SAM BAKER AND DARDEN SMITH, JUMPIN’ HOT CLUB, TOWN HALL, GATESHEAD
09/22/2010
from The Northern Echo on thenorthernecho co uk OPENING the gig Texas singer-songwriter Darden Smith whose latest album Marathon is newly released was in relaxed mood as he aired a bunch of songs … 
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LONE STAR: DISCOVERING THE MUSIC OF SAM BAKER
History News Network   03/01/2010
I'm one of those blue-state Honda-driving latte liberals who doesn't think Texas should have been admitted into the Union in 1845 the whole scheme was a pro-slavery naked power grab Of course … 
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SAM BAKER PROVES THAT HE IS STILL ONE OF TEXAS' BEST SONGWRITERS
Houston Chronicle   12/08/2009
Five years ago Sam Baker released a mesmerizing debut album called Mercy that immediately placed him among the best singer-songwriters in Texas His story is almost as good as his songs He was a … 
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SAM BAKER...NEW ALBUM 'C O T T O N '
skiddle.com   07/29/2009
While travelling in Peru at age 32 Sam Baker took a train ride that would change his life On a clear cool morning in Cuzco in the summer of 1986 Sam boarded a passenger train that was blown up … 
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TERROR ATTACK GAVE BAKER'S SONGS MEANING
Calgary Herald   07/26/2008
It was while watching a little league baseball game in his hometown a few years back that Sam Baker was suddenly overcome with a disturbing image As uniformed kids played against the Texas blue sky … 
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CENTRAL TEXAS SONGWRITER TRIES TO UNDERSTAND A TRAGEDY SAVE EMAIL PRINT
kwtx.com   05/24/2008
Central Texas native Sam Baker sings of a young German boy who died with his parents on a train in Peru in 1986.

SINGER-SONGWRITER TO PERFORM SUNDAY
NewsOK.com   10/27/2007
Singer-songwriter Sam Baker will be featured at the Performing Arts Studio's second Winter Wind Concert 7 p m Sunday at the Norman Depot 200 S Jones Ave Baker grew up southwest of Dallas one of … 
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‘SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN IN A FLASH – AND THERE’S YOUR SONG’
The Herald--England   08/01/2007
Sam Baker has a simple philosophy You do what you can with what you've got says the Austin Texas-based singer-songwriter whose work is beginning to make big waves And if you start looking at … 
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ONE HOARSE TOWN: SAM BAKER
AmericanaRoots.com   05/19/2006
Sam Baker is a storyteller. His stories unfold like memories in sepia-colored photographs. His stories remind me of Sunday afternoons. His stories are filled with people I know.

THE GROOVE SHOP: ‘TEXAS MUSIC’ MONIKER A BOON TO MUSICIANS
Texarkana Gazette   04/14/2006
In the last column the Grooveshop took a look at Americana music in a brief overview/opinion about the ‘new’ genre’s attraction to singer/songwriters and musicians who find a fit with the distinction.