1260 West Fourth Street

Sam's house, 1260 West Fourth Street, is the white house in the background. We practiced in the basement. Sam's house was very important to him. It made him proud that he paid for it with music.
I didn't know until after he died, that his house had been foreclosed upon. He was supposed to be out of his house the day he was found dead. Apparently no one knew about the impending foreclosure until Sam's neighbors noticed official looking snoopers checking out the property and sent out an alert.
At first I felt terrible thinking of Sam being so broke that he couldn't pay his morgage, but apparently he still had some money, $14,000 is what I heard.
It was such a typical Sam thing not to bring in his mail that we never worried when his letters were spilling out onto his porch.
And I remember when Sam told me he was tired of 'The Man' and he wasn't going to pay 'Him' one more dime.
On his last night, Sam told Peter May he was going to ditch his house and move to Holland to play music with one of his buddies. Peter thought it sounded odd but not un-Sam-like.
Damn, damn, damn. I wish I had known. I would have known Sam would not leave his house.
His wife was raped there and it was not enough to make him leave his house.
The next morning Peter was rushing to 1260 West Fourth Street with good news. Sam's late wife's family was going to rally and help him save his house if he'd rather not move to Holland, but Sam was already dead.