Paul Butterfield & Mike Bloomfield • “Last Night” • 1971 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

[@pascalsauvetre1154]

Fantastic blues, great groove, great feeling: beautifull soulfull music.

[@georgerodda4405]

Sweet😂🎉

[@vincentbuccieri9305]

This is One of the Best Live Performances I've Ever Seen!

[@msaintpc]

Man, I was there during those days and Paul Butterfield was a BEAST!

[@michaelgreen5206]

& so was Mike Bloomfield!!!

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

​@@michaelgreen5206Yes!

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Michael Bloomfield!

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

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[@LarryBird-u9u]

so you were in chi town in the 60s---i bet you got to see some serious OG heavy hitters, in their prime no less... did you get to see Wolf? Little Walter? Willie Dixon? tell me a story/share a memory...if ya want---sorry, i don't mean to be all bossy/presumptous--i'm just being overly enthusiastic:)

[@thomasjoseph4718]

In '66 in London in one evening, we saw the Beach boys at Fairfield Hall Croydon then drove up to the Marquee to see one of Cream's first gigs, then We drove to Kensington to see Paul Butterfield at Blaizes. What an evening ! The Paul Butterfield Blues Band were one of the best bands we had ever heard - even after Cream and that is saying something !

[@shakersuru67]

Que maravilla!!!!

[@JohnInNJ76]

OMG. Butter and Bloomers. The blues just doesn't get any better.

[@davidpendry7731]

If anyone dislikes this then they have no SOUL.

[@davidherringgo]

Thats some of the best Harp I have ever heard. 🎶

[@Jonathan-L]

The guy who played harmonica sounded much better.

[@caprise-music6722]

@@Jonathan-Llmao. Exactly

[@christianlacheze3323]

Mike Bloomfield had everything: inventiveness, phrasing , subtlety .What a pity he died so soon

[@JillandKevin]

Same with Paul. What a harp player!!!

[@Fender73472]

Couldn’t get off the dope 😮

[@paulb111]

Enjoyed this solo very much. So inventive, going places you don't expect but then you hear it

[@rossmacdonald3880]

So good for the soul! ❤

[@frankdardano3182]

Blues with a feelin ! Both at their best, Bloomfield burnin it up, Paul is demonstrating harp ability to the world.

[@kenneth-pd1vw]

Good Music.Thanx👍👍

[@keithwelch9351]

Harvey, Michael and Paul! Bloomfield is the guitarist who surprises me every time no matter how many times I've heard that version. Solos are nice but his background fills and gentle walks are just so laid back, layered and educated.

[@belasgirl6]

I agree, a rich boy can play the blues. Good stuff!

[@stephenb7679]

I’m glad someone mentioned Harvey , guy was phenomenal !

[@theislander-sj1kq]

It's not Harvey that's playing the bass.

[@danieljacob732]

Paul Butterfield - harp, vocals, Mike Bloomfield - guitar, Mark Naftalin - piano, John Kahn - bass, and Billy Mundi (ex-Mothers of Invention)- drums. Location: Fenway Theater, Boston - December 10-11 1971 (From the second reunion gig of members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band)

[@JohnInNJ76]

Just one PRIME example of why these two were THE BEST at what they do.

[@squeakeththewheel]

My only objection to PB is that he tended to hog all the song time blowing the harp instead of letting MB play a lot more. I could listen to MB all day. PB not so much.

[@bigtuna6463]

great stuff

[@waltw4537]

Nice listening before going to the dentist! Yes!

[@michaelsmith-qm4ec]

Me had the delightful experience to see these great Musicians Jam- there Was No Color Barriers with them- just play with the deep Respect of Jamming Together- Thanks All That Made These Memories Arise Forever- Twirlin On😮

[@markbrandon7756]

So timeless So Outstanding So Perfect So Great Music. Could be made yesterday a hit Could be made 90 yrs ago a hit still it would be. Just Timeless …

[@ericrose3877]

That harp sound takes us all right back.

[@billyboy1093]

And only Butter can get that mouthy breakup, one note and you know it's Paul.

[@tor5457]

What solos these guys blew! Mike's fluidity is astounding.

