KERSHAW, SAMMY
(*1958)
KERSHAW, SAMMY (b. Kaplan, La., February 24, 1958) Third cousin to fiddler DOUG KERSHAW , Sammy has become a major star in the New Nashville. Sammy began playing guitar when he was in the fourth grade, and was already working professionally at age twelve as guitarist/road manager for a local country singer, J. B. Perry . Remaining with Perry until he was twenty years old, Kerhsaw played throughout Louisiana, Texas, and the lower South and Southwest. The band often opened for other country acts…