the harmonica solo. the fender rhodes. the guitarist's hair. the guy playing trumpet and smoking a cig at the same time. the sunglasses. the girls. the blues. everything in this video is so awesome i almost fainted.
Probably the best blues live performance of the 60’s on YT. Butterfield Blues Band is what got me into this style of blues and contributes hugely to my love of harmonica and desire to play. Along with Alan ‘Blind Owl’ Wilson and Canned Heat. Also, can’t forget Sonny Boy Williamson and his live album with Clapton, Yardbirds and the Animals.
I picked it up roughly at the same age as you. Although much younger (32) but it’s my favorite of the couple different instruments I can play. Happy belated birthday lol
In the 60's I played harp to Paul and this song especially. And I used TONY GLOVER'S BOOK TO START. I wore out albums listening to this song over and over, playing with it.
I was 15 when the amazing band was making quality blues . Now 72 and loving blues , playing blues and have this band to thank for my beginning of a life long appreciation of the genre .
1965 I was turned on to Paul Butterfield, my whole appreciation for the blues began..57 yrs later I'm still loving, Chicago,Delta and all blues .. thanks Paul..RIP
This is what I was listening to in my 8 track car stereo with 2--12 inch pseakers out of my Fender Twin Reverb amp in 1967! F*ck a bunch of "Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love In My Tummy bullsh!t that my H.S. classmates were listening to!!!!
this man is the resaon i started playing harmonica 40 years ago and am still playing, his style is so unique, making the harp cry and sing, i constantly think of him every time i'm on stage with my band and i thank god i am still able to play, almost died two years ago, and each day i'm here i dedicate my playing to paul
Alan Wilson from Canned Heat would like a word... haha he and Butterfield brought that instrument front and center to the 60’s flower generation. Thanks to them I fell in love with it... ok it was originally Young and Dylan, but then the blues took my soul. Back to my original point though - I think Wilson personally had the better tone, but Butterfield seemed to have more raw anger and improvisation to his solos.
Not only the music was better back in the day. The audience itself was another kind. No cell-phones, no selfies, just enjoying the music and the moment. High on anything or not, does that matter? Things will never be like that again.
Yes and when that space leads to DYNAMICS you know the band is smokin'--had the pleasure to sit in with these guys back in the 60's--still in touch with Elvin, Phil and David today. One of the most under rated and great bands--sad Paul and Mike are gone--TRUE ICONS !
Intensity - Mr Butterfield brings it. It took me years to mature enough musically to appreciate the depth of his artistry - especially some of his later work. It stands the test of time.
Paul Butterfield his a man with blues in his soul-----and soul has no colour in the man. He is proof that there is no need for a discussion of colour or race when it comes to baring your soul. Blues is Blues and Soul is Soul-----
this comment leaves out that Butterfield grew up on the south side, had an integrated band when that was still a taboo thing...Butterfield talked the talk and walked the walk. Denying race had/has a factor (especially in the 60's in Chicago) is a polyanna comment at best, and a downright destructive one at worst. If anything, Butterfield's band is proof that racism only really ends when we all actively work together to end it. Because when you put in the work, you get beautiful stuff like THIS.
Race only plays a role in the mind of an immature adult in 2021! To think otherwise is to be part of the problem and you will never reach harmony. To think race doesn’t exist in ALL PEOPLE is extremely Pollyanna and very immature. People now love to “play the victim role” and if you can’t see that your eyes, heart and mind are closed.
@@jazzypaul75 disagree. Racism ends when we stop identifying as Caucasian, African American, Latino, Asian and Native American. Labels only cause division and hurt us in the long run. TPTB love using our ‘race’ to keep us divided. Don’t see color, see humans.
Paul was my biggest influence in learning the harmonica, from the time I picked it up in 69 til today, when I still do at least one song each night in his memory, sometimes it's Born in Chicago, sometimes this one, or One More Heartache. I am keeping the blues and his memory alive every time I perform, whether it be in Chicago, Milwaukee, or even a tiny club in between, It's the music that matters!!!
