Mike Bloomfield ► Blues On The Westside ✤ Live at the Fillmore West 1969 [HQ Audio]
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- HQ Bootleg recording live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, February 8, 1969. Reportedly from Mark Naftalin’s personal soundboard tapes.
Michael Bloomfield - Guitar
Nick Gravenites - Vocals
Mark Naftalin - Piano
Ira Kamin - Organ
John Kahn - Bass
Bob Jones - Drums
Dino Andino - Conga
Noel Jewkis - Tenor Sax
Gerald Oshita - Baritone Sax
Snooky Flowers - Baritone Sax
John Wilmeth - Trumpet
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He was my friend, we got high together and jammed together. I miss him and Buddy and think about them every day of my life.
m. saint sorry for your loss my friend Mike is my all time favorite player, and I also lost a good friend far too young so know the pain. Hope you’re well, and would absolutely love to hear any Bloomfield stories you have to share
m. saint and based on your post I’m guessing you like myself live in the Bay Area. If you ever wanna play some blues let me know
I'm sorry for your loss good sir. I love playing guitar & listening & studying him really taught me a lot. Most importantly he really got me into working on my phrasing. I know that sounds dumb, but that and listening to how violently he played with such passion truly inspired me to take chances myself, & I will always be grateful to him for that. Sorry for rambling
@@Echzachtly Thank you.
@@Echzachtly Today I'm a 75 year old coot living in Laguna Beach where I was born, and thanks for the invite. This virus has made the world too dangerous for an old man to travel anywhere.
So many tasty licks. His vocabulary is incredible.
When he was on he was ON.
Fifteen minutes of pure bliss from the whole band. His playing is beyond human invention with Peter Green on the same interstellar journey. Louie Armstrong, Bird, Diz, Jimi, Django, Wes, CC; so many greats.
1969 I first heard him or at least knew it was him playing I was either listening to electric ladyland or super sessions oh so sweet
Peace ✌️ n Serenity n
Harmony
First saw Mike Bloomfield when we supported them at Manchester University Nov 1966 he was Paul Butterfield and Elvin Bishop they were the
Greatest blues band I ever heard there solos on East west were incredible.
The best ever. Sorry Jimi, Eric and all other great guitarplayers but this is the truth.
absolutely
What expression and tone this guy had. That attack, the way he leans into the string with the edge of his pick, and the ability to evoke emotion by varying the volume of a phrase. MB was one of those rare musicians who could say more with a single note than others could with a hundred.
He was a forgotten Genius. His style dry, precise and very hypnotic and his lonesome charisma..Oh wow
I would say wet and juicy, but hey, to each they own... 🤗
Had. Michael lived a full life he'd be in every conversation about the best of all time. He's already known as a great by those who know.
Michael was a sweet tortured soul. Those hands....a gift from God.
I think it was himself who picked up the guitar, dude …
Mike Bloomfield from Home That Music Built... The Fillmore West!!!
Everybody studied Michael ,,,everybody learned from Michael,,, Michael was like the high school chemistry teacher of the Blues. The "thinking mans blues guitar player". Miss Ya Michael
That includes David Gilmore too. If you play the second cut 'STOP' on the Supersession album you'll immediately see when Gilmore got his honeyed, slurpy style and chops from.
Cheers mate! From a Duarte native!
I have played this jam literally 11 thousand times - at some point you just set your guitar on fire and walk away. so I've been told. Bloomie.
got turned onto to Michael when I was in high school and still listening to him 50 years later, brother you left far to early, but thank you for the music
I use to hang out at the Filmore in San Francisco as a teenager and had the opportunity to see Michael Bloomfield many times live at The Filmore, Avalon Ballroom and Winterland. He was the best guitar player of that era in my opinion. His playing on the East West album with Paul Butterfield had a profound effect on many young musicians. His group The Electric Flag was became the new sound of San Francisco with a big horn sound. After that Tower of Power, Chicago, Average White Band began that new big band sound. Bloomfield was a legend. Tragic that he died in a car parked on the street overdosed with an empty bottle of Valium by his side. He was also in a battle with Heroin that led to his early death.
