Blues on a Westside MIKE BLOOMFIELD & NICK GRAVENITES

[@hellskitchen10036]

Not the fastest,not the loudest...just the best who ever lived!

[@adrianmartin5780]

My favourite blues players here,this cannot to be described with words,so lets not waste the try,Michael is sadly missed,loved and revered.....A masterpiece,artful.

[@robertlerma1029]

It seemed to me that you could see Bloomfield 3 or 4 times a week when he was in San Francisco. I remember seeing him 3 times in one week! I saw him at the Filmore West, Avalon Ballroom, and the Family Dog all in one week in San Francisco! He was amazing!

[@billjackson1317]

I would like to find the Time magazine in the 60s that had Mike Bloomfield on the cover, declaring his greatness .👍👍

[@frankdardano3182]

There was a time when you could sit in with your favorite guitar player if the conditions were right.Mike was a real gentleman, raised to respect everyone.I met him, and changed a broken string for him in 1977,I think. He just didn't have any ego hangup, which is probably the reason everybody took advantage of him.I wish that I could really have got to know him..R.I.P. MIKE

[@91Kingscrib84]

An incredible, if heartbreaking, reminder of a talent gone far too soon. Great album as well.

[@christophermarshall]

This is still one of my favourite songs, after having purchased "Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West, 1969" around-about 1979. It is truly wonderful..............and still means EVERYTHING to me! His phrasing is basically perfect, and the lovely tone and melodic choice of notes are second to none. Nick Gravenites' vocals are also wonderful...........and the band backs Bloomfield and his friend beautifully well. I'm listening to this masterpiece while I write, and it still gives me the "collywobbles". WOW!

[@hollygolightly7475]

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard

[@davidranger13]

Good Gawd, Michael Reaked of the Blues... With Nick, and the Boy's Right Behind Him... Great Share My Friend 💕✌😎

[@markbrandon7756]

Pure Talent Pure Quality Music.

[@ScottSawyerMusic]

When Bloomfield was on, lights out!

[@bugman247]

scott, i'm a friend of yours, but i can't use my real name cuz it's embarrassing, but as a friend i feel i have to tell you this. i'm trying to help. here goes: you're always forgetting to wipe your ass, and people can tell

[@lanes58]

The best electric blues player ever. No one, even to this day even comes close.

[@mrtwistedtease1]

+lanes58 I couldn't agree more! He's been my best electric blues player for years!!

[@haloskater24]

lanes58 peter green comes pretty damn close

[@oldgrannywheels]

I think what made him greater than the rest was his freedom. He was not tied down in any way ideoligically. He was able to give his every fibre to the music like no other.

[@lanes58]

BF. That solo at 6:40, is saturated in raw emotion. His phrasing, and the way way he bent the strings, was jaw dropping. You can't teach that, and nobody to this day, has been able to emulate his playing.

[@oldgrannywheels]

@@lanes58 His style was immediately identifiable, and yet, at the same time, nearly impossible to describe. Maybe that's part of the reason why he can't be emulated, and what always makes him enjoyable!

[@secretdaisy6484]

The greatest blues player of all time & I will argue that to the death. He had some kind intangible that no one else had & I know there are so many greats but he was the greatest.

[@franklmac]

Daisy Chase. Couln't agree with you more. He was the greatest. Bar none. To see him live was to experience timelessness in a zen, religious way. Totally Amazing what this cat did to 6 strings. The truth, with six strings.

[@peonwarrior]

the funniest is that most of Bloomfield's fan don't even know about Live at bill Graham's Fillmore West,1969; it's the freaking best album about Bloomfield by far!!!!!! Blues at its best, oh man...

[@rickt5413]

This one is great as is some of the Barry Goldberg records, the one on Record Man with Harvey Mandel is fantastic. Gravenites "My Labors" has some hot stuff. The bootleg "live in 1964" is also great, he is 21 at the time. You can find it here, "Gotta Call Susie" and "Country Boy" are a couple off that one I remember.

[@hollygolightly7475]

I have it and it’s a earth moving album I highly suggest it

[@footlucent]

Was at this concert 17 years old. Fillmore West was the best!

[@dominiqueseguette6182]

Tout est dit !!!!!!

[@bengalgangster]

RIP nick 🙏🙏 you will be missed

[@aliensporebomb]

Thanks dad for buying me this record when I was 7 which showed me how a properly played electric guitar was supposed to sound. Still amazing even today.

[@sherriffofhongkong]

One of the albums I wore out a couple of ...

[@josealberto146]

Mike Bloomfield e Nike Gravenites grande dupla no Blues rock a não esquecer. Obrigado.

[@johnsakowicz6723]

Sixteen minutes of Blues genius.

[@tomosdav]

You'll be hard pressed to find any better representative performance of blues in the Chicago style....Michael surpassed all of the up and comers of his time.

[@aaronbrown0417]

Freddie king and buddy guy...otis rush...all the guys he learned from lol but Mike Bloomfield was definitely one of the greatest bluesmen

[@aaronbrown0417]

He learned at the feet of icons on the south and west side of Chicago. The streets i frequent all the time since I'm from there. They long gone... but muddy is the father of them all.... buddy Freddie Otis Jimmy Dawkins magic Sam Luther Allison etc etc all influenced and energized the younger generation for guys like Mike Bloomfield and Elvin bishop

[@Zepster77]

Good points Aaron thanks for sharing them....

[@mikemckv]

Bought the vinyl for half a quid second hand in 1970. Still got it. Glorious stuff.

[@DeltaDregs]

Me two!!!

