Sam Myers
Samuel Joseph Myers was an American blues musician and songwriter born in 1936
in Laurel, Mississippi. He acquired juvenile cataracts at age seven and was
legally blind for the rest of his life. Myers began his professional career as a
drummer for Elmore James in 1952 and performed on several of the guitarist's
recordings for Chess Records. He later became known as a blues vocalist and
harmonica player. In 1956, he wrote and recorded the single “Sleeping in the
Ground”, which was later covered by Eric Clapton and Robert Cray. For nearly two
decades, he was the featured vocalist f...