The Who, Hendrix, Otis Redding and Janis get all the Monterey kudos from the media------and they deserve it-----but good God this band should get mentioned too.
First great rock concert I was ever at was at Carleton College. We thought we were getting Jefferson Airplane but instead it was going to be this band we’d never heard of. Some Paul Butterfield guy. Me’n’my friends were SO disappointed-until the first chords. And then oh my God-Butterfield began to blow that harp.
this man was responsible for me picking up the blues harp in 69 when i was still a young 17, and to this day i draw inspiration every time i hear him, and when i perform i always do at least one song in his memory. RIP Paul, you were the greatest, from a fellow blues man who was Born in Chicago. The way he made a harmonica sing and cry with the one note playing at a time is the same way i play, though i can only say i am maybe 2/3 as good as he was, and i continue to try to get better.
PURE Joy...Paul was very very unique, I also grew up listening to his incredible style, harmonics and voice...real master ... why so many super talanted go so young...? hopefully their music will live for the eternity...thanks for posting
Look at all the beautiful people. This is one extremely tight performance and the soundman for this film was an ace. Butterfield was otherworldly, damn near any blues tune he covered he made his own.
I'm French too! ...but French Canadian (sorry!) Paul Butterfield est un génie dans son genre et j'ai plein de cassettes, vinyls et autres de ce Mec! À réécouter encore et encore, tout comme Chet Baker et Miles... Bonne écoute
Paul taught me so much from the time i first heard him in 69, and is the reason I play the harp. Been playing now for over 30 years in all, but the thing i learned from him the most is to play from the heart, just let it flow, and though it took me a while to learn that, once i got it the transformation in my playing was evident, to where Buddy Guy once heard me and said i was one of the better harp players he had heard in a long time. Appreciate that compliment, i know I'm doing it right
Great live footage plus good sound --48 years old! amazing.Butterfield was cookin' on gas no doubt about that! Who would think that 'Sideman Sanborn' would soon become the biggest star out of 'em all?...... aint life strange.
I got to see Paul Butterfield perform with Rick Danko in 1980 in a small venue. Amazing to think that this song wasn't included in the "Monterey Pop" movie when it came out. It wasn't until over 30 years later that I saw it for the first time on a special "Monterey Pop" dvd.
So, so fantastic. We were all so stoned in those days, concerts were a little more laid back. He sounds the same here in '67 as he did two weeks before his death.
makes me so sad that Paul died so young, but I keep his music alive everytime I play, whether it be singing one of his tunes or playin the harp, which i have been playing for over 30 years now, learned so much from him. Thank Paul
Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield never got the credit they deserved..😢 Gone but never forgotten.❤ They were ahead of their time!☮️🎶 Rest in peace to them both.😢❤
All incarnations of Paul's bands, including the man himself, contained some the greatest, and yet least recognized musicians of our time. Enjoyed seeing them live many times in many locations.
I was there too. I was a naive 16 year old. A girl I was in love with from high school made it there too - but let herself get picked up by a band member from "Love". Then it was freezing cold at night and another girl I knew was there and we were both freezing. She finally asked a guy with a sleeping bag if she could sleep with him. I had to sleep on a cold football field with just a serape. Definitely developed an appreciation for the blues. Smoked a lot of dope there though. Got to hear Hendrix and plenty of other greats.
Oh how well I remember Paul Butterfield....and His Blues Band...It was when I was 16 years old, and the fast track was ALL the Live and Free Concerts....I seen Paul at the Wheaton County Fairgrounds...in Wheaton, IL....He was TOP Billing...the Ides of March opened for him....AND there was nothing but 2 GREAT HOURS...of HIM playing and singing....AND me FEELING....his music throb throughout MY WHOLE BODY....NEVER will there be another Paul Butterfield....
Как приятно слушать, как белый поет не хуже блэки, которые супермастера в блюзе! И лица - потрясающие в те годы! Одухотворенные и вовсе не подкуренные...Спасибо за видео!
