I still listen to East West at least once a week. I’ve been doing that since I was fifteen. I’m 72 now. Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop continue to be two of my major influences. Both Paul and Mike Bloomfield died too young. It’s a hard life, not for everyone. On the other hand, there are people like Buddy Guy who approaching 90 are still in good health and playing at their peak. I can’t criticize this band. Those are tough shoes to fill.
@user-by2mq9lo2e12 күн бұрын
69 now i lived in eastgermany. At TV Rockpalast i heard The Paul Butterfield Bluesband. Since this evening I loved this man and his music. Thanks for your music, Paul. RIP Paul Butterfield
@bobh25818 ай бұрын
Paul Butterfield did not die, he went home. I will never stop listening to him, I can't.
@blakeforrestmcbee17656 ай бұрын
Time flies on. Years fly on.R.I.P. PAUL BUTTERFIELD!
@MarshallAmpMan9 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler on drums - a rarity
@clancykobane91028 ай бұрын
Vocals aint what they used to b here but the spirit is undaunted and the harp still shines, RIP PB, MB
@brucekolinski540125 күн бұрын
Fell in love with blues as a high school sophomore when I heard the '65 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band album with Bloomfield on lead and Bishop on rhythm. Life altering for me.
@zenzen1916 Жыл бұрын
🤔 ...this is 85, in spring of 87 Paul was turning his life around, but monsters were at play. Left his three sons way too soon, not by choice.Miss and love you Paul, we almost made it.
@production582 жыл бұрын
I have to say this is incredibly sad to watch. From being one of the most brilliant artist that I’ve ever seen to a former shell of himself just really breaks my heart. I saw some epic Butterfield concerts in my time and I always left the show knowing that I saw something so special. Between 1966 and 71 I saw them probably at least 25 times maybe more. You can tell the drugs and alcohol with the demise of his brilliant talent. His voice is barely passable at this point but yes he can still play the harmonica but not with the philosophy. The real drag of it is is he really wasn’t that old. He should’ve been hitting a peak..The band is just OK considering where he came from in the Titans that were a part of his groups. I’ll just put this one away and enjoy those wonderful albums and if I want to hear them live that Butterfield live at the troubadour Definitely is Representative Of his immense talent and vibe
@VBForbes2 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@hubertsumlin9697 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's rough. The sideman ate kind of a joke.
@zenzen1916 Жыл бұрын
Knew and loved Paul from 75 up until his death, he suffered from immense pain..yet even while medicating..the strongest person I ever met..he left his three sons way too soon..not by choice🎶
@3345646 Жыл бұрын
Butter means sincerely what he plays he never wanders and gives 💯.
@asfcharters1 Жыл бұрын
Only show I have walked out of ever, His half hearted playing and singing plus he was down right obnoxious. I had bought tickets for me and my Three friends. He was an absolute jerk off had his shit miked way up had no choice. This was at my father's place Roslyn Ny. Repetitive riffs over and over sucked. No where his former self drugs booze
@jackparkes9310 Жыл бұрын
Isn't the blues about pain and expressing it in music? Thats why his music here is so authentic😄amazing harmonica playing and very good singing from the heart! I listen to this when i do my walk
@Amedeo93 жыл бұрын
Omg, this music is so fucking good!!! It seems like very rare concert. I love it.
@harmonica2123 жыл бұрын
It kind of is because it is not in a DVD format. It may have been out of print and once on VHS or DVD at one time because there are other blues concerts on DVD or that are on KZbin that can be put on DVD format. I guess was not able to get the full concert only part of it but there still is a good chunk of the concert you can see and it is pretty good.
@zaynaldin37782 ай бұрын
Start loving his blues harp playing when listening 'I'm Drifting'..one of the best all time blues harp player..
@ShawnWilliams19872 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite blues harp players
@chriskroll41662 жыл бұрын
It's kind of like a jazz band playing Blues. And I mean that with the highest compliment. 🙏
@sdxn81172 жыл бұрын
I met Pauls contempory here in Eugene, OR and he played with PB regularly in Chicago in the daze...Charlie Musselwhite the master. What a great guy and influence on Paul. Very similar vocals. Charlie glowed when I asked if he ever played with Paul....Hell yes! Legends.
