No one played or plays like this anymore. A true artist.
@alanogilvie45043 жыл бұрын
I am indeed blessed. I'm a Brit Blues man transplanted in Sacramento CA for the past 7 years or so. Capitol Radio is the local NPR radio station and Saturday afternoon belongs to Mick Martins Blues Party which has been going strong for over 25 years. 4 hours of top quality blues, accompanying stories and a show dedicated to keeping the Blues alive in it's myriad forms. Mike Bloomfield In his various incarnations ia frequent feature. Can't recommend the show highly enough for any Blues afficianado. I've lived here for 35 years and it's the best blues show I've ever heard.
@chiquiinfinite7028 Жыл бұрын
Dang I wish there was a way I can tune in. I’m down here in Dallas, would love to tune into that!
@pamholly5096 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion, one of the all time best.
@jessepodroskey5372 Жыл бұрын
My favorite blues guitar player! Just so sweet
@ronvolpe4750 Жыл бұрын
I had a beer with him at the ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. We were there to see b.b. king & Bobby bland. One hell of a nite. Ron v.
@johnmanning4339 Жыл бұрын
Man, we thought Bloomfield was the best when I was a kid. Still think he's one of the best, ever !
@thomasfisher57426 ай бұрын
bought this in probably 1970... just for this track. Your right BLOOMFIELD was up there with anybody in the last 60 yrs. taken from us far to young by HEROIN ADDICTION ..stay well
@wordsmith91242 ай бұрын
This guitar sound is as pure as tears. Slow blues is being played in heaven right now!
@claraglatthaar99814 күн бұрын
“The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." ~Lao Tzu
@sharontalley21552 жыл бұрын
In my younger days I was so into Michael Bloomfield! He's been my favorite forever. Love the way he plays the guitar.
@solymar68 Жыл бұрын
For me, an unsurpassed example of blues guitar playing with endless invention AND feeling. MB, one of a kind. RIP.
@ronwood3554 жыл бұрын
One of the very best blues guitar players
@zenzen1916 Жыл бұрын
Mike was too good for this world, musical genius. ✡️☮️💫
@zenzen191611 ай бұрын
Stop the Hate 🥀💔✡️
@JodyMcGurr Жыл бұрын
Mike Bloomfield continues to entrance me every time I hear him play. I never saw him in person. I'm an amateur drummer , not a guitar player. I was lucky to live in SF from 05 to 10, and I played with a bassist who once hung with Bloomfield. I can't talk about tone or phrasing like a guitarist can. Bloomfield was a seeker, a lover of the music, and he cut his teeth on the South Side with Muddy, the Wolf and Spann. He will never be forgotten. He moves me todo los dias.
@chauntzu4 ай бұрын
Another drummer that appreciated what Bloomfield brought to the music! Nice to know other drummers could really hear Mike's beauty as a player.
@hollygolightly7475 Жыл бұрын
Puts everyone to shame my ears are in heaven🌿🌺🌿
@claudiocerioli7298 ай бұрын
Not in the Top 10 but TOP 5 Blues i have ever heard . Great ......
@rodney42664 жыл бұрын
Most interesting blues man ever sweet tone Supersession album blew my mind at 15 and still at 67.
@squeakeththewheelАй бұрын
I was 17. Same.
@christophermarshall2 жыл бұрын
After one year, I return! Just to say, this song is exquisitely awesomely still one of the greatest blues tracks ever recorded! Utterly beautiful!
@RobHollanderMusic6 жыл бұрын
The most soulful and accomplished blues guitar playing I've ever heard.
@billdarnell56503 жыл бұрын
I forgot how much I liked listening to Mike Bloomfield.