I had the pleasure of hearing this band on several occasions in 1969-1970 in NYC. Their musicianship, soulfulness, and mastery of dynamics really shine on this cut. Pigboy Crabshaw (Elvin Bishop) was given a chance to shine and made the most of it, and Butter's voice was developing into a more supple instrument. And I love the distant-miked harp! You can really hear his tone. I like this much better than most of his later recordings, except Better Days...that was a beaut.
Wow, you were so lucky to experience them live…jelly! Have never heard of Elvin Bishop being called this before…lol. Between that and “Pigpen”, makes me wonder how these strange nicknames originated…hmmm?
@@KittyGrizGriz well, when Bloomfield joined the band, Bishop had been the lead, and only, guitarist. When Bloomfield left, Elvin resumed…hence “The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw”. He was a country boy from Oklahoma I think.
Love the crowd moving with him. Extraordinary talent, true American Blues band. Butterfield himself moving despite all his pain to show the world his great talent.
great live tune featuring paul's great harp playing, he has been my idol since i was 16 and i have played harp now for 40 years, i have a band in chicago and always cover at least two or three butterfield tunes in my set lists, including this and Born in Chicago, RIP Paul
Truly, truly great video, wonderful images and sound. Paul left us all too soon. If it's possible I think he was underrated as a singer and harp player. He's the guy who got me into the blues. We saw this band play at the Dayton's 8th Floor auditorium a bit later, then ran into them at Music City at the corner of 7th & Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. What an exciting time!
The superb filming visuals, make me feel as if I’ve time travelled back and in the audience; experiencing the ultra cool, smooth and jazzy blues too. Love the people’s expressions and mannerisms; I can see and feel all their cares, worries and burdens of the world, rolling off their shoulders and Driftin’ awayyyy. ~Glorious🦋
The great Paul Butterfield getting it done. Elvin Bishop on guitar. Michael Bloomfield had left the band earlier to form his own band, Electric Flag. Thanks.
That was one of the best blues performances I have ever heard. An unbelieveably talented and professional bunch of musos, ripped or otherwise. Thanks for posting!
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the harmonica solo. the fender rhodes. the guitarist's hair. the guy playing trumpet and smoking a cig at the same time. the sunglasses. the girls. the blues. everything in this video is so awesome i almost fainted.
elvin bishop on guitar
Probably the best blues live performance of the 60’s on YT. Butterfield Blues Band is what got me into this style of blues and contributes hugely to my love of harmonica and desire to play. Along with Alan ‘Blind Owl’ Wilson and Canned Heat. Also, can’t forget Sonny Boy Williamson and his live album with Clapton, Yardbirds and the Animals.
Yep. My thoughts ecactly.
@@erasmusomnius He fooled around an feel in love..(with the blues)
Baldassaredegenes - your post sounded like a line from a Donald Fagen song.
Paul Butterfield knew how to make that harmonica Sang' ❤
Love watching the crowd dig his sounds. Paul was THE BEST!!
I saw this very performance on my 14th birthday… thanks mom.
Without Paul, I might not have ever picked up the harp, but now that I am turning 66 today, it marks 50 years since I first picked one up. RIP Paul
I picked it up roughly at the same age as you. Although much younger (32) but it’s my favorite of the couple different instruments I can play. Happy belated birthday lol
Thats cool.
In the 60's I played harp to Paul and this song especially. And I used TONY GLOVER'S BOOK TO START. I wore out albums listening to this song over and over, playing with it.
Don't know where this took me but I want to go back.
I was 15 when the amazing band was making quality blues . Now 72 and loving blues , playing blues and have this band to thank for my beginning of a life long appreciation of the genre .
There is nothing better than this! For real :D Paul Butterfield was a beast.
1965 I was turned on to Paul Butterfield, my whole appreciation for the blues began..57 yrs later I'm still loving, Chicago,Delta and all blues .. thanks Paul..RIP
This is what I was listening to in my 8 track car stereo with 2--12 inch pseakers out of my Fender Twin Reverb amp in 1967! F*ck a bunch of "Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love In My Tummy bullsh!t that my H.S. classmates were listening to!!!!