@johnwescott90082 жыл бұрын
Paul influenced Charlie fact and is (was) a far superior harp player. Paul has soul in his playing and his singing. A total original.
@Vodichka92 жыл бұрын
@@johnwescott9008 I pretty-much agree, but fwiw, I thought Charlie's playing on the Stone Blues album was phenomenal. His version of Juke surpassed much of Butterfield's renditions of LW tunes, like Off the Wall...
@Vodichka92 жыл бұрын
I love Charlie Musselwhite, but he was no influence on Paul Butterfield. Everyone who was listening in the 1960s knew that they were miles apart.
@kulusadira86582 жыл бұрын
Did you ever meet my old bandmate James Bradshaw in Eugene? We had a blues band in Long Beach Cal in the mid 60s.
@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother4 ай бұрын
On another note, Charlie's daughter, Layla Musselwhite is pretty amazing. I saw her in Nola backed by Nola guitar whiz Jimmy Robinson. She is quite the slide player, singer, song writer, and to play like that in front of Jimmy Robinson is no mean feat!
@davidpershing9934 Жыл бұрын
just now discovering paul .. lookin' forward to a way excellent journey
@truckerkevthepaidtourist7 ай бұрын
Welcome it's a safe rabbit hole to fall into
@zenzen191610 ай бұрын
RIP Mike Bloomfield🥀✡️💔Stop the Hate You were a Hero
@hellmi83862 жыл бұрын
This man is great white bluesman with his blues harp. Amazing!
@LolsilverfoxJohnson2 ай бұрын
Such a shame the way some geniuses of the harp can go. I have a album called Low blows..Anthology of Chicago blues and Paul is on that ....mind blowing harp playing .
@shmrsh Жыл бұрын
I saw both shows there that day and the second show was by far the best.
@felineth56 Жыл бұрын
So good!
@alknauber9877 Жыл бұрын
To see something so new and yet so late in Butterfield's career is outstanding. If you, like me, regard Butterfield as the man in blues/jazz harmonica then you will definitely want to check this out. Thank you for this posting.
@alknauber9877 Жыл бұрын
I neglected to mention/celebrate the bass player. If his performance isn't the most outstanding one you've ever heard/seen, glad you could make it here. What fun!
@joelfass26973 жыл бұрын
It IS kinda sad---but also beautiful and touching, a la late Billie Holiday. Mostly he was going on heart (playing still very much intact. It was the voice and pain in his face and mien that hurts to watch)---but SO much heart...
@zydeco23783 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for uploading this concert, I've been looking for it for years ! Paul Butterfield is my favourite blues harp player. If you love Paul Butterfield you must see the beautiful dvd documentary "Horn from the heart - The Paul Butterfield Story".
@GerryBlue3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recomendation, I'll look for it
@Vodichka92 жыл бұрын
I first heard Butterfield and his band with Mike Bloomfield when I was a young teenager. You cannot overestimate the incredible influence of Butterfield on American music for the next several generations. I loved Horn from the heart. It was overdue, but at least it happened.
@bonnieknight8045 Жыл бұрын
Horn from the Heart, great Butterfield biographical documentary on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ-UhJJ-otdnkKc
@zenzen1916 Жыл бұрын
@@Vodichka9 Horn from the Heart was a farce.
@ronaldlevao8251 Жыл бұрын
Yes, a great documentary, amazing footage. There's also a 90-minute Bloomfield documentary on.
@papanchopo Жыл бұрын
heartfelt
@Hikaru109Ichijyo3 жыл бұрын
wow he is awesome but he also has an awesome band
@trentland11 ай бұрын
I see me! What great nite.
@nicholasbrunetto9663 жыл бұрын
not the picture of health here boy could he still play!!!!!
@jacestephenweatherall1732 Жыл бұрын
Rip Paul
@leroyjohnson57052 жыл бұрын
ONE OF THE TOP DOGS''🎶
@leroyjohnson57052 жыл бұрын
DOGS🎶 OF THE TOP 🪗 •
@johnsteele552 жыл бұрын
Gerry Blue, I thank you. If this last 21 months of challenges gave you time to download this, well one great thing came out of it. Good music makes kitchen clean up easier.
