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>>I played guitar for/with Sam from the start of 1982 >>until mid `85. It was a real thrill to have been asked >>to join his band. I had know Sammy since 1975 when I >>moved to Corpus. Those were some really fun times and >>some aggravating ones as well, especially the time our >>tour bus broke down in Lubbock. We were on our way to >>play in Amarillo for a few days. It had been snowing >>and the fuel line ( a $10.00 part) split and dumped 75 >>gallons of fuel on the highway. Our driver, Randy >>pulled into a truck stop in the middle of the night >>and I woke up freezing about 8:30 in the morning >>(couldn't heat the bus unless it was running..). The >>parts place didn't open until 9 am. Once Randy fixed >>the fuel line we were on our way. Seemed like that >>damn bus was always breaking down. It was nice to read >>the story about our gigs at Billy Bob's. I remember >>the drink "incident" real well. We all went looking >>for a waitress while Sammy was yelling "My career's >>going to end tonight if I don't get a couple of >>f___ing Jack & Cokes before we go on." >>In-spite of the way Sammy could be at times, I still >>loved every second of it. In March of 2005 my wife and >>I flew to San Antonio for a few days. We drove down to >>Corpus just to see Sam for a day. I glad we did that >>as it was great to see him again after 18 years of >>living in L.A. (even though it seems like I'm on tour >>alot over the last 7 years. I'm the guy in the bus >>photo on the far left. the club owner mooning us still >>kills me. I never knew until Walt gave me a copy of >>the photo. Walt.. where are you? >>I learned alot about music, guitar playing, songs and >>work ethics from the thousands of hours I spent with >>Sam. I think about him often and even more so when my >>band plays places that we went to all those years ago. >>I also wonder what's happened to all the friends and >>bandmates we had back then. I seem to only hear about >>the ones that pass onto the next world.. >>One last though here.. I recall about 2 months after I >>had started playing with Sam at his club (Neely's) >>that one night when he was introducing the band, he >>said "And here's Don Butler on guitar. This is his >>last week as he's joining the Coast Guard." About two >>weeks later some poor woman came up to me and said "I >>thought you were leaving to join the Coast Guard?" No >>mam, that's just Sammy's sense of humour. He was just >>havin' one over on all of us. The ultimate >>prankster.... >>Thanks for reading! It's great to see how many people >>Sam touched with his music and his life. >>Don Butler >de1b@earthlink.net

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