[@beckchristian67]

pareil #LP

[@davidranger13]

Blue's At It's Finest... 💞☕🌺✌😎

[@ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣΧΡΙΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-η9φ]

What a voice Nick Gravenites

[@DannyVincent10]

P.G or Bloom? Schumy or Senna? Pelé or Maradona? Freddie or Albert? This kind of thinking Is irrelevant, gets you nowhere .Each of them had their own unique style, and the only thing we should do is enjoy and enjoy the wonders that come out of those fingers and souls.Each musician plays as he is, we can see this when we hear Bloomfield speak, in interviews, if you notice the way he expresses himself is exactly the way he plays. So I say, each one is incomparable.

[@sinanbuyukyuksel]

my favorite Chigago blues guitar player of all times

[@liorneuman2198]

Damm. That's just awesome

[@larryn1875]

Forgot to credit the amazing soprano sax player. Maybe it was Noel Jewkes. I actually used to play with him arou d that time. I revered him deeply as did many. Bloomfield was a little miffed that I played with Noel. I revered Bloomfield then and now!

[@GEA955]

Pure magic !

[@jaygamel4746]

I was living in Chicago then and entirely missed this, my loss. Have heard it since (maybe 30 years ago) and am still catching up. Damn, blues morph, grow, contract, etc., but they are always the same, same, same, and still same. Better and worse, you bet, but blues ... Heard some since, but still ... blues. Some better, some worse, but all ... blues. I will die making something beyond, and probably failing, miserably.

[@bugman247]

jay, i'm a friend of yours, but i can't use my real name cuz it's embarrassing, but as a friend i feel i have to tell you this. i'm trying to help. here goes: you're always forgetting to wipe your ass, and people can tell

[@mikebloomfirld66]

face melting solo...

[@freddiemesquit1]

metalmike66 Uh huh. It's perfection. Sorry he's gone.

[@franklmac]

"Just to hear her telephone ring." Wow! Blues poetry at its best.

[@craigmccauley5807]

Love this!

[@gingervytis]

MB's playing on this tune should be studied by any aspiring blues guitarist. It is saturated with MB's inimitable instinct for expression, space, emotion and how to slowly build to a climax then bring the emotion back down 8:25 - 8:46. 5:12 - 5:14 7:20 - 7:22 just cries out 10:43 - 10:55

[@gingervytis]

@Dwight Hobbes MB had chops, but seemed to be inconsistent, probably due to drugs. Same with Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, and many other addicts whose star shone so brightly yet lived half as long. Was just listening to Duane Allman's timeless and highly expressive solo over Stormy Monday on the live album. I wonder whether something in the souls of those two guitarists knew they were not going be here long. Those solos are highly cathartic.

[@jerryshelton7738]

This is a sexy groove

[@stevegorman9106]

My guitar strings are rusting from the salt in my tears. Check out "Moon Tune" off My Labors-Nick Gravenites 1969, probably where this one came from?. Mike plays a killer soulo...soulo. I call it that cause its not a typical guitar solo.

[@helmutmelbert7596]

Mike Bloomfield, was, of course, one of the 3 best rock and blues guitar players which ever lived. The other 2 guys was- no wonder- J. Hendrix and, maybe a surprise, but I really believe: Wayne Cramer (former lead guitar "The Mc Five"). Any Kind of comments are welcome. Helmut

[@edwardtmarsh884]

Luv the "SOULO" bit. Here's to "Fine Jung Thing."

[@tippimail1]

How good was music back then?

[@janemillerick9614]

+tippimail1 unreal; you'd go to a record store and want to buy ..everything!

[@tippimail1]

+Jane Millerick And that's how it was back then.

[@FoFrx]

+tippimail1 right?

[@888jimm]

Concert tickets were really expensive .. like$3.00 ;)

[@spadoukie]

The time was THE Gold Standard!

[@hollygolightly7475]

Are we in heaven ???? I think we are…..

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Nobody can touch Mike.Nobody.

[@MrNordertitoff]

Bullshit. Jack Pearson would have blown him off the Stage with his Amp on Standby.

[@HammerHeadGarage]

You can def hear a strong Albert King influence in Mike's playing here.

[@FoFrx]

SICK

[@Dogheadj]

Call me crazy, but I can almost always hear a strong Freddie King influence in Mike's playing. Not that that's a bad thing at all, mind you. Other influences also, obviously, but Freddie always seems to stand out in my mind.

[@aaronbrown0417]

i hear more otis rush in his phrasing and bends

[@HammerHeadGarage]

Freddie is def there. As is Albert King.

[@billjackson1317]

The Fillmore West had great acoustics, way better than the original Fillmore or Winterland....

[@elenamarnman6364]

think I hear a soprano between 10.55 and 13.00. Who would be playng that? Liner notes lists one tenor and two baritones, is that correct?

[@aliensporebomb]

Noel Jewkis played Soprano Sax.

[@chiquiinfinite7028]

Any guitarist out there tell me what scales he is playing? Sounds like harmonic minor.

[@MoPomer]

Anyone know who plays that sax solo at 10.55?

[@stevebjerklie1507]

+MoPomer: Snooky Flowers, I believe, on soprano sax.

[@MoPomer]

Thanks!

[@aliensporebomb]

Snooky Flowers played the Baritone sax but the Soprano was played by the amazing Noel Jewkis. The other baritone sax player on the record was Gerald Oshita and the trumpet was played by John Wilmeth. Great horn section. A special shout out to John Kahn who played the ominous walking bass lines on this track.

[@sherall1235]

Did he even have a wah?

[@ResevoirDogg7]

sherall123 hell no. les paul to cable to cranked twin reverb.

[@edwardtmarsh884]

Mike"s "WAH" was an occasional guitar body shake.... Hows 'bout the bit where He plays a silent mote & THEN turns up the holy volume to 11?