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Sam Place was created March 20, 1935, in Birmingham, Alabama, and began his profession like a drummer in Cleveland in 1954, dealing with the Moon Puppy Combo. In 1957 he became a member of the initial Thunderbirds and remained with that group until 1959, when he remaining for Chicago to …

With a method honed within the gritty blues bars of Chicago’s south side, the Butterfield Blues Band was instrumental in bringing the sound of authentic Chicago blues to a white audience within the mid-’60s, and even though the band wasn’t an especially huge commercial success, its influence continues to be …