Mike Bloomfield "BLUES ON THE WESTSIDE" Live PART 1
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My Labors lp by nick gravenites
live at the fillmore west jan 1969
mike bloomfield-guitar
nick gravenites-vocals
mark naftalin-piano
ira kamin-organ
john kahn-bass
bob jones-drums
dino andino-conga
noel jewkis-tenor sax
gerald oshita-baritone sax
snooky flowers-baritone sax
john wilmeth-trumpet
To this day no guitar player can match Mike Bloomfield when it comes to playing slow blues. The solo in the middle of this song is a masterpiece that no one has been able to touch. Not Clapton, the Kings, white , black or in between, The feeling, the phrasing was truely a gift from God.
he WAS the greatest. Also was nice cat. I was 14 years old hangin' around Club 47 one of the weeks Butterfield was in town at (Cambridge MASS) - had a broken leg, fell off my bike, and he took his time and insisted on helping me get up the stairs after the show. And so he also took his time when he played. He could REALLY pour the heat on like nobody else ever. Miles Davis said he was one of the greats. Play on brother.
So yeah, john Mike was a shooting star, an unapriciated genius to this day,, DD
Perfect example of what most players today are missing....taking their time. I call it "breathing". I guess it's probably just plain "Soul". You either get it or not. Mike had it all. Phrasing, style, intensity when called for and sexy smoothness as required. Listen to the whole band. Its stone blues man and it makes you feel that way.
Sadly the only time I saw him live in a very small club here in Montreal he was so high he played terrible. I felt betrayed. Stupid me.
Had my first Mikey BIoomfieId record 1981at a IocaI music store in W Germany. Just after having put to TurntabIe , i onIy thought...What the f.. HeII is someone doing there witht the guitar ? Me being a pro guitarteacher for decades, by now i mean, that is bIuesiest bIues of aII times.But question is, how can someone on earth pIay such stuff? This is a godgiven inspiration... an angeI out of heaven...
The Chicago guys were the best,,, they taught us all,,,,thank you Chicago,,,we loved you madly,,,,
Supremely blue, inside and out, all over. Bloomfield is THE master and deserved immortality. Nobody gets it like he did.
god damn. so fucking awesome, his playing, feel, tone vibe are all bitchin, no amount of swear words can capture how I truly feel about this
just have to put a plug in for one of my favorite bass players, John Kahn. And Mark Naftalin on the 88's is so fine.
Great song!My two favorite guitarist's are Mike & Peter green.
you forgot danny kirwin and mick taylor
Man, I don't know why it took me so long to find Mike Bloomfield. Huge blues fan, and this guy has a tone that is surreal.
I am blown away! Incredible understanding of songwriting, guitar phrasing, vibrato, knowing when to be quiet and when to explode. Michael Bloomfield is the greatest blues guitarist I have ever heard -- part Freddie King, BB King, Albert King, Otis Rush -- He can take 3 notes and runs so many variations around them.... what a tragedy he left us so early. He was a great musicologist, producer and arranger - Bob Dylan, Al Kooper, Janis Joplin Kozmic Blues Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Electric Flag and on and on. But he just wanted to be a bluesman. What a loss but we have the music.....this track is amazing. I could listen to this for hours!
A moving tribute, my man, and a pleasure to read (while Michael rips away). A densely packed, well-crafted paragraph capturing much of what could be said. I’ve just been listening to Peter Green (w/Mayall, and Mac). I was thinking (feeling) that he may, in fact, be the best. Something especially glorious about the tone, phrasing, and structure of solo. And simple as a child - more like BB. I interspersed some early Eric to make sure, but decided on Peter anyway. Then I played ‘Alberts Shuffle’ off Super Session and said, “Wait a minute!”. I rushed to RUclips looking for some Michael off the Live Super Session (none to be found),
and came across this. Holy shit!! Yes, he may be better than Peter because he simply can play more, his fingers are more adept, they fly faster, the passages are more complex - factor in the musicality.
Peter sings better. And perhaps achieved a fatter, richer, tone ('If You Be My Baby' off Shrine, and 'Coming Your Way').
Why the fuck must I always compare? ;-)
***** You have to listen to Mike on
“Long Hard Journey” Live, here on the tube. A little bit flashier? ;-)
Tor Strasburg : With affection, allow me to suggest that your last question - "Why must I always compare?" is the most enlightened of other intelligent and tasteful observations you make. A natural impulse perhaps but still one which much be resisted in order that we might listen without prejudging performances. In my opinion.
