Samuel Locke Ward

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Samuel Locke-Ward is an indie rock/folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Iowa City, Iowa. In addition to his own prolific output, among Locke-Ward's claims to fame are having sat in with The Violent Femmes and one "disastrous" show as bassist of The Frogs. Locke-Ward, then Sam Locke, started playing as a teenager in the band Yellow 5 in his hometown of Ottumwa, IA in the mid-1990s, then formed The Eggnogs with Jason Bolinger (later of She Swings, She Sways) and brother Josh Bolinger, both previously of Rusty Metal Primer. The Eggnogs became popular around Iowa for their combination of hooky melodic songwriting, noisy guitar playing, and Locke's own twisted lyrical humor and unhinged persona. After The Eggnogs disbanded in the early 2000s, Locke relocated to Iowa City and began performing and recording solo (self-releasing the Harness The Power Of Lightning EP under the name Samb Eggnog) and with various bands, including Trophy Beau, The Kickass Tarantulas, and most notably Miracles Of God, and marrying musician and craft artist Grace (Sinclair) Locke-Ward (Mr. Blanding's Dream House, Petit Mal, Leslie and The Ly's). In 2004, while on tour with Miracles Of God, Locke-Ward was struck by a car with a drunk driver, sustaining major injuries to his legs requiring reconstructive surgery. While laid up in the hospital, he recorded Boombox By Bedside on a boombox cassette recorder, released on cassette by Unread Records in 2005. The incident and the recovery that

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Barely Regal Beagles

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Iowa City Song Project

Sacrilege, Treason, Treachery & Thyme

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Boombox By Bedside

Double Nightmare

Rando Gtr Box

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Garbage For Dinner

Major Surgery At Discount Rates-THE LAME YEARS VOL. 3

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Where The Sick Go To Die-Nonstop Rawk + Rawl Jukebox, Vol. 17

Thrift Store Gtr Gold

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Forever Rages EP + 10 More Songs

NAMEDROPPER - The Lame Years Vol. 11

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