Paul Butterfield Blues Band "GOT A MIND TO GIVE UP LIVING" Live

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • NEW & IMPROVED! live at the unicorn coffee house boston 1966
    paul butterfiel-v/hca
    mike bloomfield-guitar
    elvin bishop-guitar
    jerome arnold-bass
    mark naftalin-organ
    billy davenport-drums
    I'M GOING TO REMOVE THE OLD ONE!

Комментарии • 88

  • @rodgarnay51
    @rodgarnay51 7 лет назад +23

    I don't know that this is, or isn't, the greatest guitar solo I've ever heard. But it is without question the most intense. Bloomfield is playing like a man possessed, like it's the last guitar solo he'll ever play. The recording is lousy, but if you turn it up loud, you can feel the raw passion.

    • @PonziZombieKiller
      @PonziZombieKiller 3 года назад

      It's bad ass salute to Dan RedHawk Mora and David Van Heflin !

  • @slowdncr
    @slowdncr 7 лет назад +21

    I still get chills when I hear Mike Bloomfield play.

  • @jimallen8
    @jimallen8 3 года назад +3

    This is how great musicians cut through bad audio. Butterfield and Bloomfield are totally inspired here.

  • @jazztemple2
    @jazztemple2 14 лет назад +6

    ...EAST/WEST came out! Holy shit! Forty five years later, and I still find "Work Song" raw, vital, invigorating...simply wonderful playing! RIP Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield. We will miss you. Thank you for the amazing music.

  • @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO
    @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 5 лет назад +5

    Mike Bloomfield went to my high school, New Trier East in Winnetka, Illinois, he was a truly great blues guitarist

  • @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO
    @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 13 лет назад +6

    @rayrightmusic PAUL was my inspiration to become a harmonica player, first heard him in 69, started playing then when i was 16 and am still playing now at age 57. had the chance to honor paul at Buddy Guy's legends bar several years ago when i performed Born in Chicago, and dedicated it to his memory. I always dedicate my songs that i do to the artist before i start, letting people know who the legends were and the precious memories they left behind with their music

  • @ruudschulten
    @ruudschulten 12 лет назад +10

    Mike: for me one of the best, what à band Paul had those golden years ..

    • @goldenbutterrevue517
      @goldenbutterrevue517 5 лет назад +1

      During their entire 1965-1971 tenure, the Butterfield Blues Band was the greatest live band I've ever heard, with the possible exception of the Count Basie Orchestra.

  • @rayrightmusic
    @rayrightmusic 15 лет назад +7

    THIS song has been my main inspiration as a musician since the late 60's .I believe its his best work together with In My Own Dream. I just loved this guy so much.PBBB was the only thing that made any sense in my lost soul adolescence.
    The voice is unlike anybody I've ever heard
    but there's this total package sound that only Paul could command+ I do not know how he did that but it stands out every time I hear it again. THANKYOU from AUSTRALIA

    • @Vodichka9
      @Vodichka9 2 года назад

      You are not alone!

  • @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO
    @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 13 лет назад +7

    @rayrightmusic yes sir, for me too. Paul is the reason i started playing harmonica 42 years ago, i'm still playing and always pay tribute to him when i perform.

  • @bwoodward0949
    @bwoodward0949 14 лет назад +2

    Saw PBBB at the old Fillmore with Bloomfield and Bishop just before they left the band. It was the East-West show. Totally amazing.

    • @richardnish6469
      @richardnish6469 2 года назад

      So did I around the summer of '66. Changed my life, can still hear it.

  • @screwmaster404
    @screwmaster404 14 лет назад +2

    Paul's vocals and playing on this song cut right to my heart like none other. The lineup he put together on the first two records made me a blues fan for life. Hearing this shows why Mike Bloomfield called him the real deal. He is scary good.

  • @landesart
    @landesart 11 месяцев назад

    Bloomfield could be very intense - and brilliant. Fabulous Band in their heydays.

  • @bharfarar
    @bharfarar 15 лет назад +1

    I'm right there too, Australia. PBBB was the sound that saved my head in the 60's -it was a tumultuous time. I stayed away from drugs, wasn't drafted, but the nuns and priests really did a number on me a few years before. Just a SoCal beach boy blown away by Paul Butterfield. I'd go back in an instant if it were possible.

