Paul Butterfield & Mike Bloomfield - Walking by Myself
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- From the second reunion gig of members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Paul Butterfield - harp, vocals, Mike Bloomfield - guitar, Mark Naftalin - piano, John Kahn - bass, and Billy Mundi - drums. Location: Fenway Theater, Boston - December 10-11 1971.
Video Recording © 1971, 2013 Robert C Lewis.
This is a fragment of the video at: • Butterfield Bloomfield...
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It was a loss to the world when Paul Butterfield passed away. Too cool for words to describe. What a talent!
Im the 1st to like thats the truth.my word.Iggy pop namechecked Them 'Born in Chicago'+1st L.P.[@'Broken record pod/'W/-Rick Rubin,2pt.w-iggy.Saw the Doc.on Paul.Easily One Of The Best ever.!p in N.z..
Love and tears for Mike and Paul. They were the original Blues Brothers. ❤😢
Yup; Bloomfield Excellent, BUT I am surprised so few on this page want to Shine a Light on Paul Butterfield. Man this cat could Blow!!!! Love his voice also But his Harp work , is TOP SHELF!!!!!!!!
The best blues harp player ever.
The part at 6:20 is a perfect example.. blew my mind
@@acidtears Right! I can puff out some on a blues harp, but a chromatic is a whole new thing
Amazing. His sensibilities around the music were also beyond compare.
Indeed, outstanding.........!
Was privileged to have seen the Butterfield Blues Band at the original Golden Bear in Huntington Beach with both Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on New Year's Eve in 1965. Epic!
That is amazing. Great story.
Me too!!
That was such a small venue for such a large sound.
Yes, they were an epic band. Tight as can be. I saw the BBB first at a freshman dance at UC Berkeley in late 1965 on a double bill with a new band, the Jefferson Airplane. Both were astonishing. Bill Graham put the BBB on a bill at the Fillmore Auditorium with Clapton's Cream a year or two later. Epic concert. Over the subsequent years I would occasionally see Elvin Bishop at the nightclub he owned in North Beach. I've often said, if I could only have one record album from all I ever bought, it would be East-West by the BBB. That album was the birth of jazz-blues-rock fusion music. The masterpiece of American music from the mid 20th century.
I saw Paul Butterfield and co at a dorm at UCLA
Roadied for Mike ,72, SanFran to Tahoe. Memories
I have a strange question for you, based on your user name. Did you ever live in Mill Valley? If so, I met you about 30 years ago.
It was 1965. I was 17 and a Jr. in high school. I was at a dead end as far as music goes. AM top 40 sounds played over and over on the radio, ugh! I remember one time turning the radio off completely having had my fill of it. Then one day at school a friend told me about this LP he had heard. The cover has these heavy looking dudes lined up in front of an incense shop, you gotta check it out!
Got the record at my local record shop, and I was totally blown away. Never heard anything remotely like it in my life. Born in Chicago, Shake Your Money Maker, all those songs! Then I got word they were coming out to the SF bay area to play live. Never been to a music concert before. Opted to see them at the UC campus in Berkeley. It was a Friday or Saturday evening. I was living at my folks, took the family car and drove myself over there to see the show.
It was held at a auditorium. There was a stage, a large dance floor, but no seating. The first thing I see when I walk in there are these bright flowing colorful lights all over the walls and ceiling. I look off to my left and I see this brusier of a Hells Angel, all by himself, swinging a chain under a strobe light. I remember thinking, what have I gotten myself into? There was already a band playing on stage that wasn't Butterfield. It was some local band I had never heard of called The Jefferson Airplane. They did have an album out called Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. This was before Grace Slick joined the band and Signe Anderson was singing with them. I remember thinking they were pretty good, although it wasn't what I came to see.
When they were done there was a short break. Then Butterfield and the boys filed out. There they were! Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Elvin Bishop, Jerome Arnold. I was expecting Sam Lay on drums, but he had been replaced by Billy Davenport. Mark Naftalin was there on keyboard. I could hardly believe it. I had been listening to their songs for weeks and here they are! It was all I was expecting it to be. That band in top form, playing all their great music. It was pretty awesome! A little later the East West LP came out. The guys on that cover was the band I saw in Berkeley.
That's some history there and pretty damn cool too. What a great story!