Wow. Thank you
Me too
It's not necessary to place Bloomfield on a pinnacle to acknowledge his greatness. He could play the blues spectacularly. Period. Garcia, Santana, Cipollina and Kaukonen (and Kimock, later) each and all have a far wider range of chops and depth of expression. Claiming Bloomfield as their superior just exposes the limits and prejudices of the claimant. No offense, but let's be real.
Thank YOU all. I met MB twice: once in Boston; once 14 years later at Tulagi's in Boulder. ALWAYS a forthright, positive master who was yer pal, even tho' years & thosands of miles had separated us... R.I.P.
Thank you my friend. I knew all the GTOs and Frank too. I knew Pam Des Barres and all the other groupies including Cindy Plaster Caster and her old lady. They used to rent my apartment to do their "artwork" when they'd come down to L.A. Me and Rodney used to go get girls for the rock stars and bring them back to their hotel rooms at the Continental Hyatt House. I was at that time the Hollywood elite's weed man. I'd bring smoke and hash up from Laguna Beach every weekend. I miss those daze.
proud to be fifteen and finding all this solid gold
glad to be 73 and finding all this solid gold
Check out guitarist Ethan Mckenna on Bandcamp and youtube.
@@scottmckenna9164 technical genius, not really a style i find listenable
Do you play? If not get a decent fender Telecaster and start digging. There’s a lot more down there...
@@Jake-wl7mh oh yeah ive been playing for 5 years
I can’t get enough
The only blues guitar lesson you will ever need....
for Bob Dylan the best guitarist he has ever heard.
Deserves a million likes
You can almost hear his mind working ahead of the song. So clean,clear as mountain water.I miss him.
Bloomfield also played with Buddy Miles in The Electric Flag a great band.
probably the best guitarist ever
Heard Supersession at school 1967, dumbstruck and converted immediately. A blues convert from that moment.
Mike Bloomfield, rip.
I told a friend in 1969 that Supersession was the best album that would ever be recorded. Now, 55 years later I think I was right!
This is consummate blues playing; I've never heard better. Was fortunate to see Mike play with Al Kooper at the Fillmore East, and then solo acoustic at San Francisco's Boarding House.
I’ll stick w slow blues... Duane Allman ‘Loan Me A Dime”
I heard him twice live once in SF and in LA
Yeah, that's exactly what i ve heard right before this, how cool. I m just discovering Mike bloomfield, this is beautiful.
I agree - That would be the left track on an unfortunate mix of a live show back when live music was recorded ... well, live. Is that Al Kooper playing in something entirely different but equally loud off to my righ?
No Kooper at these shows. Keyboards were Mark Naftalin and Ira Kamin.
This Song is on my first Blues LP "Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West". I purchased it in 1969. I listend to it more than a thousand times but I won't stop doing so because it is in good shape and I still love this great sound. And the Blues lives forever ...😍🎼🎸.
The Musicians were:
Mike Bloomfield Lead Guitar and Vocals
Mark Naftalin Piano
Ira Kamin Organ
Bob Jones Drums and Vocals
Dino Andino Congas
Noel Jewkins Tenor Sax
Gerald Oshita Baritone Sax
Snooky Flowers Baritone Sax
John Wilmeth Trumpet
Guests:
Jesse Davis 2nd Guitar
Nick Gravenites Vocals
Taj Mahal Vocals and Harp
😎
Thank you so much.😊
My favorite blues guitarists all died too young. Mike, Danny and Roy.
is there a like++++++++++++++ choice? f'n A, this is killer sh*t man. this makes the world a better place for about 15 minutes.
Mike Bloomfield and his LP. Nothing sweeter.
Happy to have found this piece of art...right on man
This may be the best blues performance I ha e ever heard. Holy shit the tone. The feeling. My god ❤
It's good but no way lol it's not overly unique like something from Rory Gallagher or Roy Buchanan
He didn't use crunch and stuff. Preferred the clean sound.
His tone was his strength. I prefer other guitarists when it comes to feeling
Saw Rory play Central Park one night ca. 1975 opening for Aerosmith. I was about 18 and knew nothing about him. That changed! Aerosmith came onstage and was booed, fact.
@@theherbpuffer
Mike smokes the shit outta Rory and Roy, hands down playing the Blues!
