Bloomfield, first, he was the kindest, honest, no star bullshit, I have ever met, besides Steve Miller,another kind, gentle man. I was lucky to open for Miller, he told me that his dad was a oil tycoon , and music, like my father considered music only as a hobby. Great guy, who almost never played, like mike, glad he picked up guitar!
For the umpteenth time, once again as I start my work at my place of work, Second Chance, I am in love with this beautiful, powerful and wonderful guitar solo on "Blues On A Westside" played by Michael Bloomfield, from the masterpiece of an album, "Live At Bill Graham's "! Oh God!
@thomasfisher5742 It certainly applies to Michael. He said he would be content if only he could play and sound like BB King. I think Michael did have the pure, clean, honest, simple, and beautifully soulful, otherwise completely inimitable, sound of BB King.
A truly mentally unhinged masterwork. This and APOLHK are the most scarily magnificent musical passages in modern music. No producer ever had to ask Peter ''one more time with feeling'' that's for sure !
I don't have Perfect Pitch or even close to it...but, Michael misses playing in pitch to my ears. Passionate about his talent for sure, but, ouch those clams are tough to get past.
Been playing this a lot lately and it just gets better. Strange thing is the main theme keeps reminding me of an early song by Kate Bush ! What a pairing that could have been - they are both total one offs vocally and she was quite unhinged at times lyrically as well. Just imagine the pair of them in 1978 bashing the hell out of a poor grand piano while wailing some metaphysical treatise to an audience of bemused punks who thought they were the New Music.
I'm in command, I'm in control, I am the captain of my soul. Still, I'm uncertain in one major role... oh, I drift through the unconscious life, shift through the unconscious life, lift up my unconscious eyes: beyond all normal pain and pleasure we should treasure the unconscious life. We've got our reasons for most things we do, we could surely rationalise them through. A false ring of confidence would characterise us true - oh, we're deep in the unconscious life asleep in the unconscious life, peeping through unconscious eyes. Beyond all normal pain and pleasure we should treasure, treasure the unconscious, treasure the unconscious life. Something makes me nervous, something makes me twitch, something makes me scratch that Pavlovian itch, (Wonder what that is now...?) Someone that I barely know must unpick the stitch to unravel the unconscious life, travel the unconscious life, gather the unconscious eye... far from shedding light on any motive the candle is votive when it burns at both ends. I'm not in command, I'm out of control, I am the Ship's Boy of my soul.... Oh, we drift through the unconscious life, shift through the unconscious life, live through the unconscious life
Funny it's referred to as Filmore -West .. .it wasn't .. just the Filmore Auditorium as that's the street/dostrict in SF where it was .. When he opened the eastern version they copped the name to lend a little SF vibe......... a 5th gen SF native...
THIS IS BLUES. THE LYRICS ARE ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OF PAIN AND BETRAYAL.HE CANT GET A BREAK. BLOOMFIELD GIVES AN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATO SOLO,LETTING NOTES OF FLASH AND EMOTION
this jewish boy appreciated the genre of black musics and its black musicians. he was open to the black culture and its beauty of the blues. he learned from the best. and made it his own...
Mike Bloomfield is further proof that the Blues is just born in you/ he had a million dollar trust fund waiting for him/ but he played like he was down on his last dime !!!###
Bloomfield hit his peak in '69 recording and touring with Gravenites. The stuff those two guys did together outside Electric Flag is waaaay better than the stuff they did in that band.
bought this in probably 1970... just for this track. Your right BLOOMFIELD was up there with anybody in the last 60 yrs. taken from us far to young by HEROIN ADDICTION ..stay well
Mike Bloomfield continues to entrance me every time I hear him play. I never saw him in person. I'm an amateur drummer , not a guitar player. I was lucky to live in SF from 05 to 10, and I played with a bassist who once hung with Bloomfield. I can't talk about tone or phrasing like a guitarist can. Bloomfield was a seeker, a lover of the music, and he cut his teeth on the South Side with Muddy, the Wolf and Spann. He will never be forgotten. He moves me todo los dias.
