Elvin Bishop Interview with John Guregian for "Blues Deluxe" on WUML

[@tls4355]

Had the pleasure of doing sound for Elvin from 2011-2016 . What a great band leader and boss .

[@georgetheobold4973]

Love ya,,Elvin Bishop,,So glad you've lived,,Threw it all..And now sharing your experiences. KEEP JAMMING ELVIN...ALL HEY WE DID ONE OF YOUR SONGS.GOT PUT ON MY TRAVELING SHOES..😂

[@ricksmith7881]

I listen to him at work all the time, so many good songs

[@ryanurban1]

I saw Elvin a total of 34 times, no kidding, during my college years in the Bay Area. A damn good time, every damn time.

[@frostypop934]

…I was at many of those Bay Area venues too!!! I love Elvins music.

[@theislander-sj1kq]

Same here with Joe Baker and all the great venues we had in the bay area.

[@davisworth5114]

What did Aunt Jemima say to Uncle Ben? You're a credit to your rice. All the hot guitar players would always want to see Elvin, because he just wailed and put on a great show. He had the toughness to make it on the road, he played clubs big and small all over the country for forty years, and American original, he gave us some great times.

[@johnmalerba804]

I feel so sorry for Elvin for having to sit through this

[@lykpalegic]

Always brought a pint of Gordons for Elvin and he would crack it on stage...then do the song! Legit Soul Bluesman! epic times at the Golden Bear. Circa, back in the day.

[@akgobears]

Have seen some version of Elvin Bishop got to be close to 30 times over my 68 yrs....My favorite time of seeing him was his original band after the Butterfield Blues Band, The Elvin Bishop Group....Had a singer in that band called Jo Baker....Would have loved to have seen what he had to say about her ....She later became a member along with Annie Sampson and Tim Branes of Stoneground.....

[@newmoon54]

I really fell into Elvin Bishop when I saw him and his band back up Dickey Betts at ~Radio City Music Hall~ when Betts was touring with his special band, ~The Great American Music Show~ which showcased the BEST in country/bluegrass, like ~John Hughey~ the worlds best pedal steel player,, and,, the great fiddle player, Vassar Clements!!! I was a serious Allman brothers fan, and I was lucky to have been able to see Elvin Bishop's band!!! Elvin blew the stage down!!! He was such a funky blues/rock player, and nobody else was playing that way!!! I interviewed The Paul Butterfield Blues Band at a concert they gave at South Hampton College back in the mid-seventies. Paul was such a great host, and I still remember that interview, and very fondly too!!!

[@napalmsgrim651]

I love Elvin Bishop, always wanted to just sit down with a couple guitars unplugged and just play with him.

[@billsingletary4516]

Saw EB many times , in KCMO, Good times. Had his 8 track in 1975 ,Calling All Cows, MOOO...

[@patrickcoughlin3564]

Oklahoma grows genius musicians..

[@patrickmroz6226]

Growing up I fell in love with the Butterfield Blues band back in the middle 60s. Also used to go down to Huntington Beach and see them play. 18:02 18:02

[@johnwescott9008]

Elvin a very underrated guitarists. The Butterfield blues band the greatest of the Chicago blues.

[@tonyd7601]

He is not under rated with anyone who knows anything about music.

[@tomasvanecek8626]

Must be the first time when I agree with that "underrated" comment you see anytime, in any video.. He truly is.. I have all his albums... the Bossman is my favorite, so great playing.. and of course Tulsa Shuffle, what a tour de force - doesnt any get better, this side of Green Onions groove

[@curtahnlund3758]

Beautiful!

[@stevefulnecky4563]

Just as an interesting point of the timeline that some of this refers to, I was a white musician from " down" in Indianapolis while Wes was still alive, but becoming increasingly interested in learning how to improvise on guitar. One of my guitar teachers introduced me to the first Butterfield album, and he had met Eric Clapton here in the States. At almost the same time, I happened by total accident, to meet both of the Baughman brothers, who were originally from Arlington Heights, but had started to visit Indianapolis when their family moved down here to " lower the pressure " on their father who had suffered some health setbacks. Both of these brothers were definitely involved in the visiting and learning from the black musicians in the Blues clubs in Chicago, and Dan eventually played with the Shadows of Knight, who were managed by the guy that ran the teen club " the Cellar " ( Paul Sampson I believe ). I eventually had some luck with what might be called " regionally famous " rock bands touring largely the interior parts of the country. Eventually I moved to Denver, then all over the country and spent three years studying more formally at Berklee in Boston. Then after classical guitar studies, I played in the hotels around Lake Tahoe, forcing me to be able to play 5 1/2 hours of solo instrumental guitar a night ( for $79.92 / night..union scale and it never changed ). It was killing me; but it didn't. I had to move beyond the three chord progressions, just to keep everything from sounding the same, but my roots will always be in that stuff. It's less intellectual, but more " to the heart . " I'm sure that I was very happy to see the Butterfield Band added late one night in a performance at " the Electric Theatre " a rock palace with a 360 deg movie screen all the way around the ballroom. A " goin' concern " at that time. My " hat's off " to Elvin here and all the folks he worked so hard with over the years.

[@jaypuckett6876]

Elvin - J.J. Cale - Roy Buchanan - matt guitar Murphy - MAGIC SAM - Magic Slim and the tear drops - Mike Bloomfield - Elmore James - MUDDY - WOLF - Hendrix - Robin Ford - Duane Allman - peter Green - Paul Butterfield - Memphis Slim - all the kings' B.B - Freddie - Albert - Willie big eye - Pine top Perkins - Boz Scaggs - Terry Kath - Big Mama Thornton - Junior wells - Buddy Guy - NEED I SAY MORE

[@bobbyglass7214]

Not to be disrespectful, but maybe he is leading him with questions that a lot of us want to hear and that he is a lot older in may not be able to recall a lot of things so overall, I think the interview is fine

[@jimcronin9610]

How could Guregian not ask, nor Bishop not mention, one of the the, if NOT the best blues guitar player of all time: Mike Bloomfield. You think he had a George Harrison complex, playing with Lennon and McCartney?

[@zenzen1916]

🤔..You know Elvin, Butter and I invisioned raising our son, Justin, together, he was getting clean in 87 when he died. 💔 Not by choice

[@marjorieanderson8626]

It's funny how hard Elvin tries to avoid admitting that he was attending the University of Chicago when he was checking out all those blues joints. I guess he feels like it might damage his reputation. LOL.

[@michaelcummings8119]

you must be from Boston.........LOL

[@MAP448]

I have a hard time listening to an interviewer who leads the interviewee this way. It is really annoying & seems very unprofessional to me. Why not do your homework like Elvin alludes to & then ask questions??? Do not ever do your homework & then attempt to lead the interviewee the way that this gentleman did here.