100%
Respect & Love from Greece !🥰
@user-le4bt9gx6w Peace and Love from the other side of Aegean Sea ✌️ 🎶 ❤
Great alternate version (fourth verse!), though I prefer the released take (first verse pretty much says it all) for its three different massive Mike solos (especially where he delivers a super-intense climax, takes a bow, then goes into another more relaxed solo).
Guy's amazing! I would go hear him play when he was playing around the San Francisco bay area. Saw him with Butterfield and the Electric Flag. Last time I saw him was in a small bar / restaurant in North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. He was on a small stage jamming blues and maybe some jazz with one or two other guys. Had a great table right in front. Scene was real casual, they were sitting in chairs not standing up. Must have been 1970 or 71.
Hey, Duffy.
Possibly the Coffee Gallery. More likely Savoy Tivoli.
We had Nick more frequently at the Coffee Gallery, Michael usually was up the hill and across the street.
Grant Avenue had at least 3 or 4 active music bars at that time. Gods, we were having fun, but really had NO idea how damned lucky we were.
@@beachdog67 Yea! I remember walking up Grant that evening with my friend heading for the place Mike was playing. Can't tell you the name of the place. But if I walked inside today I could identify it. Unless it has been remodled! hehe.
Wow. What a memorable experience for you.
awesome to have been around that scene then----historical.....
December 1969 - Michael and Elvin Bishop alternated nights at Keystone Korner in North Beach. Best thing the USMC ever did for me was sending me there for that week.
Nothing more tasty in any Blues tune.
Many monsters with amazing solos BUT this is tasty as hell!!!!
It’s too bad there’s almost no videos of Michael performing.
I was lucky enough to see him live in Chicago with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band . My older brother knew him when they were in high school.
The -Other Side is.... These day's it's disgusting to see all the I phones in the artists face.... Seen Robben Ford step across a table to get some rude dudes phone...felt embarrassed to even see it...It affected the show....LEAVE YOUR PHONES IN THE CAR..PLEASE
ENJOY THE MOMENT.......
Very cool man!
@@john-zw9rw : EVERY body is a videographer and movie producer, as long as they have their smart phone! It certainly seems to give people some sort of false sense of empowerment.
Yes, get some memories written down to share with the rest of us.
thats awesome man dont know why people having phones is such a problem but who cares
A profound and fluent talent. Mike Bloomfield was someone who phrased with fast and slow rhythm. The music is seamless.
My father hung with him in the 60s in the city! i never heard him till last night! LET ME TELL YOU! as an aspiring blues player! I never heard felling like that from an axe toter in my life! not clapton! jimmy! greene! NOBODY! JIMMY was the most unique, no doubt! but a zillion ppl played bloomfields style! and dont come close! SPECIAL FO' SHO'
How did your Dad not turn you on to him?
If you never heard felling like that as you said then you need to go hear the masters that’s what Bloomfield did. BB, Freddie, Albert, TBone Walker, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin and I could go on and on.
You know it's really not a competition we all love the blues the fans the players it's all one love
No one like him! Mike is the MASTER! My n°1 favourite guitar player! For me Bloomy, Kossoff and Peter Green are the best blues-rock guitar players of all time!!
listen to rory gallagher at all? he rocks the blues pretty mean
Rory was good.@@Squillium-vs2is
Naw Luther ALLISON
The man dug down deep and brought it to life! Put his heart and soul into his playing.
Michael Bloomfield was God....A master Blues purist, yet , a slow fast handed, fluid jazzy violinist.....Nobody like him in America at that time..
Love and miss you Mike, you'll always be my hero, to good for this world. Stop the Hate✡️💔🥀
He was a joy as a kid......... so caring of the kiddies!
Remember being introduced to this guy by a friend when I heard a him play on one of his albums. One of the best blues guys ever.
Mike Bloomfield left us too soon.
1981 at the age of 37. Heard the news
after a local gig with my HS band.
Sad news.
Thanks, just love what he called sweet blues.
OMG the best blues guitar I’ve ever heard
*Michael Bloomfield - July 28, 1943 - February 15, 1981* - Shared on Facebook, February 15, 2021.
Never been a better intro to any song…ever…period! Thank you, Mike. RIP
The Great Mike Bloomfield
One of the unsung guitar heroes.