RIP and long live Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 - May 4, 1987), aged 44
You will always be remembered as a legend.
Congratulations to the Paul Butterfield Blues Band on their induction into the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Well deserved!
Kevin Krasnow they were way above that,the rock and roll hall of fame is a joke
the rock n roll hall of fame is a joke. every half decent musician/band is in there.
Even non RNR people are in there! JOKE
Took Way Too Long
I feel real cheated that i was born so late (1989) and missed out on all that great music. Man, you just feel this song deep down in your bones...
Butterfield puts his entire soul in that solo.
A lesson for us all , maybe
One of the greatest harp players of all time and bluesman.His timing was impeccable.
... and so hard to believe that he faded so fast in the public's mind!?!
this man is the resaon i started playing harmonica 40 years ago and am still playing, his style is so unique, making the harp cry and sing, i constantly think of him every time i'm on stage with my band and i thank god i am still able to play, almost died two years ago, and each day i'm here i dedicate my playing to paul
I can not believe this is live the level of musicianship is top notch and the sound recording is excellent.
Hey, IT'S the AGE of AQUIRIUS!!
Especially for that day and time.
I always come back to this video. This always inspires the shit out of me.
Butterfield had it all........The voice, that harp tone. Muddy Waters said he was the 2nd best harp player next to Little Walter.
he was a classically trained musician who jumped to blues
Don't forget Junior Wells
Alan Wilson from Canned Heat would like a word... haha he and Butterfield brought that instrument front and center to the 60’s flower generation. Thanks to them I fell in love with it... ok it was originally Young and Dylan, but then the blues took my soul.
Back to my original point though - I think Wilson personally had the better tone, but Butterfield seemed to have more raw anger and improvisation to his solos.
Walter was no match 4 Paul my friend!
@@paulgibby6932 ..Junior rocked saw him several times in the Chicago area.Paul Butterflied to was favorite of mine.
Those were the days ~ ~ ~
Not only the music was better back in the day. The audience itself was another kind. No cell-phones, no selfies, just enjoying the music and the moment. High on anything or not, does that matter? Things will never be like that again.
SPOT ON.
Yes and when that space leads to DYNAMICS you know the band is smokin'--had the pleasure to sit in with these guys back in the 60's--still in touch with Elvin, Phil and David today. One of the most under rated and great bands--sad Paul and Mike are gone--TRUE ICONS !
Fabulous performance from Paul Butterfield, and band. One of my favourite harp players, ever.
60s what a grand time to be alive and enjoying all the wonderful music, vibes and people.
Intensity - Mr Butterfield brings it. It took me years to mature enough musically to appreciate the depth of his artistry - especially some of his later work. It stands the test of time.
Great Master of the Harmonic , Mr Paul Butterfield 🎹🎸🎸🥁🎷
1967? The year I was born. I'm 54 as of today. The Blues transcends. Wow, sounds so good...
You're a youngin,' Terry. I graduated from High.School in '67.
God, what a find! This is what UA-cam is really for!
Miss you Paul...left your three sons and me way too soon💔🎶Not by choice, ugly world
Paul Butterfield his a man with blues in his soul-----and soul has no colour in the man. He is proof that there is no need for a discussion of colour or race when it comes to baring your soul. Blues is Blues and Soul is Soul-----
this comment leaves out that Butterfield grew up on the south side, had an integrated band when that was still a taboo thing...Butterfield talked the talk and walked the walk. Denying race had/has a factor (especially in the 60's in Chicago) is a polyanna comment at best, and a downright destructive one at worst.
If anything, Butterfield's band is proof that racism only really ends when we all actively work together to end it. Because when you put in the work, you get beautiful stuff like THIS.
Race only plays a role in the mind of an immature adult in 2021! To think otherwise is to be part of the problem and you will never reach harmony. To think race doesn’t exist in ALL PEOPLE is extremely Pollyanna and very immature. People now love to “play the victim role” and if you can’t see that your eyes, heart and mind are closed.
