Sam Lay 3/20/35-1/29/22

Sam Lay 3/20/35-1/29/22

Transcription from Corky Siegel introduction to Induct Sam Lay into Blues Hall of Fame: 5/9/18

I first met Sam Lay when he played with Elvin Bishop & Paul Butterfield at Big Johns in 65.  To this day I've never heard such a brilliant group as that four-piece with Elvin's beautifully placed guitar licks. The whole band was being driven by Sam who was coming at you like four multi-colored locomotives.