Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Bob Dylan, 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 its website on Monday. “An era is over,” Corky Spiegel, a longtime friend and bandmate of Lay’s, told Reuters in an interview. Known for his stylish cape and walking stick, Lay was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 as part of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. He played on dozens of tracks for Chess Records.
