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Mike Bloomfield. Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, as he rarely sang before 1969. [1]
May 10, 2019 · From his early days playing rock 'n' roll in bands around Chicago's North Shore suburbs and sitting in with blues legends on the city's South Side, to his fiery 18 months with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, to the creation of the Electric Flag, his innovative brass-fusion band, and his "Super Session" success, Michael Bloomfield ...
In the SPRING of 1963, Bloomfield, George Mitchell and Pete Welding begin producing Tuesday night blues sessions with Big Joe Williams and other older players at the Fickle Pickle. Norman Dayron records each performance and Michael and his wife, Susan, act as the club's short order cooks.
Sep 16, 2006 · (01-04) From the bonus CD that comes with the book "If You Love This Blues" by Jan Wolkin & Bill Keenom, published November 2000. Great bluesy music. Wonder what else Norman Dayron and the family have in their vaults from the early 60’s.
Sep 16, 2006 · Recorded in Michael's Bloomfield Home In Chicago & in Engineer Dan Queen's Home. Producer: Robert G. Koester. James "Yank" Rachell : Mandolin, Vocals. Big Joe Williams : 9-string Guitar, Vocals. Hammie Nixon : Jug, hca. Sleepy John Estes : Acoustic Guitar.
Michael Bloomfield pioneered the new sound of blues-rock in recordings with the Butterfield Blues Band, with his own horn band, the Electric Flag, and with Al Kooper's "Super Session" dates. But he also participated in numerous other sessions.
It's Not Killing Me is the debut solo album by American blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield. It was released in 1969 through Columbia Records.
