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Paul Butterfield Blues Band — Work Song
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Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 18:39
 
 sejoevia wrote:
As a 16 year-old Beatles fan, my fellow band mate (21 years old) took me to see the BBB in Boston. He played their Born In Chicago album for me before it and I nearly puked - did nothing for me. We went to the show and it was actually a life changing experience for a guitarist. Mind you the album East West had just been released (65-ish?) and a 16 year-old Beatles fan is sitting there saying HOLY CRAP! Watching Bloomfield and Bishop was amazing! I rode home that night and couldn't sleep for hours. Pulled my guitar out and started trying to figure out what they were doing. So, almost 50 years later people are commenting on what they consider modal crap. They were way ahead of their time and I'm happy for it.

Now, can someone tell me who plays the first guitar solo? Bloomfield of Bishop? 
 
Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, etc. are shaking their heads at you.  You gotta be kidding me... this is the Blues equivalent to Elvis "being original."

At least Mayall was more raw.

gatorade
(Peninsuland)
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 18:38
 
 gypsyman wrote:
I walked into the room, heard this, and said to myself, "Gee, that sounds like Paul Butterfield".

Shit, I'm getting old.
 
Bwahahaha.

gatorade
(Peninsuland)
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 18:36
 
Now we're getting someplace! {#Bananasplit}

citybiker
(Chicago)
Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 11:58
 
Good thing the statues' mammaries are cloaked, otherwise John Ashcroft woulda' come a knockin'

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 07:39
 
There needs to be a new rating listing added somewhere near the bottom that just says 'OUCH!'

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 07:35
 
 Sjaaks wrote:


No you've got to be kidding. This sounds like Steven Seagal and his shitty band. This guy has no idea what he's doing with his guitar. It sounds like the only thing he's trying to do is make sure he fills every second with all the notes he can play. There really is no logic whatsoever in what he's doing... It's all pentatonic scales so believe me, as a guitar player myself, it's not even difficult what he's doing...

So does somebody equal him? I can not think of a guitar player in the entire RP playlist that's worse than this guy, no, SERIOUSLY.

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Bloomfield could be brilliant at times, but perhaps his substance abuse problems may have prevented him from being brilliant all the time.

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 10:01
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
No you've got to be kidding. This sounds like Steven Seagal and his shitty band. This guy has no idea what he's doing with his guitar. It sounds like the only thing he's trying to do is make sure he fills every second with all the notes he can play. There really is no logic whatsoever in what he's doing... It's all pentatonic scales so believe me, as a guitar player myself, it's not even difficult what he's doing...

So does somebody equal him? I can not think of a guitar player in the entire RP playlist that's worse than this guy, no, SERIOUSLY.

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You missed this, to be sure:

 

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:56
 
 sejoevia wrote:
Now, can someone tell me who plays the first guitar solo? Bloomfield of Bishop? 
 
Bloomfield—generally in the right channel.

rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands)
Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:55
 
....great...can´t stop shakin my ass to that......{#Dancingbanana_2}

joelbb
Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:53
 
A genuinely seminal album in the popularization of Blues in the mid-60s.  Waaay too good to be commercial.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:52
 
 gypsyman wrote:
I walked into the room, heard this, and said to myself, "Gee, that sounds like Paul Butterfield".

Shit, I'm getting old.
 
Well, just think, eventually you may get so old that you won't recognize the work of musical artists.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 12:08
 
I walked into the room, heard this, and said to myself, "Gee, that sounds like Paul Butterfield".

Shit, I'm getting old.

ycb661
Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 12:04
 
I love old stereo - no fancy mix - like a tiny band playing on my desk.

sejoevia
Posted: May 23, 2012 - 07:14
 
As a 16 year-old Beatles fan, my fellow band mate (21 years old) took me to see the BBB in Boston. He played their Born In Chicago album for me before it and I nearly puked - did nothing for me. We went to the show and it was actually a life changing experience for a guitarist. Mind you the album East West had just been released (65-ish?) and a 16 year-old Beatles fan is sitting there saying HOLY CRAP! Watching Bloomfield and Bishop was amazing! I rode home that night and couldn't sleep for hours. Pulled my guitar out and started trying to figure out what they were doing. So, almost 50 years later people are commenting on what they consider modal crap. They were way ahead of their time and I'm happy for it.

Now, can someone tell me who plays the first guitar solo? Bloomfield of Bishop? 

