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Blues, booze and debauchery: the agonising life and death of Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield inspired Dylan to plug in, was a virtuoso singer and mouth harp player, and took black blues to white America. But beneath the surface, trouble was brewing

Louder · May 4, 2023

Remembering the influential, ebullient Chicago blues drummer Sam Lay, dead at 86

CHICAGO — The last time I talked to Sam Lay it was late at night and he was on the road and on the telephone, driving back home to Chicago from Cleveland where he has just been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of…

Chicago Tribune · Feb 7, 2022

Legendary drummer Sam Lay dead at 86

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, he also played with blues legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf as well as with Bob Dylan.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 31, 2022