Paul Butterfield Blues Band
A slew of albums by young white men out of their minds in love with music made by older black men came from both sides of the Atlantic during the mid-1960s, but two records really laid the groundwork for the decade's blues revival--the self-titled releases by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers out of London and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band out of Chicago. Both bands were led by harmonica-blowing vocalists; both featured ascending guitar gods--Eric Clapton with Mayall and Mike Bloomfield with Butterfield. Butterfield's ensemble, however, came of age closer to the roots of the music. The rhythm section heard on the group's 1965 debut was hired away from Howlin' Wolf, and Butterfield, while still in his early 20s when the album shipped, was already a familiar face on the Windy City's club circuit. "Born in Chicago" opens the album on a gritty note that never flags through this 11-track landmark. The slashing duo guitars of Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop and Butterfield's flash harp helped make Muddy Waters fathomable for a new audience and, decades later, it's still easy to understand how. --Steven Stolder more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-20-2008
- Chicago Blues Masterpiece
Along with Earl Hooker's "The Moon Is Rising", this album is a Chicago Blues masterpiece. Though the lead singer and harmonica player is white, his singing is more than credible and his harmonica playing is excellent. Guitarist Michael...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-28-2008
- PLAY LOUD!
This was an amazing album when it was released in 1965, and it is now. While the vinyl seems superior to the CD [I have 2 copies of the vinyl]they are both amazing and full of energy. There is a note on the back of the original album...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-21-2008
- Don't believe the "East/West" hype--get this one instead.
The general critical consensus seems to be that the PBBB's second album, "East/West," is the one to get, but I disagree. I own both, and I find that this, the band's first release, is much better than album #2. The songs here are played...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-05-2007
- Yawn...
this white boy blues stuff is so over-done. every band like this from this era all sound the same: boring, watered-down, stuck-in-the-same-groove, white-boy, schlock. pure torture!! sure, the PBBB, John Mayall, Clapton, etc, all did...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-20-2008
- Chicago Blues Masterpiece
Along with Earl Hooker's "The Moon Is Rising", this album is a Chicago Blues masterpiece. Though the lead singer and harmonica player is white, his singing is more than credible and his harmonica playing is excellent. Guitarist Michael...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-05-2007
- Yawn...
this white boy blues stuff is so over-done. every band like this from this era all sound the same: boring, watered-down, stuck-in-the-same-groove, white-boy, schlock. pure torture!! sure, the PBBB, John Mayall, Clapton, etc, all did...
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