Sammy Drain was a guitarist from Seattle who was well known in the area and considered to be a legend.
12 Facts About Sammy Drain
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Sammy Drain was a friend of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and jammed with him before Hendrix found fame.
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Sammy Drain started playing guitar around the age of thirteen.
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Sammy Drain was a local neighborhood and school friend of Jimi Hendrix who hung out with him and knew the family well.
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Sammy Drain had played at some of the same clubs that Hendrix played in.
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Sammy Drain was instrumental in having a Jimi Hendrix Day recognized.
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Some years later, Drain was recognized for his musical contributions as well, and a Sammy Drain Day was proclaimed in Seattle.
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Sammy Drain was a regular player and the main blues artist at Thompson's Point of View at 23rd and Union.
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One day, a scuffle broke out in the club and Sammy Drain was nearly shot.
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Sammy Drain was interviewed for the 2004 documentary about Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix: By Those Who Knew Him Best, which featured his brother Leon Hendrix and Octavia inventor Roger Mayer.
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In November 2010, it was announced that along with the Leon Hendrix band, Joe Doria of McTuff, Jabril, Shawn Smith of Brad, Brandon Storms, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and Sammy Drain were to play the Goodfoot Lounge on November 20 for Jimi Hendrix's 68th Birthday Bash.
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Sammy Drain served as a mentor and teacher to young people of both Caucasian and African American backgrounds, teaching them about the guitar, his passion in music and the blues.