The reason why Mike Bloomfield was not as big as Eric Clapton, I think, is only because at that time blues wasn’t something of a novelty in America, and the young people preferred rock and roll. While it was something new and awesome for the young generation in UK. And the blues had to be “imported” back to USA. after the UK music invasion in 1960s.
I still need to thank my pops for gifting me this record when I was 7 years old on Valentines Day coming back from a business trip. I graduated from kiddie music (which I'd already started to do) but went full on into the guitar world and never looked back.
…. but TOP 3 ! RIP Michael
Bloomfield, first, he was the kindest, honest, no star bullshit, I have ever met, besides Steve Miller,another kind, gentle man. I was lucky to open for Miller, he told me that his dad was a oil tycoon , and music, like my father considered music only as a hobby. Great guy, who almost never played, like mike, glad he picked up guitar!
For the umpteenth time, once again as I start my work at my place of work, Second Chance, I am in love with this beautiful, powerful and wonderful guitar solo on "Blues On A Westside" played by Michael Bloomfield, from the masterpiece of an album, "Live At Bill Graham's "! Oh God!
THX for posting this - great Greetings from Sweden
Who is singing?
Nick Gravenites, who passed away at age 85 on September 18, 2024
@@teamlotus13 Thank you very much!
Bloomfields vocabulary and pronunciation on his Les Paul is in a class by itself.
Pure magic !
Incredible straight up player period.
Godlike guitar..
This guitar sound is as pure as tears. Slow blues is being played in heaven right now!
“The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." ~Lao Tzu
@@claraglatthaar998 what a lovely sentiment... must remember that one
@thomasfisher5742 It certainly applies to Michael. He said he would be content if only he could play and sound like BB King. I think Michael did have the pure, clean, honest, simple, and beautifully soulful, otherwise completely inimitable, sound of BB King.
@@claraglatthaar998 content to sound to sound like BB......JOB DONE
@@claraglatthaar998 Your "Best of Bloomfield" is a great collection of his best solos, Clara! I've been listening all afternoon. Thanks
A truly mentally unhinged masterwork. This and APOLHK are the most scarily magnificent musical passages in modern music. No producer ever had to ask Peter ''one more time with feeling'' that's for sure !
Es uno de mis tracks favoritos de Allan. Nunca he podido dilucidar que y en que forma toca mi interior.neste tema. Gracias Allan.
Like Hendrix, Michael's sound was in his hands and his energy. The make of guitar didn't matter.
Don't leave me out here with Gog🤪 in the mist by the ancient stones
I don't have Perfect Pitch or even close to it...but, Michael misses playing in pitch to my ears. Passionate about his talent for sure, but, ouch those clams are tough to get past.
This was Chicago 'gold'!
Been playing this a lot lately and it just gets better. Strange thing is the main theme keeps reminding me of an early song by Kate Bush ! What a pairing that could have been - they are both total one offs vocally and she was quite unhinged at times lyrically as well. Just imagine the pair of them in 1978 bashing the hell out of a poor grand piano while wailing some metaphysical treatise to an audience of bemused punks who thought they were the New Music.
Classic!
I'm in command, I'm in control, I am the captain of my soul. Still, I'm uncertain in one major role... oh, I drift through the unconscious life, shift through the unconscious life, lift up my unconscious eyes: beyond all normal pain and pleasure we should treasure the unconscious life. We've got our reasons for most things we do, we could surely rationalise them through. A false ring of confidence would characterise us true - oh, we're deep in the unconscious life asleep in the unconscious life, peeping through unconscious eyes. Beyond all normal pain and pleasure we should treasure, treasure the unconscious, treasure the unconscious life. Something makes me nervous, something makes me twitch, something makes me scratch that Pavlovian itch, (Wonder what that is now...?) Someone that I barely know must unpick the stitch to unravel the unconscious life, travel the unconscious life, gather the unconscious eye... far from shedding light on any motive the candle is votive when it burns at both ends. I'm not in command, I'm out of control, I am the Ship's Boy of my soul.... Oh, we drift through the unconscious life, shift through the unconscious life, live through the unconscious life
Eu gosto demais
Not in the Top 10 but TOP 5 Blues i have ever heard . Great ......
