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Sam Lay Blues Band: Rush Hour Blues

Read "Rush Hour Blues" reviewed by Ed Kopp


Name any Chicago bluesman from the past 40 years, and Sam Lay has probably banged the drums behind him. Few blues skinsmen have more experience than Lay, who is best known for his stints with Howlin’ Wolf (six years), the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (until late '66) and Bob Dylan (Lay was drummer for Dylan's legendary '65 appearance at the Newport Folk Festival).Today Lay heads up a six-piece band that generates down-and-dirty Chicago blues. At age 64, Lay ...


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