Effective period / Period of releases: 1955 - 1973

(6 February 1923 – 11 December 1993)
Canadian maritime folk musician better known to radio listeners as Sagebrush Sam.
Guitarist, pianist, violinist, and vocalist. Born in 1923 of Icelandic parentage. A native of Wynyard, Saskatchewan, he studied voice for 3 years in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Discharged from the Canadian Armed forces in 1942 and then became a radio station announcer & began his interest in guitar & folk music.
In 1951 went to Hollywood, Ca. and made TV appearances & sang with orchestras.
In 1955 he moved to Newfoundland and devoted his energies towards Maritime folk music.
- born Feb. 6, 1923, Died in Vancouver.