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Serious Sam Barrett
Folk / Blues / Country

Yorkshirecana



Leeds West Yorkshire
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  3/12/2010
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   Serious Sam Barrett: General Info
Member Since8/9/2005
Band Websitesambarrett.co.uk email: serioussam13@hotmail.co.uk
Band Members
Serious Sam Barrett - Lay A White Rose from James Rhodes on Vimeo. The Female Drummer
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Serious Sam Barrett - The Yorkshire Tup from James Rhodes on Vimeo. Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket
InfluencesIan Barrrett
Sounds Like Both of my records are available from -www.jumborecords.co.uk Close to Home now available from www.roughtrade.com

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Record LabelUnknown Indie
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Mar 10 2010 8:00P
SERIOUS SAM’S PRE-TEXAS SHOWDOWN AT THE DUCK AND DRAKE WITH DAVID BROAD AND PETE CARLILL LEEDS
Mar 16 2010 8:00P
sesion for the Smooth & Demented show on Kaos Radio AUSTIN TX, Texas
Mar 17 2010 8:00P
SXSW SHOWCASE AT THE VELVEETA ROOM AUSTIN TX MANE, Texas
Mar 24 2010 8:00P
JJ’s Bohemia Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mar 25 2010 8:00P
the 5 spot with Jacob Jones NASHVILLE, Tennessee
Mar 28 2010 8:00P
British Wildlife Festival at Nation of Shopkeepers Leeds
Apr 18 2010 5:30P
The Stock Room Sheffield
Apr 24 2010 8:00P
the Riverside for Whipoorwill Sheffield
Apr 25 2010 8:00P
The Georgian Theatre with David Broad Stockton
May 1 2010 8:00P
The Oakwood with David Broad Glossop
May 2 2010 6:00A
TBC for Greenfield folk and blues fest with David Broad Greenfield Saddleworth
May 2 2010 8:00P
Sounds from the other city venue TBC with David sick fingers Broad Salford Manchester
May 5 2010 8:00P
Cafe Lento with David Broad for Headingley Festival tickets available from Cafe Leeds
May 22 2010 8:00P
Chris and Ruth’s Wedding Leeds
May 30 2010 8:00P
Tha Waiting Room With David Broad Eaglescliffe Nr Yarm
Jun 17 2010 8:00P
Ashington Folk Club with David Broad Ashington Northumberland
Jun 25 2010 8:00P
The Peacock Lounge with Lovesick Cowboys Huddersfield
Jul 3 2010 8:00P
Garforth Working Men’s Club for Garforth Arts Festival Garforth
Jul 10 2010 8:00P
City Screen Basement with Tom Attah York
Jul 17 2010 8:00P
Courthouse Thirsk
Jul 23 2010 8:00P
Rock n’ Custom show for P.A.C.T. cancer charity Custom bikes and bonfire Yes man! Hull
Jul 24 2010 8:00P
Jumpin Hot Club Americana Festival Newcastle
Aug 8 2010 8:00P
Tall Ships Festival Hartlepool
Aug 9 2010 8:00P
Tall Ships Festival Hartlepool
Aug 10 2010 8:00P
Tall Ships Festival Hartlepool
Aug 10 2010 8:00P
Tall Ships Festival Hartlepool
Nov 14 2010 8:00P
Square Chapel with the Lovesick Cowboys Halifax

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   About Serious Sam Barrett
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket Serious Sam plays raw roots music. Born and raised in Yorkshire, he sings the traditional music of his county and writes songs from the heart. Yorkshirecana is the word everyone is using to describe Sam's country/roots sound and it suits him down to the ground. His debut album “Close To Home” was released in August 09 and picked up rave reviews from the specialist folk/roots magazines and elsewhere. Artrocker rated the album 27th in their top 100 albums of 2009! He's turned a lot of heads with his songwriting, guitar playing and interpretation of traditional music and he has been selected as a showcasing artist at sxsw 2010.


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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ANDY MCKINNEY

ANDY MCKINNEY



Mar 9 2010 3:38 PM

Album Is amazing, really getting into in now. Well played at the conti last week
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Whippoorwill Sheffield



Mar 3 2010 6:15 PM


 

Richard Cranium[hwhc]

Richard Cranium[hwhc]



Feb 27 2010 4:18 PM

good show at the macbeth the other night!