He helped Dylan creating folkrock.
Wrong. The Byrds and others created folk rock singing Dylan's folk and protest songs. Mike helped Dylan go electric and caused a major conflict with folk singers. See Newport 1965 for details about the betrayal folk singers felt. Dylan would eventually write songs about the conflict and the betrayal he felt.
harsh, bro...
Record companies, and fair weather friends what could
Go.😮wrong? TV
He was the best blues player in my opinion, no one can emote more feeling,and yes people like Stevie ray and BONISAMI OWE MUCH TO MIKE. ASK THEM. I AM 71 I REMEMBER AND LOVE BLOOMFIELD. HE COULD squeeze out emotion out of wood and strings.why do so many talented people have to suffer so much tragedy in their lives?Mike was the most gentle guy. When every else in Chicago carried a snub nose 38 mike never carried,he preferred ducking under tables.maybe that was how he made it through the south side of Chicago.
It's great I haven't yet until now . Been blessed with the sounds of Mr. Bloomfield. Yet with in the first notes he played im in love with every note I haven't yet heard. Man the blues the great mood enhancer on the planet yes I'm a white guy born in the middle sixty's and the blues successfully takes me as far as Robert Johnson and before. I have love for every music type kinda like in-laws but the Blues man is a genius sound not mortal made ,yet heaven sent down to those who needed it most. Black folks thank you for the heaven sent gift you shared for all the world to soak in. Yes I'm almost Mr Bloomfield is a white man but my point proven The Blues is the most powerful drug on the planet just listen to this guy drop it out and live no less.
I'm 60 and my pops would have dug this shit
3 people accidentally hit the dislike button and are now having trouble living it down.
! It's now 13! They're called solipsistic nihilists! Pity them!
So damn good. Give me the blues every time
The VERY BEST of all times!
Michael was truly a natural born bluesman. Makes me proud to be from Chicago
Absolutely the best live recording quality of the era that I have ever heard! He was a supreme talent for sure......
Remind me of Roy Buchanan ❤
Michael was a genius! Thanks for posting this.
@patyrod YW. Enjoy 🎶✌️
P90’s Pickups
That’s Bloomfield at his best for sure, almost going off the rails
IMHO and I know is it so subjective …..Mike was right up there with the very finest blues fret masters …sometimes it’s the notes he’s Not playing that made him so unique.
Gods speed Mike.
He had it all worked out! 🤩🤩🤩
Great googly moogly😳
That was awesome
This is a great upload. Holy cow Mike had terrific command of the guitar, stripped down to its essentials. People think you can just wiggle your fingers around in the pentatonic/blues scale; this guy had PHRASING to spare!
love that you said phrasing. Its exactly that. The note before and the note after give meaning to the note in the middle.......but they are ALL middle notes! I still listen to his solo on "I Got A Mind To Give Up Living" and time stops. th-cam.com/video/Nmis_zUl2C4/w-d-xo.html
I have a wrap-around bridge '54 Goldtop like Mike's pictured here. It's the best guitar I've ever played or heard and it kills 'Bursts. Mike is always on fire. Just the best.
One of the greats song and player ahead of his time
Such an amazing Blues Axeman... blew my doors off back in the day with his Electric Flag stuff and Super Session stuff... still have to hear it regularly... gone way too young.
Absolutely stellar tone.
amazing , authentic tone. So much dynamics in the playing
No effects…just Mike, his Les Paul and twin reverb amp…pouring his heart out!
I love Bloomfield. Between Clapton, page, green and Bloomfield I had no choice but to fall for the burst.
Amazing Guitarist , Thanks Mark
RIP Michael.
Like so many greats,You where taken to soon…
You legendary guitar playing lives on and inspires many! 🎸🎸🎸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤙
COOL COOL COOL ❤🎸💪
Now can I hear why Robben Ford mentions Mike Bloomfield so often :-)
Incredible stuff here of michaels (he just doesn’t run out of tasteful notes at the right time,noT to mention Nick gravesites vocals!-these were the days they were probably living over on Carmelita drive.
I love this tune. Tough to learn, starting guitar at my advanced age, and I will never get it note-for-note, but am making progress using my Gibby Tribute LP with P90s into a Blues Junior iii Tweed. A masterclass in Chicago blues style, no? I love how he mixes major and minor scales in the same lick, with the occasional chord tone, or even off tone for emphasis. Great way to spend retirement afternoons.
