Samuel Kershaw Biography
Samuel Kershaw
- Real name: Samuel Paul Kershaw
Samuel Kershaw Biography
Sammy Kershaw is an American Country music singer and songwriter. A relative of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw, Sammy Kershaw has been active in country music since the release of his debut album Don't Go Near the Water in 1991. To date, he has released ten studio albums, all on major labels, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. He has also charted more than twenty-five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One hit "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and ten additional Top Ten hits.
At the age of eleven, Sammy got his first guitar, a gift from his grandfather. However, his father died that same year. Thereafter young Kershaw worked a variety of jobs by day while playing roadhouses at night to support his family. He began performing in Acadiana with Louisiana legend J.B. Pere. Subsequently, he opened shows for Ray Price, Merle Haggard and George Jones while barely into his teens. When the pressures of growing up fast took their toll in the form of a serious drug and alcohol problem, he quit his bad habits cold turkey in 1988 and took a break from music to work as a remodeling supervisor at Wal-Mart. One of Kershaw's demonstration tapes made its way to Mercury Records, which released his debut album in 1991. Among his early hits were "Cadillac Style", "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and a remake of the Amazing Rhythm Aces' "Third Rate Romance
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