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 07:23
 
Somebody is playing too fast, or not fast enough, or something. I can't sort out the rhythm in my head, I get confused then someone starts up something completely different...is it supposed to be confused? Don't get me wrong...I can keep up, just not with this band.

icemang
(Boston & DC, mostly)
Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 07:18
 
Plus, the harp just sucks, I hate his harp.

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 03:52
 
 bytejunkie55 wrote:

you gotta be kidding right. Lets see who today equals him.
hmmm, still thinking....still thinking....

 

No you've got to be kidding. This sounds like Steven Seagal and his shitty band. This guy has no idea what he's doing with his guitar. It sounds like the only thing he's trying to do is make sure he fills every second with all the notes he can play. There really is no logic whatsoever in what he's doing... It's all pentatonic scales so believe me, as a guitar player myself, it's not even difficult what he's doing...

So does somebody equal him? I can not think of a guitar player in the entire RP playlist that's worse than this guy, no, SERIOUSLY.

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Xing
Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 03:44
 
There are awesome guitar solos and there is this. Who said, that drugs are good for music?

bytejunkie55
(Seattle (water world))
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 20:33
 
 ncollingridge wrote:

Couldn't agree more. Self indulgent noodling with no sense of melody and very dodgy rhythm. Add to that some totally uninspired bass and drums and this represents two hours (at least - it may have been longer) out of my life.
 
you gotta be kidding right. Lets see who today equals him.
hmmm, still thinking....still thinking....


Stingray
(JULIAN'S NWO)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 15:39
 
Speaking of shitty covers...!

The Buttermilk Blues Band, on the other hand, was great!

From today's point of view onlyl good enough for a "Blues Night" in the diaspora, though!

ncollingridge
(Knebworth, UK)
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 09:31
 
 spaceman wrote:

I don't know which one Mike Bloomfield is, but I thought all of the guitar solo parts were pretty horrible. Especially the ones on the right stereo channel. If that's Mike Bloomfield, I really don't understand what's so great about him. The whole thing sounds like a drunken jam session at best, not something I'd consider ready for release.
 
Couldn't agree more. Self indulgent noodling with no sense of melody and very dodgy rhythm. Add to that some totally uninspired bass and drums and this represents two hours (at least - it may have been longer) out of my life.

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 06:17
 
It's 1965 and out of nowhere this LP shows up. In contrast to day's music, and today's listeners, I'll give you that this may sound a bit dated. To me, however, it's still an all-time classic that totally stood out from any other popular music (so-called "race records" excluded, to which I had yet to have any significant exposure).

Please approach with a open mind, haters... I think you're missing out. 

Grammarcop
(The Paris of the Midwest)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 15:30
 
Back in the day, I regularly heard Saturday night bar bands that tried to sound just like this.


Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 15:25
 
Ruler

jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 15:24
 
Annoying song.....{#No}.................................*mute*

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 14:22
 
 spigolli wrote:
Love the stereo separation - why's it so rare these days?
 
I've been asking the same question for years.  It makes a recording more enjoyable for me.
Maybe if I had only one ear...


ScottD
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 14:20
 
I've always enjoyed this tune, but my favorite version was done by Eric Burden and the Animals. I heard it on "The Sixties on the Beeb". It's a series of interviews and recording made on the BBC from around 1964 through 1970. A gem if you can find it.

vzmax
(Vienna)
Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 05:41
 
Nightly mosquitoes are more enjoyable.
Bill, you're so cruel to inflict us this thing !

bbryan
(Don't believe everything you think)
Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 13:45
 
Maybe it is called the Work Song because it still needs a little more work...

tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 19:32
 
 tiggers wrote:
Way way too long and that guitar sound is horrible in places. A nice solid 2 as no matter how bad it is it ain't Bob Dylan
 

Well then... you may wanna pass on a live version of Maggie's Farm at the Newport Folk Festival ('64? '65?) when Dylan and Mike Bloomfield tore the place up as one generation passed the torch to another!

jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 00:58
 
I remember one dreary San Francisco night in late 1969 going over to Keystone Korner to catch some nightlife. And what  night it was Kooper and Bloomfield wailing as the Butterfield Blues Band. Yowsa!

spaceman
(Vienna, Austria)
Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 00:47
 
 Govi wrote:
Every time I hear this and the first Butterfield albums—and particularly this song—I relish all the tasty playing from everyone in this band, but especially that of Mike Bloomfield. His guitar playing is just so elegantly effortless.
 
