Sam Amidon: 'I went with my family pretty much to find Tommy Peoples'

As the American musician returns to play in Ireland, he recalls his childhood obsession with an Irish fiddler, and the thrill of discovering the Hendrix connection to Clonakilty 
Sam Amidon: 'I went with my family pretty much to find Tommy Peoples'

Sam Amidon plays in Dublin and Clonakilty.

Folk singer Sam Amidon is delighted to hear Bruce Springsteen is playing Ireland the same week he’s in the country for a run of shows. 

“Tell him to give me a shout!,” he jokes. “Maybe he will stick around and come to the Grand Social.”

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