We touch you
«You don’t sing to impress. You sing to connect.»
Quote: Everly Brothers
Customer Voices
«Liebi Rebekka, liebe Chris
Was für en schöne Abig isch das gsi 🤗…… dankä villmol dass du/ihr esonen stimmigsvolle ächte Biitrag dezue «gleischtet» händ, grossartig! Schön au, dasses dir so gfalle hät und du no so gmüetlich häsch chönne mit euis verwiile. Wünsche dir es freuidigs, kreativs Wucheänd u fröi mi uf euise nächschti Kontakt.
Herzgruess Chrigel»
Verein Illauer Puntbier
Auftritt, Freitag, 4. Juli 2025, Rampenfest
Bex & Chris
Rebekka Bachmann
Born in Winterthur
March, 1976
Christopher Fonda
Born in Oregon, Western US
December, 1963
How SAM:BAM came to be
Sometimes life writes its most beautiful songs in the most unexpected places. We – that is, Bex and Chris – met in a small, dimly lit bar in Pfäffikon, Zurich. A place where people often only went when all the other bars had closed. And yet karaoke was sung there regularly – and that was our first stage together. Chris sometimes even brought his portable karaoke machine along, and between cocktails, chaos, and charm, something special was born.
For a few years, it remained a casual friendship, and we met at karaoke events. Then Chris became a closer companion at birthdays and events – always with his ukulele, singing, and a radiance that lit up the whole room. And what connected us: a love of music. And of the USA – Chris's home and Bex's adopted home.
Then, in the spring of 2025, this one sentence was uttered: «I've always wanted to sing harmony – but I've never found anyone it really works with.»
Well the rest is history.
SAM:BAM was born. Originally with other names, but one remained constantly present. «Brother from Another Mother» was there early on and was suddenly complemented by a good friend with «Sister from another Mister.» And then it became clear: SAM:BAM is the combination. That's us. Two souls in harmony.
We mainly cover songs by the Everly Brothers – because their harmony suits our voices and hearts. «We don't sing to impress. We sing to connect.» This quote is from the Everly Brothers – and it suits us so well. And you can feel it – whether at birthday parties or on big stages.
Even a large restaurant chain booked us without ever having heard us live before. Now we're their summer band – because the audience doesn't just hear our music, they feel it.
SAM:BAM isn't a show.
It's connection. It's joy. It's music with heart and soul.