Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

"Lay was among the most historically significant and musically innovative drummers in both the early blues and rock 'n' roll scenes," Alligators Records, his label wrote in a statement Sam Lay, a ...

Sam Carr, 83, a drummer who was considered an anchor in the blues scene that continues to draw fans to the poverty-stricken Mississippi Delta region where the music form was born, died Monday of ...

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No matter how many times people like to joke and poke fun at drummers, percussion is hands-down one of the most important parts of music, and the drummers are the ones that have got your back (and ...

Blues musician Sam Lay died Saturday (January 29), his record label Alligator has announced. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Lay was experiencing heart problems, was taken to a nursing facility ...

“John was the perfect drummer for the way Roomful played,” said sax player Greg Piccolo, a former member of Roomful of Blues. “Every beat of the drum meant something, every note meant something.” ...

FARGO -- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith spent 17 years - two separate stints from the 1960s to 1980 - drumming for Muddy Waters, one of the handful of blues masters who is still a legitimate household name.

GRAMMY® Award-Winning Blues Musician CEDRIC BURNSIDE, whose last 3 albums have received GRAMMY® Award Nominations for "Best Traditional Blues Album", performs at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club in ...

Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Bob Dylan, has died at age 86. Jan 31 (Reuters) - Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, ...