Ironing Board Sam and the Sticks by Ironing Board Sam A couple years ago Music Maker had two French interns that helped out at the office for 9 months. They lived right next door to [...]
In October 2015, just as Big Legal Mess was set to release Ironing Board Sam’s “Super Spirit,” Sam suffered a stroke that left him hospitalized for the better part of the [...]
We still have a few more weeks of cool mornings. In some places they follow still nights all summer long. Here in North Carolina, the summer is not that gentle. With the long days come heat, damp [...]
Ironing Board Sam’s latest record, Super Spirit, brimming with energy, twists and turns with every song. “I Wanna Be There” boosts the tension up a few notches with its accelerating rhythm and [...]
We are sharing this story at the request of Ironing Board Sam The past few months have been especially challenging for our partner artist, Ironing Board Sam. In October, just days before his [...]
It’s 6am and Ironing Board Sam is standing in his house clothes putting some finishing touches on his pants when I come in to check on him in his hotel room in Kansas City. “Aaron, I always [...]
When the Music Maker Relief Foundation first started working with Ironing Board Sam he was in a pretty rough spot. He was being evicted from his trailer, had no gigs and desperately needed help. [...]
On yonder hill there stands a creature, Who she is I do not know. I go and court her for her beauty, She must answer yes or no… These words could conjure a beauty standing atop a [...]
In October 2012, Simon Arcache and Raphaël Evrard, students from the prestigious Toulouse University, a business school, convinced their professors to allow them to spend a year of college credit [...]
Last month, while in New Orleans for Jazzfest, Ironing Board Sam and myself traveled down to Michael Weintrob’s temporary studio in a tailor’s workshop to get Sam’s “InstrumentHead” photo taken. [...]