@GerryBlue2 жыл бұрын
Happy to share real music
@geovanecaetano88853 жыл бұрын
Um dos melhores gaitistas do rock blues!!!
@truckerkevthepaidtourist3 жыл бұрын
holy shit so this is where that classic footage with the million views and more comes from Ames Iowa. one of the best concert venues in Iowa the famous Iowa State University run maintenance shop. it was an actual whole show somebody got it it was on for the longest time just this song. so cool you're able to get the whole thing up
@armandohernandessolus77153 жыл бұрын
Este maestro es mi idolo ya estoy llorando con esta csncion saludos y gracias
@zachvanslyke43413 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this
@murattaner73843 жыл бұрын
He used to play guitar and piano much better than most professionals - no daily practices, of course....:)))
@robomaster48824 ай бұрын
Do sad that in less than 2 yrs. after this performance he would be dead.
@flashingturtle650511 ай бұрын
This is fuckin great
@borislonic44763 жыл бұрын
Paul Butterfield was clearly nowhere near his peak period from the 60s or even the 70s in this live performance, but he could still blow some commanding harp licks. Give me a middle aged Paul Butterfield in decline, musically and health wise, over these fast and flashy modern players any day!
@Vodichka92 жыл бұрын
His band was on fire in the beginning. I met him in 84 and was shocked by his appearance But, I will always love and admire him.
@vKarl712 жыл бұрын
True. And this band is just awful. Good musicians (well, the guitarist & drummer, anyway) playing bad music. Really sad.
@landztranz Жыл бұрын
@@vKarl71 Bad??? The audience seems to be having a good time.
@webjammer1 Жыл бұрын
@@landztranz I was at this show and I was underwhelmed by performance but was thrilled to see a legend.
@jquery27743 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the whole show. It is a treat. Thanks also for the girls in the video. There they were, looking excellent.
@user-cs8sx3fi1y Жыл бұрын
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band September 26, 1985 (1985-09-26) The Maintenance Shop Iowa State University - Memorial Union LINE UP: Paul Butterfield - vocals, harmonica, piano Frank Gravis - guitar Danny Draher - bass Ricky Sebastian - drums show intro 02 [05:43] Walkin' Blues [cuts in] 03 [09:23] Born In Chicago 04 [10:13] The Thrill Is Gone 05 [05:20] Take Good Care Of Me 06 [07:17] I Got Fooled 07 [04:46] Take Your Love and Your Money [cut] total - 43:18
@GerryBlue Жыл бұрын
Thanks, info added to description, chapters are already there
@aureliobrighton18713 жыл бұрын
Frightening ... and I spare you any more unpleasantries .. for what a magnificent and tough man .. is calling for Charon on his harp . here before my eyes 🌹 ... and b.t.w. I hope the lessons are worth it 😏
@ron2shoes9807 ай бұрын
Butterfield: even in his declining years was way better than anyone else on the stage. And at his best he was better than anybody. Period. You can't argue with genius. You can try, but who? What harmonica player? What guitar player? What sax player? Nobody. And he did all that on an extremely difficult instrument to play well. Give it 500 years and there may be somebody. We were gifted with his person and talent. That's okay. He borrowed it from black musicians and made it so much better. Still waiting for the next genius. 500 years? Not fair. The bass player had access to notes way lower than Butter could reach on the harmonica. Shoulda gone uptown and play it there. Maybe in third position which He was also very good at. Just talkin', there is no way I was ever that good.
@harmonica2123 жыл бұрын
This is A great concert do you have the setlist? I have A good friend of mine who would love to hear this. He was around all these great musicians when he was little. His dad is Ronnie Barron who played the Keyboards for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and was best friends with Dr. John AKA Mac Rebennack. I remember my friend telling me about the knife fight between James Cotton and Little Walter in the basement. My friend's dad Ronnie Barron told my friend to go ask Paul Butterfield to show you how to play the Harmonica so he did then Paul Butterfield said go way kid you are bothering me. Haha! He would always tell me stories when I see him when I tell him what I have found on KZbin or any type of Blues music online. My friend is very talented and plays the Harmonica and the Guitar. I would go see him play live with my friend's band and he is blind. He is a very cool guy. I don't know where you found this but this is pretty cool to see Paul Butterfield. Somehow there is a software to make the quality better or to make it into Bluray. Paul Butterfield, He is how I learned to get a great vibrato and from listening to one of my other friends and Little Sonny from Detroit and listening to Andy Just and Robben Ford's younger brother Marc Ford. Marc Ford said when he had heard Paul Butterfield play the Harmonica he walked in his house and heard him playing one of the records Robben Ford brought home and said that is a Harmonica I want to play like that so he did and that right there is what broke them loose. All these guys I have named are the badest cats in Blues music they are great. Thank You! for sharing.
