Mighty Sam McClain

Mighty Sam McClain's early success was in the mid-sixties with Don Gibson's, "Sweet Dreams". It propelled this small town Louisiana boy to a stint at the Apollo Theatre. He recorded singles at Muscle Schoals Fame studio--"Fannie May", "In the Same Old Way" and many others on the Amy, Atlantic, Malaco and Bell labels. Moving from Nashville to New Orleans in successive years found him doing menial jobs, sleeping outdoors and selling his plasma to survive. The Neville Brothers were instrumental in giving him a base to regroup and a invitation to do a tour in Japan in1989 set him on track again. The resulting "Live In Japan" is a much sought after recording. An invitation to be on a Hubert Sumlin project in the early 90's increased his visability. But not until his move to New England (Boston) in 1992 did he get a solid band under him and presented his music "Give It Up To Love" to Joe Harley at AudioQuest Records. He went on to record four additional CDs for them and two CDs for Telarc when AQ folded "Blues for the Soul" (2000) and "Sweet Dreams" in 2001. With international and national appearances he has built a following, especially since his 1998 song, "New Man in Town" ("Journey"- 1998) was used in 12 episodes of David Kelley's "Ally McBeal". Presently Sam operates McClain Productions from his home in Epping, NH and released his first solo production, "One More Bridge To Cross" in 2003. "The Soul of Americal" is his European title, but he is, just as the lyrics he wrote, "I'm a singer, a man with a song...and I've got a message for you"