Wow! This is a jewel that I will treasure more than you can know! Butterfield was one of my reasons for playing, since 16 years old. That was 53 yrs ago and I still play, but still can't shine a candle next to PB! Love it!
Danko was a tremendous bass player, but my vote for most underrated goes to James Jamerson. His bass lines defined an era and a city, yet few except music fanatics have ever heard of him.
Tony G. Pizza Tony, I've heard of him. You're right, he's up there with the best of them. Great melodic bass lines yet at the same time very clean and percussive.
I saw this band somewhere near San Francisco, I think down the Peninsula, in the late months of 1979. I remember Blondie Chaplin especially tearin' it up. And Rick was always a delight just to be around.
these guys are the greatest.,especially considering that Butter & Danko would both soon be dead from booze , coke & heroin. got turned on to this by the great movie "horn from the Heart the Paul Butterfield Story" thanx for posting this jewel. God bless the ghosts of both Rick & Paul i grew up on the early Butterfield Blues Band.
I’m not certain when this is from, and understand how much Rick struggled, but he lived at least 12 more years after this. And I say that as someone who can watch and understand how much of their pay for the show was probably blow up front. It’s palpable here
I was at that show, I remember patting butterfield on the back as he came off stage and he was soaking wet. I am so thankful to see this show again, I still remember right where I was hanging out stage right. I am a harp player and this show was one that shaped my life's work
I was at this show as well, And I was standing at stage right, And I'm a harp player. Maybe everybody in the room standing at stage right was a harp player;-) I shook Butter's hand after the show; felt like a green kid meeting Mickey Mantle. As Levons Helm so succinctly put it, Paul could blow. Thank you, Paul and Rick and RIP
Saw this tour when they played a downtown Portland club. They were almost an hour late taking the stage, and the audience was in a pissy mood that didn't change until Blondie Chaplin sang "Sail On Sailor."
00:00 I Love You Too Much 05:24 Stage Fright 10:42 Crazy Mama 18:36 Semolina 25:30 The Unfaithful Servant 31:23 Good Feeling 35:08 Java Blues 40:18 Sail On Sailor 44:25 Born In Chicago 50:51 I Love You 55:44 Sick And Tired 1:00:33 Introduction 1:01:07 Mystery Train
Butter was magnificent! Saw him 8/67 at the Fillmore West. He was opening for Cream and had Bloomfield and Bishop on guitars. I worked with Amos Garrett and heard some fantastic Butterfield stories, lots about what a wonderful man and performer he was. Gone too soon!
Think Cream's first tour had them playing at Winterland not Fillmore West, perhaps that was before 8/67. I was there, rather stoned, but don't think PBBB played opening set. Might be wrong, but in those days the PBBB was bigger than any group in SF, bigger than Airplane, Dead, Quicksilver, Charlatans, Country Joe, etc. But that was long ago and my memory might be in error.
Sorry, but your memory is failing you. Bloomfield left the PBBB at the beginning of 1967 and formed the Electric Flag. I saw the PBBB at the old Fillmore in July 1967 and Bishop was the sole giutar player in the band. Lastly the Fillmore West (the building was called the Carousel Ballroom) was not opened by Bill Graham until 1968; that venue was called the Carousel Ballroom until Bill Graham bought it and ran shows there along with the WInterland Ballroom.
@@billiam8270 Sorry Billiam but your memory fails you too regarding the date you saw them. The show that I was speaking of was at the Fillmore (corner of Geary and Fillmore) August 22-27 when they opened for the Cream. You are however right about only Bishop playing. I was confused on that because in spring of '67 I saw Elvin and Mike jamming at the Matrix during a Charlie Musselwhite show. Bloomfield must have joined Electric Flag right after that. Another confusing item was that Paul was performing his East/West album which did have both guitarists. I have performed with both Bishop and Bloomfield-not too many musicians can say that.
@@dingdongdaddyfromchi No, I said I saw PBBB July 1967 at the "old" Fillmore. That is certain and I did not see them in August when Cream opened for them (Cream was second billed). And for sure - it is the Fillmore, not Fillmore West. Two different buildings -- Fillmore West was at the corner of Market and Van Ness and opened July 1968. Bloomfield quit the PBBB in early 1967 and debuted the Electric Flag at Monterey Pop, June 1967. Lucky you to see B & B join Charlie for a jam. I was not aware that the PBBB continued to perform East-West without Bloomfield. WIth just one guitarist? Seems unlikely. And to have played with them is a "wow." Bishop is a super generous performer and friendly person. Bloomfield apparently got crabby in his last, sad days.
