Samantha Fish

Samantha Fish
Background information
Born (1989-01-30) January 30, 1989[1]
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Genres Blues, roots rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active 2009–present
Labels Ruf
Website samanthafish.com

Samantha Fish (born January 30, 1989) is an American blues singer, songwriter and musician.

Early life and education

Samantha Fish grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Fish started out playing drums, but when she was 15 she switched to the guitar. Fish frequently went to the Knuckleheads Saloon to hear touring Blues artists. After turning 18, she often joined in with the singers and bands who were performing at Knuckleheads.[2][3] Early influences on Fish were Keith Urban and Sheryl Crow. Stevie Ray Vaughan was also a major influence on her.[2]

Career

In 2009, Fish recorded and produced Live Bait. The live album attracted the attention of a talent company, who recommended her to Ruf Records.[2] Ruf Records put together a record with Fish and two other female blues artists, Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde, titled Girls with Guitars. The three guitarists then toured on the Ruf Records 2011 Blues Caravan in the U.S. and Europe.

Fish continued touring with the Samantha Fish Band, featuring Go-Go Ray on drums and Chris Alexander on bass, playing in Europe and the United States. In 2011, Fish recorded Runaway with the help of her mentor Mike Zito. The album won the 2012 Blues Music Award for Best New Artist.[2]

Fish appeared on Devon Allman's 2013 album Turquoise in a duet covering the Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks' song "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around".[4] During the summer of 2013, Fish was called up on stage to play with a skeptical Buddy Guy who was so impressed with her playing on the guitar, he declared with a beaming smile to his audience, "When this kind of shit happens, I'll play all night!"[5]

In 2013, Fish released her second major studio album, Black Wind Howlin', featuring Mike Zito on guitar, Yonrico Scott on drums, Johnny Sansome on harmonica, and Paul Thorn, vocal duet on one track.[2] The album was recorded in Dockside Studios, in Maurice, Louisiana. Mike Zito's bandmates from his group Royal Southern Brotherhood, Yonrico Scott and Charlie Wooton, were brought in to assist in the session recordings.[3]

Also in 2013, Fish appeared on The Healers Live at Knuckleheads Saloon, producing a CD/DVD collaboration with Jimmy Hall, Reese Wynans, Kate Moss, and Danielle and Kris Schnebelen (sister and brother, formerly of the band Trampled Under Foot). Proceeds benefit the Blue Star Connection. The Healers occasionally perform together as their schedule permits.

Fish's third studio album, Wild Heart was released on July 10, 2015. The new album is more roots rock than her earlier blues rock. Fish wrote five songs on the record. She co-wrote five other songs with Jim McCormick in Nashville, Tennessee. Luther Dickinson produced the album, as well as played various stringed instruments (guitar, bass, mandolin, lap steel) to flesh out the sound.[6] The album was recorded in four studios, Royal Studios and Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, Zebra Ranch in Coldwater, Mississippi, and Blade Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana.[7] Other musicians on the record are Brady Blade (drums), Lightnin' Malcolm (guitar), Shardé Thomas (drums), Dominic Davis (bass), Shontelle Norman-Beatty (background vocals), and Risse Norman (background vocals).

Recognition

Fish has won the following awards:

Charts

Discography

Albums

Title Year Artist Name Label Producer
Live Bait (2009) The Samantha Fish Blues Band The Samantha Fish Blues Band Steve McBride
Girls with Guitars (2011) Samantha Fish / Cassie Taylor / Dani Wilde Ruf Mike Zito
Runaway (2011) Samantha Fish Ruf Mike Zito
Girls with Guitars Live CD/DVD (2012) Samantha Fish / Dani Wilde / Victoria Smith Ruf Uwe Treskatis, Thomas Ruf
Black Wind Howlin' (2013) Samantha Fish Ruf Mike Zito
The Healers CD/DVD (2013) Jimmy Hall / Reese Wynans / Samantha Fish / Kate Moss / Danielle Schnebelen / Kris Schnebelen Blue Star Connection Stellar Press
Wild Heart[11] (2015) Samantha Fish Ruf Luther Dickinson

Notes

  1. ↑ "Mike Zito - Mobile Uploads". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Crawford 2014.
  3. 1 2 Anderson 2013.
  4. ↑ Jurek 2013.
  5. ↑ Abbate 2014.
  6. ↑ Nash 2015.
  7. ↑ Finn 2015.
  8. ↑ Blues Foundation 2012.
  9. ↑ "Samantha Fish: Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  10. ↑ "Blues Music: Top Blues Albums Chart". Billboard. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  11. ↑ Redley 2015.

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