I saw and heard Paul Butterfield five times, first in Northfield Mn with Elvin Bishop, then in Minneapolis at a mall, then, the best concert at Tyrone Guthrie Theater with the full horn ensemble doing The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw, at Ravinia with Buzzy Feiten and then in Atlanta - Paul was with a fusion backup band. He was by far the best harp player in blue harp history. Others have mastered the instrument but he mastered the music. The film about him (Horn From The Heart) touches upon his contribution but his playing, like all maestros, is incomparable. He simply swings in the original sense of the word. When I first heard his initial album it was like a beacon pointing to the bacon and who doesn't love bacon.
...and who doesn't like bacon 🤔...🤣Never got to see Butterfield live😒...living in 🦘 bit isolating ...but did see Elvin Bishop one night and Mason Rufner (ace guitarist)and Duke Logan (played harp with Leon Russel) the next, at the Old Absinthe Club Bourbon St early 80's. Duke certainly had some tight licks.Small club, small audience ,up close...farkinawe-some ! ✌
Still listen to Elvin Bishop! Ive seen him a couple doz times since 77. Mary Mary got me started on Paul Butterfield. We had the Best Music and the Best Cars and the Best Girls!! USA BABY!!
Without doubt the finest blues band of all time. Great vocals and amazing harp from Paul superb guitars from Micheal and the best rhythm section from Sam and Jerome, Later adding fine keys from Mark. Paul later went on to expand with horns with out standing musicians. May Paul's music play on forever.
Wow fantastic! I was good friends with Paul and knew Michael too! I first met Paul in 1969..I met Michael in 68 but saw less of him as he moved to The West Coast..!
I grew up in LA Puente CA, right down the street from Gene Dinwiddie, tenor sax for PB bless band. It was well known how bad ass they were. Still love it all too this day. RIP Mr. Dinwiddie & Mr. Butterfield
I was working at Marine World/Africa USA in the mid 1970s. They had an amphitheater for animal acts and the occasional music show. Boz Scaggs and Elvin Bishop both did several gigs there. At one of the Elvin Bishop shows Paul Butterfield showed up just to play. No fanfare. I didn't know who he was but Elvin introduced us. Talk about inspirational! I bought a couple of harmonicas the next day. Later in life, I found myself playing with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and Charlie Musselwhite. Good times. When Paul died in 1985, I was very sad that I never had the opportunity to play with him. What a tremendous loss! I quit playing music then. I still listen to the greats though, and remain comfortable with the fact that I will never be one of them.
Thank You and thank you again for however and wherever you were able to come up with these takes I had never heard. Harmonica player here- 48 years and was full-time pro by age 20. Been listening to Paul Butterfield since mid 1970's but did not see him in person. I have opened with my band in a theatre for Elvin Bishop in 2002 but not met any of the other players here.....such a great line-up of players.
Buenisimo este no lo tengo material de excelente calidad y los musicos grandiosos Micke B. Uno de mis quitarristas favorito veré si puedo conseguír el disco . Felicidades y gracias por compartir .
I have no idea where you were finding the stuff but it is absolutely superb incredibly well recorded and just exciting to listen to! There was no more cooler cat on the planet then Paul Butterfield back in those days
Thanks a zillion. This was one of the best live bands of the mid sixties I believe. Just started headlining at the biggest venues when Mike left. Seems like this material was released June 2022.
Love and miss you Paul...but you know that..they tried to fit you into a mold, and they are doing it now ..we know what's real 💖 died too soon, not by choice.
None better. I know I'm preaching to the choir but these guys were and still are the greatest blues band of all time. Bloomfield can still give goosebumps. Butterfield played his harp like a guitar. Hell, you know what I mean. When Bloomfield launches into his short, solo/fill in Blues With A Feelin' at about 13:51, he shows what he was going to become on East West. Man. He was unbelievable.
I heard this album in its original form at an impressionable age and it blew my mind, as we said then. I took a bus and subway train to Greenwich Village and found Gerde's Folk City, bought my first harmonica and a few key LPs...I've played harp now for over 55 years, never nearing Paul's precision or stylistic fluency, but that's OK, neither has anyone else! Thank s for this treasure trove of unreleased Blues magic!
Butterfield and Bloomfield and band were on fire! Some unheard versions here. The Stones and Led Zeppelin wanted Paul's authenticity desperately. They stole music from the the Black originals and they sounded like a bunch of eunuchs. Long live the PBBB!