@@billiam8270 I have the poster-Cream was top billed and PB played second after Charlie Musselwhite and the South Side Sound System. I would attach it here but there is no way to do that. I lived in SF through the good years and went to the "old Fillmore", the Fillmore West at the Carousel Ballroom, the Avalon, Straight Theater, Matrix and many more countless times. Bloomfield and Naftalin were playing at the Old Waldorf in about '74(formerly the Family Pharmacy at the south west corner of California and Divisadero) as a duo. My bro and I had just driven down from Vancouver, BC and were driving by when we heard one guitar note coming from inside the club. We simultaneously said, "BLOOMFIELD!" and went in. They were doing a duo but there was a drum kit, bass and amp with no one to play them. We introduced ourselves to Mike and Mark during the break as blues players from Chicago and they happily let us sit in for the next set. This was one of the luckiest jams in my life and it was so much fun to play with them. I have also played with: John Lee Hooker Chuck Berry Bo Diddley Lowell Fulson Robert Cray Gary US Bond Taj Mahal Big Joe Duskin Hubert Sumlin Pee Wee Crayton Amos Garrett Otis Rush Guitar Shorty Lazy Lester Pinetop Perkins Cash McCall AC Reed Snooky Pryor Smokey Wilson Fenton Robinson Shuggie Otis Johnny Dyer John Hammond Sonny Rhodes Jimmy Rogers Sista Monica James D. Lane Tad Robinson Mitch Kashmar Mark Dufresne David Vest Mr. Boogie Woogie Brandon Isaak Jeff Simmons James Byrnes and many more. I have pics of me playing with most of these guys on my FB page and also on my web site.
38 years ago today in 1979 was spent with our dearly departed Brothers Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield with their respective bands at the Masonic Temple in Seattle, Wa.This was the period in between The Band' The Last Waltz and their reunion in 1982 with Rick' solo band playing this night with Paul blowin' his harmonica till the cows came home!Butterfield was having health problems. However, health conditions didn't hamper his performances, when they occurred. "Paul loved to perform, and he always gave everything when he performed, even when he was not well," Kemmit recalls. "He would move you. He was so good at what he did, and when someone gave him an idea or a challenge he would rise to the occasion, attempting to blow you away. He really wanted to impress you in performance."
Saw The Paul Butterfield Blues bands first West Coast appearance in San Francisco late 66 or early 67, at Bill Grahams Winterland. They were at the top of their game, Michael Bloomfield was killin it, Elvin Bishop, Mark Naftalin, Jerome Arnold, Billy Davenport. They opened the door for Blues and Blues Rock! They were awesome!
Love Butterfield. I saw him back in the day -- at the Café au Go Go or the Filmore East or both, not quite sure -- and I'm still transfixed and transported by his music.
I bought this cd 1week ago, I wish I could put into words how great it is .but,I can't.there are no words to describe how great this video is!!.it goes into my Elite file .they join only 3 other people.i haven't been able to pick my jaw off the floor.i wish to thank the good work of whoever did this video.its just incredible!!!! Thank you again ❤️❤️❤️
Okay, here's an attempt to provide time stamps for all the songs and so on in this two hour video. First Show I Love You Too Much 00:00 Stage Fright 05:24 Crazy Mama 10:42 Semolina 18:36 The Unfaithful Servant 25:30 Good Feeling 31:23 Java Blues 35:08 Sail On Sailor 40:18 Born In Chicago 44:25 I Love You 50:51 Sick And Tired 55:44 Band Introduction 1:00:33 Mystery Train 1:01:07 Second Show Pre-Show: Audience file in; Empty stage awaits the band 01:05:02 I Love You Too Much 01:09:29 Stage Fright 01:14:32 Crazy Mama 01:20:14 Semolina 01:28:53 The Unfaithful Servant (Ending only) 01:36:08 Good Feeling 01:38:27 Brainwash 01:41:50 Sail On Sailor 1:54:37 Born In Chicago 1:49:56 Sick And Tired 1:56:02 Mystery Train (Incomplete) 02:00:29 With thanks to the contributions of 'Dat Head' and 'Pan Hirvonen' elsewhere in the comments section.
wow thank you for uploading this gem. I bet you single handedly saved this from being lost forever. It was the last copy on some old crusty untitled vhs tape just waiting to be tossed out
I am REALLY grateful for this having been recorded and posted here. I was a member of the late-seventies Cowsills in 1979-80, and we opened for this kickass band when they ripped it at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, California. They were mind-bogglingly tight and punchy and inspiring that night. I'll never forget their amazing cover of "Sail On Sailor". I have lost the calendar I kept in 1980 (maybe never made one that year), so I don't know the date of the Huntington Beach gig. Is anyone out there able to help me date that gig? None of the Cowsills (Bob, Paul, Susan, Barry or John) could remember when I asked them some years ago. And sadly I can never write to Rick or Paul to ask them.
