Sam Outlaw
Hannah Aldridge
Presented by: Jumpin Hot Club| 0 | GOSFORTH: Civic Theatre (info) |
|---|---|
| P | Wednesday 16th April, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:30pm Start time: 8:00pm |
| . | All ages |
| C | Music - General |
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Sam Outlaw
Sam was born in the Midwest, grew up in California, and now lives in Nashville. “Outlaw” is his mother’s maiden name.
Sam worked as an advertising executive in his twenties while writing songs as a hobby and eventually started performing at small bar gigs near his home in Los Angeles. In 2015, Sam left his advertising career to pursue music full-time when he was offered a tour opening for Justin Townes Earle. Later that year, Sam released his debut album “Angeleno,” produced and performed by Ry Cooder and Joachim Cooder and featuring Gabe Witcher (Punch Brothers), Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket), and Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes). “Angeleno” garnered universal acclaim and multiple award nominations.
In 2017, Sam released his follow-up album, “Tenderheart.” Also a critical success, “Tenderheart” was heralded as one of the year’s best country albums and took home “International Song of the Year” at the UK Americana Awards in London. In 2018, Sam and his family moved from LA to Nashville, and the following year, Sam made his Grand Ole Opry debut. Since then, Sam has made several appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and on countless more stages around the world.
In 2021 he released his third LP “Popular Mechanics” and in 2022 and 2023 released a string of B-sides and singles that showcase Sam’s unconventional blend of genres and subject matter, including Holler’s “Best New Country” track Do You Really Love Me? featuring Jay Dee Maness on pedal steel (The Byrds, Desert Rose Band).
Earlier this year, Sam released his new LP Terra Cotta and embarked on a successful world tour across seven countries and last September Sam released an imaginative cover of the 1986 alt rock single “Ask”, written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr of The Smiths. Sam is an Americana Award winning artist who rarely releases cover songs, in part because his original songs have garnered plenty of their own critical acclaim and worldwide attention. Songs like “Ghost Town”, “Tenderheart” and “For The Rest of Our Lives” have racked up multiple millions of streams and views, and earned him fans in every corner of the globe.
