The Butterfield Blues Band East-West (LP, 180g Vinyl)

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The Butterfield Blues Band: East-West (LP, 180g Vinyl)

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The Butterfield Blues Band was founded in 1963 by blues harmonica player and singer Paul Butterfield.
Their classic album East-West, released in 1966, offers an outstanding combination of psychedelic rock and traditional blues music.

At that time the super group consisted of guitar hero Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Mark Naftalin, bassist Jerome Arnold, drummer Billy Davenport and of course the master Paul Butterfield himself. The authentic blues sounds are cleverly interwoven with sounds of jazz and reggae music. On East-West, each of the talented musicians can be heard as an individual, with the interaction resulting in a perfect overall work.

The album turned out to be one of the essential masterpieces of the Blues-Rock movement of the 60s. Paul Butterfield died in 1987 at the age of 44 and continued recording new songs until shortly before his death. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2006 and again as a member of his own Butterfield Blues Band in 2015.

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Interpret: The Butterfield Blues Band
Album titlle: East-West (LP, 180g Vinyl)
Genre Blues
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
Label Music On Vinyl Records
Artikelart LP
Year of publication 2020
EAN: 8719262007420
weight in Kg 0.3

Butterfield Blues Band, Paul - East-West (LP, 180g Vinyl) LP 1
01	Walkin' Blues	The Butterfield Blues Band
02	Get Out Of My Life, Woman	The Butterfield Blues Band
03	I Got A Mind To Give Up Living	The Butterfield Blues Band
04	All These Blues	The Butterfield Blues Band
05	Work Song	The Butterfield Blues Band
06	Mary, Mary	The Butterfield Blues Band
07	Two Trains Running	The Butterfield Blues Band
08	Never Say No	The Butterfield Blues Band
09	East-West	The Butterfield Blues Band

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band During the early 1960s, young blues aficionados in their... more

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"The Butterfield Blues Band"

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

During the early 1960s, young blues aficionados in their teens like Charlie Musselwhite, Michael Bloomfield, and Paul Butterfield ventured into the blues clubs on Chicago’s South Side to attend performances by the originators of post-war electric Chicago style blues like Otis Rush, Little Walter, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, a.m.o. Eventually, they found their way on stage jamming with the black bluesmen they so much apprenticed.

Before forming the Butterfield Blues Band in 1963, Paul Butterfield (harmonica, vocals) played with University of Chicago classmate Elvin Bishop in bar bands named the Salt and Pepper Shakers, or the South Side Olympic Blues Team. The original line-up of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band included two former members of Howlin' Wolf's band, Jerome Arnold (bass) and Sam Lay (drums), later adding Bishop (guitar), Mark Naftalin (piano, organ), and lead guitarist Mike Bloomfield. The group built a strong local following, and its debut album was released in 1965. At that year's Newport Folk Festival, after playing its own set, the Butterfield band backed Bob Dylan for his controversial premiere electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival.

Whereas the 1965 self-titled debut contained hard-core Chicago style blues including several originals, the 1967 follow-up album, ’East-West’ spun off into an entirely different direction. Its long improvisational jams, notably the raga-tinged title song, showed more Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane than Muddy Waters.

Not long after the release of ’East-West’, the original Butterfield Blues Band broke up. Bloomfield went on to found The Electric Flag with soul-mate Nick Gravenites, and to record ’Super Session’ in collaboration with Al Kooper.

The now-called Paul Butterfield Blues Band continued to record for Elektra Records until 1971. Butterfield added a brass section (including David Sanborn on alto saxophone) and changed his basic musical direction from blues to horn-driven R&B and soul music with a bluesy touch. As a sideman, he played on Muddy Waters' 1969 album, ’Fathers and Sons’, and after disbanding his Blues Band in 1972, moved to Woodstock, New York. There he formed Butterfield's Better Days with Amos Garrett, Geoff Muldaur, and Ronnie Barron.

In 1976, Butterfield appeared at The Band’s ’Last Waltz’ concert. He continued to tour with Levon Helm's RCO All Stars and with ex-Band bassist Rick Danko in the Danko-Butterfield Band. In early 1980, while recording ’North-South’ in Memphis, Butterfield was hospitalized. He recorded one more solo album, ’The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again’, which came out in 1986, one year before the 44-year-old musician was found dead in his apartment.

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