November 11th 1978 Danko/Butterfield played the Golden Bear and it's available for purchase off of Amazon etc. Now if only I could find the JJ Cale live at the Golden Bear video that was on TH-cam but has since dissappeared
It's worth checking out a release called 'Crying Heart Blues', which has some songs that Mssrs. Blondie Chaplin and Rick Danko wrote together on it, or was it that the former wrote songs for the latter. The precise dates are a little mysterious, but the sleeve notes say '1978?'... in other words, before this tour. My favourite of those songs is 'Cheating Heart Blues', but it sounds a bit clean for 1978... maybe more 1983? Anyway, all being all, I just wish that off the end of this tour, the band here had gone into Shangri La studios and recorded an album... it may not have been the second 'Rick Danko' solo album, but it would have ruled.
If Paul Butterfield isn't the greatest blues harp player of all time, then he certainly ranks up there with the likes of Little Walter Jacobs, Big Walter Horton, SBW2, Junior Wells, James Cotton and Sonny Terry, etc. Not many of today's modern day players can hold up to Butter's precision, passion and soul.
This is such a great video. I like the tuning during intermission. The Mystery Train is so Fucking kickass!!!!!!!!! even with the bad mix and Paul mixed way down. Still plenty to grab and bop your butt to. This is fantastic. I love it too much.
Best Tune of the Hole Show, 31:23 Good Feeling, Real Funky Blues Tune my Favourite no doubt, Paul was A true Master of the Instrument for sure, what a night that must have been! Terrific band rick and blondie, two great guitar players, unlike what some people said I think they were on terrific form?..
I "liked" this for its rarity. What I was looking for was this band backing up Gary Busey on SNL, "Stay All Night." The most coked up thing I've ever seen.
I learnt to play upside down too - just didn't know any better. No advantage to it though - harp clogs up more. But Paul Butterfield was always my biggest inspiration.
Paul Butterfield! The last great innovator of electric blues harp! There are some great players alive today, but they have basically come up with their own spin on Little Walter, and the sound is very retro.
Actually it was the Butterfield band with Mike Bloomfield who conspired with Bob Dylan to "go electric." not the Band. They did accompany him on a tour when Bloomfield decided not to join him. on the tour.
Rick Danko - Paul Butterfield - Blonde Chaplin @ The Blue Note / Boulder CO / Dec 13, 1979 Paul Butterfield - Harmonica, Vocals Rick Danko - Bass, Vocals Blondie Chaplin - Guitar, Vocals Rick Belke - Guitar Tom Stevenson - Piano Ron McRory - Drums 1st set I Love You Too Much Stage Fright Crazy Mama Semolina The Unfaithful Servant Good Feeling Java Blues Sail on Sailor Born in Chicago I Love You Sick and Tired Mystery Train 2nd set I Love You Too Much Stage Fright Crazy Mama Semolina The Unfaithful Servant Good Feeling Brainwash Sail on Sailor Born in Chicago Sick and Tired Mystery Train google is your friend, you know ;)
late show setlist (sorry no timings - starts at 01:05:02 with some nice cinema verite of everyone filing in for the late show): i love you too much [PB] stage fright [RD] crazy mama [RD] semolina [BC] /the unfaithful servant [RD] brain wash [RD] sail on sailor [BC] born in chicago [PB] sick and tired [RD] mystery train/ [RD] [XX] = lead vocals "the unfaithful servant" missing nearly all of the vocal part on late show "mystery train" cuts out early on late show the early show is really the one to watch - but check out "brain wash" in the late show!
There's a C.D. available of the first set of this show, 'Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield, Live From The Blue Note. Boulder Co., 1979'. However, criminally, it misses off the first song. I guess the sound quality of the disc is a little better than this video, but it's a shame not to get the whole set. The C.D. also edits out a lot of stage chat and most applause… seems a shame to lose it… on the other hand, there is a song on the C.D. which is not featured on this video... 'Lost My Best Friend' (also known as 'Last Night', I think), between 'I Love You' and 'Sick And Tired'.
I'm only answering because I think your serious. If you're just fooling then you got me. This is from an old VHS tape, the VCR (tape player/recorder) was resetting (calibrating) it's self at the beginning as they were known to do at odd times.
