Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Drifting Blues(Woodstock 1969)

[TheStaticClear]

We And They Are Forever !!!!!!!!

[martian13084]

Paul Butterfield - harmonica and vocals, Howard "Buzzy" Feiten - guitar, Rod Hicks - bass, Ted Harris - keyboards, Phillip Wilson - drums, Steve Mudaio - trumpet and percussion, Keith Johnson - trumpet and percussion, David Sanborn - alto saxophone and percussion, Trevor Lawrence - baritone saxophone and percussion, Gene Dinwiddie - tenor saxophone, percussion and vocals.

[christodeparis]

the guitar player is Buzzy Feiten

[MrMattTheKnife]

hey, are you guys sure it's Elvin Bishop on the guitar? I read somewhere that he and Bloomfied had left before this show. Amazing performance, my god

[genebh1]

Drifts HARD....BUTTERFIELD'S HARP IS MAGICK!!!

[jaaredsaxsong]

LOVE the way that David Sanborn plays off of Paul in this video! Simply KILLIN'!!!!

[ennui406]

Great blues!!!!!!!!!!

[TheAcoustics23]

oh my God..who is that guitarist? Totally blew my mind..i gotta know who that is, does anyone know his name?

[Bluestomiv]

@TheAcoustics23 Elvin Bishop

[MusicGirl20112]

I Love these Guys WOODSTOCK O what a Time I am Still Playing

Blessings to All )O(

[dannyman60001]

Soulful man. RIP Paul B--one of the greatest harp players/singers of our (geezer) generation (the Who?).

Paul B and his band are responsible for introducing the Blues to whit America--along with a few other bands--Blues Project et al.

Thanks for posing this cool vid.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@dannyman60001 thamks to paul i picked up the harp at age 16 and i am still playing it 42 years later, always do a couple of butterfield tunes when i perform at jam sessions, and hope to put a band together in near future that loves the blues as much as i do

[marcotukoff]

is david sanborn on 1:30? thanxs from brazil!!!

[68shamoa]

Thanks for sharing such beautiful piece of music history!*****

[cazc1986]

oh man, I'm 24 but I'm so sure I was there, maybe in other kind o life. It's weird but this songs bring me memories, from a better time...

[KeepinBuzzy]

By far the most interesting guitarist at Woodstock - Buzzy Feiten .

[jackcame2]

@KeepinBuzzy Seconded!!

[geehuckwow]

@KeepinBuzzy He tore it up.... Never heard guitar like THAT before. Where were Bloomfield and Bishop??

[joethepainter90]

Once again I've been schooled by YT I didn't know Butterfield was at Woodstock!

[blaudrogist]

Seems this was the third of seven tracks Butter performed here.The whole band played very well, Butter, Sanborn and Feiten in particular.

[bbeddick]

Paul butterfield is the fuckn king. this is one of the best performances EVER. If you tell me thats not some of the best harp playn u evr heard, ur a fuckn idiot. Long live butterfield. we miss you brother!!!!!

[TheConneman]

This shit is so good. IT drives me nuts...Butterfield Band was one of a kind.

[snowballfan]

I've always loved Paul Butterfield Blues Band because they were so blues-y. One of the best blues bands ever! This band should have been in the Woodstock movie.

[Wonka275]

Chicago blues... nothin' quite like it!

[Shiftyeyes516]

The Blues is about pain, betrayal, lust, love, slavery, depression, oppression, evil and all things related to ones social environment - blues originated from the gospels

You have to feel it and beleive it! THAT my friend is BLUES!

[ilovegoodsax]

I wasn't quite 9 during Woodstock. I have two brothers 8 & 9 years older then me so I heard a lot of this kind. I became a big fan of David Sanborn 10 years after this around '79/80. His sax sound is so unique I could pick it out of a line up. I'm amazed at his chops on this video when he was only 24 & sounding like a sax master twice his age. You could tell he was something special even then & looks like he's the break out star of this group going strong, putting out great music to this day.

[preservationblues]

Great guitar work by "Buzzy" Feiten!

[NoSeasHuev0n]

yea, and canned heat's performance was so fuckin awesome! a real shame

[goatboy420]

@NoSeasHuev0n Aw, fucking tell me about it, man! Have you caught the stuff on the 40th anniversary DVD set? Bliss, man, pure bliss... And they've got a nice crisp print of Morning Sunrise, to boot!

[SCROOBA12345]

When the film was released in '70, Joplin, Butterfield, Winter, Canned Heat, Mountain, were deleted from the final cut. It was beyond fucked up. What was included was what Warner's and record industry shit asses wanted you to hear, and promote.

Disgraceful we had to wait 40 years to hear the real deal !!!

