Description
Label Review.
1984 compilation. Includes tracks from 1964-1974 with The Electric Flag, Al Kooper, Nick Gravenites, Dr John, John Hammond, Paul Butterfield and more. Floating World.
Our Overview.
Considered one of the best American practitioners of blues and folk guitar styles during the mid-1960s. Bloomfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015 as the lead guitarist for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the integrated group that introduced the blues to a generation of young, white music fans in the 1960s. Renowned for his revolutionary blending of blues, rock, jazz and Indian classical music on the Butterfield Band’s iconic “East-West,” Bloomfield is highly ranked on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”
Signed by John Hammond, Columbia Records, 1964; joined the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1965; played guitar on Bob Dylan single "Like a Rolling Stone," 1965; performed with Paul Butterfield Blues Band and accompanied Bob Dylan at Newport Folk Festival, 1965; recorded East/West, final album with Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1966; left Paul Butterfield Blues Band and debuted new band, the Electric Flag, at Monterey Pop Festival, 1967; released Super Session with keyboardist Al Kooper and guitarist Steve Stills, 1968; released Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, recorded in 1968 at the Fillmore West, 1969; recorded Triumvirate with Dr. John and John Hammond, 1973; reunited with Electric Flag, 1974; formed band KGB with Rick Grech, Carmine Appice, and Barry Goldberg, 1976
.“The music you listen to becomes the soundtrack of your life....” Michael Bloomfield. Mike has certainly infiltrated our lives here at Keymailorder, (sadly died too early as many greats from drug and drink overdose), we have been fans a long time and we totally concur with the Rolling Stones Magazine, so if you have never tuned into him before, check out this retrospective.