Sam Cooper
Great songwriting--soul, reggae, country, blues, rock, folk, jazz, funk, etc.--you name it!
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WHEN FOOLS FALL IN LOVE WITH FOOLS WHEN FOOLS FALL IN LOVE WITH FOOLS
WHEN'S WILLIE GONNA BUY A NEW GUITAR? WHEN'S WILLIE GONNA BUY A NEW GUITAR?
REGGAE SUMMER REGGAE SUMMER
TIME TO PARTY TIME TO PARTY
WALTER WALTER
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Sam is a songwriter/musician/producer/performer based in Nashville, TN since 2006. Before that relocation, he was a performer/sonwriter/producer for 34 years in NJ. He has been a multi-instrumental musician since he was ten years old. At the age of 18, in 1970, he started working professionally. As owner of Jerricat Music (SESAC), he produces and distributes original music.Band/artist history
Sam Cooper hails originally from Richmond, Virginia, but moved to New Jersey in 1972 at the age of 19. As a child, as soon as he could make noise with any implements (musical or otherwise) and sing, he did. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University. Before leaving NJ, he had spent 34 years playing professionally and also had various gigs, including as a music journalist, a road manager and a recording engineer. He has been based in Nashville, TN since 2006, where he produces music, writes songs and occasionally still performs live.
BUSINESS--Sam's music business is conducted through JERICAT MUSIC LLC. Contact him directly by e-mail at jericat@yahoo.com. His publishing is Jerricat Music (SESAC).
PERFORMING--As a performer, Sam has worked in many styles of music and played solo as well as with a number of bands. Over the past few decades Sam has performed from the east coast to the west coast, as far north as ski slopes of New England and as far south as the blue waters of the Caribbean.
Mainly a vocalist, guitarist and bass player, Sam has been performing professionally.Have you performed in front of an audience?E-mail to jericat@yahoo.com. Having performed live since the 1960's, Sam's main concentration is in now in songwriting, recording and producing. When performing, the venues will usually be near Nashville, NY City, L.A., the Jersey shore,other major music areas or exotic locales such as the Carribean. Since April of 2006, most gigs are around Nashville, TN at the best songwriter hangouts, where the most talented and greatest number of singer/songwriters per capita are congregated. Looking for talent and opportunities?--In Nashville, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Your musical influences
Ray Charles, Jerry LaCroix, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Dr. John, Wilson Pickett, Chet Atkins, James Brown, The Dave Clark Five, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Jim Messina, Amos Garrett, The Temptations, Sam & Dave, Waylon Jennings, Homer & Jethro, John Prine, Delbert McClinton, Keith Richards, Rusty Young (of Poco), Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones (of Led Zep), Ashford & Simpson, etc.....there's a much more comprehensive list at www.jericat.com.What equipment do you use?
MUSICAL GEAR--In his stable of musical equipment are guitars, basses, and other fretted instruments by Gibson, Heartfield, Fender, Gretsch, Baldwin, Martin, Gibson, Epiphone, Takamine, Ibanez, Yamaha, G & L, Danelectro, Sekova and Falcon. Sam records and/or plays keyboards including Wurlitzer, Roland, Hammond and M-Audio keyboards. Other instruments in the inventory include a banjo, trumpets, trombone, tenor sax, flute, piccolo, harmonicas, ukele, and various percussion items. For live performances, Sam prefers singing through a Shure SM-58 mic, but for recording, he opts to use an AKG C414 or a Baby Blue Bottle going through a MOTU 8M. When not running directly into P.A.'s or recording consoles, Sam has a variety of amps from Fender, Ampeg, Acoustic, Carvin, Hartke & Peavey, His standard pedalboard setup includes Boss noise reduction/power, tremolo, eq, and digital delay pedals. For some live performances, Sam would occasionally employ his wireless Samson system for guitar.Anything else?
Artists wanted...in need of a producer or to cover my tunes!!!!!!!!!!! Go to http://www.jericat.com. Email jericat@yahoo.com for questions and details!
Nasvhille, TN
USA
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109509
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Comments (5)
Hi Sam
I just love this up tempo song ...L O V Email me
Great catchy lyruics and the melody is perfect
Enjoyed my listen
Vonee
enjoyed your tunes today
Hiya Sam,
I was looking at the * Latest Uploads*.. ran across your music. I thought I'd come into your music studio. To see who this *Sam Cooper* was. Well, needless to say. He's a awesome artist!!
I enjoyed your music. I love your humor that comes alone in your voice. But, also the honest voice also.
Wishing you all the best in everything you touch in life.
Let me know when you've added more songs. I don't wanna miss a thang.
I'll return.. soon. Until then take care my music friend..
Ran :)
Whut up my fellow musicianz, I go by the name of A#SHARP. I'm already South Jersey'z Finest so now I'm tryin' na branch out and use this internet sh*** to collab with my brothaz & sistaz worldwide. I spit but I also do all my own beats--under the production banner, Akil Sharp/2D4U2C Ltd.--and I play keys. Peep my page, VOTE on some tracks, leave me sum feedback on my message board & lemme know if u tryin' na connect. I do generic & custom beats so holla if u wanna build. One. A#
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TIK wuz here
March 5 2004
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