Louie DeschampsThese Portraits of Southern Blues Musicians Prove That Blues Is Not DeadTIME - Eliza BermanIroning Board Sam began playing the pump organ as a small child in Rock Hill, South Carolina. By 14, he was playing local gigs for 10 bucks a pop. By 16, he was entertaining revelers at Winston-Salem drink-houses with his boogie-woogie piano tunes. By the mid-1960s, he’d landed a regular gig …
