The Sams Against The Wall in Winston-Salem

Doug Williams, KD Rouse, Dave Toaster Seward, Sam Moss

Free Lance Author Rick Farmer chose us as 1 of the 5 bands to watch in the Triad. Our friend Rom Ray took this photo behind Dorminy Studios in Winston-Salem, NC.

My Indescribable Friend

Sam and I shared stages.

We played Gypsy Nurse.

The Sams First and Probably Last Movie

This is a movie I made of The Sams using still photographs. Sam got a big kick out it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY7q3Iw3BiA

We Bomb Opening for Sister Hazel

The crowd waiting for Sister Hazel, that was eager for me to get off stage.

I had been badly shaken on stage and wasn't sure I even wanted to be a performer. Sam and I had opened for Sister Hazel at Ziggy's in April and everything that could go wrong, did. I had been stuck at work, Sam wasn't allowed to drive and didn't make it to the sound check.

I sort of treated Sam like a Mama on stage I realized later. I expected him to fix everything and make it right. He tried so hard that night and the crowd loved him despite feedback, mikes and guitars going dead. I froze and ran off the stage without another word.

I hate myself now. I told Sam he looked like a rodeo clown. I could tell it hurt his feelings, but I was too busy crying in the green room. The crowd had looked like rows and rows of sharp teeth, I had bombed, and I didn't know if I even wanted to be a performer.

The Sams

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."

We Were Like Proud Parents

Sam Moss, KD Rouse, and Doug Williams at KD's son's wedding reception in October 2006.

KD Rouse and the Dirty Boys

KD Rouse and the Dirty Boys at Ziggys in 1998

Together we recorded the Unfinished Symphony. Although never released, Sam was very proud of his work on it.