@@jazzypaul75 disagree. Racism ends when we stop identifying as Caucasian, African American, Latino, Asian and Native American. Labels only cause division and hurt us in the long run. TPTB love using our ‘race’ to keep us divided. Don’t see color, see humans.
Paul was my biggest influence in learning the harmonica, from the time I picked it up in 69 til today, when I still do at least one song each night in his memory, sometimes it's Born in Chicago, sometimes this one, or One More Heartache. I am keeping the blues and his memory alive every time I perform, whether it be in Chicago, Milwaukee, or even a tiny club in between, It's the music that matters!!!
Thank God this was recorded and filmed. Outstanding!
Fuckin legend! up there with all the blues greats this mans voice has so much soul and then comes in the harp.. totally awesome music
this video is so ultra cool, the music, the images is just perfection. it CAN'T get cooler than this.
1967 and STILL being played by the best blues artists today. just wonderful..
The guitarist is Elvin Bishop. It's his guitar as Bloomfield played a Les Paul.
Paul's harmonica solo... Nothing else gets me this high and so.... floaty... 💖😔
Yep, that's a keeper! I learned a lot of harp styling from Paul B. And it's very refreshing to see my generation looking young and cool.
The Who, Hendrix, Otis Redding and Janis get all the Monterey kudos from the media------and they deserve it-----but good God this band should get mentioned too.
portlandjohn8
Agreed !
First great rock concert I was ever at was at Carleton College. We thought we were getting Jefferson Airplane but instead it was going to be this band we’d never heard of. Some Paul Butterfield guy. Me’n’my friends were SO disappointed-until the first chords. And then oh my God-Butterfield began to blow that harp.
@@Tamim299 sounds badasss !! You lucky son of a bihhh haha
Don’t forget Canned Heat and their boogie music.
WORD.
the blues fillde the air! Paul was a fantastic harmonica player!
this man was responsible for me picking up the blues harp in 69 when i was still a young 17, and to this day i draw inspiration every time i hear him, and when i perform i always do at least one song in his memory. RIP Paul, you were the greatest, from a fellow blues man who was Born in Chicago. The way he made a harmonica sing and cry with the one note playing at a time is the same way i play, though i can only say i am maybe 2/3 as good as he was, and i continue to try to get better.
Heard of him for years. First time to listen. UA-cam is awesome so is this song.
PURE Joy...Paul was very very unique, I also grew up listening to his incredible style, harmonics and voice...real master ... why so many super talanted go so young...? hopefully their music will live for the eternity...thanks for posting
Look at all the beautiful people. This is one extremely tight performance and the soundman for this film
was an ace. Butterfield was otherworldly, damn near any blues tune he covered he made his own.
4:24 - Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones stiff still in the audience :)
nobody will ever play the blues harp or sing the blues like paulie man!he can really groove
I'm French too! ...but French Canadian (sorry!) Paul Butterfield est un génie dans son genre
et j'ai plein de cassettes, vinyls et autres de ce Mec! À réécouter encore et encore, tout comme Chet Baker et Miles... Bonne écoute
Paul taught me so much from the time i first heard him in 69, and is the reason I play the harp. Been playing now for over 30 years in all, but the thing i learned from him the most is to play from the heart, just let it flow, and though it took me a while to learn that, once i got it the transformation in my playing was evident, to where Buddy Guy once heard me and said i was one of the better harp players he had heard in a long time. Appreciate that compliment, i know I'm doing it right
Great live footage plus good sound --48 years old! amazing.Butterfield was cookin' on gas no doubt about that! Who would think that 'Sideman Sanborn' would soon become the biggest star out of 'em all?...... aint life strange.
Still one of my favorites , seen him a few times , even at Woodstock
I got to see Paul Butterfield perform with Rick Danko in 1980 in a small venue. Amazing to think that this song wasn't included in the "Monterey Pop" movie when it came out. It wasn't until over 30 years later that I saw it for the first time on a special "Monterey Pop" dvd.
He was a real genius on the harp, and his voice came right out of his heart. Long gone, but never forgotten.