[@josephlemko3027]

The only time I ever saw The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was at the FILLMORE East in December 1968. They were the headliners & they brought the house down. Butterfield; Gene Dinwiddie & David Sanborn on sax along with Elvin Bishop on lead guitar provided some of my more memorable moments at the great concert venue. But that evenings highlight, for me, came during the second acts performance. That group was Super Session with Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield. Like Butterfield's band they were outstanding. But the best part was when Bloomfield introduced an unknown Blues guitarist named Johnny Winter. Unbelieivable!!!

[@tor5457]

@@josephlemko3027 Yeah, I've listened to that several times. Pretty darn awesome!

[@josephlemko3027]

​​@@tor5457Thanks! It is tough to find someone these days that ever heard of Johnny Winter, let alone Butterfield or Bloomfield.✌️

[@tor5457]

@@josephlemko3027 It's just not the music of the day as it once was. Makes it precious.

[@josephlemko3027]

​@@tor5457: Amen! ✌️

[@vernlamb666]

These guys brought the blues 'uptown' and made them accessible for many that, otherwise, wouldn't have experienced them.

[@daveb7811]

I bought their first album and East West in the mid '60s. Haven't been the same since.

[@philipgreenegreene3454]

East West was their second album

[@daveb7811]

@@philipgreenegreene3454 I'm pretty sure that's what I said. "I bought their first album AND East West......"

[@edumagalha2794]

Simplesmente fantástico

[@karenscigliano9787]

I'm now crying my eyes out💙

[@richardpage9502]

Love the fender amps taking up center stage

[@jimfladwood4393]

REALLY GOOD QUESTION! Mike Bloomfield didn’t want the spotlight he just wanted to play.. He was from old Jewish New York Money. His family owned Blooming Dales in New York. His father was really disappointed when he heard Mike just wanted to play the blues. The fame and money didn’t matter. Mike was a humble and kind man. I got to see the Butterfield blues band at the Fillmore East.❤ they played for over three hours. I couldn’t get up to leave. He lived and died the blues.☮️

[@cliffbarber6058]

He grew up in Chicago, learned the electric blues from the Chicago masters.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

No they did not His family started the famous Bloomfield coffee makers. migrated from Russia to Chicago I got nothing to do with New York at all get your facts straight

[@sheercerebralpower]

I have a very nice Mike Bloomfield Biography by Ed Ward! Check it out. There is a lot on his background. How Mike had a living trust from his family which basically made him financially independent…..

[@JoaquínMortiz-l2l]

Great Paul Butterfield🎉

[@BrianKlobyGuitar]

Straight Up & Righteous ☕🎸

[@ConcezioPellegrini]

FANTASTIC VIDEO. THANK YOU

[@jayscheidemen4455]

LOVE seein' this footage....thank you. The trash can in the corner there....perfect stage decor!!

[@OohMyHead]

I can feel this in my soul.

[@SoulDaddy33]

Nobody had phrasing like Bloomfield. Maybe Roy Buchanan came close. Thanks for this.

[@Johnnynbk]

Nobody was ever as subtle and brilliant as Mike Bloomfield

[@frankfrank826]

Paul Butterfield valami fantasztikusan szájharmonikázik. Minden nap meghallgatom.

[@gauradasa2040]

Little Walter is the original source of "Last Nigh"t, yet no one is acknowledging him. All of this was learnt from Little Walter and the guitar players , Dave and Louis Meyers, south side Chicago blues. I was there in 1975, much later, playing second guitar in the Byther Smith Blues Band and the Jimmy Mayes Street Depot.

[@ILIAD9]

What a harmonica solo.... Man that was bad ass...

[@Dobie_Gillis]

How awesome!

[@ninaswer3490]

Harp virtuoso..Paul Butterfield🤘🤘♥️♥️

[@johnosborne2989]

Absolutely brilliant ❤❤❤❤

[@stevendreith4343]

Real pioneers in the next generation of the blues.

[@dalerayharrison6990]

This was pure

[@userutubeable]

ThanxRITY! This more my style

[@rpdugoni]

Wow! So glad I caught Michael 1 year later at Winterland in SF. :-)

[@ssomnaed2720]

Didn’t he play with Rhinoceros after?

