Sam's Favorite Links
| KEITH CRONIN | Musician & Writer. Very creative drummer, played a number of gigs with me in the 70’s. |
| G.G. PELLETIER | Tenor saxophone, composer. Plays in the Sam Crain Quartet, and has played in bands with me(his, mine and others’)for about 3 decades now. |
| FRANK ZAPPA | One of my all-time-favorite musicians. This is a ‘Quote-of-the-day’ site, so you get a daily sampling of his wit. |
| JESSE VAN RULLER | GREAT young guitarist from The Netherlands. |
| DAVID HOFFMAN | Trumpet, piano, composer. Terrific musician and good friend. |
| ASTRAL PROJECT | Fine musicians based out of New Orleans, with several CD’s out. Their bassist, James Singleton, is another of my ‘homies’, from Springfield(& Boston) days. |
| ELEVATOR SHOE | Creative blending of styles & genres from this group based out of Spfld IL, and masterminded by Frank Trompeter, whose Jazz Quintet I had the privilege of playing in for 3 years. |
| FRANK TROMPETER QUARTET | Frank’s jazz group, in which I’ve subbed on several occasions. |
| MICHAEL DARLING | Artist, musician, & one of my 2 oldest ‘homies’. |
| ELVIS HIMSELVIS | the one-and-only Rick Dunham as Elvis. A fun show- I’ve played it! |
| TIM BERENS | A Website for Guitarists. Very informative, includes interviews with some of the very best players. |
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