An amp....a guitar...and Bloomfield...No frills & no gimmicks.This man was so ahead of the rest of us its incredible....You ask a 20 year old today who Bloomfield is & they havent a clue.....
me too Wild!
Mike Bloomfield is simply the greatest white blues guitarist who ever lived--bar none, absolutely none.
Kimindigo better than being dead
Yup!
I would add Elvin Bishop and Amos Garret with him...
Atomic Lobotomy Stevie Ray better than any blues man white or black PERIOD.
@@batmanandrobin250 Naw
I’m 63 years young, and I still learn something new every time I listen to this man. What a tragic loss………
OMG ... is he playing guitar - or am i already in paradise
i guess both .................. !
ive only recently started listening to Mike Bloomfields music and i am blown away!!
In 1967 I saw Paul Butterfield blues band at the Earl Warren show grounds in Santa Barbara, California. It was incredible. Unfortunately heroin took some of the greatest.
I saw them at the Golden Bear, Hunting Beach (?), same era, UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
Yo Dennis ,I saw Hendrix after , his last gig, Monterey Pop,,here at Earl Warren Showgrounds,,,,he was brilliant along with the Moby Grape,,,we drove up from L.A. to see this,,,best musical performance I have seen in my life
I wish the Fillmore was like this still :(
He was the Roy Hobbs of white blues guitar players.
There goes Mike Bloomfield, the best there ever was.
I was lucky enough to see him live. If you never see him. you fully won't understand
how great he was.
+Tom Howland Roy Hobbs! Great analogy.
IMO the best electric blues guitar player ever. At his best playin live.
this MB guitar solo always makes me get dust in my eyes. it's such a powerful expression, building very slowly then releasing us with a sigh... not many instrumentalists have this intuitive gift.
Absolutely masterful, never heard a Less Paul sound so sweet.
Pure genius. What he could do with a handful of notes always blows my mind. His Stop from Super Session is legendary.
Apart from his brilliant maj-minor phrasing I really dig his wide, slow vibrato and sort of detuned bending.
One of the great guitarists who was “auteur,” meaning, you can recognize him just by hearing a lick. Just like the Al/BB/Fr. King, Jimi, Clapton, SRV, JL Hooker, Collins, Peter Green, Grant Green, Robben Ford, among others.
Met him once at Filmore in the 70;sforgot how great he was ...... the best
no hurry... melody, stalls, phrasing beyond the others, dynamics, soul..
Johnny Hiland is a monster guitar player. Maybe the best overall alive today. Most of his songs tho are centered around his playing and he just goes crazy - go Johnny go, Mike Bloomfield played softly in the background until it was his turn to take a ride and then he just brought the song home. His licks weren't overly fast but soulful and smooth as buddah.
Damn I sure do miss him. Nobody else did it like him.
I wish there was more videos of this guy
Awesome🙂👌👍👍👍👍
Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper were sublime, listened to them then, now rediscovering their honesty and connectivity
Beautiful blues! God bless Mike Bloomfield😅!
I've always thought that, if Mike had not burned so hot, he might still be around today, giving us all lessons. But I'm still grateful to have heard him play and shaken his hand. He was personally unassuming and totally brilliant at the same time. This has to be one of his very finest performances.
I got this album when it was first released. Bloomfield has always been, to my ears, the greatest white blues guitarist.
Any time I see these three names listed: mike bloomfield-guitar -
nick gravenites-vocals -
mark naftalin-pianoI have to give it a listen, and usually with amazing results.
Keep Your Ears Open for Muddied Brother in law, Otis Spann... Cuts They Ivorys Up...
Otis Spann was a master of the blues piano. In some ways he was like Michael and BBKing -- not too many notes, the master of understated piano yet he moved the blues along for Muddy's band. Listen to Spannie, so subtle, have some old vinyl of his group as well as him playing with Muddy. Michael is my favorite guitar player -- I mean Jimi blew my mind in June of 1967, and BB played so well so long -- first heard him in 1972 with Terry Riley, BB, Ike and Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones in Oakland arena. BUT, i think Michael was the most tasteful and skilled player ever.
Really glad that so much of Mike's music has turned up on here. Superb.