He had the most beautiful TONE to his harp playing, and his lead guitarist Elvin Bishop was one the greats of the period.
So, so fantastic. We were all so stoned in those days, concerts were a little more laid back. He sounds the same here in '67 as he did two weeks before his death.
First time I took acid
3:54 Someone gonna answer the phone ? Tickle dem ivories man ! Great catch of a great performance !
what a sound....what a voice....superb.
makes me so sad that Paul died so young, but I keep his music alive everytime I play, whether it be singing one of his tunes or playin the harp, which i have been playing for over 30 years now, learned so much from him. Thank Paul
You can feel this song deep down in your bones. Man, this is good stuff...
Someone please acknowledge the production work. Great filming guys!
One of my favourites growing up. Miss you and the harp Mr. Butterfield.
OMG !! Speechless !!!
Hello, how are you doing? I’m Tony Ahrrold, Hope you are having a great day?
Mike Bloomfield applauding offstage at the end was the perfect.
Yep that made me smile too.
Me three...@@fantasypgatour
@@fantasypgatour.....Butter, Bishop, and Bloomfield.....don't get much better than those three.
@@craigtarre7369 East West is my favourite blues album ever.
@@fantasypgatour Work Song is *chef's kiss*
Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield never got the credit they deserved..😢
Gone but never forgotten.❤
They were ahead of their time!☮️🎶
Rest in peace to them both.😢❤
All incarnations of Paul's bands, including the man himself, contained some the greatest, and yet least recognized musicians of our time. Enjoyed seeing them live many times in many locations.
What a fantastic video. Elvin Bishop, and the boys. Paul Butterfield was amazing. Wow.
The intro to that is soo good. I have been playing it over and over for the past couple of days.
WOW the images given it was 1967 STUNNING....Music well great
all I can say is WOW! when butterfield breaks into the harmonica its like time stands still.......
What a great voice! So sad he is gone...Paul Butterfield was the first blues artist I followed when I was 17 in 1967.
God help me I was there. Seems like yesterday.
Can you tell us a little about what it was like? What did the air feel like and what smells where in it?
Seriously?
Maybe God helped you be there and the memory is still alive.
I was there too. I was a naive 16 year old. A girl I was in love with from high school made it there too - but let herself get picked up by a band member from "Love". Then it was freezing cold at night and another girl I knew was there and we were both freezing. She finally asked a guy with a sleeping bag if she could sleep with him. I had to sleep on a cold football field with just a serape. Definitely developed an appreciation for the blues. Smoked a lot of dope there though. Got to hear Hendrix and plenty of other greats.
God you we're there..lucky you got to hear this Blues great artist.
i met them at the New Penelope Café in Montreal, Mike Blommfield impress me for his inspired playing
I met Paul shortly before he died. Another 60's musician lost to drugs. It just took him longer. Arguably the best white harp blues player ever.
Oh how well I remember Paul Butterfield....and His Blues Band...It was when I was 16 years old, and the fast track was ALL the Live and Free Concerts....I seen Paul at the Wheaton County Fairgrounds...in Wheaton, IL....He was TOP Billing...the Ides of March opened for him....AND there was nothing but 2 GREAT HOURS...of HIM playing and singing....AND me FEELING....his music throb throughout MY WHOLE BODY....NEVER will there be another Paul Butterfield....
Как приятно слушать, как белый поет не хуже блэки, которые супермастера в блюзе! И лица - потрясающие в те годы! Одухотворенные и вовсе не подкуренные...Спасибо за видео!
Ohhh.... what a fantastic blues band.... used to listen to "send me someone to love", over and over....
GREAT BAND
I saw them in 1967 and they were great.I have been a big fan of Elvin Bishop since.
¡ GREAT GREAT performance by the greatest blues band of the 60's and 70's ! in the ICONIC MONTERREY FESTIVAL !
i loved playing the blues with Mark Naftlin the key board player on this video. bob forbes bass player, peace
Hey Bob - you are a lucky man to have been a part of this!!
