Interview with Sammy Kershaw
Sammy Kershaw's brand new album I Won't Back Down (Cleopatra Records) - released June 9, 2015 - features the cover songs Take A Letter Maria and the Tom Petty title track. The first single is called Grillin' and Chillin'. The album also features the love song Groove written by Sudbury, Ontario's Gil Grand and Texan Adam Fears.\xa0\n\nCountry fans know and love Sammy's chart-topping\xa0Country hits over the years including "Cadillac Style", "Don't Go Near The Water", "She Don't Know She's Beautiful", "Queen Of My Double Wide Trailer" - and the list goes on.\n\nIn 2014, Kershaw - a Louisiana native - released "Do You Know Me? A Tribute To George Jones." The two were close friends and recorded the country hit Never Bit A Bullet Like This in 1994.\n\n"George Jones was the greatest country soul singer that ever lived, and he was my hero and my friend. I\u2019ve known George since I was 14 years old, we were friends for over 40 years. I loved the guy, and still do. I miss him every day, and it was just an honor and a privilege (to record this tribute album)."\n\nSammy's song Louisiana Hot Sauce was used on the TV show True Blood in 2009 and quickly gave him a new audience who went online at the time to find the song.\n\n\u201cSammy Kershaw is one of those voices that you know the moment you hear it. We at Cleopatra\xa0are excited to work with an artist of Sammy\u2019s caliber,\u201d says Cleopatra Records President Tim Yasui.\n\nTune in to hear Sammy chat with me about his new album, George Jones, Cadillac Style, touring Canada, the song he wish he had recorded and much more!