Playing guitar isn't like trying out for their Chicago Bears. You're not too old to learn this song note for note. There's nothing he's doing here that is out of the realm of any average guitarist. You just got to learn it piece by piece. Someone once said to me "How do you eat an elephant?...One piece at a time".
One Never "Gets" another's Style. You can only "Become" your Own...
@@pmkrak hmm
This is a Bloomfield focused mix or recording of that gig. I have the original LP and his guitar is much farther back although this sounds like another night. However this is like using a magnifying glass on him! Great if you want to study Bloomfield. Stone Blues was never played as well.
Holy shit that's good.
TIZZLE~TIZZLE 😎👍👍 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 & 💎💎💎💎💎
ABSOLUTELY MOST FANTASTIC!!!!🎊🎉
Always Good Vibes From Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sincerely, Tom Weidler
Beautiful tone and playing from Mike Bloomfield.
Excellent. Thank You for Posting This. Best Regards
Is there a guitar player as underrated as Bloomfield? He was the real deal..what an amazing talent!
Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan because those two should be consistently in the conversation of greatest ever with Hendrix, SRV, Clapton
Steven Lukather?
Neil Shon ?
@@anthonyetemadi7975 lol now y'all are just naming some randoms. Of course they'll be "underrated" if they're even halfways decent and no one's heard of them lmao by the way , Journeys ass
Well how about Gary Moore,is that better?
Ah yes.......whew, sweet. ✌️
This boy could sure play......
How cool is that!
I wish I could play like Mike, what a sound!
I'd heard about Mike Bloomfield growing up, but never heard anything by him until the past year or so, checking out blues guitar vids on YT (I grew up on the Stones, Mick Taylor, Clapton, Bolan, etc., a mixed bag of guitar styles from the 70's and 80's). I'm quite impressed, I can see why guys were into him so much back then (and even now). Bloomfield's playing is so intricate... From my standpoint, he reminds me a bit more of Peter Green than any other players from the 1960's, very tasteful playing, incredible style. Just my own take on it. Thanks for posting this. Super clean recording!
Agree he and Green similar in playing style! Every note heard and appropriately placed. Beautiful
Also the 1st guy i the States to have a 59 Burst. Keith was 1st in England
Besides similarities to Peter Greene, I hear some BB King in his playing.
@@Gallagherfreak100 both apostles of Chicago blues.... so definitely BB King influence in both their play👍
If you haven't heard it, check out "I Got a Mind to Give Up Living" on East West. The Blues!
Ah, the OTHER version of Blues on a Westside. Cool!
That funky sound brings back memories.
I wonder how many british blues players were influenced by Bloomfields playing and didn't like to admit it cos it was cool to say B.B King , Otis Rush etc... ? Just a thought . 😉🎸
Doesn't show. Straight away can hear Roy Buchanen.
Every English guitar player was influenced by bloomfield
I hear Robben Ford in here, or I hear Bloomfield in Ford's playing. Though not British I love the feel both get from their guitars
Stunned with clear sbd tape! Thank you for great sharing.
GUITAR TO AMP..........100 PERCENT CLEAN...........NO PEDALS CLEAN BABY
thank YOU.....NEVER see that nowadays....they're all hiding behind the pedals and tricking EVERYBODY....
to be fair, this is not a clean sound, there is a lot of overdrive on that guitar, it might be the overdrive of an low watt, turned up amp but thats just what some of those pedals are trying to emulate. if a guitarist has a 100w amp i dont think putting something like an tube screamer in the loop to get a sound similar to this is hiding behind a pedal, i dont think people want that guitarist to ruin the song with volume. beside that, some pedals used moderately can be nice for some guitarists.
@@lingsimega It's a Les Paul into a dimed Twin. He's getting natural overdrive from the power tubes there.
Soft but edgy.. his playing just wraps himself around you. Super Sessions combined Mike and Stephen Stills which was nice.. the most underrated guitarest.,ever
ver...
I’m diggin them 12 bar blues
Love the way he styles his 6ths intervals.
WOW!!
Phrasing from heaven