SAM CANTOR By MOLLY WALLACE Former Bub and cofounder of 3 Capen St.’s monthly folk concerts, senior Sam Cantor sat down with us and shared his views on the Tufts music scene, his decision to leave the Bubs, and his new project, Saltmill Showdown.
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It’s funny, this was supposed to be a solo artist interview but you actually opened for Magic Man
last night with a band. SC: I had actually been trying to set up a blues band, just to play at crafts house or something… it was funny because I hadn’t played “loud music” in three years. Loud music? SC: I hadn’t played like a distorted power chord in three years, basically. So playing a White Stripes song was… different. I was a lil hesitant at first and Jack [LeMay, drummer] was like… “what’s wrong with you?” [laughs]. I want to hear about [3 Capen St.’s monthly house-
concerts], and some words on Skull Alley. Why did you think “I have to do this?” SC: It actually kickstarted out of something kind of out of our control… Ben [Ross, housemate] basically met this woman doing a documentary on this guy John Eliot, a folk musician, and he was traveling in the area so this woman and he were talking about putting on a house concert, which is something he does. So he came with this other dude, Jack Wilson—they were touring together—and I had just started writing music again, so we combined and that was like the first one. But shortly afterwards Hayes [Peebles, class of 2014] and I put on another concert. Because it had quickly become very clear—this had been like a random Wednesday thing in September, and it became very