Mike was just a really great bluesman. Too bad so many feel it necessary to add "white" to that. You know, it just doesn't matter what color someone is. A great "white " jazz musician? A great "black" classical violinist? When will that kind of stuff end and we just dig the groove that Mike, or anyone else lays down? I was around when Dylan grabbed him for Highway 61 Revisited. I dug his guitar work all the way down the road. I don't care what color he is. I'm glad his music lives on and so many people are discovering his soulful art. And, you know, it ain't a competition. Who's the best? A rather meaningless and distracting view. Just dig it if you dig it.
+Thomas Campbell
Hi, to be clear, my reference to "white blues guitarist" is more about the whole english blues invasion.
That time period. As you said, not as much about culture.
Thomas Campbell, I wish more people could read your comment here, So many people can't just leave the comparing aside and just dig this and other guitarists/bands, etc.
Peter Green was as good as anybody, esp slow blues. Great singer too. Knew the art of silence, astounding tone that makes grown men cry (well, me)
Yea, the whole competition and who's the best is really a drag and so subjective. Each of these greats had their own voice .
unbelievable...thanks for the post.
bloomy was great.
What these people were doing right then is light years ahead of what's going on right now.
Aint that the truth! No one can play like Bloomfield!
Mikey and Peter Greene were the original white boys with lots of mojo.
Live on Bloomfield!
MEL Camm thx to these people, for you'd never ever have GREAT MUSIC To Listen To Now !!!!
Wild Ride He was one of the The first in Those days ...Praise the Lord :-)
+MEL Camm People still have talent, it just no longer sells. Mindless plastic dolls bring better profits. Just like McDonalds vs homemade food.
@Gurdow The ride that he takes at 6:45 completely slays me today like it did 30 years ago. Nobody has and ever will, play slow electric Chicago style blues like Bloomers. Thats not just my opinion...it just happens to be reality.
I been a fan of mike Bloomfield since first listening to super session but I never heard him play like that. ... wow is all i can say
Don't give a damn what Miles or anyone says brother Duane very damn hard to beat, period!!!!!!
Wow...what have I been missing. rhis is real music.
wow great sound! My first time to hear him, I am dumbfounded! Love everything about this band, kick ass bass and rythem section, guitar is amazing, voice is perfect
lots of talent on this stage. I'll be looking for more to come
Just stopped by Muddy Water's house. Somehow the situation with the landmark commission has got to be straightened out before there's no house left to save.
I agree with you 100% ! The first time i heard this cd i didnt know what hit me !
If one playfully can say there´s arcitypical way of playing blues on electric guitarr, it would be as Mike played. He had such an elegant, imaginative, strong, tender, deep voice comming out through his instrument.
Nice, thx T.
Les Paul----- guitar cord-------Amp. No effects. For his monstrous tone, he relied on his talent.
Zinedine05, I don't know who you are...if you're related to Bloomfield or Kooper or just a great fan, but really, thanks! You have turned me onto some of the greatest music ever made!
@rickstones426 michael was the most sincere blues guitar I've ever met.
I saw this in SF Fillmore none he got started every one was transfixed very few people moved almost none talked this was one of those that Mike loved, he lived for it. the other song is wintery winter time is just about as perfect.
i miss Mike I like talking to him on the phone always a great convesation a brilliant musician and cool dude.
Listen my blues brothers, as a player my self, we just go to their schools for awhile; thinking surely this one is the best...but lo here comes Mr. Green then Mr. Bloomfield, and what of Mr Freddy with Low Tide and Sidetracked. It goes on and on. Back again to each.
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Tim S. likes this comment. ;-)
Thanks for sharing
I'm already there. King tone, baby.
VERY FINE ,fine guitarist !
That's a hell of a blues
his guitar riffs!! wow!!
Oh Shit, I haven't heard this since I saw him live......My hats off to you ZINEDINE05
Ahhh...... Just got up, had a fat stinker, and put on the Mike...
Nice!!
This and Muddy Waters (with James Cotton) in England -- simply bruisin'!
Duo- Sonic, Télécaster, Strat et Les Paul, le premier vrai guitar-héro qui lui sera fatale un 15 février 1981. Merci " Magic Mike" !!!
Please give us part II the performance is just getting beter and then it abruptly ends :(
So overlooked it's a shame.
first video ive seen with NO thumbs down.
Hey! Love Bloomfield but Greene and Kirwin rank right up there
This whole concert is available on CD as Mike Bloomfield and friends Live at Filmore West (the new expanded mix) and also on Nick Gravenites MY LABORS an Import at Amazon.You might want to pick up both as they are VERY reasonable and MY LABORS has a cut missing from Mike and friends.The mixes are a tad bit different on both CDs but both feature Nick Gravenites and Bloomfield at their finest!!!!!