I had the pleasure of hearing this band on several occasions in 1969-1970 in NYC. Their musicianship, soulfulness, and mastery of dynamics really shine on this cut. Pigboy Crabshaw (Elvin Bishop) was given a chance to shine and made the most of it, and Butter's voice was developing into a more supple instrument. And I love the distant-miked harp! You can really hear his tone. I like this much better than most of his later recordings, except Better Days...that was a beaut.
Saw him in Chicago in 1971, awesome band and Paul's harp playing style was very unique, one that I use when playing. he was quite an inspiration
Wow, you were so lucky to experience them live…jelly!
Have never heard of Elvin Bishop being called this before…lol. Between that and “Pigpen”, makes me wonder how these strange nicknames originated…hmmm?
@@KittyGrizGriz well, when Bloomfield joined the band, Bishop had been the lead, and only, guitarist. When Bloomfield left, Elvin resumed…hence “The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw”. He was a country boy from Oklahoma I think.
Love the crowd moving with him. Extraordinary talent, true American Blues band. Butterfield himself moving despite all his pain to show the world his great talent.
Whole lotta talent on that stage.
great live tune featuring paul's great harp playing, he has been my idol since i was 16 and i have played harp now for 40 years, i have a band in chicago and always cover at least two or three butterfield tunes in my set lists, including this and Born in Chicago, RIP Paul
..........and I was there, right in that audience! so lucky!
Mighty fine Paul Butterfield performance,here !! (Note ; he plays harp 'up side down')
Greg Parker Never knew dat
Greg Parker He was left-handed.
tootz1950 Hi Tootz. Left & right handed players normally hold low notes to left,,like piano.I think upside down indicates self taught
Greg Parker Ah, okay. Thanks.
+Greg Parker I have played harp most of my life Greg and its hard enough playing it the right way up.Jim.liverpool.
Man, it's hard to believe this was 45 years ago. The Blues is still alive and kickin' today.
I remember some of this era in my life ! Now in my 60s I'll tell ya the years fly by so fast and you only get one shot so make it count !
Truly, truly great video, wonderful images and sound. Paul left us all too soon. If it's possible I think he was underrated as a singer and harp player. He's the guy who got me into the blues. We saw this band play at the Dayton's 8th Floor auditorium a bit later, then ran into them at Music City at the corner of 7th & Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. What an exciting time!
Great song & clip, in 1967 I was 2yo, pity I couldn't get there;)
The superb filming visuals, make me feel as if I’ve time travelled back and in the audience; experiencing the ultra cool, smooth and jazzy blues too. Love the people’s expressions and mannerisms; I can see and feel all their cares, worries and burdens of the world, rolling off their shoulders and Driftin’ awayyyy. ~Glorious🦋
CAUGHT THE BAND IN MANHATTAN'S FILLMORE EAST, GREENWICH VILLAGE LONG AGO. FABULOUS LIVE ACT.
At the time I was into 60's jazz and Bob Dylan. Now UA-cam has me at concerts everywhere.
Superb in all respects. Really gets down and dirty at 3:25 onwards. Was almost in tears by the end...
Butter was fantastic amazing band. Brian Jones and Mike Bloomfield also loving the music. Fanfuckintastic!!!!!!!!!!!!’
That man had full respect from all the great bluesmen of the day, and that performance alone would be enough to explain why.
I've listened to this so many times but I still get excited whenever I see the trumpet player going to town with the stogey in hand.
2:53 the great Mark Naftalin behind the Fender Rhodes. Friggin' Awesome!
The great Paul Butterfield getting it done. Elvin Bishop on guitar. Michael Bloomfield had left the band earlier to form his own band, Electric Flag. Thanks.
I listened to this then and it still gives me chills.
Every time I watch this performance I love that close shot of that little boy just staring at the camera in a daze from the music. So awesome.
That was one of the best blues performances I have ever heard. An unbelieveably talented and professional bunch of musos, ripped or otherwise. Thanks for posting!
This is simply amazing.
I really appreciate this post. The fact that the MPF could be held without corporate sponsor signs like today's festivals is amazing.