Danko and Butterfield became known as the "dangerous duo" because of their alcohol and narcotics fueled lifestyles often led to uneven and unpredictable shows, such as when Butterfield strummed guitar through a show while rick played harmonica. Two incompatible temperaments
As you say, 'No Cocaine Blues'... but in 'Java Blues', Mr. Danko sings 'Down in Bolivia/ The people are insane/ They want as much for Java/ As they do for cocaine'. I think that 'Java' was his code word for heroin at some point... or maybe when he was trying to kick heroin, he turned to caffeine...
Here you go: First Show I Love You Too Much 00:00 Stage Fright 05:24 Crazy Mama 10:42 Semolina 18:36 The Unfaithful Servant 25:30 Good Feeling 31:23 Java Blues 35:08 Sail On Sailor 40:18 Born In Chicago 44:25 I Love You 50:51 Sick And Tired 55:44 Band Introduction 1:00:33 Mystery Train 1:01:07 Second Show Pre-Show: Audience file in; Empty stage awaits the band 01:05:02 I Love You Too Much 01:09:29 Stage Fright 01:14:32 Crazy Mama 01:20:14 Semolina 01:28:53 The Unfaithful Servant (Ending only) 01:36:08 Good Feeling 01:38:27 Brainwash 01:41:50 Sail On Sailor 1:54:37 Born In Chicago 1:49:56 Sick And Tired 1:56:02 Mystery Train (Incomplete) 02:00:29 With thanks to the contributions of 'Dat Head' and 'Pan Hirvonen' elsewhere in the comments section.
Wow! This is a jewel that I will treasure more than you can know! Butterfield was one of my reasons for playing, since 16 years old. That was 53 yrs ago and I still play, but still can't shine a candle next to PB! Love it!
Great, Great Rare performance with Paul Butterfield,…THANKS!!!
Butterfield’s harp playing is from another planet. An incredible talent and Rick Danko. Wow just so damn soulful this band
Thank God this is captured for eternity is all I can add.
Save it to your hard drive cause it will be gone
You can always tell it's Ricky. He got the funky bee bop bogaloo 😄.
well blow me down, upon closer scrutiny the second half is indeed the late show from same night!!!
Rick Danko: The most underrated bass player in the history of rock. Paul Butterfield: The Jimi Hendrix of harp players.
Danko was a tremendous bass player, but my vote for most underrated goes to James Jamerson. His bass lines defined an era and a city, yet few except music fanatics have ever heard of him.
Tony G. Pizza Tony, I've heard of him. You're right, he's up there with the best of them. Great melodic bass lines yet at the same time very clean and percussive.
I saw this band somewhere near San Francisco, I think down the Peninsula, in the late months of 1979. I remember Blondie Chaplin especially tearin' it up. And Rick was always a delight just to be around.
I *LOVE* Rick Danko's voice!
these guys are the greatest.,especially considering that Butter & Danko would both soon be dead from booze , coke & heroin. got turned on to this by the great movie "horn from the Heart the Paul Butterfield Story" thanx for posting this jewel. God bless the ghosts of both Rick & Paul i grew up on the early Butterfield Blues Band.
I’m not certain when this is from, and understand how much Rick struggled, but he lived at least 12 more years after this. And I say that as someone who can watch and understand how much of their pay for the show was probably blow up front. It’s palpable here
I was at that show, I remember patting butterfield on the back as he came off stage and he was soaking wet. I am so thankful to see this show again, I still remember right where I was hanging out stage right. I am a harp player and this show was one that shaped my life's work
Jumpin' Johnny Sansone? Get outta here! Another harp great.
I was at this show as well, And I was standing at stage right, And I'm a harp player. Maybe everybody in the room standing at stage right was a harp player;-)
I shook Butter's hand after the show; felt like a green kid meeting Mickey Mantle. As Levons Helm so succinctly put it, Paul could blow. Thank you, Paul and Rick and RIP
do you remember what year this was?
where was this show? and what year? Rick looks young here
at the Lone Star Cafe' nyc. had a huge armadillo on the roof. Doc Pomus was a regular there.
Saw this tour when they played a downtown Portland club. They were almost an hour late taking the stage, and the audience was in a pissy mood that didn't change until Blondie Chaplin sang "Sail On Sailor."
an unsung hero of bass guitar playing.truly a giant of all time-singing and playing.
Great Performance-In Memory of Rick & Paul Super Musiker!
Unfaithful servant! Man, what a version! Incredible,
00:00 I Love You Too Much
05:24 Stage Fright
10:42 Crazy Mama
18:36 Semolina
25:30 The Unfaithful Servant
31:23 Good Feeling
35:08 Java Blues
40:18 Sail On Sailor
44:25 Born In Chicago
50:51 I Love You
55:44 Sick And Tired
1:00:33 Introduction
1:01:07 Mystery Train
Thank you, can we see this concert!!!