The Stones always acknoledged where the music came from and bought blues to the white world ( as did a few other Brit Bands). On the other hand Led Zep just borrowed and never really said much
@@Matasky2010 Yeah, and case in point - so few would know about Otis Rush, if it wasnt for LZ One 😎 Same with Lemon Song.. they just elevated the old stuff to another level.
Yes. JM never had the tone, although he made great music despite that. Parchman Farm was the song that got me to understand what was going on...breath control, rhythm, and 1-4-5!
Saw Butterfield at the New Penelope in Montreal summer of 67. Found out years later that they were recording that night. It ended up on a bootleg years later
D1 Mellow Down Easy (Unedited 2021 Remix) D2 Ain't No Need To Go No Further (Alternate Version) D3 Keep On Loving' Me Baby (Unreleased Demo) D4 Off The Wall (Alternate Instrumental Version) D5 Blues With A Feeling (Alternate Version) E1 Memory Pain (Unreleased Demo) E2 Born In Chicago (Alternate Version) E3 Nut Popper #1 (Alternate Version/First Take) E4 One More Mile (Alternate Version) E5 Love Her With A Feeling (Full Length Version) F1 Mystery Train (Alternate Version) F2 Blues For Ruth (Unreleased Instrumental Jam) F3 Love Song (Unreleased Instrumental) F4 Danger Zone (Unreleased Demo)
"Love Song", starting at about 45:22, is an early version of "East/West". It's cool to hear Jerome Arnold create the groove, and to hear the organ changes that recall Steve Winwood's playing on "I'm A Man".
@@densely This is brilliant! They went from a relaxed feeling jam and took it into uncharted territory by upping the modal scales and letting the time signatures slip.
No. Little Walter had more than enough Testosterone. I absolutely adore PB, but LW was the Charlie Parker of harp. Paul's playing is super powerful, but very linear...square...compared to Walter's fluidity and tonal variety. Have you ever listened to "Roller Coaster"? PB could never do that! TBF, LW wouldn't have played PB's solo on East/West either, I guess...
@@Bluesharp1896 My comment was meant lightheartedly. Yes, I've listened to "Roller Coaster" (on more occasions than I care to remember) I'm a fan of both of these extraordinary musicians and I'm happy to "meet" another here. Best wishes.
The fact is they were both originals. As early as 1951 with Muddy, She Moves Me, Walter was a unique player and musical genius. When Butter hit the scene, no one else had taken that approach or gotten that sound, which was super exciting, but at the time I hadn’t heard the greats…my references were Brian Jones, Kieth Relf, John Hammond, Sonny Terry. I discovered Walter, Junior, Cotton, and Sonny Boy after reading Pete Welding’s liner notes!
I saw and heard Paul Butterfield five times, first in Northfield Mn with Elvin Bishop, then in Minneapolis at a mall, then, the best concert at Tyrone Guthrie Theater with the full horn ensemble doing The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw, at Ravinia with Buzzy Feiten and then in Atlanta - Paul was with a fusion backup band. He was by far the best harp player in blue harp history. Others have mastered the instrument but he mastered the music. The film about him (Horn From The Heart) touches upon his contribution but his playing, like all maestros, is incomparable. He simply swings in the original sense of the word. When I first heard his initial album it was like a beacon pointing to the bacon and who doesn't love bacon.
...and who doesn't like bacon 🤔...🤣Never got to see Butterfield live😒...living in 🦘 bit isolating ...but did see Elvin Bishop one night and Mason Rufner (ace guitarist)and Duke Logan (played harp with Leon Russel) the next, at the Old Absinthe Club Bourbon St early 80's. Duke certainly had some tight licks.Small club, small audience ,up close...farkinawe-some ! ✌
Still listen to Elvin Bishop! Ive seen him a couple doz times since 77. Mary Mary got me started on Paul Butterfield. We had the Best Music and the Best Cars and the Best Girls!! USA BABY!!
Without doubt the finest blues band of all time. Great vocals and amazing harp from Paul superb guitars from Micheal and the best rhythm section from Sam and Jerome, Later adding fine keys from Mark. Paul later went on to expand with horns with out standing musicians. May Paul's music play on forever.
Super sessions. Mike Bloomfield, al kooper, Steven stills . Stop . The whole album is a masterpiece
Elvin Bishop also plays a fine guitar.
