"Stop" by Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper

My very rough rendition of the great Super Session tune "Stop". Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper.

[@emanuelb.1639]

Amazing ! What to hell a fantastic Guitarerro 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@brianq2174]

Hi from Vancouver! This is my favorite guitar song of all time. I was elated when I saw it listed here. I never knew this video existed until now. I put it on with headphones and within 10 seconds I was crying (sobbing) through the entire song. It was the most emotional musical experience of my life so far (55). Music is one of the most important joys in my life. I'm not a musician just a listener - avid. I just want you to know how much I appreciate & love your passion and energy. The fact your spirit and soul can come through wires etc across the world and do that to me boggles my mind. I must have been a guitar player in a previous life. Thank you! I'm sending my love, light & positive energy back to you. I felt it important to let you know how it feels at this end. Thank you again!

[@joboiecruiser]

Wow! Thank you for the kind words. Most appreciated. Please take a look at my other videos as well. Joe Logsdon

[@seanguitarman5594]

Ever since I first heard this song I could not understand how it did not get MAJOR airtime, everywhere!!! May be my favorite song of all time if there weren't so many incredible pieces of music out there. Great job Joe, loved the cover, Bloomfield had sooo much soul in his play. Love it!!!

[@genem9725]

Bloomfield was the greatest blues guitarist. Nice work.

[@joboiecruiser]

I would put Clapton frst and Peter Green second during their stay with Mayall, and then maybe Bloomfield. But Bloomfield on the Super Session recordings was a moment in time perhaps never to be equaled. Sometimes the sound of the room, and I have experienced this myslf, makes a guitar do things they don't ususally do. The air molocules, the room temp, the odor, the vibe, I don't know. But thank you for thank you for the kind words.

[@genem9725]

I'm old enough to have seen Bloomfield with The PBBB in the 60's. Give their East West Album a close study. Greene was a great blues player too. I don't consider Clapton a blues player although he certainly was proficient in that genre.@@joboiecruiser

[@joboiecruiser]

@@genem9725 I understand, but again I am talking about Clapton and Green when with John Mayall. After that they both went a slightly direction. And each of them ended up on one type of drugs or another and so sadly Bloomfield passed away at perhaps at his peak. Or was he just geting started. Just watched a movie about Blomfield and it was very well done.

[@genem9725]

Yeah. Dope took so many great blues artists. I'm glad to see another fan that knows his blues.@@joboiecruiser

[@maxoom44]

Hi Joe, me again, every time I get into a few beers, this is the best thing to watch on you tube, fuckin great, such a killer tune and you play magnificent.

[@zenzen1916]

Loved you Mike, you were so alive, so talented and so very sweet..think about you always☮️💜✡️

[@johnnorth9355]

It's all in your right hand - unlike so many you let it swing rather than leave it anchored. Great stuff.

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you!

[@slam1930]

Another year. Still rockin' man.

[@joboiecruiser]

Year after year.

[@amorituri]

Worthy rendition my friend, from a big Michael Bloomfield fan.

[@joboiecruiser]

amorituri Thank you very much! A bit more chaotic than the original, just trying to remember parts I heard and put them all together, with some of my own flair.

[@JohnJewel]

Joe Logsdon Just for fun, eh ? Oh yeh, baby when your on your on and when your lost , just make an edited version for your monetized playlist.🤔🤔🤔🤔🎶🤐🤐🤐🤐

[@kencutter1094]

Way too sweet Just jammed that album out last week And to have stumbled across this tonight Way too sweet Peace n serenity

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank youe.

[@kencutter1094]

That was some sweet riffing where is homebase for you Anywhere near Nashville Check out Mark Richardson recording studio in Nashville Always looking for a good talent to record and help out Peace n serenity

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you for the compliments! I am in Winder Ga. If you need a guitarist, Nashville should already have a million though, I am availavble. I also own my own recording studio here in Winder. Please take a listen to my other videos. @@kencutter1094

[@slam1930]

badass tone. I listen to this daily. always cheers me up. and I'm a drummer. great player J!

[@adrianelogsdon5568]

Thank you! Please listen to my other song on KZbin, "Open Up Your Mind". Very proud of all my guitar parts and my drumming as well.

[@trophiccowboy]

I listen daily, it's moving every time...that Tone stays in my soul

[@MikeM-wp3zb]

Hi Joe, nice job and great tone out of your rig. KZbin's algorithms got me here at this time.

[@JesseStutsman]

loved that!, made it your own but still kept the feeling of the original..which is my very favorite album of all time

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you.

[@romeredubost6971]

Clean as heck

[@joboiecruiser]

Close I think, but thank you.

[@maxoom44]

Again, complement to your playing, so COOL

[@adrianelogsdon2879]

Thank you so much! I do appreciate the compliments.

[@georgewheeler8235]

Absolutely "AWESOME"!!!

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you George!

[@daniellatrimurti3009]

Good luck. Nicely done. Liked it.

[@briancobb1304]

Fuckn A plus man! You found a way to keep your own style covering this magnificent instrumental. Great tone from your guitar rig!

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you for that.