Just good music!!!
Raw and Live with driving beat can feel the vibe..take me back
Butter was magnificent! Saw him 8/67 at the Fillmore West. He was opening for Cream and had Bloomfield and Bishop on guitars. I worked with Amos Garrett and heard some fantastic Butterfield stories, lots about what a wonderful man and performer he was. Gone too soon!
Think Cream's first tour had them playing at Winterland not Fillmore West, perhaps that was before 8/67. I was there, rather stoned, but don't think PBBB played opening set. Might be wrong, but in those days the PBBB was bigger than any group in SF, bigger than Airplane, Dead, Quicksilver, Charlatans, Country Joe, etc. But that was long ago and my memory might be in error.
Sorry, but your memory is failing you. Bloomfield left the PBBB at the beginning of 1967 and formed the Electric Flag. I saw the PBBB at the old Fillmore in July 1967 and Bishop was the sole giutar player in the band. Lastly the Fillmore West (the building was called the Carousel Ballroom) was not opened by Bill Graham until 1968; that venue was called the Carousel Ballroom until Bill Graham bought it and ran shows there along with the WInterland Ballroom.
@@billiam8270 Sorry Billiam but your memory fails you too regarding the date you saw them. The show that I was speaking of was at the Fillmore (corner of Geary and Fillmore) August 22-27 when they opened for the Cream. You are however right about only Bishop playing. I was confused on that because in spring of '67 I saw Elvin and Mike jamming at the Matrix during a Charlie Musselwhite show. Bloomfield must have joined Electric Flag right after that. Another confusing item was that Paul was performing his East/West album which did have both guitarists. I have performed with both Bishop and Bloomfield-not too many musicians can say that.
@@dingdongdaddyfromchi No, I said I saw PBBB July 1967 at the "old" Fillmore. That is certain and I did not see them in August when Cream opened for them (Cream was second billed). And for sure - it is the Fillmore, not Fillmore West. Two different buildings -- Fillmore West was at the corner of Market and Van Ness and opened July 1968. Bloomfield quit the PBBB in early 1967 and debuted the Electric Flag at Monterey Pop, June 1967. Lucky you to see B & B join Charlie for a jam. I was not aware that the PBBB continued to perform East-West without Bloomfield. WIth just one guitarist? Seems unlikely. And to have played with them is a "wow." Bishop is a super generous performer and friendly person. Bloomfield apparently got crabby in his last, sad days.
@@billiam8270 I have the poster-Cream was top billed and PB played second after Charlie Musselwhite and the South Side Sound System. I would attach it here but there is no way to do that. I lived in SF through the good years and went to the "old Fillmore", the Fillmore West at the Carousel Ballroom, the Avalon, Straight Theater, Matrix and many more countless times. Bloomfield and Naftalin were playing at the Old Waldorf in about '74(formerly the Family Pharmacy at the south west corner of California and Divisadero) as a duo. My bro and I had just driven down from Vancouver, BC and were driving by when we heard one guitar note coming from inside the club. We simultaneously said, "BLOOMFIELD!" and went in. They were doing a duo but there was a drum kit, bass and amp with no one to play them. We introduced ourselves to Mike and Mark during the break as blues players from Chicago and they happily let us sit in for the next set. This was one of the luckiest jams in my life and it was so much fun to play with them. I have also played with:
John Lee Hooker
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
Lowell Fulson
Robert Cray
Gary US Bond
Taj Mahal
Big Joe Duskin
Hubert Sumlin
Pee Wee Crayton
Amos Garrett
Otis Rush
Guitar Shorty
Lazy Lester
Pinetop Perkins
Cash McCall
AC Reed
Snooky Pryor
Smokey Wilson
Fenton Robinson
Shuggie Otis
Johnny Dyer
John Hammond
Sonny Rhodes
Jimmy Rogers
Sista Monica
James D. Lane
Tad Robinson
Mitch Kashmar
Mark Dufresne
David Vest
Mr. Boogie Woogie
Brandon Isaak
Jeff Simmons
James Byrnes
and many more. I have pics of me playing with most of these guys on my FB page and also on my web site.
38 years ago today in 1979 was spent with our dearly departed Brothers Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield with their respective bands at the Masonic Temple in Seattle, Wa.This was the period in between The Band' The Last Waltz and their reunion in 1982 with Rick' solo band playing this night with Paul blowin' his harmonica till the cows came home!Butterfield was having health problems. However, health conditions didn't hamper his performances, when they occurred. "Paul loved to perform, and he always gave everything when he performed, even when he was not well," Kemmit recalls. "He would move you. He was so good at what he did, and when someone gave him an idea or a challenge he would rise to the occasion, attempting to blow you away. He really wanted to impress you in performance."
