08-11-2013, 19:45
how about we take a brief look back at these nominees
CH and I have a stake in this (we've been there)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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Bio
âI was born in Chicago â nineteen and forty-oneâ¦â The racially mixed Paul Butterfield Blues Band blasted-off from the Windy City with a wall-
of-sound fueled by Butterfieldâs inspired harmonica and lead guitarist Mike Bloom­fieldâs explosive lead guitar â at that moment, American rock
and roll collided with the real South­side Chicago blues and there was no turning back. Along with original members Elvin Bishop on second
guitar and Mark Naftalin on organ, they conquered the landmark 1965 Newport Folk Festival. It was there Bob Dylan borrowed Bloomfield and the
Butterfield Bandâs African-American rhythm section of Sam Lay on drums and bassist Jerome Arnold (both former Howlinâ Wolf band members) for his
world-shaking electric debut that Sunday evening. The Butterfield Band converted the country-blues purists and turned on the Fillmore generation
to the pleasures of Muddy Waters, Howlinâ Wolf, Little Walter, Willie Dixon and Elmore James. With the release of their blues-drenched debut
album in the fall of 1965, and its adventurous East-West follow-up in the summer of â66, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band kicked open a door that
brought a defining new edge to rock and roll.
a sample:
[video=youtube;PyLh7-MDJZU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyLh7-MDJZU[/video]
CH and I have a stake in this (we've been there)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Bio
âI was born in Chicago â nineteen and forty-oneâ¦â The racially mixed Paul Butterfield Blues Band blasted-off from the Windy City with a wall-
of-sound fueled by Butterfieldâs inspired harmonica and lead guitarist Mike Bloom­fieldâs explosive lead guitar â at that moment, American rock
and roll collided with the real South­side Chicago blues and there was no turning back. Along with original members Elvin Bishop on second
guitar and Mark Naftalin on organ, they conquered the landmark 1965 Newport Folk Festival. It was there Bob Dylan borrowed Bloomfield and the
Butterfield Bandâs African-American rhythm section of Sam Lay on drums and bassist Jerome Arnold (both former Howlinâ Wolf band members) for his
world-shaking electric debut that Sunday evening. The Butterfield Band converted the country-blues purists and turned on the Fillmore generation
to the pleasures of Muddy Waters, Howlinâ Wolf, Little Walter, Willie Dixon and Elmore James. With the release of their blues-drenched debut
album in the fall of 1965, and its adventurous East-West follow-up in the summer of â66, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band kicked open a door that
brought a defining new edge to rock and roll.
a sample:
[video=youtube;PyLh7-MDJZU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyLh7-MDJZU[/video]