Sammon performing at Buddy Guy's Legends with Buddy Guy He was under age and was driven to venues by his father. Īt the age of 15, he began playing on the Chicago blues scene with the South Side guitarist L.V. He competed in contests, including the World Championship Old-Time Piano Players (winning championships in 19). He enjoyed the experience but also developed his musical ear by listening to many styles of music. His parents realized that their son was a prodigy son with an ear for music and encouraged him to take piano lessons. He learned traditional Irish folk songs by ear while listening to records with his father, Martin Sammon Sr., a Chicago police officer. Life and career īorn and raised on the South Side of Chicago, in a family with Irish heritage, Sammon began learning to play the piano as a young child.
His book Blues Keyboard Method, with a foreword by Chuck Leavell, of the Rolling Stones, was published by Hal Leonard in 2015. Sammon has established himself as an ambassador of Chicago blues appearing on several commercially distributed DVDs, television shows (US and in Europe) and Grammy Award winning albums. He was recognized for his energetic performances, improvisation and mastery of traditional styles ( ragtime and blues). Sammon (Octo– October 15, 2022) was an American blues keyboardist.
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