@@paulstubbings645 Listen to people like Herbie Hancock and might re-think Kooper. Basically a one-handed keyboard player with an over-sized ego.
How bout Muddy Waters, Little Walters original bands??? Really?
@@markhummel7656i was gonna say , how can you say that having muddy’s 66 band in the same circuit , this was a speed influenced version of the other
Dad's favorite! I break out Dad's Paul Butterfield tunes and feel like he's listening with me still 💙 Thanks for this session!
Terrific to hear after all these years!
The best Blues Band ever!!!
Wow fantastic! I was good friends with Paul and knew Michael too! I first met Paul in 1969..I met Michael in 68 but saw less of him as he moved to The West Coast..!
Awesome 😎 Best electric blues on this planet! Thanks!,
Paul Butterfield grande lenda dos Blues a não esquecer.Obrigado
So sweet memories from a great band Thanks for making my day
😍 Love all the songs !!
Fantastic Blues / R n B recordings.....💎🎼🎙🎸
Great great stuff!! Man I love this....
Great Chicago blues!😎💙
I grew up in LA Puente CA, right down the street from Gene Dinwiddie, tenor sax for PB bless band. It was well known how bad ass they were. Still love it all too this day. RIP Mr. Dinwiddie & Mr. Butterfield
Graet memories , greetings from Argentina
Saw both Butterfield and Bloomfield at Royce Hall UCLA ,in the early '80s, luv Chicago blues. Along with other greats, a night to remember.
Most everyone forgets about Elvin Bishop. What a shame.
I was working at Marine World/Africa USA in the mid 1970s. They had an amphitheater for animal acts and the occasional music show. Boz Scaggs and Elvin Bishop both did several gigs there. At one of the Elvin Bishop shows Paul Butterfield showed up just to play. No fanfare. I didn't know who he was but Elvin introduced us. Talk about inspirational! I bought a couple of harmonicas the next day.
Later in life, I found myself playing with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and Charlie Musselwhite.
Good times. When Paul died in 1985, I was very sad that I never had the opportunity to play with him. What a tremendous loss!
I quit playing music then. I still listen to the greats though, and remain comfortable with the fact that I will never be one of them.
un disco que puede dar vueltas 24 horas y lo disfrutas infinitamente....saludos.
Thank You and thank you again for however and wherever you were able to come up with these takes I had never heard. Harmonica player here- 48 years and was full-time pro by age 20. Been listening to Paul Butterfield since mid 1970's but did not see him in person. I have opened with my band in a theatre for Elvin Bishop in 2002 but not met any of the other players here.....such a great line-up of players.
Buenisimo este no lo tengo material de excelente calidad y los musicos grandiosos Micke B. Uno de mis quitarristas favorito veré si puedo conseguír el disco . Felicidades y gracias por compartir .
I have no idea where you were finding the stuff but it is absolutely superb incredibly well recorded and just exciting to listen to! There was no more cooler cat on the planet then Paul Butterfield back in those days
Agreed!
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Thanks a zillion. This was one of the best live bands of the mid sixties I believe. Just started headlining at the biggest venues when Mike left.
Seems like this material was released June 2022.
Love and miss you Paul...but you know that..they tried to fit you into a mold, and they are doing it now ..we know what's real 💖 died too soon, not by choice.
Wow. Thanks. Didn't know there was an expanded version of this. A lot of this is better than what was on the original 19 song edition.
None better.
I know I'm preaching to the choir but these guys were and still are the greatest blues band of all time.
Bloomfield can still give goosebumps. Butterfield played his harp like a guitar. Hell, you know what I mean.
When Bloomfield launches into his short, solo/fill in Blues With A Feelin' at about 13:51, he shows what he was going to become on East West.
Man. He was unbelievable.
I heard this album in its original form at an impressionable age and it blew my mind, as we said then. I took a bus and subway train to Greenwich Village and found Gerde's Folk City, bought my first harmonica and a few key LPs...I've played harp now for over 55 years, never nearing Paul's precision or stylistic fluency, but that's OK, neither has anyone else! Thank s for this treasure trove of unreleased Blues magic!
I play harmonica over 4 years, Paul is one of the best harp players of all time, I think. Regards from Poland :)
One of….couldn’t agree more. Distinctive style, unorthodox technique, highly influential…all of that.
Excellent
Danger Zone...that's Pigboy Crabshaw singing in the Percy Mayfield spirit that reappeared with Geoff Muldaur in Better Days. Fantastic!