Funny it's referred to as Filmore -West .. .it wasn't .. just the Filmore Auditorium as that's the street/dostrict in SF where it was .. When he opened the eastern version they copped the name to lend a little SF vibe......... a 5th gen SF native...
Unconscious Life is a real gem that is uneasy listening and only Peter could give birth to.
THIS IS BLUES. THE LYRICS ARE ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OF PAIN AND BETRAYAL.HE CANT GET A BREAK. BLOOMFIELD GIVES AN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATO SOLO,LETTING NOTES OF FLASH AND EMOTION
this jewish boy appreciated the genre of black musics and its black musicians. he was open to the black culture and its beauty of the blues. he learned from the best. and made it his own...
Smokin', 'nuff said.
The greatest blues is these guys.
Mike was too good for this world, musical genius. ✡️☮️💫
Stop the Hate 🥀💔✡️
i got it
damn i gotta play
Is a Fault where you do wrong??....Like Idiolising GaGa as Talented?
Mike Bloomfield is further proof that the Blues is just born in you/ he had a million dollar trust fund waiting for him/ but he played like he was down on his last dime !!!###
The best electric blues player ever…even to this day.
7:31 spectacular
Bloomfield hit his peak in '69 recording and touring with Gravenites. The stuff those two guys did together outside Electric Flag is waaaay better than the stuff they did in that band.
Man, I couldn’t agree more!
Man, we thought Bloomfield was the best when I was a kid. Still think he's one of the best, ever !
bought this in probably 1970... just for this track. Your right BLOOMFIELD was up there with anybody in the last 60 yrs. taken from us far to young by HEROIN ADDICTION ..stay well
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GreatcMusic ❤
Keep this up, and I'm gonna get depressed! Get it man?
Some of the best blues I've ever heard
Michael was one of the most inventive electric blues guitarists ever.
Mike Bloomfield continues to entrance me every time I hear him play. I never saw him in person. I'm an amateur drummer , not a guitar player. I was lucky to live in SF from 05 to 10, and I played with a bassist who once hung with Bloomfield. I can't talk about tone or phrasing like a guitarist can. Bloomfield was a seeker, a lover of the music, and he cut his teeth on the South Side with Muddy, the Wolf and Spann. He will never be forgotten. He moves me todo los dias.
Another drummer that appreciated what Bloomfield brought to the music! Nice to know other drummers could really hear Mike's beauty as a player.
I had a beer with him at the ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. We were there to see b.b. king & Bobby bland. One hell of a nite. Ron v.
mike was ...still is up there with the best influenced people like E.C....peter green. Such a sad life ending
For all of u who enjoy this music, listen to Edgar Winters White trash. Brother of Johnny Winter. U won't be sorry. Ron
Enjoy the moment !
The reason why Mike Bloomfield was not as big as Eric Clapton, I think, is only because at that time blues wasn’t something of a novelty in America, and the young people preferred rock and roll. While it was something new and awesome for the young generation in UK. And the blues had to be “imported” back to USA. after the UK music invasion in 1960s.
I sat with him at the bar in the ambassador hotel. We had a beer, and were there to see b.b King & Bobby bland, a night to remember !!.
What an intro!
Allan on violin ? His phrases and tone suited .unique andy (bob)yates
I still need to thank my pops for gifting me this record when I was 7 years old on Valentines Day coming back from a business trip. I graduated from kiddie music (which I'd already started to do) but went full on into the guitar world and never looked back.
For me, an unsurpassed example of blues guitar playing with endless invention AND feeling. MB, one of a kind. RIP.