Nice , bro 😎👍
Thanks for sharing your story. I flat-out loved it. Took me right back. (I was 19 in1965). I discovered the album while indulging my favorite hobby of pawing through the bins at the local record store.
The cover jumped out and hit me like a ton of bricks. I was like ‘whoa, what is this’? Who are these guys?
I had never seen a band that looked like that. I could not imagine what kind of music was behind that sleeve. I bought it on the spot. (My boyfriend thought I was nuts).
I got it home, put it on the turntable, and, like you, I was completely blown away... AND YOU GOT TO SEE THEM IN PERSON!! Righteous props.
Very cool, I love those kind of stories, thanks for sharing. East-West was the first blues album I bought, then I got their first one.
You are very lucky🇬🇧👌💙
Doesn’t get any better than this folks! No music like this today. Thanks guys for sharing your wonderful gifts with us. You brought us so much joy!
Mike and Paul ,two of the greatest blues musicians ever,gone too soon
RIP Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 - May 4, 1987), aged 44
And
RIP Mike Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 - February 15, 1981), aged 37
You both will be remembered as legends.
Heck yeah brother. Real music.
🖤💙🇬🇧
Thank god they met👌🎶🎸🎵
Absolutely. Well said.
"I second that emotion!"
1967, never been to A concert and had never heard of Butterfield Blues Band or Mike Bloomfield! My friend Rick invited my friend Steve, to go to the Fillmore, in SF. The opening act was a band named Birth, from Oregon (don’t know why I remember that). After their set, Butterfield Blues Band with Mike Bloomfield came on. WOW, I was blown away by “Chicago Blues”! To this day, I love the blues, particularly, Chicago Blues! Muddy, Buddy and countless other blues bands have kept me entertained (now YT) to this day. This band is TIGHT and
I love hearing Paul, on the harmonica!
Lol
Mike Bloomfield knew how to play in a BAND. That’s one of the many reasons why he was soooooooooooooo good.
Here are some great performances by Mike Bloomfield. Back in the 70s when I worked in the city I once picked him up hitch hiking on Lombard Street. I was playing a country tape, which he immediately recognized and identified the fiddle player, Buddy Spicher. I was wearing a ‘Dobro’ cap, and he said ‘I play a little Dobro. I looked at him and said “Yeah, Mike, I bet you do!” He impressed the shit out of me…I dropped him off in Mill Valley.
Cruisin across the Golden Gate Bridge with Bloomfield... that's cool
These two guys, stone cold musical geniuses, between them had more influence on the American music scene than anyone else in their time, few people realize how much.
Oh yes, definitely
@lipallowance ?
Actually, 3. Don’t forget about stone blue Mark Naftalin on the keys
@@ericletellier9527 Oh I 'm not😊 They seem to have the best of the best, they must have all just gravitated towards each other.....thank goodness 👌🇬🇧😚
Brought back memories. One succumbed to booze, the other to drugs. Sad ends.
Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield it doesn't get much better than that
It's these type of classic clips that make UA-cam must-see every day.
I was fortunate enough to see Paul Butterfield once in my hometown of Louisville Kentucky. R. I. P. Paul Butterfield.
Holy God. We just forget how good we had it when this man was alive...
I know…wtf happened?
East West is one of my favorite songs of all time..
Love how Bloomfield reaches up and tunes the guitar and resumes playing without missing a beat in this uptempo number at an absolutely frighteningly fast speed you can barely even see him do it fraction of a sec. Butter is smooth and soul perfection
A clinic for sure "Tell 'em about it Mike" - and he sure does
Wow , absolutely amazing
All great guitarists can replace a string mid-song without skipping a beat. Bobby Radcliff used to do it all the time.
Saw Jimmy page in 69' replace his e string mid solo, it was so fast I couldn't believe what I just saw...
I was fortunate enough to see BBB at the Fillmore in 1967-East/West!
Great video. Boy I sure do miss the days of my youth when this kind of music was being played all over the place.
Bloomfield & Butter. The best! Post: Liz Butterfield
Buzzy didn't do so bad either ;-)
Got a Blues harp in A, C, E and a Marine band thanks to Paul Butterfield. I can`t thank him enough, cheers Paul.
Such a clean & sharp harp player. He and Little Walter were my favorites. Gone, but not forgotten.
My heroes too, along with charlie musslewhite and (chauvinism) toots thielemans,and paul was probably the best ever
Paul knew Little Walter and was a disciple of Little Walter.