[@The610wise]

Damn they knocked my socks off WOW

[@belasgirl6]

Great stuff

[@johnthrasher8146]

Wish those two Bs could have stayed together longer in the band, and remained on the planet longer.

[@msaintpc]

That was fkn KILLER!👍👍👍

[@stephenkane2464]

outstanding

[@DogDaze66]

Sweet

[@WillyCLARKE-g8c]

Phenomenal.

[@Kin-e9r]

I've been waiting for this moment 🎉

[@workingTchr]

To be able to see the people behind this music that I've known all my life.

[@tooManywaystoFall]

get rid of the channel logo blocking the performance...

[@mejustme6944]

I know right? Advertising $$$ Ya know😢

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

​@@mejustme6944no They own the copyright to this one the watermarks there so nobody else can post it And not give credit for somebody else's work uploading.

[@jakollee]

@@truckerkevthepaidtouristIt could be done a little more discreetly, in a corner perhaps.

[@christianlacheze3323]

This is meant to avoid unauthorized duplication

[@lamper2]

CAN'T YOU READ WHY? it's explained right at the start why they did it-so NO ONE COULD TAKE IT AS THEIR OWN!

[@史江隆]

Bloomfield is god of blues guitar

[@richardbanker3910]

Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield were such a dynamic combination as shown on 1st two Paul Butterfield Blues Band albums

[@edfleck7264]

1971 I graduated high school. Had the What’s Shakin album. Awesome

[@jamespettersson9655]

thats about as calm and non manic as i have heard mike on a solo, very nice

[@chrismichaels6928]

Super Session … his pinnacle.

[@georgerodda4405]

Wow 🎉

[@stevemiller1203]

It's fun watching Mike's fingers on the fretboard.

[@zomart4016]

So nice

[@wecandobetter9821]

If beauty was a minute this would be a HOUR!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@John-d9e4x]

Reminds me of my ann arbor days, the blind pig, Mr. floods. AA got all the Chicago bluesmen working the small clubs.

[@ОлегГеоргиевич-т4я]

Великолепная игра, Браво!!!

[@Ivartshiva]

John Kahn on bass, so far behind the beat it's into last week and broad as the Atlantic Ocean

[@MrDoneboy]

Still kickin' my ass in 2024!

[@glennvanpelt6013]

Back in the 60s when i was 16 we had one of his albumns. Eric clapton, peter green. Etc etc. He launched a few c areers. Great stuff.

[@JamesVandevanter]

😂nobodys better than anybody. Mikes guitar... the harmonica Paul sings with ,damn🙂🎸

[@gianni1646]

You’re listening to the “roots” - the beginnings! Everything else came after. Gianni❤

[@carypasseroff3331]

MISS U BUTTER&BLOOMY!

[@ZacharyWeaver-rc8xc]

This and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac are the pinnacle of white boy blues for me.

[@ericwatler23]

This is the real blues

[@z1522]

The basic framework of the Little Walter genius remains, but Paul takes off in his own unique fashion. One thing to note is he played the harps upside down, low notes on the Right. Some have tried to attribute his prowess to this flipping the draw reeds to the top of the instrument, but that is another bit of folklore. For anyone willing to learn this way, like lefthanded guitarists, know that if you don't want to just look like a poser, you'd better be damn good.

[@edt.5118]

Listen to side one of the Super Session LP with a completely open mind. Listen to it once a year. Bloomfield was beyond genres.

[@jeffreyfinley8654]

Privileged to have seen them in ‘67 and Electric Flag a few months later.

[@Brussels]

A most respectable cover of a Little Walter song.

