Sammy Lee Creason (27 November 1944 – 21 December 1995)[1] was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan amongst others.
The Bill Black Combo created musical history in 1964 when they became the opening act for The Beatles on their historical 13-city tour of America after their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[2] In the late 1960s, pianist Jim Dickinson, drummer Sammy Creason, organist Michael Utley, guitarist Charlie Freeman and bassist Tommy McClure, formed "the Dixie Flyers" and moved to Miami to work as a studio band for Atlantic Records, where they recorded with artists such as Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett.
In January 1973, Creason played in the first Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid session held in CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City.
[7] Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson, Carmen McRae, The Memphis Horns, Brook Benton, Barbra Streisand, Delbert McClinton, Rita Coolidge, Dan Penn, Esther Phillips, Delaney & Bonnie, Geoff Muldaur, Billy Swan, Tom Pacheco, Hoyt Axton, Gene Clark, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Neuwirth, Duane Allman, Donnie Fritts, Jim Dickinson, Ronnie Hawkins, Petula Clark, Jerry Jaye, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lulu.