@GerryBlue3 жыл бұрын
Great story, sadly I don't have the setlist but I'm sure someone knowledgeable will soon post one. Peace
@harmonica2123 жыл бұрын
@Gerry Blue, I look forward to it Thanks!
@harmonica2123 жыл бұрын
@Gerry Blue, I just found it. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band September 26, 1985 (1985-09-26) The Maintenance Shop Iowa State University - Memorial Union Iowa Public Television: "At The Maintenance Shop" [first aired 1985] This show has been shared before but not from this source tape. If anyone has more of this and/or a better quality copy, please share it! (The quality here is pretty decent TV audio though not perfect.) 01 [00:36] show intro 02 [05:43] Walkin' Blues [cuts in] 03 [09:23] Born In Chicago 04 [10:13] The Thrill Is Gone 05 [05:20] Take Good Care Of Me 06 [07:17] I Got Fooled 07 [04:46] Take Your Love and Your Money [cut] total - 43:18 Paul Butterfield - vocals, harmonica, piano Frank Gravis - guitar Danny Draher - bass Ricky Sebastian - drums
@zydeco23783 жыл бұрын
@@harmonica212 thank you for your story, if you have more stories about Paul Butterfield please share them with us. BTW the right title for the song n.5 is "Done a lot of wrong things" written by Bobby Charles. The song is included in the DVD documentary "Horn from the heart - The Paul Butterfield Story, in great video quality and stereo sound (probably from the original source). The performance of this song and Paul's harp solo are very moving, he had a great soul. I hope they are going to release this concert officially, very soon.
@harmonica2123 жыл бұрын
@Zydeco 23 , Sure... I hope it is released very soon too. I will share more stories when I see or hear from my friend if he tells me something new. My friend met a lot of cool Blues musician's over the years. I saw the Documentary and it was great. I plan on buying it. Paul Butterfield was originally a guitar player then he started playing the harmonica and got really good in only 6. months and he could even play it backwards and you didn't know it. Paul Butterfield was amazing. He even played the piano and the flute. That is just plain amazing. Paul Butterfield even used Stevie Wonder's backup band because he liked them so much. He loved their sound. There is also a DVD from 1978 at Rockpalast Germany with Paul Butter Feild and his band check that out it is really good with great guitar playing.
@billiam82703 жыл бұрын
While I am glad to have another piece of Butterfield's musical history available (and this does seem like a rare piece), does anyone else who is familiar with his work think this band kind of sucks, like the worst he ever had? And someone below says the "girls" in the crowd were excellent. Umm...I guess if you are into square mid-West plain-looking women. And poor Paul - sweating bullets due to his alcoholism and failing organs. Oh well, we all evolve and die.
@stevendreith43433 жыл бұрын
I agree with you Billiam, not the greatest band, but you still get Butterfield. I've seen him live in the 60's in his prime, and nothing will replace those memories.
@williamdelmer18693 жыл бұрын
SurlyBill: Who was the Bass? And was that Mike Bloomberg on guitar?
@billiam82703 жыл бұрын
@@williamdelmer1869 Surely you jest. How about when the bassist rolls his eyes up in his head. What is up with this? I will block this out of my memory as I LOVE Butterfield and his music and this is just awful.
@williamdelmer18693 жыл бұрын
@@billiam8270 I meant "was that Mike Bloomfield on guitar" instead of Bloomberg. Sorry If I disturbed You by mentioning the bass player.
@kevinwatson45413 жыл бұрын
@@williamdelmer1869 not Bloomfield he died in ‘81.
@jamesmares420610 ай бұрын
His voice is hacked and reminds me of the Bob Dylan Rough and Ways concert I saw last year. Dylans voice is completely gone. It s a ver sad thing. It is hard to listen to. Who are the musicians.?
