Diggin’: Ironing Board Sam – Maced Me In the Face
inDiggin'on September 8, 2016
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 Ironing Board Sam and began to jam out after work. Eventually Raphael & Simon (French Interns) made it into the studio with Sam to create this incredible album. If you have ever been lucky enough to meet Sam you may have heard the story behind this tune – Maced Me In the Face. It’s based on a true story and actually occurred, as the song suggests, on Christmas day. A disgruntled lover of Sam’s got so upset with him that she actually maced him in the face. Sam laughs hysterically when telling the story – that is the Blues though, right?
One last time I’ll ask this question. Back in the 70’s at the N.O. Jazz Fest, Sam played in a big fish bowl. Was he actually underwater or was I seeing things ?
He was in fact underwater.
https://www.blog.musicmaker.org/ironing-board-sam-the-underwater-blues-show/