Mike Bloomfield
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Michael Bernard Bloomfield was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his inst
Bloomfield c. 1968
An advertisement concert featuring the Mike Bloomfield Band for a 1973 show in Indianapolis.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an American blues and blues-rock band from Chicago. Formed in the summer of 1963, the group originally featured eponymous vocalist and harmonicist Paul Butterfield,
Mike Bloomfield
…for the blues." In the early 1960s he met harmonica player and singer Paul Butterfield and guitarist Elvin Bishop, with whom he would later play in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. He also began friendships and professional associations with fellow Chicagoan Nick Gravenites and Bronx-born record producer Norman Dayron, who was…
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, c. 1967. From left to right, Gene Dinwiddie, Paul Butterfield, Keith Johnson, Elvin Bishop, Mark Naftalin, Phillip Wilson, Charley 'Bugsy' Maugh, David Sanborn.
Paul Butterfield 1979
Elvin Bishop 2010
Sam Lay 2012