Samson Delilah was born in Clifton & Lightcliffe in a few years ago. He first studied music with that bloke off of the QVC Shopping Chanel TV show and, later, under the wonderful Cleeton Hodges.
Initially frustrated by a lack of opportunities to make money in his native UK, Samson moved to Gambia in 1998. He enjoyed successful spells with the Otakipwe Silver Band, the Chetagingwe Brass Ensemble and the Mputu Putu Village Band, with whom he enjoyed his greatest sucess.
In 2007 the Mputu Putu Village Band were granted a cash prize of £1,000 off of Red Nose Day to build a well to secure clean drinking water for whole area. People were prepared to walk for miles to obtain the clean water.
Samson said, "I knew that something had to be done. I told them that they could spend £1,000 on the well and then watch the Mputu Putu Village Band go down the pan. Or they could pay the money to me over the course of a week or two and we could really move the band on and maybe have a crack at the African National Championship at the Guild Hall, Ivory Coast, to which we couldn't even afford to go anyway".
"I'm so proud now to be able to say that they chose never to build that well. Many people died but they were only black people and we did almost make it to the African Nationals, which would of been a big tick on my CV".
Now back in the UK, Samson is keen to find more money. He is very excited about his return to the UK banding circuit and particularly keen to find a third section band who will simply pay him £40 a practice, listen open-mouthed to his made up stories of what he has done and not challenge him musically.