Saw The Paul Butterfield Blues bands first West Coast appearance in San Francisco late 66 or early 67, at Bill Grahams Winterland. They were at the top of their game, Michael Bloomfield was killin it, Elvin Bishop, Mark Naftalin, Jerome Arnold, Billy Davenport. They opened the door for Blues and Blues Rock! They were awesome!
me too. I saw them the first time they played the Fillmore. Awesome!
jerry jah no.
1966.
Nice gunn...
I was at this show, for sure: May 5, 1968 Central Park, New York City, NY (Free concert, with Jefferson Airplane & the Grateful Dead)
This is an absolute gem, thanks a lot !!!
This is a great little band. Awesome performance.
Man, I miss these guys and I miss these days, but I must say, I am glad that at least I got to see them live!
Thanks for posting this video.
Well, this is a great find! Thank you!
RIP Paul and Rick from Australia
Saw this show in September that year at the Stone Balloon in Newark, Delaware. Most kickass band I've seen in my life!
Love Butterfield. I saw him back in the day -- at the Café au Go Go or the Filmore East or both, not quite sure -- and I'm still transfixed and transported by his music.
Yes at the Cafe super go go
Thanks so much for sharing this :)
I bought this cd 1week ago, I wish I could put into words how great it is .but,I can't.there are no words to describe how great this video is!!.it goes into my Elite file .they join only 3 other people.i haven't been able to pick my jaw off the floor.i wish to thank the good work of whoever did this video.its just incredible!!!! Thank you again ❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful !
Thanks
I saw these gigs at The Lone Star Cafe old and new in NYC and Woodstock NY..
Super
Okay, here's an attempt to provide time stamps for all the songs and so on in this two hour video.
First Show
I Love You Too Much 00:00
Stage Fright 05:24
Crazy Mama 10:42
Semolina 18:36
The Unfaithful Servant 25:30
Good Feeling 31:23
Java Blues 35:08
Sail On Sailor 40:18
Born In Chicago 44:25
I Love You 50:51
Sick And Tired 55:44
Band Introduction 1:00:33
Mystery Train 1:01:07
Second Show
Pre-Show: Audience file in; Empty stage awaits the band 01:05:02
I Love You Too Much 01:09:29
Stage Fright 01:14:32
Crazy Mama 01:20:14
Semolina 01:28:53
The Unfaithful Servant (Ending only) 01:36:08
Good Feeling 01:38:27
Brainwash 01:41:50
Sail On Sailor 1:54:37
Born In Chicago 1:49:56
Sick And Tired 1:56:02
Mystery Train (Incomplete) 02:00:29
With thanks to the contributions of 'Dat Head' and 'Pan Hirvonen' elsewhere in the comments section.
Thanks. This helps a lot
Thank you! Providing timestamps is much appreciated! 🎸🙏🏼
Rick Danko. One of rocks most unique performers. Caught him at Lupo's in Providence in 1976.
Saw this tour at Lupo's. I heard it's gone now, how sad. Saw so many great shows there.
Nice. 30 years later, I saw Dropkick Murphys in that same building.
bliss that will never be again
Great, back to 60tes-70tes, thank you!
Rick has voice that goes alot of ways, sure talent. Howmanu musicians can sing and play the base so well.
wow thank you for uploading this gem. I bet you single handedly saved this from being lost forever. It was the last copy on some old crusty untitled vhs tape just waiting to be tossed out
One of the finest openings ever
My Soul Sistah Annette werked at The Blue Note in Boulder in 78!!
I am REALLY grateful for this having been recorded and posted here. I was a member of the late-seventies Cowsills in 1979-80, and we opened for this kickass band when they ripped it at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, California. They were mind-bogglingly tight and punchy and inspiring that night. I'll never forget their amazing cover of "Sail On Sailor". I have lost the calendar I kept in 1980 (maybe never made one that year), so I don't know the date of the Huntington Beach gig. Is anyone out there able to help me date that gig? None of the Cowsills (Bob, Paul, Susan, Barry or John) could remember when I asked them some years ago. And sadly I can never write to Rick or Paul to ask them.
November 11th 1978 Danko/Butterfield played the Golden Bear and it's available for purchase off of Amazon etc. Now if only I could find the JJ Cale live at the Golden Bear video that was on TH-cam but has since dissappeared
Rick Danko is the best❤😂🎸🎵
quack that roll, Paul
Love Butter
Danko cool too. Thanks for putting up this set!!!!
Stage Fright is one of my all time fav Band numbers..
