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A 24-year-old working-class musician from the North who plays every gig as though it might well be his last, armed with this huge, cavernous vocal, guitar strapped on (a Fender, obviously), and fueled by that seemingly old-school belief that great guitar music still has the power to change lives and influence people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a loose thread that has run through all of \u003cstrong\u003eSam’s\u003c\/strong\u003e songs to date, and that’s in the focus of his lyrics. 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