@evansgate2 жыл бұрын
me too. he was a hero of mine when I was 20 and it's nice to revisit old heroes and remind yourself you were into some good stuff back in the day
@bhanwarguphasucks2 жыл бұрын
Heartbreakingly beautiful playing, makes me cry
@JamesFolkers2 жыл бұрын
GOOD LORD! This is absolutely stunning…
@terri-b74923 жыл бұрын
God’s very own guitarist RIP Michael xx
@AdiosMoFo2 жыл бұрын
More like T-Bone's
@JHelak4 жыл бұрын
Just gotta wonder - right now as I write 11 people gave this track a "thumbs down". WTF why? This is what a slow blues is. This song, the playing, the lyrics, the singing, defines what a slow blues is. I guess some people will never have soul.
@rodney42664 жыл бұрын
J Helak you r right man
@thomasfisher57426 ай бұрын
they caught COVID....it affected their TASTE...So sad lol
@chriscobbblues Жыл бұрын
Best Bloomers playing slow blues, right here!!
@Jonathan-L3 жыл бұрын
Michael Bloomfield's musical phrasing was really special ... a tribute to T-Bone Walker & BB King ... but Mike had his signature style. He made the guitar speak.
@8kenjacob3 жыл бұрын
Albert King was big influence
@AdiosMoFo2 жыл бұрын
@@8kenjacob This song is T-Bone through and through....
@user-xl4wo9gf8z Жыл бұрын
Speak and sing.
@orlandooftheriver2 жыл бұрын
It's 2021 nearing 2022 and I am still obsessed with this track.
@robertrobles4028 Жыл бұрын
Michael was one of the most inventive electric blues guitarists ever.
@whocares169411 ай бұрын
The greatest blues is these guys.
@jamesmarcussolzan54902 жыл бұрын
Literally cut my blues teeth listening to Mike Bloomfield.
@barbaravanwhy4564 Жыл бұрын
Why am I just discovering this man all I can say is wow
@FanOblues51 Жыл бұрын
So glad you found Mike Bloomfield. I found him in high school & I'm now 71 years old.
@ktviking2 жыл бұрын
This deserves a million views!
@lallenak21016 жыл бұрын
People have no idea how good this is.....
@theossideris623 жыл бұрын
fuckin true mate..masterpiece
@TR-yi8up Жыл бұрын
This and that Sweet Little Angel/Jelly Jelly medley from Live at the Old Waldorf are as good as any blues recordings ever.
@jamesbuda77532 жыл бұрын
played it over and over when it came out, thanx you tube I'm listening now.
@judylea16713 жыл бұрын
Saw him live at the Fillmore West back in the day might have even been to this show not sure saw him more than once. He just touched my soul he had the "magic". Miss him lived in San Francisco when the news came of his passing sad day.
@fermincorrea28492 жыл бұрын
Man they sure put out some great blues music back then Good ol Mike Bluemfield and company.
@richardcollacchi3515 жыл бұрын
nobody and i mean nobody will ever play like this guy sad is that we all loose when they are gone
@aliensporebomb Жыл бұрын
I still need to thank my pops for gifting me this record when I was 7 years old on Valentines Day coming back from a business trip. I graduated from kiddie music (which I'd already started to do) but went full on into the guitar world and never looked back.
@michaelsawbridge89914 жыл бұрын
Just rediscovered Mike Bloomfield. F--------g brilliant guitarist. Has me in tears of joy.
@gingervytis4 жыл бұрын
Check out Albert's Shuffle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJPTeIB8aceWmLc&start_radio=1
@AFaceintheCrowd013 жыл бұрын
Wait ‘til you hear Peter Green, hun.
@sheddski29423 жыл бұрын
@@AFaceintheCrowd01 Peter Greene was great untill that bad acid trip .
@dominiquepaul6877 Жыл бұрын
@@AFaceintheCrowd01 Bloomfield, Peter Green and please listen to Stan Webb Chicken shack
@billystandridge36093 жыл бұрын
A real gifted guitarist.
@chiquiinfinite70284 жыл бұрын
Currently have my epiphone Sheraton II out. Trying to mimic some of these licks. This guy cannot be replicated. This is from the soul. I feel bad for even trying to do this but it’s a start. No one could ever compare!! Bloomfield for life!!
@Jonathan-L3 жыл бұрын
So true what you say ... I doubt that anyone will sound like Mike Bloomfield.
