I've seen her live. When she plugs in and plays her first riff, they set down their beers, stop talking, and they start listening.

Not fair, beauty, brains and a truck load of talent in one small package.

I love this interview; she has hard work ethic, she is wise, saved her money, reinvested, took it slow, enjoyed the process and just let things happen. She deserves ALL credit. I've always seen the great STAR in Samantha ever since I first saw her in Girls with Guitars!

She's simply one of the grooviest people I've ever known. Love you, Samantha!!

Man reason Samantha is awesome is the fact she is always in the moment. She will talk to you like you are her best friend. I was leaning on her van long ago and couldn't believe she was doing her own roadie work ! Yes she can tote some gear !! Good people ....the New Beatles is what someone in the crowd said. That stuck. Hope she gets all she deserves.....

In a way I'm grateful to be a new fan because there's a decent body of material out there for 5 or more years and I get to enjoy the Samantha Fish journey as a catching up experience. She reminded me of Eric Clapton the first time I heard her, and I've had people roll their eyes at first, but then when they listen they start to get it. Also, if they're familiar with Clapton's early trio work like Blind Faith and the process of his career, they start seeing what I'm saying about her as a developing singer, songwriter, blues-rock guitarist and label her less as a novelty female artist. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this pre-pandemic panel. Also, she's a million times more genuine and kind in how she presents herself than so many other artists, which makes it extremely easy to be a fan.

To be as good as Samantha is and not start playing until 15 is unbelievable. She is incredible. Can wait to see her perform live. Come to Springfield IL Samantha. Ok I have car, will travel. Ha ha

She is so classily

Wow, this is the second interview I watched with her in the last couple of days. She handles herself well and is not all full of herself. Not only is her music getting fully charged, her approach and hard work is paying off. Just missed her in SD tonight but I will wait to catch her somewhere. Love the Romesh Remix also. Fun stuff.

She's so incredible. Her solid work ethic and her talent are off the charts. Her business saavy and intelligence blow me away! What a rare and precious gift she was given. She's just amazing. So beautiful too, inside and out. I just love her so much. I feel so connected to her music. Every time she picks up a guitar she just floors me! Can't wait to see her live!

I love everything about her .She has paid her dues and deserves whatever she wants ...musical freedom and a spot in the blues genera as one of the hardest working new artist. Her talent and relativity to her fans is top notch!!!nothing but love and respect from Texas.:)

Thankfully she understands the importance of being civil to her fans. You'd think all artists would be hip to that. But they ain't.

Samantha what you see is what you get,down to earth cool lady she is with a good personality.Looking at her she a hard working singer songwriter and a guitar slinger, brilliant played up a notch,to her level and stands alone.Samantha fish & Ana popivic.They are superhuman genius soulful blues the best around and this is 2021 and jammed with the best around🎸🎸🎸🎸

Hi I came to know about Samantha Fish almost 2 weeks ago from youtube as I am only based in Maldives. What makes me fascinated most about her, is her style of singing with her powerful voice and playing the guitar with solo at the same time, that also at ease. In this modern times, there are not many artist who performs like Samantha Fish. I would like to visit to US one day just to watch her live performance. Just to finish here, she is my idol now even though I play on acoustic guitar for the last 2 yrs 6 months.

She's so good I recently flew from Portland, Oregon to Fresno, CA mainly to attend her concert in Paso Robles.

I saw her 4 times so far! Can't wait for another show! Love you Samantha! 🤗💕🌹🎸🔥

It's funny she mentioned Walk off the earth, they avg. about 20 million views per video and have almost 200 million views for somebody i used to know, so when they put something out you're going to get noticed, especially when you have amazing talent like Samantha has, first song I heard from her was Bullet Proof, been hooked ever since. Keep on Rocking!!!

