tour of the UK with his frequent musical companions Mike Rossiter and David Broad.
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Reviews
Yorkshirecana bluegrass brilliance from Serious Sam. He plays a mean 12 string resonator, mixing songs about his home county with traditional southern folk stompers. There’s authenticity, there’s soul - someone to get very excited about.”- ARTROCKER.COM
Deliciously home-grown, this is a rewarding collection of songs that could well renew your faith in underground folk scenes. This stripped down and raw album is riddled with the gritty reality of this artist's Northern life and makes no apologies ACOUSTIC MAGAZINE
“An endlessly playable delight from beginning to end”- VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE (USA)
.. “Barrett has become a master of his craft”-BLUES MATTERS MAGAZINE..
Serious Sam Barrett plays traditional songs and his own compositions from the Leeds delta on a big 12-string guitar and resonator. Close To Home, his debut album is bright and brash and very good. ROCK N' REEL MAGAZINE (R2)
"In Today's British music scene the freshest sound is that of Serious Sam Barrett"ROCKLOUDER.CO.UK
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"Heartier praise cannot really be given to Sam's songwriting than by saying you'd be hard pressed to work out which songs were his and which were old" SANDMAN
"Sam seriously sparkles when he brings his take on pre-WW2 string driven sounds straight to twentieth century Yorkshire. Treasure him for that rich uniqueness" MONO MAGAZINE
"From the first track "Tongue Tied Blues" and it's sliding railroad riff asking where his sweet heart has gone I was hooked" YOUCRAZYDREAMERS.COM
Live Reviews
"Serious Sam Barrett, a man so talented he'll never be famous" ROCKLOUDER.CO.UK
"I came accross a man who played about what he knew and what he did'nt know, and in a style that was older than he was, but in a voice that could'nt have been anyone else's" BLUES MATTERS MAGAZINE
Barrett's folk style celebrates the wide world of music it draws from - honest tunes - and his own work adds to this. He plays with an open heart and wins others" DALLIANCE.CO.UK
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Also, for those who are interested, ‘Righteous!’ is back, end of November, DR B.