  • @ZINEDINE05
    @ZINEDINE05  15 лет назад +6

    elvin had his moments,but mike for the most part played lead.elvin has the opening solo on east weast before mike explodes with his indian raga licks!

    • @TonyDeCaprio
      @TonyDeCaprio 2 года назад

      Elvin did not play the opening solo on East/West...

    • @robomaster4882
      @robomaster4882 Год назад +3

      @@TonyDeCaprio Yes he did. It is stated on the back album cover in order of solos. It is also obvious to anyone who knows the difference in their styles of playing. Bloomfield does play the opening solo on Work Song though. Maybe you confused the two.

  • @sdc0llin
    @sdc0llin 9 лет назад +7

    Peter Green's version is the only song to ever make me cry, so I won't compare this to it. That seems unfair. I'm so glad i found this, as I've only heard the East-West version. Fucking incredible.

    • @heavynumbertaco
      @heavynumbertaco 7 лет назад +1

      Big Peter Green fan before he took that bad acid and found Jesus.Saw him back in the day with the Mac.What an amazing guitarist

    • @goldenbutterrevue517
      @goldenbutterrevue517 5 лет назад

      I think it's safe to say the audience was completely blown away.

  • @x8xx9871q
    @x8xx9871q 15 лет назад +4

    Zin--"Got a Mind to Give up Livin'" is and always has been the most moving blues I've ever heard. When my father died, it was only when I played this song (the one on East-West) that I broke down and cried. To hear a live version of it--very powerful harp and guitars--is a treat of the ages for me. Thank you so much.

  • @BarryMiller2956
    @BarryMiller2956 9 лет назад +7

    mind blown.

  • @PATAGONIKat
    @PATAGONIKat 14 лет назад +3

    dios tokaba la guitarra y se llamaba Mike Bloomfield!!! astro de la guitarra!!!!!!!!!!! impresionante!!!!!!!!!

  • @MrTimdrums
    @MrTimdrums 13 лет назад +3

    Yup, that’s what we we’re listenin to here in Sacramento in ’65, ’66 . . . wearing them blue work shirts, Levis, shaggy hair, just trying to cop stuff off records: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, BB King, Freddie King, Albert King, Taj Mahal; hell, even Spenser Davis Group, Manfred Mann, Them, Ten Years After, Yardbirds, Mayall - - - - anything, anything that smacked of the blues. Fortunately, I learned to shuffle from hearing and seeing Art Blakey. Good times! Still good.

    • @richardnish6469
      @richardnish6469 2 года назад

      I was in Modesto sneaking into bars to play.

  • @JoeDawg15
    @JoeDawg15 14 лет назад +2

    Some of the best second position playing over a minor blues I've ever heard.

  • @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO
    @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 14 лет назад +2

    @x8xx9871q this is powerful stuff, i have blues band in chicago and always do this song and Born in Chcago as a tribute to Paul, who was the reason i started playing harmonica back in 69, and i'm still playing

  • @Vodichka9
    @Vodichka9 2 года назад +1

    Bloomfield always sold himself short. I always thought he was one of the best blues guitarists ever.

  • @Juliasblues
    @Juliasblues 15 лет назад

    I am soo with you. Me, since '69. Ain't nobody can be like The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.....R.I.P. Brother Paul...PeaceLoveBluess

  • @anshanfield
    @anshanfield 5 лет назад +1

    My wife might be dying now and this song comes to mind. This is a phenomenal version that strikes even deeper than the amazing record. Thank you

  • @lordfluxington
    @lordfluxington 13 лет назад +2

    @diatroptoff94 This live performance was 4 years before the live Peter Green version you refer to. In fact the album released with this track on it (East-West) was released in 1966, a year before Fleetwood Mac even formed. BTW, I like the Peter Green version as well.

  • @jazztemple2
    @jazztemple2 14 лет назад +1

    rohinisuta,
    You are SO freakin' correct! I remember first hearing Butterfield on an Elektra recording that had one song each by 12 (I think it was) artists. I had been playing folk music up until then, and was BLOWN AWAY by the one PBBB tune. And then I bought the first PBBB album (vinyl, of course). And then.......