Samantha deserves every success that comes her way. This is a very grounded, intelligent and talented singer songwriter and brilliant musician

Loved this. Thank You!!!! Samantha is an incredible artist 💜💜💜

What an INCREDIBLE artist... Articulate, Classy, Smart and One HELL of an AMAZING talent.... God Bless You Samantha Fish... All opportunities that come your way are WELL deserved young lady.

Straight up. No pretense. No bullshit. Not only articulate, intelligent & gifted musically. But seems like a genuinely nice person. Refreshing breath of fresh air!

She's total eye candy and she COMPLETELY ROCKS!!!! I'm a new fan now.

Man just learned that Samantha Fish is a blues playing lady guitarist from Kansas City. She is a very talented young woman and has a good business sense as well. She has a really awesome playing style on her blues guitars......and sings her her heart out on all her songs.....what a really down home soulful voice......im going to follow here on FB and hope to see here when she plays KC.....Go on Samantha with your bad self....... :)

Thank you Samantha for more than you will ever know!

amazing interview

Cool beans. Best interview about the music biz, ever! And Samantha Fish makes it perfect.

Hooray! Finally got to see her live at Winthrop R&B Festival last week. A dynamic, electrifying performer and a charming woman. Love her band too. Us oldsters know a genuine star when we see one. Hope that younger people catch on and start attending her shows soon. Making Americana Great Again!

Great heart, great musician, pretty darn good head for bidnis, too.... Drive on, may all possible success fall your way...

The first things I noticed about Samantha Fish (other than great music) was that she is very focused, hard working, and committed. She's also presents as a very kind person. We need more women in music and Samantha Fish is a great role model. There is no doubt in my mind that she is going to be very successful, and become an icon in the music industry. It takes lots of time and hard work; Samantha has been putting in both. I call her "Lady Blues". She's awesome.

Have been following her career since her fist gig in Raleigh at the Lincoln Theater. Seen her play about 5 times after and love her playing. She has given a boost to the blues.

Love Samantha. I've seen her 2 or 3 times in Telluride and at Songbirds in Chattanooga. Being one of her older fans I love the blues stuff. But, I understand that she is so talented that she wants to do more than straight blues. And I'll look forward to seeing what she does in the future.

Not only very talented but a smart girl. Congrats Sam you deserve all you’ve achieved

Very humble, truthful and not full of herself. I have lots of respect for, Samantha. My Very Best! Peace*

She is just a true person to herself and others! We just love her!

I completely love certain bands and songs but my tastes drift between genres so much that friends wonder what I really like, specifically. The first time I saw Samantha Fish was in KZfaq. She covers so much in such a diverse cross-over of many genres that, I can't get enough of this beautiful talent. Some say Rock'n Roll, some say Blues, etc, etc... I simply say Go Fish!!

I stumbled across this artist a few years ago...love her work. Both singing and playing solid as a rock! :)

Great, great interview. About the "Genre" issue. I just say Samantha last night in Louisville, CO and the show was excellent. I agree that her shows will be her stepping stone to success just like Springsteen's shows lead to his success. Another example, the first time I saw Grace Potter she blew me away and I knew that she would become more and more successful. Her marketing tools are her skill sets showcased on stage. That said, speaking to the pigeon hole genre thing ... I told several friends to come and see a great "blues" guitarist and singer. Then the show wasn't the hard hitting "Blues" set I was expecting based on KZfaq. It really showcased some new directions which I personally liked. The show still had enough killer guitar licks, great arrangements and fantastic vocals to impress my friends and everyone else. I think a touring artist needs to play to their fan base with some songs from their past and of course new stuff. Every artist needs to grow, experiment ... think Beatles, what variety. I love the "Chills and Fever" CD and thought it was a great indicator of what variety the future might bring. So, I was not disappointed in that fact that the set was not the power trio blues set I was expecting (it wasn't a blues festival after all, it was a family town concert) because she and her band were so damn good. Her fame and audience will grow and grow as long as the quality of work is good on her CDs and on stage.

