Sammy Kershaw

Samuel Paul Kershaw was born February 24, 1958, in Abbeville, Louisiana. He is the oldest of 4 children. When Sammy was 12 years old he started playing in night clubs in the Lafayette area with Louisianna artist J.B. Pere.

After working jobs as a disc jockey, a construction supervisor for Wal-Mart, and a building contractor, Sammy signed a recording contract with Mercury Nashville in December 1990