Sammy Louis Anderson learned the most about life when an illness stopped him in his tracks. He was told he would never perform again and had several months to live because of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Life as he had known it was over and there was nothing he could do about it. While spending more than nine months in the hospital and being told he was dying he learned who he really was, not Shake as the world called him, but Sammy Louis as his doctor's referred to him. 

Shake overcame all the odds and rebuilt his life. The songs and chapters are stories about making mistakes, learning lessons and rebirth. Shake says his album Stories from Sammy Louis is just that, it describes the story of his life. 

Shake is accompanied on Stories from Sammy Louis by J. D. Blair, Charles Ross, Darell Tibbs, Joel Goodwin, Mark “lupe” Hamilton, Ben “Black” Bush, Thomas Cain, Tim Krekel and  (the Late) Stephen "Static Major" Garrett.

 

The Journey of Life