Page 5 - Sam Lay News Today

In the news for the week ending February 11, 2022, are good books from grown-ups, a good book from an 8-year-old, Romper Room, Bill Murray, and maybe some football this weekend.

Sam Lay, a powerful and virtuosic drummer who played and recorded with Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, was a founding member of the Paul Butterfie

Though the word “legend” is tossed around cavalierly these days, Chicago drummer Sam Lay was the real thing. “Sam does not just play the drums. He sings the drums.”

His distinctive double-shuffle groove, which he likened to “three different drummers playing the same beat,” enlivened records by Howlin’ Wolf and many others.

Morehead State Public Radio (MSPR) is governed by the Board of Regents at Morehead State University (MSU) in Morehead, Kentucky. MSPR is operated by its flagship station WMKY at 90.3FM in Morehead. Since 1965, WMKY has served the communities of eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio and western West Virginia. MSPR’s mission to the region is to provide programming that is educational, informative and entertaining. Through the work provided by a staff consisting of full-time directors, student interns,...

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Famed Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay – who recorded on definitive tracks by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and many others, as well…

By Eric Cox (Reuters) - Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Bob Dylan, has died...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 1 — Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Bob Dylan, has died at age 86. Lay died of natural causes in a nursing facility near his Chicago home on Saturday, said independent blues label Alligator Records on...

By Eric Cox (Reuters) - Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Bob Dylan, has died...