Profile of Sammy Kershaw on Famous Like Me

Sammy Kershaw (born February 24, 1958, in Abbeville, Louisiana) is an American Country and Western music singer and songwriter.

He is a relative of Cajun music legend, Doug Kershaw.

After the death of his father when Sammy was 11, he worked a variety of jobs by day while playing roadhouses at night to support his family.

During that time, he opened shows for Ray Price, Merle Haggard and George Jones while barely into his teens. When the pressures of growing up fast took their toll in the form of a serious drug and alcohol problem, he quit his bad habits cold turkey in 1988 and took a break from music to work as a remodeling supervisor at Wal-Mart.

One of Kershaw's demo tapes made its way to Mercury Records, which released his debut album in 1991. His traditional country voice found a receptive audience in the early 1990s, with hits like "Cadillac Style," "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and the remake of "Third Rate Romance." Toward the end of the decade, he struggled for a spot on the charts, although his 1999 duet with Lorrie Morgan "Maybe Not Tonight" cracked the Top 20.

Shortly thereafter, Kershaw and Morgan divorced their spouses and married in 2001. They separated two years later, but quickly reconciled.

He has released over 14 albums in his career including "I Want My Money Back" on Audium Records in 2003.

Hits include:

• Your Tattoo
• Vidalia
• Southbound
• Double Wide Trailer
• Matches
• The Love of My Life
• Last Day on Earth
• Honk Tonk America
• She Don't Know She's Beautiful
• Cadillac Style
• Third Rate Romance
• He Drinks Tequila (And She Talks Dirty in Spanish) -- with Lorrie Morgan
• Maybe Not Tonight -- with Lorrie Morgan

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