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Sam Beer is the latest in a long line of English singer songwriters to take their inspiration from American delta blues but infuse it with a distinctively British sensibility. His finger-picking guitar style, everyday observational lyrics and unusual vocal style put him strongly in the traditional of off-beat English blues and folk singers such as Kevin Coyne and Richard Thompson. Beer has self-released a solo e.p. (Carrier Pigeon) and, in October 2006, his debut album Evening Songs, on which he is joined by drums, bass and a string section.