The Butterfield Blues Band
| The Butterfield Blues Band | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Blues , blues rock |
| founding | 1964 |
| resolution | 1971 |
| Founding members | |
| Paul Butterfield | |
| Smokey Smothers | |
guitar |
Elvin Bishop |
| Jerome Arnold | |
| Sam Lay | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, harmonica |
Paul Butterfield |
Singing, percussion
|
Big Black |
percussion |
Bobbye Hall |
Drums |
George Davidson |
Drums |
Dennis Whitted |
| Gene Dinwiddie | |
saxophone |
Dave Sanborn |
saxophone |
Trevor Lawrence |
| Steve Madaio | |
| Ted Harris | |
| Vanetta Fields | |
Backing vocals |
Merry Clayton |
| former members | |
guitar |
Elvin Bishop |
guitar |
Mike Bloomfield |
guitar |
Ralph Wash |
Vocals, bass |
Rod Hicks |
bass |
Bugsy Maugh |
bass |
Fred Beckmeier |
Drums |
Billy Davenport |
Drums |
Phillip Wilson |
Trumpet |
Keith Johnson |
| Mark Naftalin | |
guitar |
Buzzy Feiten |
piano |
Jerry Ragovoy |
The Butterfield Blues Band was founded in 1965 by Paul Butterfield . The rest of the band was initially made up of Smokey Smothers , Jerome Arnold, Sam Lay and Elvin Bishop . At the Newport Folk Festival , Bob Dylan was so impressed with the band's performance that he hired them as the backing band for his first electric folk gig .
Smothers left the band very soon, Mike Bloomfield and Mark Naftalin joined him . Their first album The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965), which received critical acclaim, included many blues classics. Shortly afterwards Lay left the band, Billy Davenport came for him . With the new man on drums, the band recorded their second album East - West (1966). On August 22, 1967, she played in the opening act for Cream at Fillmore West . A new addition was Gene Dinwiddie , David Sanborn and Keith Johnson . A little later, Arnold and Davenport were replaced by Bugsy Maugh and Phil Wilson , and Bloomfield went to The Electric Flag . In 1967 they performed at the Monterey Pop Festival .
The '68 LP The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw also got very good reviews. Naftalin joined Mother Earth in 1968 . In 1968 In My Own Dream was released . In contrast to the fans, the critics didn't like it very much, they described the album as good and boring. A short break in the studio followed.
In 1969 The Butterfield Blues Band was reorganized. Butterfield, Dinwiddie, Wilson, Sanborn, and Johnson were still there. Buzzy Feiten, Rod Hicks, Steve Madaio, Ted Harris, Trevor Lawrence, Jerry Ragovoy (as producer) and Fred Beckmeier were added. On Keep On Moving the band combined blues, jazz , soul and rock . In August 1969, The Butterfield Blues Band performed at the Woodstock Festival .
The band played Butterfield, Dinwiddie, Harris, Hicks, Madaio, Lawrence, Ralph Wash and George Davidson on the 1970 album Live .
In 1971 she released the album Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin ' , which featured Butterfield, Sanborn, Dinwiddie, Madaio, Lawrence, Davidson, Harris, Big Black , Dennis Whitted, Bobbye Hall and choristers Vanetta Fields and Merry Clayton . Shortly thereafter, the band broke up.
Discography
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965; Elektra)
- East-West (1966; Elektra)
- The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw (1967; Elektra)
- In My Own Dream (1968; Elektra)
- Keep On Moving (1969; Elektra)
- Live (1970; Elektra)
- Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin ' (1971; Elektra)
- Golden Butter: The Best of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1972; Elektra)
- An Offer You Can't Refuse (1972; Red Lightnin '), split with Big Walter Horton , contains early recordings by the Butterfield Blues Band from 1963
- Strawberry Jam: Recorded Live 1966-1968 (1995; Winner)
- The Original Lost Elektra Sessions (1995; Elektra), contains previously unpublished recordings from 1964
- East-West Live (1996; Winner), contains three live versions of the song East-West , recorded 1966-7
- An Anthology: The Elektra Years (1997; Elektra)
Web links
The Butterfield Blues Band at Discogs (English)