    • @robomaster4882
      @robomaster4882 Год назад

      That was What's Shakin'. Clapton is also on that in a short lived band called Powerhouse.

  • @KickButtMarketing
    @KickButtMarketing 11 лет назад +2

    Truly amazing synergy they had back in the day!

  • @mississippisheik1
    @mississippisheik1 13 лет назад +3

    Did see anybody give credit to Bloomfield for copping Otis Rush for his delivery and intensity....but I will. This is unbelievable, though

    • @goldenbutterrevue517
      @goldenbutterrevue517 5 лет назад +3

      A lot of people say that about some of Bloomfield's solos but Otis Rush never played anything remotely on this level, IMO.

  • @bojanboskovic6744
    @bojanboskovic6744 4 года назад +1

    Strait Strat and Blue Heart!
    Stray Sax and Mad Max!
    Fantastic!

  • @robhiggmusic
    @robhiggmusic 13 лет назад +1

    Thanks for posting this. looking forward to hearing the other posts. Butterfield Blues Band was an early and strong inspiration for me. Got to see PBB often in my early years. What a treat to hear them again as they were then. I listen to East West at least once every 3 months or so but hearing this stuff is absolutely phenominal. thank you much for posting !

  • @Bluesharp1896
    @Bluesharp1896 Год назад

    I heard PBBB live four times in the 1969-1980 years, but never with Bloomfield, to my regret. Hearing this makes my regret deeper...but thanks so much for posting it!

  • @3rdrockfrmtheSUN
    @3rdrockfrmtheSUN 2 года назад

    Sometimes a year or two will go out the window...but I always find myself back to this video. Thank you for uploading. This version is amazing and very rare

  • @ZINEDINE05
    @ZINEDINE05  15 лет назад +1

    the crowd certainly got their moneys worth that night!

  • @mikebloomfirld66
    @mikebloomfirld66 13 лет назад

    @bwoodward0949 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AMAZING.I WASNT BORN UNTIL 1966 BUT IVE ALWAYS BEEN FASINATED WITH GUITARS.I DISCOVERED MIKE BLOOMFIELD ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO AND HE IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE. ROCK ON MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ericthoroman4429
    @ericthoroman4429 2 года назад

    OMG, this is so freakin' good. How lucky we are to have this.

  • @gingervytis
    @gingervytis 13 лет назад +1

    @MrTimdrums Great summary of what I too was doing as a young bass player in San Diego, '67 or so... thanks for the memories!

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 13 лет назад +2

    @rayrightmusic This album "East-West" was a revelation to me also. I bought it in late 1966 and the first track was "Mary, Mary". Since the Monkees had a hit with it - the contrast was stark. Many great records came out at this time especially "The Doors" (I lived in LA at the time). The winter 66-67 changed the world. Many didn't survive. Including Bloomfield. I lived in San Francisco when he died there - broke, OD'd on junk in his car. You can feel a premonition of his death in this solo.

    • @haloskater24
      @haloskater24 7 лет назад +2

      clarkewi he died in 1981

    • @pauljnewmann
      @pauljnewmann 7 лет назад

      Revolver 1966 as well

    • @goldenbutterrevue517
      @goldenbutterrevue517 5 лет назад

      @@haloskater24 Yes, but I know what clarke is saying here. Bloomfield is playing like it's the last solo he'll ever play.

  • @wmagross
    @wmagross 12 лет назад +1

    Just fabulous, didnt know a live version was available. thanks. Been like one of my all time favorites for almost 50 years

  • @scottduncan44
    @scottduncan44 13 лет назад

    Perhaps and IMO the best guitar work on any version of this.

  • @charlesancer6101
    @charlesancer6101 4 года назад +1

    I don't know what they gave mike before this but goddam😂

  • @bobrat
    @bobrat 15 лет назад

    Sweet, Saw these guys as a Kid. This sounds great !!

  • @norahopekaran1879
    @norahopekaran1879 5 лет назад

    I will never forget the morning Paul Butterfield died. Ever, ever

  • @mattk4951
    @mattk4951 5 лет назад +1

    Wow! This is so killer!!!😎👍

  • @Noitpure
    @Noitpure 15 лет назад

    Cool version of one of my favorite songs! Thanks....

