Bronze is a battle of the throws . Whoever can come out on top of the final clown fiesta and win the last throw wins . In late game bronze there are no decided victors <| sep |> Kids on the Slope 7 Fuck yes . The end of that episode is just perfect . <| sep |> Mighty Sam McClain artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 2522 d 69 b 47717 c 0483 e 95 e 5 eed 2 f 757 ffcb . png America ' s best purveyor of redclay soul bluesSam McClain was born on the northern edge of the Bible Belt in Monroe , Louisiana in 1943 . As a fiveyearold , he began singing in his mother ' s Gospel Church . It was then that he realized singing was his mission . He left home when he was thirteen to escape an abusive stepfather and followed a local RB guitarist , Little Melvin Underwood through the Chitlin Circuit , first as his valet and then as lead vocalist himself at 15 . While singing at the 506 Club in Pensacola , Florida he was introduced to Producer DJ , Papa Don Schroeder , and in 1966 Sam recorded Patsy Cline ' s Sweet Dreams his first real success . Several recording sessions at Muscle Shoals produced the singles , FannieMay and In the Same Old Way . Forfifteen years , first in Nashville , then in New Orleans , Sam worked menial jobs and was forced to sell his plasma while he was homeless . From cotton fields to the Apollo Theater to the park bench , all while living the songs that would jumpstart his career in the mid 1980 . New Orleans own Neville Brothers extended themselves at this lowest of times and Sam was offered a chance to tour and record in Japan in 1989 . Live in Japan , featuring legendary Wayne Bennett is a fine recording , much sought after by fans worldwide . By the early 1990 ' s Sam networked his way to New England through his participation in the Hubert Sumlin Blues Party project produced by Hammond Scott on Black Top , which involved many Boston based musicians . These friends provided encouragement and collaborations , which led him to Joe Harley and AudioQuest Music . The results were the successful releases of Give It Up To Love and Keep On Movin . After his move to New Hampshire the momentum continued to build with Sledgehammer Soul and Down Home Blues . In 1998 Sam had two releases , Journey AQM and Joy and Pain Live in Europe on the CrossCut label . Soul Survivor The Best of MSM was his farewell to AudioQuest in 1999 . Journey and Soul Survivor both include New Man in Town , featured on David E . Kelley ' s TV show Ally McBeal on FOXTV . Sam signed on with the Telarc Blues label in 1999 , taking his longtime producer Joe Harley with him and recorded W . C . Handy nominated Blues for the Soul in 2000 and Sweet Dreams in 2001 also Handy nominated Sam started to take back his career in 1996 and turned to managing himself . His publishing company , Emily ' s Son Publishing , has been licensed since 1993 when his original work appeared on Give It Up To Love . McClain formed McClain Productions after successfully coproducing his CD ' s with Joe Harley . And now , the last step of his independence has been realized through the creation of his own label , Mighty Music , which released his CD One More Bridge To Cross in February 2003 . In July 2009 the album Betcha Didn ' t Know , which reveals yet another side of MSM , was released on Mighty Music with City Hall Records as the distributor . Sam greatly appreciated the nomination of this CD by The Blues Association as the SoulBlues Album 2010 . You can find it in wellsupplied record stores near you or order it directly from the web stop by and listen ! 2008 brought Sam into the Give US Your Poor project , benefiting the homeless . He cowrote with saxophonist Scott Shetler Show Me the Way , which was included in the compilation where he and Jon Bon Jovi sung this stirring anthem as a duet . He continues to work with this project , performing at both The Lincoln Center , New Your City and at The Kennedy Center in Washington and other venues , sharing the stage with Natalie Merchant , and the smashing Greek tenor , Mario Frangoulis , as well as the others mentioned on the CD . In early 2009 , MSM was asked to record a CD of duets with Iranian folk vocalist Mahsa Vadhat . The resulting CD , Scent of ReunionLove Duets Across Civilizations www . kkv . no reached # 6 in the European World Music Charts and this is a Mighty Sam McClain that has never been heard before ! Mahsa and Sam performed concerts in Norway to celebrate this music . Sam and the guitarist for this project , Knut Reisersrud , collaborated on a CD that was recorded and released in Norway in 2011 . Also , Sam has sung the theme song for Ernest Thompson , the Oscar winner for On Golden Pond for his new film , Time and Change . Find the Sun is a song written by Thompson and Joe Deleault keyboards in MSM ' s band but is recognizably a song that Sam has made his own . Furthermore , he had a cameo in the film , singing it ! To top it of , Sam recorded another CD called Too Much Jesus Not Enough Whiskey , released in 2012 through his own label . Mighty Sam McClain passed away on June 15 , 2015 , after having suffered a stroke in April 2015 . Read more on Last . fm . SamMcClain 4 , 497 listeners , 46 , 093 plays tags blues , soul , blues rock , rhythm and blues , jazz Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .