Artist Information Biography Sam “Shake” Anderson, started recording and touring at age nine. A multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter/producer. Shake has worked with artists as varied as Bruce Hornsby, Static Major, (Steve Cropper, currently nominated for a grammy with Felix Cavalieri), B B King, Earth Wind & Fire, Aretha Franklin, The Indigo Girls, The Spice Girls, Days Of The New,Warren Haynes, Curtis Mayfield, Aliyah, Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. He spent six years as musical director for soul music legends "The Impressions". Shake has also worked with a great variety of Christian artists such as Avalon,Crystal Lewis, Annointed, Bryan Duncan,Russ Taff, Nicole Nordeman,Donny McClurkin, and formed the Grammy winning gospel group New Breed with Israel Houghton.  As a songwriter he was signed to Warner/Chappell music for six years. Shake has also worked on many movies and has several gold and platinum albums for his work on Blue Streak, Dr. Doolittle, Boys on the Side and Austin Powers. He has played in some of the greatest concert halls and venues in the world—Carnegie Hall, The Apollo Theatre, Symphony Music Hall, Radio City Music hall, The Heinekin Music hall, The Ryman Auditorium and The Buordone Theatre in Frankfurt Germany. Shake now makes his home base Ft. Worth Texas. Shake is accompanied on Stories from Sammy Louis by J. D. Blair, Charles Ross, Darell Tibbs, Joel Goodwin, Mark “lupe” Hamilton, Ben “Black” Bush, Thomas Cain, Tim Krekel and Stephen "Static Major" Garrett. Shake, whose real name is Sammy Louis Anderson, learned the most about life when an illness stopped him in his tracks. He was told he would never perform again and had several months to live. Life as he had known it was over. While spending more than nine months in the hospital and being told he was dying he learned who he really was—not Shake as the world called him—but Sammy Louis as his doctor's referred to him. This crisis in his life taught him what was really important. Shake overcame all the odds and rebuilt his life. These songs—chapters—are stories about making mistakes, learning lessons and rebirth. Shake says about Stories from Sammy Louis—“once you've been to the edge the middle don't matter.” Instrumentation Don't let the lineup fool you? Shake is comfortable doing dates with a guitar/keyboard, a simple track date, or any variation of his band/group depending on the size of the event. The standard lineup is as follows. Shake Anderson, guitar/keys/bass & ctr vocal J.D. Blair, drums/vocs Reggi Wooten, guitar Darrell Tibbs, Percussion/vocs Courtney Campbell, vocs Charles Ross, Piano/ Keys/vocs Joel Goodwin, Keyboard/vocs Mark Hamilton, Guitar/vocs Mauriece Hamilton, sax & vocs Ben"Black" Bush, vocs Raymond "3" Noah, vocs Karen Anderson, vocs Admiral Blaney, vocs Discography Shake has credits and gold or platinum albums for his work on "Dr Doolittle" , "Blue Streak", "Austin Powers" and "Boys On The Side" . Shake has had some of the longest running and most succesfull Jingles in the business like Revlon, Dr Pepper, Cherry Coke, South Central Bell, AT&T, Feeling Man by jil sander,Levi's Jeans, Piedmont Airlines, Valu-jet and Ky Fried Chicken. His first solo album was released on 02/01/08.  Other members of his  band have played with Shania Twain, Victor Wooten, Donna Summer, Take Six, Yoyo Ma.  (See promo video) Links http://www.shakeanderson.com Shake facebook Shake Anderson Official Website MySpace