Like a lot of musicians, Johns started young. When he was nine, his dad presented him with a guitar. By the time he was a teenager in his hometown of Charlotte, NC, he had established his own band, the Devilles. The group performed in local clubs and cut a few records on Dixie. Shifting to Atlanta, he began to make a name for himself and snagged a record deal in 1973. General Recording Corporation… Read more in Amazon's Sammy Johns Store