Sam and I lost track of each other after the other Dirty Boys moved, but then in about 2002 we started The Sams together. We practiced in Sam's basement. Sam said he looked forward to practices all week. "It's what I live for," he said. I felt later like I had helped kill him. I was the one who said, "Let's take a break." Sam killed himself in that break. I can still hear myself say, "I don't feel musical right now."
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My life with Sam Moss by KD Rouse
Sam Moss and Me
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Did You Know Sam?
If you knew Sam, you must know some Sameze. If you send it, I will add it to the Sameze Dictionary.
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- Circle of Protection
- It Was Fun While It Lasted
- "You're a lot different than I thought you'd be," ...
- I Love You Sam Moss
- My Well Documented Life
- 'The Look'
- It's All Good
- Sam Loved to Fly
- Our Dinner Party
- We Drank Whiskey
- Pleased to Meet You
- Wake Up. Sam Moss is Dead.
- Dylan Went Electric
- Opposites Attract
- Sam and the Samurais
- The Sams On Our Street
- I Have a Sister, Remember?
- What I Said At Sam's Memorial
- Our Compound
- The Sams Against The Wall in Winston-Salem
- My Indescribable Friend
- The Sams First and Probably Last Movie
- We Bomb Opening for Sister Hazel
- The Sams
- We Were Like Proud Parents
- KD Rouse and the Dirty Boys
- College Hill Loved Us
- To Be Or Not To Be
- I Suffer Therefore I Am
- 'My Sam'
- 'Yanking Wire' as he would say
- KD and Sam at Rubber Soul, Winston-Salem, NC
- I can't move forward Sam
- MOSSMOSIS:My life with legendary guitarist Sam Moss
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Dear Universe
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Placing art or songs--- even better.
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Pleasure Island, NC 28428
Sincerely,
KD Rouse
Placing art or songs--- even better.
kdrouse@gmail.com
208A Woody Hewett Ave.
Pleasure Island, NC 28428
Sincerely,
KD Rouse
The Book of Sameze aka The Sam Moss Dictionary (A work in progress)
- "Any questions?" and "Quite lovely"= Said after a particularly good performance.
- "Rang" and "stang"= Two different ways of accenting a guitar chord.
- 'I am an equal opportunity offender'
- A Hat= Any expert on nothing with an opinion on everything. ("If I have to listen to one more Hat this afternoon, I'm closing the store and going home.")
- A Suit= A business person
- Acoustic windows = manual crank windows on a car
- Beef= Anything eaten or drained of particular intensity. ("That glass seems a bit dry; let me pour you some beef.")
- Bending Wire = playing guitar (properly)
- Big Doin's
- Blues Approved= usually bestowed on but not limited to a person, musical instrument or venue. But really just about anything could be blues approved but never without proving oneself through some act or rite of passage
- Bottom of the Hill=BP
- Car=Your Body
- Chicken=MJ
- Consider the Source
- Dags= His term of endearment for his friends in the musical community. The word will also be instantly familiar to anyone who works with sheep.
- Dime, to dime, dimed= All variations of amp on ten, all dials on 10. as in, 'the amp was dimed'.
- Dishing= Chatting.
- Duck = Doug Williams
- Felix= the G&L ASAT. Gtr #1 for The Sams and LTPE
- Get on one=To have a few drinks.
- Getting the Vapors= having an emotional response to a particular thing like a piece of music or performance
- Gimmie a squawk=call me
- Good Wood = good guitar
- Gritar=Guitar
- Hit the Note=Played Great
- Honkin' Sticks = ? guitar?
- Horrifying
- It's just a corner, Sid; knock it out. = tilting moonshine jar to side so it only touches one corner of bottom; means it's a swallow.
- Jun-your/the J R= lead paul junior
- Keef = Bonnie
- Kennedy's head= Anything to do with the assassination surrounding President John F. Kennedy - the conspiracy theories surrounding that event were one of Moss' great obsessions.
- Lead Paul=Les Paul
- Led Active = Let's Active
- Les Truck=Lesbian Truck Payment Experience
- Martha'd or Martha Mitchelled= A long, often late-night phone conversation, the Martha in question referring to the late Martha Mitchell, who was, um, loquacious. If Sam was doing the calling, it was good. If somebody was yakking his ear off....
- Mississippi Saxophone=the harmonica
- Moss Pit=Sam's House
- On the same Jimmy Page= To ensure that all parties are in agreement.
- On the Same Jimmy Page=Do We Agree or Are We In the Same Place?
- PK = preachers kid
- Plumbing=Whether male or female
- Po-ta-to Jucie=Vodka
- Pop= A beer or a drink.
- Redonkulous=utterly ridiculous
- Shovel = guitar or bass let me get a different shovel
- Stick guitar - acoustic
- Stinky=Good
- Sufficient Artillery = means to do whatever job correctly, with appropriate show of force; guitars, amps, strings, rocket launchers, hot sauce, etc
- Tato= Vodka.
- Ted Urgent=Ted Nugent
- Thank the Universe=What Sam Did Every Day
- The Cans=Headphones
- The Dragon - Les Paul with dragon decal owned by George Orthy
- The kids will love it=A "Sam-approved" song.
- The Loo= The restroom
- The Note=The ultimate, the best.
- The Pig= the final choice Les Paul re-issue
- The Rev = Andrew
- To "allow"= Broad meaning, from playing well to giving the floor to someone in conversation or performance.
- To "auger in"=A pilot's term for crashing, but applied to anything that went drastically wrong.
- To "testify" or to give "testimonial": To speak righteously or perform, especially bestowed upon a powerful groove, solo or song.
- Top of the Hill= Burke St.
- Vomitor = Cathy Clark
- Walk-All-Over-Ya=Wachovia (Bank)
- Well F#&k Me Runnin'
- West End Nazis= West End Home Association
- World view= A viewpoint of life gained from A Confederacy Of Dunces, required reading for anyone in Moss' circle.
- WW = Will
- Yank Wire=Playing Guitar