Sam-Lead Guitar

Where it all started-circa 1972-73

 

Sam is the oldest of two boys and was blessed with the talent of his father. Being of Middle-Eastern descent, Sam’s father brought many different musical influences into his home, including Israeli, Greek, Arabic, Italian, and especially Flamenco. Sam's father (and his hero)  played flamenco guitar so Sam followed in his footsteps and picked up the guitar.  As he grew up, Sam was introduced to a large number of musical styles and influences which became a part of him as he learned them. In high school, Sam was already studying college level music theory and this took his knowledge of music and his desire to learn the guitar farther than he could have imagined..
 
Once out of high school, Sam played, recorded, taught, and worked in music stores in Miami (where he met Mike), creating and satiating in him a hunger for different styles of music. After several different original projects (among them BONE CHINA which included future REWIND drummer John) and a few recording sessions, Sam found himself  four nights a week on Miami Beach playing a gig which involved playing standards, pop, country, rock n’ roll, reggae, calypso, soca, dance, and anything else the audience would request. This experience left almost no musical stone unturned.
 
One day in 2002, Sam received a phone call from Mike telling him of an opening in his band.  Sam jumped on the opportunity and after one audition was the new lead guitarist for LAWTON, playing his first gig with them four weeks later.
 
LAWTON had become unstable at the position of drummer. Numerous people and been brought in to fill the backbone of the band, but all lacked the attitude, passion, or skill to fill LAWTON's needs. The inability to find the right drummer led Sam to call John, his former bandmate and friend of 20 years. After some coaxing, John joined the band, reuniting their musical kindred spirits and inspiring Sam and LAWTON to new levels. The only thing left was to leave the past behind and forge ahead with a new vitality and a new name...REWIND.