• Sam Myers

    Archive Posted On September 1, 2006
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    Singer, drummer, and harmonica player SAM MYERS died July 17 of throat cancer. The legally blind frontman was best known as a member of Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, though much earlier in his career he worked with Elmore James (albeit for one session in 1961), Muddy Waters, and Howlin’ Wolf.




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