Saw them in concert in Burlington, Vermont back in '66 as I recall. :)
Envious!
Poorly promoted event. Only 100 in attendance. They played for 2 hours straight. Essentially a private concert. :). @@TimGreig
Wow! In their energetic youth!
Awesome thanks
Butterfield and Bloomfield and band were on fire! Some unheard versions here. The Stones and Led Zeppelin wanted Paul's authenticity desperately. They stole music from the the Black originals and they sounded like a bunch of eunuchs. Long live the PBBB!
You mean they stole music and made it even better lol
The Stones always acknoledged where the music came from and bought blues to the white world ( as did a few other Brit Bands). On the other hand Led Zep just borrowed and never really said much
Zep never wanted anything desperately, boy 🤣 They had it all. Eunuchs, sure honey
@@Matasky2010 Yeah, and case in point - so few would know about Otis Rush, if it wasnt for LZ One 😎
Same with Lemon Song.. they just elevated the old stuff to another level.
What smooth kick butt album. The first song a tune that ole Willie Dixon wrote and Billy Gibbbons used on the Fandango album for ZZ Top in a Medely.
Love it
Sounds like a comp of all the unreleased tracks from the recent RSD triple lp. Somebody please confirm. Glad I kept mine sealed!
The first title probably was the blueprint for Mayall's 'Room To Move', the theme is definately shining through.
Yes. JM never had the tone, although he made great music despite that. Parchman Farm was the song that got me to understand what was going on...breath control, rhythm, and 1-4-5!
鬼うまい✨
Saw Butterfield at the New Penelope in Montreal summer of 67. Found out years later that they were recording that night. It ended up on a bootleg years later
6:51
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The first song sounds a little like the Door's "Touch Me", at times
I agree with vodichka, you can't compare PBBB with anyone and to me too stones and zeppelin sound like a bunches of eunuchs
D1 Mellow Down Easy (Unedited 2021 Remix)
D2 Ain't No Need To Go No Further (Alternate Version)
D3 Keep On Loving' Me Baby (Unreleased Demo)
D4 Off The Wall (Alternate Instrumental Version)
D5 Blues With A Feeling (Alternate Version)
E1 Memory Pain (Unreleased Demo)
E2 Born In Chicago (Alternate Version)
E3 Nut Popper #1 (Alternate Version/First Take)
E4 One More Mile (Alternate Version)
E5 Love Her With A Feeling (Full Length Version)
F1 Mystery Train (Alternate Version)
F2 Blues For Ruth (Unreleased Instrumental Jam)
F3 Love Song (Unreleased Instrumental)
F4 Danger Zone (Unreleased Demo)
"Love Song", starting at about 45:22, is an early version of "East/West". It's cool to hear Jerome Arnold create the groove, and to hear the organ changes that recall Steve Winwood's playing on "I'm A Man".
@@densely This is brilliant! They went from a relaxed feeling jam and took it into uncharted territory by upping the modal scales and letting the time signatures slip.
Eow 🍻🔥🔥🔥🔥 😳
Wow, listening to Mystery Train instrumental section my balls fell off. One guitar only (Elvin) and isn't that Mike on organ?
This is Little Walter on steroids. That harp just blew the enamel off my teeth.
No. Little Walter had more than enough Testosterone. I absolutely adore PB, but LW was the Charlie Parker of harp. Paul's playing is super powerful, but very linear...square...compared to Walter's fluidity and tonal variety. Have you ever listened to "Roller Coaster"? PB could never do that! TBF, LW wouldn't have played PB's solo on East/West either, I guess...
@@Bluesharp1896 My comment was meant lightheartedly. Yes, I've listened to "Roller Coaster" (on more occasions than I care to remember) I'm a fan of both of these extraordinary musicians and I'm happy to "meet" another here. Best wishes.
The fact is they were both originals. As early as 1951 with Muddy, She Moves Me, Walter was a unique player and musical genius. When Butter hit the scene, no one else had taken that approach or gotten that sound, which was super exciting, but at the time I hadn’t heard the greats…my references were Brian Jones, Kieth Relf, John Hammond, Sonny Terry. I discovered Walter, Junior, Cotton, and Sonny Boy after reading Pete Welding’s liner notes!
This does not play, NO I need this I'm a freak for these guys. Help, Whats wrong at the other side,
Thank you RIP Paul Butterfield PEACE
Sorry Michael and missing Elvin.
This recording is missing half an hour