  • @Jenscool
    @Jenscool 14 лет назад

    @ZINEDINE05 ...and his fire swallowing in the East (Fillmore)West! ...u can bet that was a hot show! Glad I saw that...changed me life.

  • @StringTherapy
    @StringTherapy 13 лет назад

    My favorite blues song of all time it's a remake of the song "The Letter" by BB King I have that version too...love both.....amazing song...

  • @harpinwolf08
    @harpinwolf08 14 лет назад

    Man, I would love to have been around to see them! Thanks for posting!

  • @felson99
    @felson99 14 лет назад

    Great music, thanks for the upload......

  • @StringTherapy
    @StringTherapy 11 лет назад +1

    nope ....the song is named "The Letter."...just confirm that for you I'm looking at the CD right now...If you like BB this is a great CD.... it's a release of many of his old hits... it's called "The BB King Collection" by Sound Sensation Madcy Entertaiment Group.....I used to have an old copy of it back in the 60's but it's long since disappeared

  • @ZINEDINE05
    @ZINEDINE05  15 лет назад

    youre very welcome !this blew my mind too !

  • @hotdaveog
    @hotdaveog 15 лет назад

    BBF- Elvin Bishop was the lead player in the band before Bloomfield joined. Bloomfield did most of the soloing but Bishop did get his licks in most notably on the songs East-west and Work Song.

  • @ETILETA
    @ETILETA 14 лет назад

    AWSOME

  • @jameshcopeland
    @jameshcopeland 15 лет назад

    i concur.....this is great but peters version is amazing. his best work i think.

  • @mississippisheik1
    @mississippisheik1 13 лет назад

    Did see anybody give credit to Bloomfield for copping Otis Rush for his delivery and intensity....but I will.

  • @acdcfantic
    @acdcfantic 15 лет назад +2

    not bad i like the harmonica a lot. still, peter green cant be beat in this song.

  • @ZINEDINE05
    @ZINEDINE05  15 лет назад

    youre very welcome !

  • @ZINEDINE05
    @ZINEDINE05  15 лет назад

    youre one lucky man!

  • @JoeDawg15
    @JoeDawg15 14 лет назад +4

    Someone help me key this damn thing. It sounds like Db minor, but that's a really weird key for this song - it was in B minor on the East-West album, if I'm not mistaken. If it's in Db minor, it means Butterfield is either playing a low F# harp or a B harp, two very uncommon harmonica keys for blues.
    It sounds a little flat....could it be in D, with the track being slowed down a bit?

    • @BarryMiller2956
      @BarryMiller2956 7 лет назад +2

      hard to tell from this recording, presumably on deteriorated 1/4" tape, but the version on East-West is in Cm.

    • @oldtimetinfoilhatwearer
      @oldtimetinfoilhatwearer 4 года назад

      Likely deteriorated tape. Cm is a safe bet

  • @bobrat
    @bobrat 15 лет назад

    Ya true but Old too ;-))

  • @mikebloomfirld66
    @mikebloomfirld66 13 лет назад

    IM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP LORDFLUXINGTON..WHAT MIKE BLOOMFIELD WAS PLAYING IN 1966 WAS WAY BEYOND ANYTHING ANYONE WAS PLAYING AT THE TIME. WAY OVER CLAPTONS HEAD....

  • @rayrightmusic
    @rayrightmusic 13 лет назад +1

    No its not a remake of anything its a classic in its own right long before BBK knew how to play guitar Harry Potter brain ! You may need to realise 6/8 time is a generic rhythm in blues going back to African roots.

  • @ibrasoetandyo728
    @ibrasoetandyo728 4 года назад

    Different key this one is in d not c

  • @ZINEDINE05
    @ZINEDINE05  15 лет назад

    TYPO,LOL!

  • @diatroptoff94
    @diatroptoff94 13 лет назад

    i dont everyone really mad at me for saying this, but it feels like he is really trying to copy green on this.

    • @BarryMiller2956
      @BarryMiller2956 7 лет назад +2

      yeah, he musta gone four years into the future to copy Green's version. what a wankin' time travelin' copycat poser Butterfield was! :D

    • @ironcurtainsteve
      @ironcurtainsteve 6 лет назад +2

      this was way before the peter green version