Down to earth cool Midwest girl

Samantha, you have been my idol for years, but this interview, I just loved, it is YOU all over, your the very best and as Buddy Guy said (when you guys were playing together) you are the blues queen, you took over where he left off. You really feel your audience and that is the key! being a fantastic businesswoman is also a great asset and your songwriting is super, you are the all around super blues queen, keep up the fantastic work Sam, I love you and we all love you girl!!!

I only learned about her 2weeks ago. I'm in love. Plays like a great. Man. That's a huge component.

Amazing Woman. Love her music and her personality. You never really get the full impact of a person just watching them play. It takes interviews like this with hosts that let them be themselves.

Sam's vocals are awesome and unique. And , yes, she rules the slide guitar too.

This is brilliant. What an obvious platform, got here through being a Sam fan, great stuff

Samantha Fish fan for 6 years. Have been following her online for several years and finally got to see her perform Chills & Fever tour at Doheny Blues Festival 2017, Love, love, love her performances! Her new album Belle of the West is awesome! Really love this interview! Love the guitar solos all the time, so incredible she she gets into a song and goes off the rails on her solos. Rock on Samantha!!!

We love Samantha... she is remarkable... great entertainer! Her albums are fantastic... live is better! I have her autograph!!! PROUD!!! LOL

Awesome interview and getting a look at the business of being in a band. Hope to see Samantha perform soon, totally love her music.

Wow as if the talent wasn't enough the brains to go along with it I'm impressed .Love the music and I'm at a loss for words I never new how much work it was to be a successful band .

I have had the very great pleasure of seeing Samantha's super performances, live in London (UK) clubs, on two occasions now and her great guitar playing and vocal energy and fab ensemble is/are second to none. Her fondness for her fans and they for her is plain to see. Well done Samantha for being a super talented performer and thoroughly charming , gracious , modest and thoughtful young lady.

Not only Beautiful, Immensely talented vocally and instrumentally but business smart too... She IS perfect..

As a bass player having been in bands with hot female singers, I always enjoyed watching the guys in the crowd respond to the high heels. It was good for me too.

And she mentioned Junior Kimbrough - yes!!!!

SAM your a nice humble musician,stay this way,honest and just plain GOOD,,thanx Crip

The Blues Queen! U R Awesome woman!

Ain't seen a woman rock this freakin hard since Joan Jett. Love you Samantha 🤘🤘🤘🤘

After seeing WALK-OFF-THE-EARTH do their "Little Boxes" video, I looked up information on cigar-box guitars. That led me to discover Samantha Fish and her band. Tonight I am adding the 160th video to a SAMANTHA FISH YOU-TUBE PLAYLIST. 2 weeks ago I had never heard of her, now I am tending an ever-increasing playlist of her work.

Samantha has her stuff together.Hard worker, professional show woman! I've seen I'd say yearly the past few years in NYC at venues like the Cutting Room , High line and a free out door blues BBW at a list on Westside ...she always gives her all to the audience at the shows. At this point she is still post show, being kind and patiently meeting her fans.My fave covers she odes are: War Pigs, I put a Spell on you. I adore her

Thank you very much for taking it lightly on me:)

What a great interview. Thanks!

Great interview! Surprised I didn't find this earlier!

ONE THING ABOUT IT IS IM HAPPY AND AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE CHANGE ....YOUR AN AWSOME ARTIST AND SEE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING FOR YA... iM AN EXCLUSIVE FAN IM AWARE AND NOW IM HAPPIER TO KNOW YOUR LIVING A DREAM.

Okay, now I like Samantha as a person as well as an artist. This next comparison is dangerous, but ... i can't help but think of SRV in his interviews. Just like this. Down-to-earth. Real. Nice. Driven by music.

I wish there was some way I could give more than one thumbs up,such a humble person, such real American singing American music. a a

Samantha is this huge monster talent and yet she is so down to earth.

This dude is right. Sam has it all--dramatic stage presence, incredible skills as a musician and music that strikes home with everyone. I go to her concerts whenever she comes within driving distance of me. I've seen her four times so far. Wish I was her boyfriend!!

