BLUES

The owners of the Chicago Cubs and Ken Griffin, the billionaire hedge fund tycoon, have joined forces to table a blockbuster bid for Chelsea Football Club.

Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died.

The 20th Annual Blues on the Hill will be held on Saturday, Sept. 4. The free event always draws large crowds of families who enjoy the music, food and drinks.

On Wednesday's show: The COVID-19 situation in Fort Bend County, the week in politics, a preview of Houston Restaurant Weeks, and a conversation with Blues musician The Reverend Shawn Amos.

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“Few men in the history of our game were more closely connected to a city and a franchise than Bob Plager was to St. Louis and the Blues,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “In the lineup for the Blues’ inaugural game on Oct. 11, 1967, he assisted on the first goal in franchise history and committed the Blues’ first penalty that night – thus commencing a 54-year association with the organization.”

HOUSTON – The music industry is mourning the loss of blues and R&B great Grady Gaines, who died at 86 on Friday at his home. She said Grady Gaines was a good man, and that they were married for 35 years. Grady Gaines and his younger brother Roy Gaines began playing music at a young age. “His talent was God-given and he realized that at an early age,” His son Grady Gaines Jr. said. If you would like to read more about Grady Gaines’ life, click here.

Last year didn't stop Clint Broussard from bringing great entertainment to listeners with his podcast, A Day In The Life and his radio show, Blues in Hi-Fi. ^ Keep Houston Press Free Support Us LocalCommunityJournalismI Support Support the independent voice of Houston and help keep the future of Houston Press free. “My main thing was I wanted to be educational and share things with people that I was really turned onto. My record collection is crazy, I’ve collected all my life,” says Broussard who has thousands of records. After Broussard made him prove his identity with a serious security question, Gibbons agreed to join him to co-host an episode of his show.

LONDON Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal were among the clubs who stepped up their preparations for the Premier Leagues return by holding practice matches on Saturday. The league also announced Saturday that the sixth round of COVID-19 testing of 1,195 players and staff across the 20 clubs on Thursday and Friday produced no positives. Arsenal, which will be in action on the first night back away to Manchester City, hosted second-tier side Charlton at the Emirates Stadium. Eddie Nketiah scored a hat trick in a 6-0 win for the Gunners, with forwards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette also netting. Players drove to the stadium in their match kit and the match was refereed by fitness coach Charlie Owen.

Amid tornado warnings on Wednesday, the search for flood victims continued in hard-hit Wimberley, Texas; and Blues musician Billy Branch is taking his love of blues to schools across the country