@SDPickups Жыл бұрын
Michael used 13 gauge strings. That and Twin Reverb with JBL speakers. Its not possible to get that sound from any modern Gibson Les Pauls, because they are nothing like the original Les Pauls. His riffs are very simple and can be learned with practice. In fact, he is a good artist to learn from because his note choices are simple and predictable. He learned from the black blues Masters, all the really good white blues players did the same thing.
@user-xl4wo9gf8z Жыл бұрын
Never feel bad for trying. Trying is what makes a Bodhisattva.
@ronvolpe4750 Жыл бұрын
I sat with him at the bar in the ambassador hotel. We had a beer, and were there to see b.b King & Bobby bland, a night to remember !!.
@RobHollanderMusic7 жыл бұрын
This track features some of the best blues playing I have ever heard, the perfect fusion of feeling and technique. The master.
@AdiosMoFo2 жыл бұрын
Thank T-Bone
@mccurryburg10 ай бұрын
the timing & the tone
@arthuroneau5077 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant and solid ! Unique. Certainly the best !
@milesofentertainment Жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan said he's the best guitar player he ever heard. "Only the good die young" dates back to Greece, circa 445 BC, and was a hit song for Billy Joel but rings so true when looking at guitar players. Bloomfield, Hendrix, Duane Allman, Randy Rhoades, Hillel Slovak, Jeff Buckley, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Danny Gatton all left us too soon. But Jimi is jamming with some serious talent in the next life.
@hondomckee.82327 жыл бұрын
Tone to die for. The best.
@TheJudgeandtheJury4 жыл бұрын
What a song! The solo is amazing!
@billcyr39324 жыл бұрын
I can remember when Michael would visit my home in Vermont and jam in the living room...my heart broke when I got that phone call in 1984.
@dominickarruzzo1974 жыл бұрын
You got called 3 years after he died?
@billcyr39324 жыл бұрын
Dominick Arruzzo I’m 69 and not always remember exact dates. Thanks for re-energizing my brain.
@dominickarruzzo1974 жыл бұрын
@@billcyr3932 I know what you mean. I'm right behind you.
@billcyr39324 жыл бұрын
Dominick Arruzzo at 69 years young my memory isn’t that good when it comes to dates. Thanx for the correction.
@danielclergeau55042 жыл бұрын
magique !! amour aux étoiles !! merci mike !!respects éternels !
@jonpitt85046 жыл бұрын
I picked up this album second-hand in '72, and this track in particular blew me away completely. Mike's blues tone was, and still is, unsurpassed by any of the greats .. and that's saying something. But what makes this track such a gem is the way it builds at the beginning and grabs you by the throat until it finally lets go at 8.45. Then Mike smooths everything out with some of the sweetest, most sensitive and tasty choruses humanly possible, before finally handing back to NG for the vocal finale. I've heard lots of Mike's stuff, and this is without a doubt the very best. Absolutely sublime throughout. So sad he had to leave us when he did.
@larrygeetar93095 жыл бұрын
He was his own worst enemy. Paul Butterfiled and Bloomfield had the greatest combi- nation of vocal / harp / and guitar playing ever, in my opinion. And they're both gone, due to their own demons. Such a shame.
@albertbruin43845 жыл бұрын
What did you expect them to die from? Hoping and feeling too much? They internalized the pain of the "underclass" beginning with field hollers of masters and slaves. Jews wear their pain on the inside while Aframs wear it on the outside. Guilt??? White Man's burden? "You are a better man than I, Gunga Din". Let's get real!!
@albertbruin43842 жыл бұрын
Blues on the Westside was written as they lived it. Epic. Love it. Best friend went down when I was 17. Stole a couple watermelons, chased by Deputy, car rolled, ejected, the end. RIP Butch. 🕊️
@jaredwren93042 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. Mike had min/maxxed his tone by the time he went from the Tele for the Burst. There is a reason he was recognized by all the legends. Sublime. Transcendent. Eternal. Simple. Complex. Human. Major, Minor. The Blues.
