Remembering a trio of Chicago blues masters

By Meha Ahmad, Isabelle Earl
Sam Lay
Blues drummer Sam Lay sets up below stained glass where the altar used to be at the former First Christian Church that is now the Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kan., Jan. 27, 2000. Cliff Schiappa/Associated Press
Sam Lay
Blues drummer Sam Lay sets up below stained glass where the altar used to be at the former First Christian Church that is now the Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kan., Jan. 27, 2000. Cliff Schiappa/Associated Press

Remembering a trio of Chicago blues masters

By Meha Ahmad, Isabelle Earl
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