Thursday, 26 January 2012

s.p. leary

The drummer who backed the blues giants T-Bone Walker, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters in some classic recordings and tours, died this day in 1998.
Here's some superb footage of Muddy Waters in 1968 at the Copenhagen Blues Festival with Leary on the kit. Of course as often happens to the sidemen it's mostly just shots of his hands but you will see him looking over his cymbals at one point. A largely unsung musician. The engine behind the legend.