CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Samples have been around a mighty long time, but you can be sure they’ll never forget their roots thanks to their moniker.

When the Boulder, Colorado band’s founding members Sean Kelly (guitars/vocals), Charles Hambleton (guitar), Andy Sheldon (bass/vocals), Jeep MacNichol (drums) and Al Laughlin (keyboards) got started, they were subsisting on grocery store samples.

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With music that has been described as reggae influenced pop-rock and “a cross betwee

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