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.
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!!!!
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 !
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.
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.
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.
This band has the power to rip my spine out. Paul Butterfield - vocals, harmonica Elvin Bishop - guitar Mark Naftalin - keyboards Bugsy Maugh - bass, Phil Wilson - drums Gene Dinwiddie - tenor sax David Sanborn - alto sax Keith Johnson - trumpet
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!!!
That was back then in the normal world. Real people loving real music. No iphones, no facebook or Instagram, no fake techno, Cardi B's or Nicki Minajs.
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.
Guys stop saying that you always need to take drugs to appreciate this masterpiece, that's not a good message for the next generation ;) Sorry for my english, I'm french.
In those times there were men like Butterfield, Bloomfield, Hendrix, and so on... Now what is there? Not much, a little flicker every now and then, but nothin that keeps on with its quality... I play over two hours every day on my axe and hit the harp in between, mark my words, I'll be damn good one day. Wait and see... But it's because I listen to guys like this, and I'll always remember them.
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.
@@KittyGrizGriz I do also. I only wish he'd think back to his days with Butterfield and lighten up on his good 'ol' country boy routine. Elvin, whether he may like it or not, has, along with Charlie Musselwhite, become one of the grand standard bearers for classic blues.
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.
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
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.😢❤
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
Saw these guys 50 years ago, local college opened their new performing arts center,four days of blues. A ticket for all four days, was TEN BUCKS. BB KING, MUDDY WATERS, TEN YEARS AFTER, and on and on.
Butterfield defined the instrument for me. Sharpened me up and got me ready for the old "ultra violence" hidden inside. Showed me how to connect that powerful little monster between your body and the microphone and uleash it upon on an unsuspecting world.
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.
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
If you had a time machine, Monterey or Woodstock? For me, things never got better than this actually quite small festival. Musicians performed for free!!
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.
my drummer just told me about these guys last night.. I know I've heard of them before but never actually HEARD them. great sound. reminds me of Steve Miller's bluesier tunes.
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
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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!!
Don't know where this took me but I want to go back.
I saw this very performance on my 14th birthday… thanks mom.
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!!!!
All respect..One.imagines Muddy Lil Walter.H.Wolf.Chicago.man.1day..🌏💥👌👍🥝
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 .
Butterfield puts his entire soul in that solo.
A lesson for us all , maybe
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.
God, what a find! This is what RUclips is really for!
There is nothing better than this! For real :D Paul Butterfield was a beast.
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*
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
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.
Those were the days ~ ~ ~
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.
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.
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 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...
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 !
RIP and long live Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 - May 4, 1987), aged 44
You will always be remembered as a legend.
60s what a grand time to be alive and enjoying all the wonderful music, vibes and people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Miss you Paul...left your three sons and me way too soon💔🎶Not by choice, ugly world
Fabulous performance from Paul Butterfield, and band. One of my favourite harp players, ever.
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.
This band has the power to rip my spine out.
Paul Butterfield - vocals, harmonica
Elvin Bishop - guitar
Mark Naftalin - keyboards
Bugsy Maugh - bass,
Phil Wilson - drums
Gene Dinwiddie - tenor sax
David Sanborn - alto sax
Keith Johnson - trumpet
Sorry but I think that is Mike Bloomfield on the guitar
@@KenWright-fo5mv ELVIN BISHOP!
@@KenWright-fo5mv Mike Bloomfield is at 4:31 watching and clapping side stage.He was in The Electric Flag at this time.
@@KenWright-fo5mv You think wrong....
I always come back to this video. This always inspires the shit out of me.
Great Master of the Harmonic , Mr Paul Butterfield 🎹🎸🎸🥁🎷
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!!!
That was back then in the normal world. Real people loving real music. No iphones, no facebook or Instagram, no fake techno, Cardi B's or Nicki Minajs.
THE KIDS OF THIS GENERATION LET ME JUST SAY THAT YOUR MUSIC SUCKS 🎶 🎵.
Good, good days!
At the time this was considered the same thing.
Don't shit on the kids because you became old and uncool. We all become Grandpa Simpson at some point.
There was never a "normal" world.
He had the most beautiful TONE to his harp playing, and his lead guitarist Elvin Bishop was one the greats of the period.
Such a early groovy scene. Life is good back then
Man, it's hard to believe this was 45 years ago. The Blues is still alive and kickin' today.
Not gonna find too many out there that could play the harmonica like Paul Butterfield.
what a sound....what a voice....superb.
nobody will ever play the blues harp or sing the blues like paulie man!he can really groove
OMG !! Speechless !!!
Hello, how are you doing? I’m Tony Ahrrold, Hope you are having a great day?
the blues fillde the air! Paul was a fantastic harmonica player!
Thank God this was recorded and filmed. Outstanding!
this video is so ultra cool, the music, the images is just perfection. it CAN'T get cooler than this.
Whole lotta talent on that stage.
One of my favourites growing up. Miss you and the harp Mr. Butterfield.
