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Turin Brakes Or Not Turin Brakes?

Posted on
22 May 2010
by
Wade

Picture it, Toronto, 2007. I am a youthful 29 years old and working at a brewery, giving brewery tours and delivering beer. One day I meet a guy at the bar with an English accent and we start to chat. He tells me that his name is Sam, he is in a band called Turin Brakes and that he is going to be in Toronto for a while. Being a music guy I think cool, then go home and try to look him up on the Internet. Funny thing though, I couldn’t find any mention of a ‘Sam’ related to Turin Brakes, or even a good band photo to back up his story.

Sam starts to hang around the brewery and makes friends with some of the other employees. Next thing you know I am celebrating my 30th birthday and Sam shows up at my party with some of my co-workers. I snapped the above picture of Sam at my birthday party. That is Ricky’s old kitchen (notice the gray bottle opener in the background attached to the wood trim). The summer fades away and so does Sam.

Next thing you know it is 2010 and Ricky is reviewing a Turin Brakes show. I was immediately reminded of Sam. I have since been able to find some decent photos of Turin Brakes and have started to question his story. Hmmmm…..

2017
Here is an update…from 2014

@toofunkyfunky he’s a con artist, we’ve never met him but believe he has been pretending to be a band member and taking advantage.

— Turin Brakes (@turinbrakes) March 7, 2014

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