[ifhgsfj]

@SCROOBA12345 Mountain should've been included instead of fucking Sha-na-na.

Sha-na-na? Seriously? Yeah, they were pretty good, but instead of Leslie West? I don't think so!

[ManyGodz]

Butterfield Blues Band had to be one of the highlights of Woodstock....when I get a time machine,I'm goin !

[goatboy420]

@ManyGodz Take me with you, man, for God's sake!!!

[oplatzis]

4:15-4:27

[cuwyl]

Great stuff! Anyone notice how Robben Ford has emiulated Buzzy. check out 4:03-4:05. A fovoriate lick of Robbens'. Love it

[pac401]

BBB as the sun comes up on Monday morning at Woodstock. Sha Na Na thinking they were going to get bumped chomping at the bit waiting to go on before Hendrix.

[hihats]

David Sanborn sounded like David Sanborn before anyone knew how David Sanborn sounded

[cliffworks4321]

but do you think he sounded like a younger Sanborn, a maturing Sanborn or an older Sanborn?

[teetosh]

Finally a version in sync. If this is on the new DVD it's worth it!

What a band of monsters.

[OrpheusIsThe1]

@teetosh No it's not the sound is slightly behind the film.

[oplatzis]

Buzz Feiten is just incredible here

[Jenscool]

Great stuff, that ppl from SF feel in love with and adopted as his their own + especially Mike Bloomfield!

[Jenscool]

.......From the Original BBBB!

[selmansax]

some nice early Sanborn ....great

[chadchap]

To be honest this sounds like a load of shite. There are 2 people in my block alone who can sing the blues better than this wailing idiot. Don't even get me started on the musicians......

[snubbs741]

i wanna live on your block haha

[unclebobunclebob]

Again, another performance not in the Woodstock movie. What?

[elkintobitle]

Im still looking for the Love March video.

[simonk512]

@unclebobunclebob well if it was all in there it would be a three day movie...

[franklmac]

If you listen to Janis' Cosmic Blues Album you can hear an "uncredited" Michael Bloomfield playing all over the record. Especially listen to "One Good Man." Mike's solo on that record is stunning. It is one of his solos that should not go unlistened. Add that one to another of of his long list of incredible solos. It simply "sweeps" you away to another country. Timeless!

[xxmustardyummyxx]

Jimi Hendrix+Jimmy Page+Eric Clapton+Mick Taylor+Stevie Ray Vaughn+Robert Johnson+BB King+Buddy Guy+Robbie Robertson times 25=Mike Bloomfield

[jamjamsterjiggidyjay]

lol...no

[proggoth]

Can anyone pick out the individual notes of that jazzy lick Buzzy plays at 4:04?

[stratomaster765]

sounds like hes using Bb dorian up at 18th positon. probably throwing in some other crazy jazz notes. but in terms of actually writing out the tabs for it... i wont even pretend to try

[proggoth]

Wont let me tab in here so spelling it out. 4th string fret 17-18///3rd string fret 17-20///2nd string fret 20///1st string fret 18-19-20-17-18///2nd string 20-21-18-20 etc

[Gorgolada]

Buzz has a new disc just out with Brandon Fields . Type in Feiten Dinwiddie here to see the bonus video track dedictaed to the late great Brother Gene . Buzz is as wonderful and unique as ever .

[mclldavidson]

Wow this is great, thanks for posting! Now if I only had a time machine :(

[FanOfJanis]

Paul Butterfield, Michael Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites: Three white guys who brought Chicago-style blues to a huge white audience. Glad they did! Janis knew all of these guys really well and loved their music. This is why. They were friends in those heady times. Nothing like this today ... not even close. Thanks for posting. Peace.

[blaudrogist]

Look up the Joplin CD 'Farewell Song' and a track called 'One Night Stand'. Has her on vocals with the Butterfield Blues Band backing her. Very up tempo, classic track.

[DejaVuSu]

Wow!! Love this very much. Although, I have never heard of them. But cool sound! thanks for posting!!

Thanks G...nothing but the best from you, my friend. ;)

[stanjarin]

Absolutely sensational. In My Own Dream has long been one of my favourite records of all time and tonight is the first time I've seen the BBBand of that era. Buzzy Feiten eh? Sensational musical control for a kid who looks as young as he did. Thank you.

[bpillers]

@stanjarin he was 19 at the time

[noyna9]

@bpillers He was 27 actually.

[bpillers]

@noyna9 I meant Buzzy was 19.

[Ledvolta]

Neat.

[jclemarr]

Dave Sanborn alto-great playing

[riktok]

great guitar solo ... who´s that ????

[reneeandcat]

Buzzy Feiten is the guitarist - cool stuff.

[Beefgog]

Mike Bloomfield...duh.