Bloomfield, one of the best guitarist
Mike got me going on the guitar back in 1957 at New Trier High School. We cut a record at the Chess studio, but nothing ever became of it . Had some fun times playing tunes with Mike. Last time I saw him was in San Francisco at the Key Stone Club, 1970. The place was so full of POT smoke that I had to get out of there. Still love all his music
Cool story, he has played a big influence on my own playing,his solos are like spontaneous combustion they just explode out of him,would have loved to seen him live...do you have the recording? I would love to hear it...I have been collecting blues records for 35 years is it available on vinyl..thanks from Andy in Australia
I heard that Mike was kicked out of high school for playing a particular song. Do know the story and do you know the song? I've been a fan of his since the 60's, love his music.
@@gopeddle - Mike got in trouble for playing a song at a class talent show when his band had been told "NO encores." The band played a song and although the crowd was pleased, the school authorities were mad. Mike quit school the next spring, and his father sent him to a boarding school in Connecticut. You can get the details in David Dann's great book, "Guitar King."
@@gopeddle 0 p.o
Cool
all drummers watching this...this is how you lay down a shuffle
Billy Mundi?
FD... absolutely! This kid’s got talent.🥁
I ,at 69 yrs, have been blessed to have been born into such an intense and redefing time in music, and it goes on.
Saw them at My Father's Place in Roslyn, NY. in 1970......outrageously good
My father's place in New York? There was one in Philly somebody wanted to know where you were tell them at my father's place
Mike Bloomfield left us too soon.
1981 at the age of 37. Heard the news
after a local gig with my HS band.
Sad news.
Mike Bloomfield belongs to the top 5
blues-rock guitarists of all time.
MB is an American guitar hero.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was my introduction to the blues.
The 1st album ,incense, herbs & spices
it was also for robben ford......
You started at the top then and worked your way down😊
The best start possible
Same.
COOL COOL COOL 👍♥️👏
I’m late to the party. I’m 51, but didn’t discover Mike Bloomfield until I was in my 40’s. Even after all the years that have passed between the time he first inspired people to pick up a sunburst Les Paul, he continues to inspire. He’s the reason I bought my own sunburst LP.
Mike and Paul at their level best. Miss these guys so much. Once in a lifetime,,,, I saw them both in the flesh,,
As much as Bloomfield was a gem, Butterfield was the King of Diamonds.
I’m a Paul Butterfield and a mike Bloomfield fan from Australia RIP both of you
Great harp 🎉
I think I still have his first four albums that I bought in 1969 1970.
Saw them at the Fillmore SF 1967. Second on the bill. First was Cream. Third was Charlie Musselwhite. Good concert.
You lucky SOB!
@@larrylinn8589 my name is Mike Butterfield.
Hitchhiked up from Modesto to go to that concert...I was 15. My mama freaked when she found out. Called the Sheriff and sent me to the hall. It was so worth it. Don't remember Charlie but that don't hardly mean he wasn't there...lol
I was there in 67. I was so disappointed when they closed the
Filmore East!
I wish the music was recorded as good as it really was?
Never saw the great Bloomfield but caught Butterfield Blues band 4 times in Boston in early 70's J Geils the house band at the Tea Party would usually open. Also caught THE Band four times and Grateful Dead four times, once with Dylan and Bob Weir's Ace solo concert. Elton John's first US concert. The Who, Steve Miller Band (first time I got high), Poco, Jethro Tull, James gang, Joni Mitchell, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Small faces with Rod Stewart, Mott The Hoople, etc
It literally restores my faith in humanity that someone would request a Jimmy Rogers song and these guys could play it so perfectly. No other band payed as much repect to the Chicago blues originals. They paid their dues. and then some in the clubs growing up musically with their idols. The first Muddy album that I heard was Father's and Son's. The original guys respected true devotees and would do anything for them. . Jimmy was a veru nice and humble guy. He was the smoothest rhythm guitarist that I've ever heard. If you grew up in Chicago, you could see Jimmy and other legends in small clubs. I get misty thinking about those days. He created that original sound with Muddy from the start. Check out his Chess records originals like Chicago Bound. The Chess Box Set is a gem. His recordings on Antone's and with Big Walter Horton and Left Hand Frank Craig are pure genuis. There are a couple of videos of those 3 guys playing in Mexico City that I love.