13-dec-1979 Blue Note Boulder, Colorado
Rick Danko - bass, vocals, guitar
Paul Butterfield - harmonica, vocals, bass
Blondie Chaplin - guitar, vocals
Rick Belke - guitar, backing vocals
Tom Stevenson - piano, backing vocals
Ron McRory - drums
Danko is a freaking beast!
wow! what a find!
Nice going....love the beat..its upbeat...
Let's not forget Blondie Chaplin - Semolina, Sail on Sailor, etc.... He's on fire here....
Si senior!
Right!
It's worth checking out a release called 'Crying Heart Blues', which has some songs that Mssrs. Blondie Chaplin and Rick Danko wrote together on it, or was it that the former wrote songs for the latter. The precise dates are a little mysterious, but the sleeve notes say '1978?'... in other words, before this tour. My favourite of those songs is 'Cheating Heart Blues', but it sounds a bit clean for 1978... maybe more 1983? Anyway, all being all, I just wish that off the end of this tour, the band here had gone into Shangri La studios and recorded an album... it may not have been the second 'Rick Danko' solo album, but it would have ruled.
If Paul Butterfield isn't the greatest blues harp player of all time, then he certainly ranks up there with the likes of Little Walter Jacobs, Big Walter Horton, SBW2, Junior Wells, James Cotton and Sonny Terry, etc. Not many of today's modern day players can hold up to Butter's precision, passion and soul.
This is such a great video. I like the tuning during intermission. The Mystery Train is so Fucking kickass!!!!!!!!! even with the bad mix and Paul mixed way down. Still plenty to grab and bop your butt to. This is fantastic. I love it too much.
Yea! I remember when bands usef to play for their lives! This was before Super-Stars!
Best Tune of the Hole Show, 31:23 Good Feeling, Real Funky Blues Tune my Favourite no doubt, Paul was A true Master of the Instrument for sure, what a night that must have been!
Terrific band rick and blondie, two great guitar players, unlike what some people said I think they were on terrific form?..
Just bury this now..there's a chance the best shit might get passed down. Go Rick! Go Butter! Get in there.
I "liked" this for its rarity.
What I was looking for was this band backing up Gary Busey on SNL, "Stay All Night." The most coked up thing I've ever seen.
I learnt to play upside down too - just didn't know any better. No advantage to it though - harp clogs up more. But Paul Butterfield was always my biggest inspiration.
Met Paul hitching to Willow,Great guy!
What fun
Paul Butterfield! The last great innovator of electric blues harp!
There are some great players alive today, but they have basically come up with their own spin on Little Walter, and the sound is very retro.
Lots of great innovative players around now, but nobody with the tone and phrasing of Butterfield.
Actually it was the Butterfield band with Mike Bloomfield who conspired with Bob Dylan to "go electric." not the Band. They did accompany him on a tour when Bloomfield decided not to join him. on the tour.
Tommy Stevenson keyboards
Rick Balkey 2nd guitar
Ron McCrory drums
Blondie Chaplin 1st guitar
Paul Butterfield harmonica
Rick Danko bass
👏👏👏
Paul butterfield grandioso se dice que con solo 12años ya había tocado con muddy Waters en Chicago!!!
👍👍
A set list would be nice, but other than that fantastic. Thx for the upload.
Rick Danko - Paul Butterfield - Blonde Chaplin
@ The Blue Note / Boulder CO / Dec 13, 1979
Paul Butterfield - Harmonica, Vocals
Rick Danko - Bass, Vocals
Blondie Chaplin - Guitar, Vocals
Rick Belke - Guitar
Tom Stevenson - Piano
Ron McRory - Drums
1st set
I Love You Too Much
Stage Fright
Crazy Mama
Semolina
The Unfaithful Servant
Good Feeling
Java Blues
Sail on Sailor
Born in Chicago
I Love You
Sick and Tired
Mystery Train
2nd set
I Love You Too Much
Stage Fright
Crazy Mama
Semolina
The Unfaithful Servant
Good Feeling
Brainwash
Sail on Sailor
Born in Chicago
Sick and Tired
Mystery Train
google is your friend, you know ;)
late show setlist (sorry no timings - starts at 01:05:02 with some nice cinema verite of everyone filing in for the late show):
i love you too much [PB]
stage fright [RD]
crazy mama [RD]
semolina [BC]
/the unfaithful servant [RD]
brain wash [RD]
sail on sailor [BC]
born in chicago [PB]
sick and tired [RD]
mystery train/ [RD]
[XX] = lead vocals
"the unfaithful servant" missing nearly all of the vocal part on late show
"mystery train" cuts out early on late show
the early show is really the one to watch - but check out "brain wash" in the late show!