@lostchord7022 жыл бұрын
@@albertbruin4384 So well said !
@michaelwest56926 жыл бұрын
It's like having a curl-up-on-the-couch cry. If you felt down and needed to let out all the "she-done-me-really-bad-and-I can't-pull-out" gut wrench, well then - if you had a guitar, this is what you'd be trying to play. Just beautiful.....
@reggiechavez17473 жыл бұрын
I bought this album, when it first came out at a Tower record store in San Francisco. When I got home, and played it, there was no doubt that this was Bloomfield at his finest.. I love that they kept in the fall start on It Takes Time. The band missed the downbeat. Many of the cuts can also be found on Nick Gravenites album, My Labors.
@blusmahn2 жыл бұрын
................and a few more on Blues at the Fillmore !
@aliensporebomb Жыл бұрын
Plus, this reissue was good but the Japanese mini LP sleeve versions has the full versions of all of this (with the false start on "It Takes Time") as well as more of the banter between tunes from the musicians. And extra tracks. Same goes for the Nick Gravenites "My Labors" - extra tracks, mini LP sleeve. It's weird, I must have bought this record half a dozen times now but I keep looking for more material from that magic night - they were ALL firing on all cylinders that evening.
@Evil-Jesus10 жыл бұрын
Bloomfield had more Soul than the 10 best Shredders..
@VBForbes7 жыл бұрын
He could shred when required He took Johnny Winter to school on the 1968 Filmore lost live album "It's My Own Fault"
@chriscurtis83446 жыл бұрын
Yes Paul. Waaay more soul.
@TedBurke4 жыл бұрын
@@VBForbes More likely they schooled each other in equal measure. Introducing Johnny at the Fillmore East, Bloomfield said that Winter was "..the BADDEST motherfucker...this cat can PLAY..." It's all right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foewZI2YjJd4Y5o
@elegantlywasted45803 жыл бұрын
Feeling it, it's unbelievable. Thanks Mike
@andysimpson65957 жыл бұрын
what a night - Bloomfield was out there - eyes closed - every once in a while he would open his eyes and check things out then close them again and just kill it sooooo sweet the sound - god i miss him !
@cathsalazar99303 жыл бұрын
Me too!..............💜
@ramonsanchez79614 жыл бұрын
The Blues Man gave his Soul to the Blues no one can mscht it 🎸
@davidranger134 жыл бұрын
Chicago Slow Blues... the Best👍😎
@rmis325 жыл бұрын
Great art comes out of pain. On this one, I feel the pain and I hear blues greatness.
@terrycollins9736 Жыл бұрын
Some of the best blues I've ever heard
@vernlamb6665 ай бұрын
This was Chicago 'gold'!
@partyrock99462 жыл бұрын
Now I know where my blues have been all my life.
@pharmerdavid14323 жыл бұрын
Magnificent Maestro Blooms again!
@mikebloomfirld6610 жыл бұрын
mike bloomfield...the best there ever was...
@randalmcmurphy18937 жыл бұрын
he surely was. truly spoken.
@VBForbes7 жыл бұрын
me too
@randalmcmurphy18937 жыл бұрын
Bloomers was the best. Listen to allof his stuff and he could do what anyone else could but he was a gentleman and never sought to upstage or get the better of anyone else. an all found good person
@tjaardtenhove89306 жыл бұрын
It's not his technique, it's straight from the heart, nothing can beat that.
@petegilgan40586 жыл бұрын
A great blues player - but not as great as the young Peter Green...
@airbloomamplifiers2 жыл бұрын
Old school’60’s guitar tone needs no distortion pedals.
@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother4 жыл бұрын
Listening to MB on a Sunday morning. We have an economic disaster, a pandemic, civil unrest, and a tropical storm coming. I'm sitting on my porch, drinking beer at 9:00 a.m. listening to Mike, and the approaching storm. Why the hell not? Can't go nowhere 'cause my truck died yesterday. Thanks, Mike. It's all good.
@bobjones96004 жыл бұрын
How's the dog? And the wife?