Both great genius of blues!!
Nice! Thank you! Peace & Love! WooF!!🐶🐶
Magnifica rola siempre he considerado que Mike Bloomfield fue un gran guitarrista
Two brothers who meshed beautifully, and flamed out way too soon. So glad to be able to hear what they left us.
Saw them at Whiskey a Go- Go on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood...opening was a new band in town called The Iron Butterfly"...fucking awesome.
Did you guys see Mike tune up at 4:24? What an EAR! Only Mike could have pulled that shit off with that speed. We miss you Paul and Mike. We will not see any others like you in our time.
Thanks Much for posting..Both Paul and Mike were two of the few who played and brought a bigger audience to the blues and five or six years before this. That's why Dylan picked him to play guitar in 65. He said at the time that he was the best he had heard. If he's good enough for Dylan, then you know the rest of that story. Paul, well, he is to me, near the top, to ever blow a harp! Both, sadly, left us way to soon. So, RIP Blues Men..
Saw Bloomfield with Electric Flag in the 70s. His guitar solo at some point in the show provided the most transcendent guitar moment I have ever experienced. Still remember it now all these years later. Mind blowing doesn't cover it. Btw he was playing a black strat with a maple fingerboard.
I know what you mean! There is a moment when he solos at the Monterey pop festival and it’s on film,that to moved me so much it was a spiritual awakening and I started to approach my blues playing on that moment..it was a revelation for me many years ago, but that’s what it’s all about,those moments in life that shift our axis..from andy
You are so lucky🇬🇧👌💙
Which song was that?
Burned out East Meets West. Always loved Mike's seemingly endless catalogue of blues phrasingd but at age 16 didn't really understand that he was somewhat of a phenom, even stacked against giants like Clapton and Hendrix.
Years later we realize what we witnessed. Parenthetically, PigPen has stood the test of time as well; authentic blues geniuses the both them
Somewhere in Blues heaven Little Walter is smiling. Butterfield could reall blow.
I’m 15 again 🧡 everyone’s still happy, the suns shining
Such sad endings for two of the greatest musical talents ever seen. True legends
I remember seeing a Time magazine with a sketch of Mike Bloomfield on it about a future, still looking for it to today.😢
Probably back in the 60's
This is so good.
Their music lives forever.
What a show that must have been...!
Without a doubt, the tastiest Blues I've ever heard .....
way too few filmed recordings of Bloomfield - what a great player he was
what a dope fiend.
@@BryceDAnderson1952 true but sometimes you seperate the genius in his playing from the demons in his life.
So true. You'd think somebody SOMEWHERE had some video and film of Mike. Not much out there to let everyone witness and hear his genius. Hopefully more videos like this pop up more often.
@@BryceDAnderson1952 crazy how a dope fiend can play circles around your wannabe blues playin ass
Bought East-West when I was 16. I had never heard of TBBB. I was intrigued by the cover.
It changed my world.
They were a fabulous blues band. Butterflied was a great performer and a blues musician of a high order.
They were on the fringe of what was considered profitable by the record industry. Just like many of my personal favorites. A groundbreaking group just oozing with world class talent. Miss them .... Big time.
My father bought me the Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw album for Christmas. Totally changed my life as well of my brother who is a guitar player
First Butterfield album I heard. I still listen to it, occasionally.
Looks like Billy Mundi on drums. Great player for Zappa/Mothers and Rhinoceros among others. Wow !
Finally get to see him play in the flesh !
Thx so much for posting!
Saw Springsteen open for Paul at University of Richmond gym 1970. My friends and I left after Springsteen's set. Wish I had stayed for Paul now !
The Master is blowing in Heaven with all the greats......R.I.P. Brother................................
I became huge fan of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band with Mike Bloomfiled when I was 9 or 10 years old. I saw them live once around that time. It was a big part of my introduction to the blues, and as time when on, I kept going further back and back in time, to listen to all time greatest blues artists who almost all were black. Maybe in the '60s, that's how we were forced to get into it, since Paul and Mike where white.
There are moments Mike becomes damn near ethereal in his music and truly happier than anything I've ever heard or seen on that guitar!
Just seems effortless to him. Superb.
"Damn Near Ethereal" I like that talileali ,,,,I like that,,,,!