ETERNOS!!!
There's a C.D. available of the first set of this show, 'Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield, Live From The Blue Note. Boulder Co., 1979'. However, criminally, it misses off the first song. I guess the sound quality of the disc is a little better than this video, but it's a shame not to get the whole set. The C.D. also edits out a lot of stage chat and most applause… seems a shame to lose it… on the other hand, there is a song on the C.D. which is not featured on this video... 'Lost My Best Friend' (also known as 'Last Night', I think), between 'I Love You' and 'Sick And Tired'.
Video Calibration is an interesting name for a band....wonder why they chose it?
I'm only answering because I think your serious. If you're just fooling then you got me. This is from an old VHS tape, the VCR (tape player/recorder) was resetting (calibrating) it's self at the beginning as they were known to do at odd times.
Coffee...
What happened to the lights?
Lights??you'll be ok someday Patrick
Blondie Chaplin
Blondie Chaplin 1st guitar
Let it rock and blues the night away. Oh by the way drop the the Fucking mikes.
Does anyone know who´s written the song " Semolina " that´s being played around 20:00 ?
Homer Flynn manager of "The Residents" wrote the original "Semolina" - Must admit I've never heard of The Residents.
Sorry - different lyrics.
Soneone knows what's the name of the song at 21:00?
Pit L'Astolfo Semolina
Unfaithful servant...
Can someone tell me the year of this show?
Thx
1979...not a good year for music
Who was playing keys??
Tommy Stevenson
30:56 lights?
Whos on first?
43:55 did any one know what Rick said?
It sounds like, "I got this. Let me."
@@Kowasi thank you.
@@jacestephenweatherall1732 You are most welcome.
Who was playing drums?
Ron McCrory
Is semolina about how much he loves English muffins?
Too bad they didn’t have Garth for Stage Fright
Give credit to Blondie Chaplin🧐
Danko and Butterfield became known as the "dangerous duo" because of their alcohol and narcotics fueled lifestyles often led to uneven and unpredictable shows, such as when Butterfield strummed guitar through a show while rick played harmonica. Two incompatible temperaments
Who is the other guitar player??
Blondie Chaplin one time member of Beach Boys (writer of Sail on Sailor), Rolling Stones and The Band. And still basically an unknown.
@@imasonofadeadbeat2928 I know blondie..the other curly hair guy
@@patrickguitar8676 Rick Belke
@@imasonofadeadbeat2928 Mr. Chaplin sang 'Sail On Sailor', but did he write it? I also saw it attributed to Mssrs. Van Dyke Parkes and Brian Wilson…
Is this 2 different sets or the same one repeated?
Different sets.
Shuggie Otis?
1:41:54 brainwash
... sigh ...
no comment
okay, he had an extremely untalented band to play with.
The rest of the band actually sucked.
Huge chuncks
You don't agree? What did they give to the music?
NOTHING
No Cocaine Blues?
No cocaine no blues...
As you say, 'No Cocaine Blues'... but in 'Java Blues', Mr. Danko sings 'Down in Bolivia/ The people are insane/ They want as much for Java/ As they do for cocaine'. I think that 'Java' was his code word for heroin at some point... or maybe when he was trying to kick heroin, he turned to caffeine...
@@Kowasi - Dr. Feelgood did a great cover of Java Blues in 1979 (as Java Blue)...
A two-hour concert vid, and not one single timemarker for tracks in the description. Easy dislike.
Here you go:
First Show
I Love You Too Much 00:00
Stage Fright 05:24
Crazy Mama 10:42
Semolina 18:36
The Unfaithful Servant 25:30
Good Feeling 31:23
Java Blues 35:08
Sail On Sailor 40:18
Born In Chicago 44:25
I Love You 50:51
Sick And Tired 55:44
Band Introduction 1:00:33
Mystery Train 1:01:07
Second Show
Pre-Show: Audience file in; Empty stage awaits the band 01:05:02
I Love You Too Much 01:09:29
Stage Fright 01:14:32
Crazy Mama 01:20:14
Semolina 01:28:53
The Unfaithful Servant (Ending only) 01:36:08
Good Feeling 01:38:27
Brainwash 01:41:50
Sail On Sailor 1:54:37
Born In Chicago 1:49:56
Sick And Tired 1:56:02
Mystery Train (Incomplete) 02:00:29
With thanks to the contributions of 'Dat Head' and 'Pan Hirvonen' elsewhere in the comments section.
Danko is a freaking beast!
Danko is a freaking beast!
Danko is a freaking beast!
Danko is a freaking beast!