@livingadreamlife14284 жыл бұрын
You have the ingredients of a country song there
@georgerodda44053 жыл бұрын
Loved Broomfield electric flag east west first amplified recording many firsts luv ❤ him him and the cat's are jamming on the big stage
@frankdardano31828 ай бұрын
Tone?! This is what most people mean when they talk BLOOMFILD.HE IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING HIS TOGGLE SWITCH.THE SUPER SESSIONS ALBUM HE REALLY MADE HIS ICONIC BLOOMFIELD SOUND.INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE.SWEET,CUTTING,CLEAR TONE.AS A FORMER RETIRED GUITARIST, I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO IMPROVISE WITH SLOW BLUES. THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE..BLOOMFIELD IS THE MASTER OF PLAYING THE BLUES.CLAPTON CALLED HIM A SOUL BROTHER,DYLAN SAID BEST HE EVER PLAYED WITH. I OFTEN WONDER HOW VAN HALEN WOULD HAVE PLAYED BLUES,WITHOUT TAP TRICKS A WALL OF AMPS,PEDALS ETC.THE ONLY THING A MODERN GUITAR Player does is imitate old links then get bored,because they know it's not authentic.then slow blues is something that they are not into.bloomfield forgot more links than most players learn.He died at 37!!!
@patrickcostine8 жыл бұрын
Go Mike - you sure knew the blues!
@andreadichiara12807 жыл бұрын
THE REAL KING OF BLUES! NOT ANYONE LIKE BLOOMFIELD IN THE BLUES GUITAR!
@andreborges28817 жыл бұрын
Peter Green.
@pinballeric5 жыл бұрын
André Borges is
@fredt53963 жыл бұрын
Mayby Duane Allman
@frankdardano31829 ай бұрын
Bloomfield has forgot more than most players will ever learn.damn he is good and you just can't getting any cleaner. No pedals,no nothing! He just plugged in the Amp straight like 1949.listen to the endless stream of notes,effortlessly being fired at you, or the breath taking beautifull slow blues that showed the world this is how its done.RIP mike,and thanks!
@msaintpc4 жыл бұрын
Love hearing my old friend Taj sing the blues.
@teamlotus13Ай бұрын
That’s Nick Gravenites singing here. Taj sang on a couple other songs from the sames shows
@carilann10 жыл бұрын
so sweet I could listen to Bloomy all day long and still not get enough
@mikebloomfirld6610 жыл бұрын
bloomy could rip the paint off of a wall with that tone...
@ESD2814GLC9 жыл бұрын
metalmike66 Today's players are generally frightened of that upper mid lower treble howl that Bloomfield and a few others used to devastating effect. I love it myself.
@VBForbes7 жыл бұрын
me too!
@johanenmaayalos30964 жыл бұрын
Emile Dalkey :
@andysimpson65952 жыл бұрын
@@mikebloomfirld66 NOTHING LIKE A LES PAUL PUMPED A FENDER TWIN REVERB BEING PLAYED BY MIKE BLOOMFIELD - T U R N I T U P !
@christophermarshall4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful! A masterpiece. Great singing by Nick Gravenites as well. Genius at work, dear God. And the horn section is right on.
play me some BLUES, MIKE, man you had that feeling. RIP.
@oldwindsorblues7 жыл бұрын
In my personal opinion MB has been the greatest "white" blues guitarist that ever walked this planet. Just unique.
@petegilgan62174 жыл бұрын
The second greatest - after Peter Green.
@TedBurke4 жыл бұрын
@@petegilgan6217 Third greatest. Johnny Winter,Mike Bloomfield, Peter Green. In that order
@G8GT364CI4 жыл бұрын
@@TedBurke Nope Mike was the best.
@areirving4 жыл бұрын
Mike was the best. White, black, or green.
@jackbecker83554 жыл бұрын
He influenced many, but only old school guitarists know who he was... saw him at a strip club in SF, early '70s....sad, he looked worn out..
@SA-gu3ed Жыл бұрын
What an intro!