@patrikduller84493 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks Paul doesn't sound as good there? Not to mention his look. Poor guy, he was clearly already in decline. RIP!
@BarryMiller29563 жыл бұрын
I concur. He was hurting but it didn't stop him from giving it his all.
@RasTuft3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I agree. I love the guy, but he is NOT on form here and looks like shit. Very sad to see. RIP
@roberttemple25212 жыл бұрын
Very hard to watch this as it is quite obvious that Paul is not up to par.
@Vodichka92 жыл бұрын
He was dying of diverticulitis and peritonitis. His incredible ability to tolerate pain is what killed him. BB King said "Paul Butterfield was a real man." And he was.
@billpresing5568 Жыл бұрын
OK, so here's the deal, all the instructor's say you must hold the the harmonica in your left hand soo I guess the great Paul Butterfield couldn't play the harmonica ? Hmmm !! Whadda y'all think ? I like to do as Paul does, so I guess I l'll stop fightin the feeling.
@TedBurke3 жыл бұрын
there is no bigger butterfield fan than myself, but i am forced to say that this awful. this was recorded just a year before he died and that ravages of alcohol and heroin are obvious here. his singing is off key, his harmonica playing is wavering and uncertain. this was painful .
@Vodichka92 жыл бұрын
He died because he checked himself out of a hospital when he had peritonitis due to an attack of diverticulitis. Some people have a high tolerance for pain. I had exactly the same experience, but I survived. Paul's death has been sensationalized for years by people like you. Your self-professed fanboy attitude is no excuse for your post. Bye, Ted.
@production582 жыл бұрын
I have to agree with Ted. Seeing Butterfield With everyone of his great bands and then seeing this is a terrible bring down and very sad. He didn’t deserve such a sad and tragic ending. One of my top three artists that I’ve seen in my lifetime
@Glofern Жыл бұрын
I broke down crying hysterically when Paul died and yet I knew he was in trouble even before I moved from Chicago to south Florida in 1985
@klausnordmeyer Жыл бұрын
The Wrong Things song is pain-infused soulful blues at its purest. He may have been at the bottom, but he was also at his top.
@truckerkevthepaidtourist7 ай бұрын
@@Vodichka9yes unfortunately we all know about the drugs and the booze and he did sort of wreck his body but of course the final blow was the other health issues that were not substance-related you are absolutely correct
@mitchgawlik1175 Жыл бұрын
This was a bit tough for me to watch.
@harmonicabill Жыл бұрын
This man is running out of energy by now, still little burst of great blues harmonica. sad thing drugs
@truckerkevthepaidtourist7 ай бұрын
It wasn't just the drugs in the booze though it was also the stomach issues that would plague him also towards the end
@greghenderson45823 жыл бұрын
Who is the guitar player ???
@bassmangotdbluz3547 Жыл бұрын
Do you know what happens when the Drums stop? BASS SOLO !!!! Pugsly burned it down.
@davidcrawford57112 жыл бұрын
This is what hard drugs do ! The band must , be hurting to hear this poor performance ! Jimi Hendrix played on barbiturates ! At Devonshire Downs , in California ! He was a mess ! 🤔
@zenzen1916 Жыл бұрын
Paul had awful health problems,band was self medicating..still one of the strongest people I ever met.Left us too soon...not by choice.
@landztranz Жыл бұрын
That bass player was sure singing some Jewish blues there.
@blueguitar1952 Жыл бұрын
Draher on guitar, not bass.
@GerryBlue Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'll switch it, I'm guessing Gravis is bass?
@blueguitar1952 Жыл бұрын
@@GerryBlue I would say yes.
@GerryBlue Жыл бұрын
@@blueguitar1952 Changed, thanks for the info
@uncleenore5 ай бұрын
Butterfield's cover of "The Thrill is Gone" is SO much better than the original. Beautifully done.
@davechae58902 жыл бұрын
Inheavennnnnnnnnnnnen
@hubertsumlin9697 Жыл бұрын
Somebody stop that bass solo. Jesus.
@pharmerdavid1432 Жыл бұрын
The Holy Bible says your body belongs to your wife, and her body belongs to you, but God owns your souls...........or satan.