Ironing Board Sam glows at Jazzfest!

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Ironing Board Sam made a huge splash at Jazzfest – since his rousing performance in the Blues Tent on Sunday he’s been featured in the Times-Picayune, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Rolling Stone! Doug McCash of the Times-Picayune said “The impish joy Sam took in performing became obvious at the end of the set as he lowered his keyboard to the stage floor and crouched limberly over it to pound out the final bars of the last song as if he was giving the instrument CPR, before charging down the stage steps and bursting into the audience on an apparent quest, repeatedly belting out the line ‘Have You Seen My Baby?’ Sam is someone I want to know more about.”

On the little stage in the front window Alabama Slim was digging into his guitar and moaning out plaintive lyrics while the bass and drums were cooking behind him. The crowd was a healthy mix of people in all manner of dress laughing and carrying on, some dancing together on the small dance floor right in front of the stage. It carried on that way for hours.

You can experience some of this scene by listening to the track above – from the upcoming re-release of Slim’s album Blue & Lonesome.

–Aaron