Sam Baker
Saturday 4th September
The Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
Doors 6.45pm
Tickets £14 in advance. £16 on the door
Saturday 4th September
The Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
Doors 6.45pm
Tickets £14 in advance. £16 on the door
Buy tickets . . .
In association with BPA
Charismatic performer Sam Baker played at the Radcliffe for us exactly a year ago to the day attracting over 130 people. It is quite likely that this year he will sell out. Sam is not that well known even in his adopted hometown of Austin. However, since the 2004 release of his debut CD ‘Mercy’, word of Baker's songs has slowly, but surely spun it’s way around the world. Late in 2007 Baker returned with the second part of the story, the self released album ‘Pretty World”. Co-produced by fellow Texan and songwriter Walt Wilkins, the new songs reflect a life lived well and nearly lost.
Austin producer/songwriter Gurf Morlix said of ‘Mercy’, “It's the best writing I've come across since Mary Gauthier.” The UK's Maverick Magazine awarded the album five stars and writers that have discovered this raw talent often compare him to fellow Texans Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark.
A lot can happen in a few years and Baker can tell you that a lot can happen in seconds. Back in 1986, he was traveling in a train through Peru, when the car he was in was blown apart by a terrorist bomb, killing fellow passengers and leaving him clinging to life. Deafened and gravely injured, Baker spent the better part of the next decade working on both a physical and spiritual recovery. It was through storytelling and the art of songwriting that Baker turned to make sense of a sometimes senseless world.
Baker's songs are pictures sketched in short; spare lines and lay bare the honest truths and simple details of life. Last year he released the third album of his trilogy entitled ‘Cotton’, again to rapturous reviews. Concluding the ‘Pretty World’ trilogy, which commenced five years ago with previous album 'Mercy' followed by 'Pretty World', 'Cotton' is Baker's third album. It finalises the journey he’s been through since the terrorist attack on the train in Peru which nearly killed him. It was number 1 in the Euro Americana chart of September 2009 and number 12 of the top 50 albums of 2009 in the No Depression reader’s poll.
Austin producer/songwriter Gurf Morlix said of ‘Mercy’, “It's the best writing I've come across since Mary Gauthier.” The UK's Maverick Magazine awarded the album five stars and writers that have discovered this raw talent often compare him to fellow Texans Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark.
A lot can happen in a few years and Baker can tell you that a lot can happen in seconds. Back in 1986, he was traveling in a train through Peru, when the car he was in was blown apart by a terrorist bomb, killing fellow passengers and leaving him clinging to life. Deafened and gravely injured, Baker spent the better part of the next decade working on both a physical and spiritual recovery. It was through storytelling and the art of songwriting that Baker turned to make sense of a sometimes senseless world.
Baker's songs are pictures sketched in short; spare lines and lay bare the honest truths and simple details of life. Last year he released the third album of his trilogy entitled ‘Cotton’, again to rapturous reviews. Concluding the ‘Pretty World’ trilogy, which commenced five years ago with previous album 'Mercy' followed by 'Pretty World', 'Cotton' is Baker's third album. It finalises the journey he’s been through since the terrorist attack on the train in Peru which nearly killed him. It was number 1 in the Euro Americana chart of September 2009 and number 12 of the top 50 albums of 2009 in the No Depression reader’s poll.
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