She is so sweet and so real. Fan for life here. I think she's the hottest musician I've heard in any genre, in a long long time.

She is so wonderful!

Excellent interview!

I think Samatha's best selling thing is the Runaway videos on YT. It was/is the not-over-produced version of her both vocally and on the guitar. It comes across as a personal connection to the audience there, and the chemistry between her and an audience is apparent :) I also hope she drops by Andertonsif she does a UK tour. I suspect that she will connect with a whole new audience (international) talking to them about the guitar side, and demoing a song or two.

its good to see woman focused on her kansas city origin roots to keep the music current and continuing live music needs to be supported for the future of music

Super cool. Im surprised there arent more comments here. Im really looking forward to seeing her in Paso Robles Ca. Sept 30th , long time fan , first show. Hopefully she comes back when Vina Robles amphitheatre reopens.. Rock on Sam , maybe someday ill get a chance to Jam with you !

Bella y su trabajo es muy convincente, ojalás que algun día visite Chile.

Very interesting interview with the fast rising star that Samantha Fish became in the last couple of years. What a nice, talented and wise person. I was quite taken aback by the question of the lady bass player at 1:01:20. If she considers she does not want to sing the Blues because she feels it's ripping something off the African Americans, that's fine with her, but it's a personal attitude. Blues is a state of mind which comes from your heart and your soul, not from your brain. You don't have to be black or white, rich or poor to feel the Blues: it comes from your guts and you have to sing it out. Of course I might be influenced by some great blues players when I play but I don't have to refer to anybody to express that deep feeling I have at the moment I play that note or sing it out. Why do things end up being so political ?

Haha the frustration in her face Sam you’re all good with us the actual,listeners

Totally awesome musician and person. The blue collar work ethic shines thru, super bright, along with a zest for life ! Keep the hammer down, and best of luck !!

Truly an amazing lady

Wow shes cool , good role model , well spoken and a great player .

Over the last few years I became aware of Samantha Fish on KZfaq. Loved the sound, I was able to see her play at the Blues on the Fox festival in Aurora, Il., this past June. It was a great show. I was not sure what type of audience would attend. I was surprised that it was an older audience. (I myself am in my 60's). I hope the younger generation starts to listen to her music. It is great.

I love Samantha. What an amazing talented and gorgeous woman. 🔥🔥🔥

I love the answers not so much the questions or I should say the questions took to long to ask. She seems real.😀

Very good interview! Samantha has quite a future in front of her.

When your imagination can't think about anything but doing what you love ❤

Hey Brother thanks for the interview with Samantha Fish. Next time you interview her, make your questions short and sweet - get your thoughts together beforehand - and let Samantha talk.

you make your own luck,, if you can just keep working over the good and the bad you will do well.

I'm waiting for her to get a number one hit the top of the Billboard charts on top of that or guitar licks are getting hotter and faster and that's great she's been working her butt off obviously

I knew it! Sam was the one who addressed the mailers with her t-shirts and posters. Thought sure that was her handwriting. Very personal!

Great interview

Very smart Gal......much Respect

❤❤❤❤❤❤ She is awesome!

Very cool SF took the time to do this

God bless you Samantha.

This might be the most interesting interview of an artist I’ve ever seen, and I’d never heard of Samantha Fish before today. I wonder who the interviewer is, I’d like to see more interviews he’s done.

Whip smart and bags of talent.

Her Greatest Marketing Tool? Shes Beautiful! And! She plays a guitar! Hello!

I hope she makes her way to SoCal.

Is there a censorship of radio stations that stops music by such talented new people from being played or will she be noticed someday ?

100% samantha fish magic

Awesome guitar player....lovely vocals but after watching this...outstanding business acumen 👌🏼❤️❤️

Best of luck young lady

Love Sam, talking or singing and playing. This dude's hair color matches his shirt?

My first impression beside great beauty her confidence