Search - Sam Lay Blues Band :: Feelin' Good

Sam Lay has Blues royalty, no doubt about it. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1935 and by 1957 was playing with the original Thunderbirds, until 59 when he went to Chicago to join Little Walter's Band. The following year he joined Howlin' Wolf's band and he quickly became an in-demand drummer for hire, working with the cream of the Chicago Blues artists, including John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Jimmy Rogers, Earl Hooker, Eddie Taylor and Otis Rush.

In 1965 Sam backed Bob Dylan at the infamous Newport Folk Festival along with Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper. Later that year Bloomfield joined the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and in 1966 Sam also joined the group. In 1969 he signed with Blue Thumb Records and recorded the "Sam Lay In Bluesland LP, produced by Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites. He has toured consistently through the decades and recorded this live album at the Boardwalk Cafe, Nashville, Tennessee in 1994.