Reminds me of "Once I had a woman"..cool.
at 6: 40 a force of nature is unleashed, ………..
When Mike was "on", oh man!
My goodness he was great ,wasn't he??!!
HIS TONE AND PHRASING ARE SOMETHING WITH EMOTION..THATS WHAT SOME PLAYERS DONT. UNDERSTAND DYNAMICS NOW DAYS,EVERYTHING IS THE SAME VOLUME,AND THE LYRICS ARE LAME LOVE BULLSHIT TO SELL RECORDS .THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE THIS ARE SPECIAL IN THAT THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND BLUES.MIKE KNOCKS ME OUT WITH THE TONE.
Only player I like playing the blues on a Les Paul. Wrings the soul out of every note. A lot of mid range notes. Didn't need to do a two step bend at the 17th fret on the high E string.
The Bues had a baby and they called it Rock N Roll
Actually Rock and Roll came out of rock-a-billy and the blues.
Reminds me a lot of B. B. King...
@saxby01 i wanna go to that pub then.
I always tell people, its all in the fingers and bloomfield is my proof. Also clapton on the beano album.
Blues, that is
If Bloomfield isn't the greatest guitarist, he's the greatest blues guitarist. If' he's not the greatest blues guitarist, he's the greatest white guitarist. If he isn't the greatest white guitarist, then he's the greatest Jewish guitarist. Bottom line: he is the greatest "something" RIP Bloomfield, you're music will always live on
@kurtchrisandchad
Thank you for that great laugh.. it really made my day.
Hmm Maybe B took this from Mike? Yeah.. ? Sure is some sweet horns and all.. Thanks for sharing!
I have the original lp but this song is not in ..maybe issued another lp much later and added ...anyway is excellent!
He has the same guitar as I!! :D
Thanks for sharing. I’m new to the Blues and diggin’ the sounds of Mike and Nick. My specific reason of searching this track is to find out what piano is being played; anyone know? Thanks! I LOVE THE BLUES!!!
@Xelanderthomas two true joo blue gods.
R there any Videos were Mike is on A Video Actually Performing, good Xample of Mr Bloomfield's superb playing though
'The greatest'- lets give the phrase a 100 year break
Ok, who do you think is the most underrated blues guitar genius; Mike Bloomfield or Peter Green?
Roy Buchanan?
@stonemojo Part 2 is posted. Don't know why you didn't find it.
Him and Al Kooper two hip jews. Great band name: Too Hip Jews.
@kurtchrisandchad
Just getting into the blues actually.. but Peter Green is where its at dude man, his guiar tone is immense especially in the 3 Got A Good Mind To Give Up Living... which has to be the greatest guitar solos ever recorded. Im also positive there is a wave of people that would agree with me, Im sorry if i offended you but i guess i just cant feel Bloomfields playing like you can and vice verca
Play the blues Michael
@rickstones426 You can find the track youre refering to on my channel. I uploaded it a while ago. Peace !
Check out - Peter Green...
Think you might like it...
@wadoman699 Which tracks are you refering to?
growing up in the 60's, most guitarists learned 'blackbird' , CSN, and that shit. once i heard mike bloomfield and peter green i had little interest in that. there is a young player named sadie johnson. check out her acoustic killing floor/crossroads. it's as good as this-and she isn't loaded.
What was the point of cutting off the end?
@ZINEDINE05 I looked but I couldn't find it on any of the tracks you have listed. Could you send me the youtube number? Thanks.
@LateNotes
I would have never had the chutzpah to say that. ;-) lol
@kurtchrisandchad
Welp i didnt change my mind and i still do think Greeny rules all.. BUT!! i just finished the bloomfield story, and well i apoligize for tryin to talk shit he truly was great!.. now im off to find other bloomfield pieces
what album is this?
Well my comment here makes absolutely no sense? WHU? "B?" There is no 'B' in here?! I must have been asleep at the wheel.. sorry man! It is a great post, that is for certain.
Vocals sound Otis Rush
@ZINEDINE05 Sorry, "My Baby Wants to Test Me."
@kurtchrisandchad
Oh noo Peter Green is right where its at.. cant we just agree Bloomfield is decent? and Peter Green bled the blues when he played?
Nope....