Sampson "Buddy" Pittman (March 17, 1900 – June 10, 1945) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
His only known works were recorded alongside fellow Delta blues musician Calvin Frazier by the American folklorist Alan Lomax in Detroit, Michigan, in 1938.
It is apparent from his songs "I Been Down in the Circle Before" and "Levee Camp Story", that he worked as a construction hand on the Laconia Circle Levee near Snow Lake, Arkansas, as a young man.
Samson was recorded by folklorist Alan Lomax in Detroit, Michigan, during three sessions between 15 October – 1 November 1938.
[7] Pittman's tracks alone were compiled into the 1992 album The Devil is Busy by Laurie Records.