Rush Hour Blues

Sam Lay | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B00004C4MN
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Baby How Long

2. Second Man

3. I'll Be The Judge Of That

4. I Like Women

5. Blow Wind Blow

6. I Got Two Women

7. Somebody Gotta Do It

8. Mama And Papa Hopkins

9. Rush Hour Blues

10. I'm Gonna Shoot Her

11. Pure Grain Alcohol

12. Midnight Drag

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice surprise, August 17, 2000

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"smadamas" (hicksville, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rush Hour Blues (Audio CD)

I had never heard of Sam Lay until driving home late one night and there he was at the far left end of the dial. It was an instrumental number called "midnight Drag". That song prompted me to take a chance on this album and I was surprised at how good this album is. The style is Chicago blues, with an emphasis on the shuffle. Sam is one of the few singing blues drummers around, and he has been playing since the 50's. He really works the shuffle well, and is backed by very tight band. The lead guitar work of Larry Burton is outstanding, and the keyboards played by Celia Ann Price are equally good. There is a good variety of tunes, from the classic chicago style opening number to the raucous "Rush Hour Blues", and ending with the jazzier instrumental "midnight drag". If you enjoy the blues this is one quality album worth getting.

2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Release, July 25, 2009

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Karl W. Nehring (Ostrander, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rush Hour Blues (Audio CD)

Back in the `60s, Sam Lay was the drummer in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. These days, he has his own aggregation, for which he drums and sings. Judging from this recording, however, these guys seem to be just going through the motions. The music sounds formulaic (this can often happen with the blues genre, but this is a fairly glaring example), Lay's voice does not seem very expressive, and even his drumming does not seem particularly noteworthy. Maybe these guys put on a good live show, but blues fans will probably want to pass on this recording. Even the sound quality is a letdown--OK but nothing special. Overall, then, this recording is quite a disappointment.