About the Artist:
Sandy Samples was a country music singer for many years
before turning to Gospel music. She was born again on January 8th, 1983
in a small church in Sanford, Florida. I'll let this excerpt from Gospel
Gleanings tell the rest of the story:
"Nearly two years to the day later, Sandy and the
boys [in the band] were on their way to Gallup, New Mexico for a show.
In her bedroom in the back of the bus, she began smelling smoke. By the
time she could get to the front to tell her husband, the rear of the bus
was blazing. There was barely enough time to stop the bus, get everyone
off, yank their equipment out of the bins and stand in the snow and watch
as their lives as they knew them came to an end."
When Sandy and the band reached their destination, the
owner of the club handed them an advance cheque so they could buy some
clothes!
Quoting again from Gospel Gleanings: Sandy's first
instinct was,
If the Lord wants me off the road
this bad, I'm going to finish up the engagements that are already booked,
and head for home.
She said she was still in shock when they got to the club
- had cried herself out and was trembling - when one of the truckers [who
had stopped to help] walked up and put his hands around her face and said,
Now, Sandy, in order to have a new
beginning, you have got to have an ending.
Sandy says she's wished many times since that she could
see him and hug his neck - to let him know just how right he was."
It took Sandy five years to complete the We Are One album which
was released in September, 1997, and the title cut has already hit #17
on the top 20 countdown in Gospel Voice magazine.
Sandy's musical ministry is entirely dependent on love offerings and the
sales of her tapes and CDs.