@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother7 жыл бұрын
Saw Bloomfield Memorial Day weekend 1970 Fillmore West, recently returned from Maui. Wow! Didn't need no Wowie. Mike provided that!
@RobertTousignantRRHF6 жыл бұрын
NY in the 60,s Now everyone is running around so fast they missed this low down dirty blues tune...Slow down ya,all ..
@mariebrigittesevaistre23102 жыл бұрын
never enough, never... this GEM+++ ! !
@lanes58 Жыл бұрын
The best electric blues player ever…even to this day.
@barbaravanwhy4564 Жыл бұрын
His voice is an instrument
@barbaravanwhy4564 Жыл бұрын
It's like he's holding your heart
@8kenjacob3 жыл бұрын
I saw him play several times at Fillmore West with Paul Butterfield in the late 60's. To get another fix on Mike, you could try listening to his soundtrack of The Trip which he played with his band The Electric Flag. It's outstanding and gives you an idea of a much larger range of guitar playing and style than you typically hear from him.
@kathleengrimes18162 жыл бұрын
I have The Trip soundtrack. I love it too !!!
@ericswenson3222 жыл бұрын
I think I was there also..ha!
@billw12662 жыл бұрын
Great soundtrack. Forgot all about it. Thanks!
@chiquiinfinite70284 жыл бұрын
That face says it all. My god Bloomfield, you will never be forgotten. His power through music will always thrive on and influence others. From his head, to his heart, to his hands.
@sheilabarron72066 жыл бұрын
SO SMOOTH and RELAXING hits the Mind Body and Soul Mike Bloomfield is So Amazing 🖤💙
@danburns65589 жыл бұрын
takes me back to my army days when I was away , and the band played on. Mike
@FKKramer10 жыл бұрын
MASTERPIECE...absolutely magnificent!
@barbaravanwhy4564 Жыл бұрын
Who hasn't felt that
@muskymike18858 жыл бұрын
love the slow blues
@danielsuarez14313 жыл бұрын
No one is better than the other , everyone gave their true art in the blues world.
@joebarriga-99459 ай бұрын
this jewish boy appreciated the genre of black musics and its black musicians. he was open to the black culture and its beauty of the blues. he learned from the best. and made it his own...
@carolynzaremba54694 жыл бұрын
I sure wish I'd attended this show. I was living in a commune in Berkeley in 1969 and we went to many shows at Fillmore West. But not this one. Damn! 50 years ago!
@jesselucier72514 жыл бұрын
I'm 22 and have been emerging myself with as much of the blues as possible man I wish I woulda found Mike sooner💙
@davidseriff7114 жыл бұрын
Check out a guy named Chris Cain.
@shadowplay28012 жыл бұрын
Rory Gallagher
@MikhnevichNatalya2 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️это блюз!потрясающий блюз!❤️
@user-le4bt9gx6wКүн бұрын
Pure magic !
@TheOpinionatedGuitarist5 жыл бұрын
This is a thing of beauty!
@bokehintheussr5033 Жыл бұрын
Bloomfield hit his peak in '69 recording and touring with Gravenites. The stuff those two guys did together outside Electric Flag is waaaay better than the stuff they did in that band.
@peonwarrior Жыл бұрын
Man, I couldn’t agree more!
@loveiliang1957 Жыл бұрын
GreatcMusic ❤
@patcoughlin31047 жыл бұрын
Bloomfield = Blues that simple
@electricchurchmusic42987 жыл бұрын
Outstanding !!!
@albertoortega24673 жыл бұрын
Michael 🎸🔥☮️✌️👏... de Argentina 🇦🇷 2020
@stevemontanya74214 жыл бұрын
How sweet it is.
@akelantz57906 жыл бұрын
So brilliant, never get tired of this. Thou its a kliché - but Mike is singing from his hearth!!
@richardcollacchi3514 жыл бұрын
he didnt not need any pedals just the am pand pure talent what we have lost can not evenbe describe i hope the new the guitar players will realise its you and the guitar and nothing else