One String Sam

One String Sam

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One String” Sam Wilson “ "One String Sam walked into Joe's Record Shop on Hastings Street about 20 years ago and recorded two sides. He played a fretless, one-string, home-made, monochord instrument. He was seen playing the streets for a few years, then he disappeared." Sheldon Annis, 1973 The legendary One-String Sam had languished in utter obscurity since his mid-'50s recording of "l Need $100" was released to an unsuspecting world by Detroit's miniscule JVB label. Located in an Inkster housing pro-

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