15 Facts About Samantha Crain

Samantha Crain was born on August 15,1986 and is a Choctaw Nation songwriter, musician, producer, and singer, signed with Real Kind Records.

Samantha Crain won the Indigenous Music Award for Best Rock Album in 2019.

Samantha Crain's songs were featured on many series and films including 90210, Hung, Barking Water, The Dark Divide, Resident Alien, Reservation Dogs, Echo, and Unreserved: The Work of Louie Gong.

Samantha Crain was born and raised in Shawnee, Oklahoma and is of Choctaw heritage.

Samantha Crain attended Grove School in Shawnee and Dale High School in Dale, Oklahoma.

Samantha Crain taught herself to play guitar and wrote songs based on her short stories the summer before her senior year at Dale High School.

Samantha Crain then founded Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers with Jacob Edwards and Andrew Tanz and toured with this band until 2009.

Samantha Crain has lent her voice to recordings for Murder By Death, Parker Millsap, Wild Pink, Hamish Hawk, and others.

Samantha Crain appeared on Conan with First Aid Kit for their filmed performance of "Stay Gold".

Samantha Crain has self-produced many of her own recordings, but in 2014, produced the debut record of Oklahoma-based country singer-songwriter, Kierston White.

Samantha Crain has said in interviews and at performances that these two songs came out of a failed relationship while living in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Samantha Crain has mentioned the song "For the Miner" on this album was written for Jason Molina shortly before his death.

On March 24,2017, Samantha Crain released her 5th full-length album "You Had Me At Goodbye".

Samantha Crain toured the album in UK and Europe before cancelling her US tour for personal reasons.

In mid-2017, Samantha Crain was involved in three car accidents within three months, which left her in physical and mental pain and without use of her hands.