The guitarist is Elvin Bishop. It's his guitar as Bloomfield played a Les Paul.
He was a real genius on the harp, and his voice came right out of his heart. Long gone, but never forgotten.
1967 and STILL being played by the best blues artists today. just wonderful..
all I can say is WOW! when butterfield breaks into the harmonica its like time stands still.......
..........and I was there, right in that audience! so lucky!
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.
GREAT BAND
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
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 :)
Paul's harmonica solo... Nothing else gets me this high and so.... floaty... 💖😔
Butter was fantastic amazing band. Brian Jones and Mike Bloomfield also loving the music. Fanfuckintastic!!!!!!!!!!!!’
You can feel this song deep down in your bones. Man, this is good stuff...
Guys stop saying that you always need to take drugs to appreciate this masterpiece, that's not a good message for the next generation ;)
Sorry for my english, I'm french.
In those times there were men like Butterfield, Bloomfield, Hendrix, and so on... Now what is there? Not much, a little flicker every now and then, but nothin that keeps on with its quality... I play over two hours every day on my axe and hit the harp in between, mark my words, I'll be damn good one day. Wait and see... But it's because I listen to guys like this, and I'll always remember them.
Steve Murdock who are you? u in a band or something?
Robben ford is a mitherfuccka
Don't forget Elvin Bishop, he's the one playing here, as Bloomfield had already left the band by this point.
@@razzledcroaker3678 That was Bloomfield clapping near the end of the song (at 4:29.) He was on the bill playing with Electric Flag.
your sure not lookin too hard there are epic performers out there like the nighthawks only 50 years doin it and tony holiday new but HOT!
Heard of him for years. First time to listen. RUclips is awesome so is this song.
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.
Mike Bloomfield - amazing guitarist. Hendrix, Dylan and Clapton all loved him.
Shame he wasn't playing with the Butterfield band. Elvin Bishop did a righteous job, though.
@@mitchgawlik1175 love Elvin B., TTown man
@@KittyGrizGriz I do also. I only wish he'd think back to his days with Butterfield and lighten up on his
good 'ol' country boy routine. Elvin, whether he may like it or not, has, along with Charlie Musselwhite,
become one of the grand standard bearers for classic blues.
@@mitchgawlik1175 loved his jamming with George Thorogood & the Destroyers. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.
@@KittyGrizGriz Dig Bishop here with the Allmans. ruclips.net/video/jZK_Q213-Ao/видео.html
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
In very loving memory of Mr. Paul Butterfield (1942 - 1987 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten).
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
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.😢❤
Still one of my favorites , seen him a few times , even at Woodstock
Just an incredible performance and the band was on it too really really great something else!
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!!
WOW the images given it was 1967 STUNNING....Music well great
That man had full respect from all the great bluesmen of the day, and that performance alone would be enough to explain why.
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
Saw these guys 50 years ago, local college opened their new performing arts center,four days of blues. A ticket for all four days, was TEN BUCKS. BB KING, MUDDY WATERS, TEN YEARS AFTER, and on and on.
best line up ever
So very Jelly!! You were lucky!
Have seen BB 👑.
Butterfield defined the instrument for me. Sharpened me up and got me ready for the old "ultra violence" hidden inside. Showed me how to connect that powerful little monster between your body and the microphone and uleash it upon on an unsuspecting world.
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.
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
Bloomfield said : "He's the baddest cat around."
If you had a time machine, Monterey or Woodstock? For me, things never got better than this actually quite small festival. Musicians performed for free!!
Great band, playing with alot of soul , and Mike Bloomfields guitar is very tasty indeed!
That’s Elvin Bishop playing that tasty guitar, Mike Bloomfield left and was playing in The Electric Flag by this time
Ok sorry!
@@ronzellbj love Elvin~TTown man👍
Thank you, Rodrigo for this! It’s awesome!
PAUL RIP HELLA HARP PLAYER
THANK YOU Rodrigo post posting this!
Superb in all respects. Really gets down and dirty at 3:25 onwards. Was almost in tears by the end...
Some of THE best -- ever! Mike + band = king tone, baby!
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 !
3:54 Someone gonna answer the phone ? Tickle dem ivories man ! Great catch of a great performance !
Damn, whole lotta blues going on here!
Paul was and still be one of the great white boy of the blues, blue eyed blues and pure blues¡¡¡¡¡¡
We miss you Paul . . .
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.
my drummer just told me about these guys last night.. I know I've heard of them before but never actually HEARD them. great sound. reminds me of Steve Miller's bluesier tunes.
Steve Miller was billed as the SM Blues Band up 'til their first album came out.
amazing quality for it's age. Loved this group
young beautiful ladys that enjoy blues.. what a time..
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
Ohhh.... what a fantastic blues band.... used to listen to "send me someone to love", over and over....
2:53 the great Mark Naftalin behind the Fender Rhodes. Friggin' Awesome!
This is simply amazing.
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.
great quality sound recording