[@Jan-pw4po]

I remember when this hit the air waves

[@LaTrec9]

Saw them in Detroit twice I moved to Frisco in 1969 Had a chance to see Michael in Sausalito several times, but failed I didn't know he was on Heroin. Have several of Butterfield albums, and Bloomfield albums, with AL Kooper... Last show I saw, Butterfield with Alvin Bishop, but Michael had left the band... If I had to do it again, I'd correct those mistakes Also saw Butterfield in Chicago..saw him drinking at the table..too shy to talk to him..did talk to Alvin B. In Chicago, in OLD TOWN

[@StandingStones1776]

Good Stuff X 10

[@frankdardano3182]

Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield came from opposite backgrounds. Bloomfield from a very wealthy Jewish family, class, manners, that stuff. Paul's religion was the street. His drug of choice seemed to be truckers, little white pills, that were poorly manufactured in bathtub and unsanitary conditions. Mike summed it up with this quote, Paul was a hard cat, I ducked, when shooting started, Paul had his own gun. The thought of Mike Bloomfield hurting a fly is laughable. If you met him, he would say, well man, Flys are groovy. You know l am right, if you met, or knew him. To Mike everything was groovy, because it WAS. BOTH had their blues, and I bet you do too. They both were accomplished performers, in their own styles. THIS is what I think, don't know. They sure fit together, regardless of family, or conditions.

[@Otis-vx2kv]

Paul was a accomplished flautist before playing blues harp .don't know if that is why he had the greatest tone of any harp player in Chicago

[@jimnewearthblues1672]

🔊👊🏻

[@jimfladwood4393]

❤OVER AND OVER ☮️🎶😊

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

Bloomfield was the shit Coltrane to Butters Miles!

[@frankdardano3182]

Where do you find this kind of gold?

[@josephzummo9685]

Former Mother of Invention Bill Mundi on drums. Also the short lived the Rhinos

[@paulquirk3783]

Is there some reason the banner has to be so big?

[@omen_of_rock]

Is that Mundy from the Mothers??

[@lindacorwin9066]

Yes.

[@richardbartolo2890]

I always felt the best lineup for the Butterfield band was the original lineup of Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on guitars. Without Elvin the band still sounds fine, with no huge loss of quality. But having Elvin on that second guitar really filled out the sound nicely. It just bothered me when a new band would come out and played well, Then a player would leave. Jethro Tull had that happen on their 2nd album.

[@crandallthompson2359]

Bloomfield and Butterfield: lay me down in fields of BLUE

[@daviddavis3155]

Seems like, every time I go to the comments, everyone is yelling at each other. Really sick Bloomfield is God

[@raymind1313]

Didn't Gibson make a tailor-made Michael Bloomfield guitar?

[@billyboy1093]

They sure did, a Custom Shop 59' Les Paul Burst. The one he's playing here is his real 59' worth a cool 250,000 at least.

[@mrJimCharles]

Copied it to a 'T', they even left off the plastic tip of the pickup switch lol!

[@FernandoPonce-w6x]

Gran banda, Paul Butterfield Forever...desde Perú saludos al BLUES

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

Wish you could have heard The Fabulous Thunderbirds when they were playing the Onenite and were the house band at Antone's Jimmy Vaughn, Keith Ferguson, Mike Buck , and Kim Wilson, they were as good as any Blues Band that ever took the stage

[@richkowalewski2078]

Bloomer and Butter!

[@uncleremus64]

Ex Mother of invention Billy Mundi on drums.

[@BaronVonSchneider]

Were they friends bc their last names both ended in field?

[@stephenb7679]

Actually Mike Bloomfield left the band because Paul Butterfield was a tough band leader

[@Aj43b]

❤

[@valeriethompson1166]

Walter would be proud

[@FernandoPonce-w6x]

Little Walter...

[@Zootallures100]

That's Billy Mundy on drums?

[@recordguy4321]

YES!

[@Zootallures100]

@@recordguy4321😊 amazing

[@recordguy4321]

@@Zootallures100 billy mundi was such a great drummer, that's him on Apricot Brandy by Rhinoceros, and drummed with Zappa

[@5graney5]

Do you know who the other players are?

[@recordguy4321]

@@5graney5 Billy Mundi drums, John Kahn bass, Mark Naftalin keyboards

[@1956reinhard1]

who‘s on drums ?

[@Spike-w5o]

Michael was the better Blues guitarist. Eric was the complete package.

[@edfleck7264]

Johnny Winter blows them both away