Sam Baker at Piney Woods Performances

Posted by Luke Gilman

July 20, 2008

Wishes-to-Remain-Anonymous-Girlfriend and I headed up to Piney Woods Performances in Conroe last month to see Sam Baker, a relative newcomer with songs and a story you just have to hear to wrap your head around. James Coumbe, who hosts Piney Woods with his wife, has some videos up from the night on YouTube. This isn’t Top-40 stuff mind you, but Sam’s right up there in the best of the long tradition of Texas songwriters like Townes van Zant, Bruce Robison, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Adam Carroll and well, more than I care to write down right now. The first four or five are from the Piney Woods set and a few others thrown in for good measure. More on Sam’s Official Website and MySpace

“Broken Fingers”