Home on leave between my first and second tour Vietnam. Went to a music festival in august of 69 in a little upstate New York town called Betchel.Saw Paul Butterfield Blues Band play a set for the first time.
Semper Fi brother ..hope ur well
Paul gave me my first lesson on a harp ..bad ass I was 15, in Nam I brought my harp and left My guitar at home, no room i was a machine gunner 0331
*Bethel
The great Paul Butterfield a true legend without doubt the greatest harp player in the modern earer. Also a terrific vocalist. The fantastic Michael Bloomfield should have stayed with Paul. My opinion only.
My 'walking blues tune' in the mid 60s, when I used to walk to & from gigs. How those miles flew as my soul was lifted by this Jimmy Rogers classic. ❤
I believe I saw them twice, know I crave blues and loud rock, found was lead to the Fillmore or the Waverly theatre on the 8th avenue, so both places served as my outside pharmacy, therapy rooms, and yes in fact treatments were a surprise addition to all of my medical needs, learned I needed as much as I can get..A nurse from the Belevure hospital took one look and said Hey there buddy , how old are you and when the last time you have a shower and ate. always found people who others express their humanity first and foremost,, I have a brother who expresses his love to family, community and country. thus is huge!!
What a great rhythm section...right in the pocket!
Yes, and too bad Elvin wasn't there funking it up.
Drummer Billy Mundi came from Zappa's Mothers of Invention and was also in the great late 60s band Rhinoceros, doing two of its three albums.
'Apricot Brandy' is the only instrumental on the band's debut album and it's a classic.
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Matavilloso video!
De una de las mas *Grandes Bandas Britanicas*
Eacuchabamos en México a los Yardbirdis desde 1966 con los discos LP
Gracias por presentar la mejor cultura musical Britanica ...
Miss you Paul our son,Justin, reminds me of you. We'll be together again some day💔
Taken too soon , too violently as was Mike, ugly country.
this must be my favorite recording of this classic. Amazing solos by Butter and Bloomfield. Great stuff
This is an incredible clip. To have seen them live must have been the ultimate rush.
about 30 seconds before it all comes to a close there is a Magic moment here for those that think only Paul played Electric Blues if you notice he went old school for about six or seven bars unplugged and then he kicked it back in again only utilize in the house Mike with just the regular old harmonica without any effects shows you how awesome he was
How AWEsum he IS (MUSIC is the Master, not just our physical appearance) ☮️
Saw Paul Butterfield at a free festival in South London back in the 80s, eccellente!
Legends Never Die
Thank god for UA-cam, he is still converting viewers even though he is long gone.
I'm first in line when someone invents a time machine! Wasn't Michael the coolest guitar player alive? The way he gets into it and his musicology command of the fingerboard! Nobody plays like him
These guys were my first Blues album and sent my love of the Blues on 60 year run. Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Yea!
Rest In Peace Paul and Michael ...great times
Bloomfield and Butterfield Excelentes...desde Peru saludo al BLUES
no words for this...
Thier best lineup ever.
One thing I love about butterfield’s playing is that he doesn’t play ear piercing harmonica notes that hurt the ears, he’s very tasteful and knows what sounds good
A rich, full-bodied sound.
Paul just had his own style and it is unique. Amazing sound and he is a great band leader!!! Love Paul ❤️
Seen him saddlerack in San Jose great Harmonika player Paul Butterfield
Never seen Mike play a 335, nice clip.
This brilliant Jimmy Rogers classic, was one of the tunes, I sang to myself in the mid 60s, while walking the many kilometers to the club, for the Friday & Saturday night sessions. My "personal walking blues" number.
Great duet Mr Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield Band of Blues 🎸🎹🥁🎹🎸
Saw PBBB in DC in the early 70's and have been a fan ever since!!
Ok, koneet käy releet pelaa ❤😮
Great stuff, back when chops and a gut never mattered. Everyone loved everyone/
So sweet
Saw these two play Winterland in 1971… one of the best concerts ever…
I think he's got the Fender 6x10 Reverb! So cool.
Digging Paul since 1977. Got to see him with Rick Danko in Boston. Love the man!
What a duo! And you caught Danko in his post last waltz prime
Awesome!
Great band, I first came across Mike Bloomfield through listening to Bob Dylan. I have loved everything I have ever heard him playing.
wow 2 favs kickin' it!
❤those were the days❤
Bought a mono copy of east west for my cousin. His favorite record of all time