I don't know which one Mike Bloomfield is, but I thought all of the guitar solo parts were pretty horrible. Especially the ones on the right stereo channel. If that's Mike Bloomfield, I really don't understand what's so great about him. The whole thing sounds like a drunken jam session at best, not something I'd consider ready for release.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 07:00
 
 glydev wrote:
I remember back when we used to argue who was the better guitarist, Mike Bloomfield or Peter Green (I'm not sure why they were always paired against each other - maybe the "white boy" blues guitarist tag) After hearing this again, Peter Green had nothing to worry about - The guitar soloing on this track is actually painful. I honestly never understood why Bloomfield was held in such high regard.
I thought Stephen Stills saved the first "super session" lp....
 
Bloomfield had speed issues, which interfered both with the quantity and quality of his playing. When he was on, he was the best; but when he was speeding—and, say, had been awake for 3-4 days—he could screw it up big time. That's why Kooper called Stills in to finish the Super Session album and had to put out a call when he was recording The Live Adventures of Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield. FWIW, his peers (Cippolina, Santana, Kaukonen, Levenger, Banana, Duncan, Bishop, and so on) revered him. If you ever saw him play live and relatively straight, you'd understand: no one could touch him. A troubled soul. RIP.


spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 06:29
 
Love the stereo separation - why's it so rare these days?

Clark_Kent
(Krypton...well, almost (Vienna))
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 12:03
 
please make it go away!

RParadise
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 12:00
 
 glydev wrote:
I remember back when we used to argue who was the better guitarist, Mike Bloomfield or Peter Green (I'm not sure why they were always paired against each other - maybe the "white boy" blues guitarist tag) After hearing this again, Peter Green had nothing to worry about - The guitar soloing on this track is actually painful. I honestly never understood why Bloomfield was held in such high regard.
I thought Stephen Stills saved the first "super session" lp....
 
Maybe you should have had a talk with Muddy Waters.  Mike was one of his favorite "young" guitar players.  Not too shabby of a recommendation I would think.


crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 21:34
 
Painful noodling on multiple annoying instruments. Ugh. This is so bad it's almost a joke. Is it? Tell me it is!! {#Pray}

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 21:33
 
 fuh2 wrote:
Cool ambiance -9 up
 

The guitar is LOUD and RIGHT!  Harmonica helps in a good way!


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 22:29
 
Man, these guys had the chops. I used to spool this up on the reel-to-reel for big outdoor parties, and just let the good times roll. Seems like Heaven, from here anyway. {#Wave}

fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 15:10
 
Cool ambiance -9 up

bachbeet
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 15:09
 
Great song from a great blues album with some of the best musicians of the time.  Bloomfield and Bishop definitely played well together on this one.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 14:28
 
Growing up I was lucky to have friends who were smart enough or discriminating enough or whatever to listen to this.

glydev
(Brooklyn, New York)
Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 20:48
 
I remember back when we used to argue who was the better guitarist, Mike Bloomfield or Peter Green (I'm not sure why they were always paired against each other - maybe the "white boy" blues guitarist tag) After hearing this again, Peter Green had nothing to worry about - The guitar soloing on this track is actually painful. I honestly never understood why Bloomfield was held in such high regard.
I thought Stephen Stills saved the first "super session" lp....

tiggers
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:55
 
Way way too long and that guitar sound is horrible in places. A nice solid 2 as no matter how bad it is it ain't Bob Dylan

Mandible
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:54
 
 sirrus wrote:
...hoping Natalie Merchant doesn't sneak her way into this one...{#Shifty}
 
{#Pray} we can only pray


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:53
 
Sheesh!

First of all, if you know anything about Butterfield's history, then you know that the Chicago cats considered him one of their own. Period. So don't give me that "white boy blues" crap. (BTW, note that this was an integrated band, then see the year reference below.)

Second, Mike Bloomfield was one of the greatest pioneering electric guitar players that lived. And when you consider that this was recorded no later than 1965, all of this is even more outstanding!

Oh, and Elvin Bishop was definitely leaning over Mike's shoulder learning how to really play. (Elvin was not all unhappy to have Mike depart to form the Electric Flag!)


RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:51
 
Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on guitars, yeah!

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:51
 
WOW, What a blast from the past. Dig that bass!!!

mgkiwi
(French Alps - rivet rivet)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 07:44
 
Wicked! {#Cool}

sirrus
(#8-)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 07:42
 
 mandolin wrote:
...thank donkey it's not natalie merchant...
 
{#High-five}