This thread is to share and discuss all things about
my first guitar hero, Mike Bloomfield.

Please add any pics, soundfiles, info that you'd like to share
about him...

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

rare boot clip of MB playing the blues 'live' from 1968 -

http://www.box.com/s/4d033cc28c072e849323

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

I have one of his earliest albums "It's Not Killing Me" and it's absolutely brilliant a real masterpiece,the guy was one of the true guitar greats of all time,as evidenced by those great players of today who still list him as a major influence.

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I remember him from the early days of course but I don't know too much about him I'm sorry to admit, I'll check out some cd's.

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3 greats working it super style:

Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills - Super Session - 07 - Season Of The Witch Part 1

http://youtu.be/NWzoHwP4T4g

Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills - Super Session - 07 - Season Of The Witch Part 2

http://youtu.be/oXKpk0uRe7w

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Bloomfield is my favorite guitarest. I'll be watching this thread. I wish I had something to add. The only tid bit I have is that his long lost Les Paul, may not be so lost and may turn up sometime in the future. Someone has it, but is not admitting it for fear of losing it.

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'14 Warmouth Partscaster Daphne Blue

I had the great fortune of seeing Mike play live twice. The first time was with the Butterfield Blues Band when they opened for Wilson Pickett in my hometown. It was an old hockey arena called the Forum and I remember it quite well as it was my 14th birthday and my girlfriend at the time bought me the ticket. Needless to say I was blown away, both acts were dynamite but Mike was on fire that night and did a 3 minute solo during "I Got My Mojo Workin' " that had the place on their feet. The other time I caught him was in the Bay Area early 70's at a place called The Boarding House, and I have to say he had moments of brilliance but I left feeling a little disappointed because he was obviously on the nod and was forgeting lyrics and having trouble with his timing. Really sad seeing as he was and still is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

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Too bad he wasn't long for this world...like so many others...

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Thank you for this thread Mike, I didn't know the guy, but I'm sure going to listen to his stuff.
Claude.

Great thread, Mike. Michael Bloomfield was my first guitar hero, too. I grew up in northern Illinois and visited Chicago often. I got to see Mike with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band once and a second time with The Electric Flag in San Francisco. He was a great guitarist.

Here's a link to one of my favorites... a short but sweet YouTube clip of Mike playing with the Electric Flag at the Monterey Pop Festival.

http://youtu.be/smRXnyUWktg

John

Hi Claude and John -

Thanks for posting. That clip that I posted is from a bootleg and
that's a friend of mine from the U.K. speaking at the intro where
he was on a radio show promoting a charity event.

Michael Bloomfield was one of those players that always played
from the heart!

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Mike Bloomfield, another under rated guitar great and seldom mentioned. Super Session has always been one of my favorite albums. Rest in peace Mike.

I still have the vinyl copy of 'If You Love These Blues..' that was a mail-order record from Guitar Player back in the '70s. The album came with a little booklet that described the songs and what guitars/amps that Bloomfield used to make the recording.

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Tony Houston

Nice, T!

I knew there might be more that knew the greatness of Bloomfield. Come join
the Yahoo group - lots of stuff all about the man - same p/w as BR groups.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!