Backwards Sam Firk
1943-09-18 (81 years old) in Asheville, North Carolina
Michael Addison Stewart, who performed and recorded as Backwards Sam Firk, was an American country blues singer, fingerstyle guitarist, songwriter, and record collector. Less well known than such contemporaries as Alan Wilson of Canned Heat and John Fahey, Backwards Sam Firk spent much of his music-based existence working with and supporting older blues artists.
