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Amherst. Formerly of. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer, and bandleader. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an American blues and blues-rock band from Chicago. Formed in the summer of 1963, the group originally featured eponymous vocalist and harmonicist Paul Butterfield, guitarist Elvin Bishop, bassist Jerome Arnold, and drummer Sam Lay. [1]
May 4, 2023 · Paul Butterfield was arguably the first authentic white bluesman to emerge from the US. Not only was he a consummate singer and harmonica player, but he was also a bandleader whose deep feeling for the blues went way beyond mere slavish reverence.
Paul Vaughn Butterfield - ( December 17, 1942) - Chicago, Illinois - - (May 4, 1987) - North, Hollywood, Los Angeles - Blues Band ( Walking Blues - Liv...
Though many would argue that Paul Butterfield was a game changer, innovator and rule-breaker, taking the harmonica and the blues to a whole new level, there was very little beyond his recordings to document his life.
Horn From The Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story is a feature-length Paul Butterfield documentary about the life and career of legendary blues musician Paul Butterfield.
Grounded by the music of their South Side heroes – Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Elmore James, and others – the Paul Butterfield Blues Band changed rock & roll as surely as any band in mid-sixties America.
May 6, 1987 · Paul Butterfield, the harmonica player who led the Butterfield Blues Band, was found dead Monday at his apartment in Los Angeles. He was 44 years old.
Paul Butterfield. Iconoclastic Chicago harmonica player whose storming blues band produced seminal work that drew on rock, psychedelia, jazz, and Indian classical. Read Full Biography.
Paul Butterfield ranks among the most influential harp players in the Blues. Born in 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, he began playing classical flute as a child.
