Talk:Mighty Sam McClain

Demise on June 16th 2015? Or June 15th 2015?

Hi. Death date June 16th 2015 appears at odds with what the included source for his death tells us - he died "Monday night". Monday night would be June 15th 2015, which also tallies with the entry at Deaths_in_2015. Not 16th, which is when he would naturally have been "found" dead in the morning. I will leave it to you. 86.112.58.46 (talk) 19:19, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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McClain worked at menial jobs untill he arrived in New Orleans. While in New Orleans, Sam began sitting in with local bands and was soon the talk of the town. Cyril Neville and many others still claim Mighty Sam to be the worlds greatest blues singer. Sam eventually met New Orleans drummer Kerry Brown, who played with many locals as well as David Allan Coe,Jimmy Page and the Firm,Preservation Hall to name a few. Kerry,knowing exactly who Sam was,formed a horn band with Sam called Brownsville featuring New Orleans funk/blues guitarist and producer Dirk Billie, bassist Lenny Jenkins, Keyboardist Stephen Robock,Sax man Dennis Taylor,Trumpet Larry Talerico,Sax Snakebite Jacobs and an assortment of local Horn cats. Sam and Brownsville played many local Blues Nightclubs in New Orleans from 81-83. Many famous New Orleans musicians would come to the shows to marvel at Mighty Sam's powerful talent and often sit in with Sam and Brownsville. Many proffessional musicians loved Sam amd he made and kept many lifetime friends while living in New Orleans. In 1984 Brownsville broke up and Guitarist Dirk Billie and Sam, now roommates, formed the band Soul Purpose. Dirk and Sam continued on with an everchanging line up including various New Orleans musicians depending on the gig and of course the money. Soul Purpose continued to perform in New Orleans Blues Clubs including Benny's Blues Bar, Jimmys, Tipitina's, the Maple Leaf,the Colt 38,Bertha's, Between the Sheets,the Hollow Point and even the Worlds Fair in 1984. Mighty Sam and Dirk eventually met Bobby Blands guitarist Wayne Bennett who moved to New Orleans as well as Ray Charles guitarist Eugene "Big Bubba" Ross who moved to New Orleans after leaving Ray Charles' Band on Thanksgiving Eve 1983 in Omaha. They would all play together quite often in clubs and had many jam sessions at Dirk and Sams' house in uptown New Orleans. Eventually Sam and Wayne, without the band, scored a gig in Japan and recorded for Orleans Records, a live album with a Japanese band. This was Sam's second project for Carlo Ditta Orleans Records. McClain and Dirk disbanded Soul Purpose at the end of the 80's and Guitarist Cranston Clements formed another horn group around Sam. This was his last New Orleans band untill he moved north to New England.

It's completely unsourced. It's also extremely poorly written, unencyclopedic, poorly formatted, commentary. It should not be included in the article in its current form - but, if a source for it can be found, its content can be summarised, in a properly edited and encyclopedic form. Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:55, 5 January 2020 (UTC)