Samuel Beam was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. His grandmother played piano in a country church. His mother enjoyed singer-songwriters and his father listened to Motown. When Beam was 14, he got a guitar and played Joy Division songs in his bedroom. Upon realizing this might disturb sleeping family members, he started playing more quietly.
Well, times change: Beam is now married, living in Miami with a young son and daughter, and a third child on the way. But some things never do: He still writes songs in his bedroom. And they’re...
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