Shannon Bourne

Shannon Bourne



Feb 22 2010 12:12 PM

Shannon Bourne wishing you well and thanking you for being a friend. Drop by anytime and listen to my toones. Hope to catch you around at SXSW!

Get Ahead Fred

Fred Milliner



Feb 18 2010 12:01 PM

Good to meet you last night. ThraSSSh! 

Fred x
The Moccasins

The Moccasins



Feb 16 2010 9:12 AM

TWO BY FOUR PRESENTS
FRIDAY 26TH OF FEBRUARY - HOOVER DAMS - THE NICE SHARP PENCILS - COMMONSIDE - TWILIGHT ELEVATORS
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amber



Feb 14 2010 12:10 PM

it would be awesome if you could serinade newcastle with your tunes!x
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HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY PHX



Feb 12 2010 3:49 PM

see you tonight?







FEBUARY 12TH @ SAIL INN - HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY PRESENTS: THE 3RD ANNUAL "LOSER'S BALL" featuring: DEX ROMWEBER (of "Flat Duo Jets" fame), EXENE CERVENCA (of "X" fame) & OUR OWN "FLATHEAD"...


Coming soon to the Sail Inn Exene Flathead


Twenty years on from the FLAT DUO JETS, who created the template for stripped down rock and roll that’s been copped by the White Stripes and a thousand far less clever bands, Dex Romweber has teamed up with his sister Sara (Let’s Active, Snatches of Pink) for the first time on the debut album by the Duo, Ruins of Berlin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Romweber




In August of 1976 Exene moved to Los Angeles, because she knew she had to get out of Florida.
She arrived in town with $80 in a paper bag and wound up living with 5 people in a 1-room apartment in Ocean Park. A short time later she began working in Venice in the library at the l
Dunc

duncan mansfield



Feb 9 2010 6:26 PM

Bugger, a spot of bad timing there, as I'm in London!  Have a good one anyway, and I'll try and catch you next time.
  Cheers for letting me know.
 - Dunc.
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Feb 9 2010 1:13 PM

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Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers



Feb 8 2010 11:03 PM

We love being friends with you Sam!
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Feb 8 2010 7:42 PM

seriously sam!...incredible!
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Folk Police Recordings

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Jan 14 2010 9:53 PM

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The Moccasins



Jan 13 2010 3:35 PM

JAN 29th at the hop. hopefully see you there
JAN 29TH - UPSTAIRS AT THE HOP
Whiskey On The Shelf

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Jan 11 2010 2:54 PM

KAVA KAVA (heading out to LA, NYC and Texas)

KAVA KAVA (heading out to LA, NYC and Texas)



Dec 20 2009 1:26 PM

Sam, Hope you are well and rockin' New video for you - "Clarity" 0--< 0--< 0--< 0--< 0--< 0--<

Kava Kava - Forwards - Clarity
SSS

SSS



Dec 15 2009 12:04 PM


Dunc

duncan mansfield



Dec 7 2009 9:34 PM

  Any chance of a Sheffield show??
The Misery Jackals

The Misery Jackals



Dec 3 2009 4:27 PM

Thank ya kindly fer addin' the likes of us...
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Whippoorwill

Whippoorwill Sheffield



Dec 2 2009 3:29 PM


 

SoftlySoftly

SoftlySoftly



Nov 17 2009 2:39 PM

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Lovely new venue - Albert & Pearl, 181 Upper Street Islington - in December - first THURSDAY - 3rd
Featured sets, floor spots and a folky music session in the bar room!
Charlie Bath - OLD MYSPACE

Charlie Bath - OLD MYSPACE



Nov 17 2009 12:07 PM

Aww bless, thank you Sam! :) will have to catch you at another gig soon...i really enjoyed your record launch night at Nation. x
The Moccasins

The Moccasins



Nov 9 2009 8:25 AM

Hi there! How's it going? We now run our own night at the hop in Wakefield on the last Friday of every month called two by four. Check out the page for it in our top friends, I hope you can make it down. The first one us on 27th of nov, might see you there! Cheers
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