Joining Nashville country singer and songwriter Sami Jo when she returns to perform in her hometown of Redding, California.
Redding country signer and songwriter Sami Jo, now 24, takes a break from gigs in Nashville to play to local fans on a stage at a pub in Redding, California.
The Idiot and Sami Jo between sets last night at Kelly’s Pub and Wine Bar in Redding, CA.
“Where Is The Idiot Today?” caption on August 10, 2016: The Idiot encourages 21-year-old Sami Jo — whose influences range from Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard to Shania Twain, Kellie Pickler, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift and The Beatles — to give up her day job at the Airpark Cafe and move to Nashville.
(Photo: Ed McCarthy)
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."