Sam Lemann

Sam's influences of swinging jazz, country, blues, folk and island sounds creep tastefully into his Guitar and Ukulele playing - seeing him in great demand by singers, songwriters and bandleaders. Currently, the regular guitar player for Melbourne-based singers Grace Knight and Stephen Cummings, but over the years, Sam has performed with Wendy Mathews and Gaby Moreno. Jo Camilleri, Linda and Vika Bull, Ross Wilson, Tom Burlinson, US Bluegrass Banjo legend Bill Keith and can often be spotted on a Melbourne stage with Hetty Kate, Lisa Miller, Rebecca Barnard, Michelle Nicolle - to name a few. A regular visitor to Hawaii, in recent years, Sam has studied with the Slack-Key guitar greats Cyril Pahinui, George Kuo and many of the island's best Ukulele players. This has led to many performances at Ukulele festivals and recording several tracks for the ABC release, "The Ukulele" and on CD's with Hetty Kate and the "Irwell Street String Band". When not enjoying a light lunch in Acland St, chances are that Sam will be in a recording studio somewhere adding to his list of over 90 CD appearances.