Sam Carr
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- All the Lonely People
- Attachment Theory in Sport, Exercise and Wellness
- Nostromo the Dwarf
- Curwen
- Foundations in Sports Coaching
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Film & TV
Marvell, Arkansas, USA
Sam Carr was an American blues drummer best known as a member of the Jelly Roll Kings. Largely self-taught, Carr is noted for his "mimimalist" three-piece drum kit, consisting of a snare drum, a bass drum, and a high-hat cymbal.
Known for
- Feel Like Going Home — Self2003
- The Blues — Self2003
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941-07-19
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 141
- Total plays
- 1,027
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Sam Carr (1926-2009) Blues Drummer & Bandleader, Dundee The Delta Widely acclaimed as one of the best drummers in the blues, Sam Carr was born Samuel Lee McCollum in 1926 outside of Marvell, Arkansas. His father was the influential blues guitarist and vocalist Robert Lee McCollum, who recorded under the names Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk, but Carr didn’t meet him until he was seven years old. About a year and half after his birth, Sam’s mother <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sam+Ca
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sam
- Family name
- Carr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marvell
- Place of death
- Clarksdale
- Occupation
- drummer
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- guitar
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- date of birth
- 1926-04-17
- date of death
- 2009-09-21
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
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