[@maxoom44]

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, CRAZY fucking good playing

[@adrianelogsdon2879]

I appreciate the repeat compliments. Thank you!

[@darwisnachr]

God..what pretty his pitch leading.Really touch my soul 😢

[@joboiecruiser]

Thanks for the nice comment, please comment on my other vids.

[@midnightrider7648]

I've always been a critic of Bloomfield but this was very good.

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you very much.

[@mraggrovator]

Great job.

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you.

[@bbb8997]

impressive & expressive

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you very much!

[@Keyboardman88]

VAR---E---NICE!!! I play keys and have never had a guitar player who could play this.

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you for the kind words. But as stated above this is a fairly rough version. No rehearsal, just what I kind of remembered from the Super Session track, and all the extra crap I threw in.

[@cropcirclepilot]

Dude>! - I'd jam with you anytime your in the Sacramento area - You rock!

[@maxoom44]

I learnt a lot of the keyboard groove on guitar from that song, wasn't easy, I'm just amateur, you ever try any of it

[@folkestonehorror2723]

Nice interpretation-you have your own style AND can play Bloomer! Cheers from Folkestone!

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you very much.

[@kynyrdskynyrd]

Great playing and massive tone, well done

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you so much!

[@Renhjarta]

Looks like Frank Zappa's Les Paul Custom with DiMarzio pickups!

[@jaredwren9304]

Great playing and tone. RIP MB

[@jimmyjames9752]

Excellent !! great tone and feel

[@joboiecruiser]

Jim, I appreciate the nice words. Thank you.

[@jimmyjames9752]

@@joboiecruiser you're welcome sir

[@Alvtec870]

Gosh what a hash you made of this tune.

[@joboiecruiser]

Cool, thank you.

[@mattl5043]

Awesome stuff dad. Wish I had the time to play the drums with you. I know Hunter will love it

[@joboiecruiser]

Matt, Dan the drummer at the present time has lots of suggestions for you. Time is what you make it. But it is so nice to have two sons who truly support me.

[@johndesatnyik898]

AWESOME!!!

[@stormrider3370]

Bro it's Dale soundman dude, just want to say hell yeah" you can bend them strings, I like it.

[@johnwilkerson2195]

Originally recorded in '68 trying to figure out bout what yr this was say Bout 69 70 71?

[@sunitakoneru8453]

that was hot!

[@keyd33]

Great man

[@maxoom44]

Super Cool, Awesome playing, Where did you get the backing track, one of my all time favourites.

[@joboiecruiser]

maxoom44, Thanks for the compliment, it is much appreciated. The backing track is a drum machine, and I played the Hammond and bass, and hacked at it for about an hour and then just jammed to what I had on tape.

[@maxoom44]

Wow, had to watch this again, that is superb playing, Wish I could jam with you, hard to find people who play that kind of music that good. Anyway you said you made a backing track, what's the chance of getting that from you, I'd love to practice over that.

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you so very much. I really don't know where the track is at the moment as I was just screwing around and put it down fairly quickly and then kind of forgot about it after I shot the video. If I find it I am not sure how to get it to you. I would like your opinion of some of my other videos if you haven't seen them already. Try; KZbin, Hammerhead intro, Tango For Two.

[@dandiego7298]

Heck, yeah! That’s how to use a Les Paul!

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you.

[@andrewksadventures]

Nice playing man. Smooth. I Was expecting bigfoot to walk past in the background though, due to the grainy filming!

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

He's filming!Cut.Great by the way.Greetings from Greece

[@RUNNOFT71]

That whole lick @ 1:12, is 🔥. Good playin brother.

[@joboiecruiser]

Nathan, Thank you for the kind words. I hope you looked at my other videos as well. Thanks!

[@redjet4810]

Nice job. Glad to hear Bloomfield today.

[@hellskitchen10036]

Mike was god !

[@teddmagsig2977]

Nice!

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you.

[@MADguitar]

Well played 👏

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you for that.

[@jonno63]

great stuff

[@joboiecruiser]

You are too kind. But I thank you.

[@romeredubost6971]

He’s so good, he didn’t even make any guitar faces😅

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you, but I think there was one.

[@romeredubost6971]

😁@@joboiecruiser

[@frankdardano3182]

Sounds good,can't, make out name of guitar,gibson?

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you very much. The guitar is a 1972 Gibson Les Paul Custom with S Duncan pickups. Funny story on that guitar; bought it as a back up for live gigs, but my other one got stolen. So I pluged this one in and it sounded awful. No tone, no sustain, no life. So I kept buying amp after amp thinking the problem was the amps. Put the Duncan pickups on it to hopeful improve the sound but only the same lifeless guitar. A couple of years later I bought a replacement for the stolen one and it sounded fantastic. Put the one in the video back in its case for about five years. Took it to a guitar tech and he told me the frets were bad. I bought the guitar new, so how could the frets be bad. So it went back in the case for another five years until I had the money for the new frets. I still doubted new frets would change anything. BUT WOW!!!! New frets and the Duncan pickups what a monser I had in my hands. Still amazed it was the frets.

[@gbainsy384]

F.uc.K yeah!! Looking for lessons to play this song.... can’t teach feel y’all!

