One String Sam has been played on NTS shows including The Athenian Marketplace , with I Need A Hundred Dollars first played on 29 July 2022.

One String” Sam Wilson “

"One String Sam walked into Joe's Record Shop on Hastings Street about 20 years ago and recorded two sides. He played a fretless, one-string, home-made, monochord instrument. He was seen playing the streets for a few years, then he disappeared."

Sheldon Annis, 1973

The legendary One-String Sam had languished in utter obscurity since his mid-'50s recording of "l Need $100" was released to an unsuspecting world by Detroit's miniscule JVB label. Located in an Inkster housing pro- ject in 1973, Sam was added…