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you, glad you liked it. My rendition is only somewhat close to the recording, just what I kind of remembered from listening to the song many, many times, and adding what I do on a regular basis. So forget the lesson and just keep jamming.

[@gbainsy384]

@@joboiecruiser I agree. I was jamming over this, and will do so again. Super Session / Bloomfield is some good listening. Great playing Joe. 👍🏻

[@ibrasoetandyo728]

Backing?

[@56davidwright]

Where did the other guys go?

[@joboiecruiser]

What other guys?

[@ThommenPeter]

2’00" to 2’21"… awesome ! Like there is two guitars 🎸

[@ThommenPeter]

Perfect « fade-in / fade-out » transition 😦😵‍💫🥰

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you very much.

[@crazymenrunningback]

fucknn on point

[@johnrheinstein]

What pedals are you using?

[@joboiecruiser]

John, I am using an ADA preamp going through a Fender Twin Reverb. That is all.

[@johnsandman1148]

Nice. I think the Bloomfield/Kooper version was actually a cover of Howard Tate.

[@dx398]

Epic.

[@joboiecruiser]

I don't know about "epic", but I am glad you liked it.

[@jameshobsonusa]

Dear Professor Logsden - Did you find a group of musicians yet?

[@joboiecruiser]

+James Hobson Yes, as a matter of fact I did, and I am about to debut my band, Joe Logsdon & Company, about a week after the Super Bowl, in Livermore California. Many will love my band and many will dismiss it, but all is good. I am performing all my own compositions exclusively, with the exception of an old Yardbirds tune that I have rearranged to fit the personality of the band. If you would like to hear any of that material you can go to Myspace, Joe Logsdon & Company. Thanks for the inquiry.

[@joboiecruiser]

+Jason Donovan I am not very high tech, nor participate in "social media" very much, but I am on KZbin, (obviously), and I am building my Facebook page a little at a time. But remember back in the day Myspace was the big thing.

[@joboiecruiser]

+Jason Donovan The video of that show is being processed as we speak. It should be up in a week or two. I consider anything that has to do with computers, cell phones, ( which I do not own one), and even "digital", "high tech". I still use 90% analog, reel to reel tape, etc. when recording audio music tracks.

[@joboiecruiser]

+Jason Donovan I operate a fully professional 24 Track 2" tape recording studio in my home, with a couple of digital reverb units, and digital multi effects, as well as many non digital effects units. Tangent console, Ampex tape machines, tube mics, and no computers at all. But just a the human voice is analog, and a guitar going through a tube amp is analog, and real drums are analog, etc. I will stay with analog until I am the last man standing. I always laugh when a computer based recording studio buys outboard gear so the recordings sound analog. But to each his own.

[@joboiecruiser]

+Jason Donovan I have a digital multi track recorder and have used it. But I find it to be far less musical than my Ampex 24 track. There can be no plus to digital if we are talking about sound, tone, feel, life, and of course quality of that sound. But if you like digital more power to you, I just like analog and I will do whatever I can to avoid the digital world. Vinyl is becoming more popular as we speak. If they start selling sour milk as the only milk people will eventually accept it. But it is still sour milk. Not like milk from the "old days".

[@johndoe-nj2hs]

nice job

[@joboiecruiser]

john doe Thank you very much. I do appreciate the positive comments!

[@JohnJewel]

What's not to like. Thanks 🙏

[@DandyDoesIt]

That room looks very familiar..

[@joboiecruiser]

Neil, No that is my second studio in Salida. Similar wall treatment, but way smaller and less professional. Building new studio in our Georgia home basement. Twice the size of my Hayward studio. Joe

[@DandyDoesIt]

@@joboiecruiser on my way!

[@barabbabill548]

good job!!!

[@joboiecruiser]

Thank you for saying so. I do appreciate it very much.

[@OO-qr1ks]

Time travel

[@VictorMAguilar]

5:12

[@stefanolai508]

nice..have you a chords?

[@joboiecruiser]

The chord pattern is E D A

[@DenisGatsso]

Même mieux ! Em7 D and A

[@joboiecruiser]

+Denis Gatsso Thank you Denis! The chords are E major D major A major

[@gxulien]

Hope your try me out on bass.

[@joboiecruiser]

Where are you located?

[@ibrasoetandyo728]

Tab please

[@adrianelogsdon2879]

Sorry, That was completely improvisational, no pre planning no rehearsing, just jamming off of what I kind of remember Bloomfield played, and of course some of my own style. I could never repeat this exactly.

[@ibrasoetandyo728]

@@adrianelogsdon2879 ah okay great cover anyway

[@jameshobsonusa]

Dr. Joe - All of your latest post are getting directed to me as replies.

[@joboiecruiser]

+James Hobson Sorry about that! I was responding to Jason Donovan's emails to me. Won't happen again.

[@JohnJewel]

James Hobson That's a good thing right...let it manifest.

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

?

[@ibrasoetandyo728]

Tav

[@shaire99]

very rudimentary . . . sorry.

[@joboiecruiser]

Don't be sorry, I just like playing my guitars.