Paul Butterfield Blues Band " BORN IN CHICAGO " Live

[DoomerDad]

music starts at 1:10

[MikeXoman]

Great blues love it .

[nobamahere]

my favorite blues tune

[IsaacRnR]

Where i can get the whole concert? i would be extremely thankful if somebody could help me.

[mattmeyermatt]

@friesandfries that would be the annoyingly pompous Peter Yarrow.

[10ccalanarkush]

hahaha blues hammer !  *ghost world reference*

[TheFunRach]

"Diggin" the Hell Out of this! WOW!!

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

I was born in Texas and thats good enough for me

[hoz49]

Is this the concert when Dylan was booed then?

[REDtwotwotwo]

@hoz49 I think so Because the Announcer said that The Paul Butterfield Blues Band will accompany Bob Dylan later on.

[guitarandharp]

Hi aloliver331

Many thanks for alerting me to the alternative version of Born In Chicago on the Elektra 2-CD set. I didn't know that it existed but it's on my 'shopping list' now!

Very best wishes from Great Britain.

[jdn207]

This raw, simplistic and highly intense R&B tune is one of my absolute favorites. Paul Butterfield and his harmonica is just heartbreaking perfect!.

[paulkate72]

He's right up there with the best blues harp players of all time in my view. Little Walter, James Cotton, Carey Bell etc all seem to have been in another dimension - Paul Butterfield almost seems to have bridged the gap between those dizzying heights and the other harp players. Great to listen to.

[kdauphinee]

Not long after this show, the PBBB played at Club 47 in Cambridge, MA - a tiny little basement room "coffee house" and I was lucky to be among the 'older' college students - me being a high school boy. The sound of the band in that small room changed my life. No more Herman's Hermits. Bring on the Yardbirds and James Brown! Years later, I met Butter in Hollywood - a bitter guy who died not long after. This song was also part of a compilation that propagated the 'faith'. Amazing stuff.

[blaudrogist]

When members of the Butterfield band backed Dylan later on there were shouts from folk purists of 'sellout'. Some suggest the 'boos' and 'more' were in equal measures. Dylan had just bought out the Bringing it all back home album one side of which was electric anyway. It was all rather odd.

[luckyjinxer]

The guys who introduce bands during this period at these festivals and what not sound so the fuck out of it...

[mango66666]

They were a large influence on music of the 60's, but have never received the credit they deserve.

[RamanNoodles7]

I saw Dylan doing his electric music at Forest Hills. Didn't care if 'folk' followers booed. Didn't know Bloomfield was playing. Certainly didn't know PB was. Saw Butterfield Blues band at Radio City years later. I think they were the best blues band ever. I can't say I like Mississippi John Hurt though I do favor Albert King, Muddy and BB. But Paul's harp was the best. Naturally we all have our own ears. Muddy could get a deep throaty sound to be appreciated. For sheer joy Paul is my favorite.

[crowfoots]

IT WAS MY FIRST ALNIGHTER IN MANCHESTER @THE MAGIC VILLAGE IN MANCHESTER UK IN THE MID SIXTIES

[1suzukiboss]

Oh what an amazing harmonica player Paul Butterfield was

[1suzukiboss]

Oh what an amazing harmonica player Paul Butterfield was

[blaudrogist]

Think that introduction was by Alan Lomax who didn't think much of the band at all. A polite way of saying 'Let these guys plug in and see if they can play anything at all' Lomax tried to put an axe through the cable during the Dylan performance and he and Albert Grossman came to blows..... two pot bellied middle aged blokes rolling about in the dirt. Splendid.

[lazur1]

@b: The real "axe" story was only a remark, not an action, and was made by Pete Seeger, not Lomax. He asked the sound crew to clean up Dylan's distorted vocal sound. When they refused, he then said: "If I had an axe, I'd cut the damn cable". There was no axe. There was no fight. / There -was- a Lomax / Grossman fight, but it was was because Grossman didn't like Lomax's attitude during his introduction of Butterfield, (on this clip). Nothing to do with the Dylan show.

[aloliver331]

This is my favorite live versioin of this song. Both laid back and intense.

[Porchduck]

I saw Butterfield's Better Days mid/late '70's, Carbondale, IL. Absolute best... and a rare concert as they had Amos Garrett on guitar, Geoff Muldaur on slide guitar and Maria Muldaur sang with them. (Wish I could remember the rest of the lineup.) Geoff and Maria were happily married.

Amos was famous for 2 and three note bends.

[augustoblues89]

Oh yeah! great song!

[Quanyin50]

Great slower version of this classic. Butterfield's singing is at its best here. This band never fails to blow me away.

[NielsSchmidtDK]

I clearly agree about Butterfields vocals. He was such a soulful singer. My favourite track is Just to be with you. Also because it is such a fine arrangement. With horns and all... The groove is almost poisonous. :o)

[soltisimba]

One more thing or two: Butterfield's vocals are so clear here; just like the LP and he is clearly one of the best blues vocalists ever. Second, the drums are SO Sam Lay and the difference is so distinct when Jerome Arnold took over.

[soltisimba]

Zinedine05: You blow my mind with this stuff. I was into the Beach Boys, then the Beatles, then I heard the Butterfield Band and the rest is my musical history!

[vandret]

Wonderful

[blaudrogist]

This is much better than the studio track on their debut album with rather more harmonica. Nick Gravenites was a decent song writer who summed up the windy city on this one. Pity Dylan was booed off stage later that day with this band backing him. The take on "Maggies farm " was excellent.

[aloliver331]

you gotta check out the alternate studio version of BIC, (available as the first cut on the two disc Elektra box set) featuring a much BIGGER harmonica presence. It's not on Lost Elektra Sessions, which, again, I feel really showcases Butterfield's overdriving harp.

[BlueRevival]

@blaudrogist why was he booed?

[gomigen77]

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[franklmac]

This is great! I first saw the Butter Band about one year after this when they were kicking ass all over San Francisco. It was wonderful to be there and see the White blues movement unfold. The sound on this video is outstanding! Thanks again Zinedine! You are a trip!

[ZINEDINE05]

Thanks alot franklmac,happy to see that youre digging my uploads.

[lordritchie]

This is ground Zero for the white blues explosion of 1965. Excellent recording ! To all those that got to witness this night I salute you. An historical moment that will never be forgotten. Oh yeah before I forget Sam Lay kicks ass on the drums.

[BlueBlueFeelin]

yeah sam lay is bad ass

[ZINEDINE05]

don't know if youre aware of this,but i've posted a couple of tracks from the sam lay in bluesland lp.

[Noitpure]

Excellent!

[vanu49]

I wasnt born in Chicago, but I wish I was.

Great upload. Tks T.

[ZINEDINE05]

LMAO ! Your'e very welcome V .

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@vanu49 i AM from Chicago and perform this song every time i perform in memory of Paul, have played harmonica for 42 years and if it hadn't been for his influence I may never have picked it up

[vanu49]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO Blow man Blow that harp.......I saw the guys in the late sixties in the Netherlands with Buzzy Feiten....still remember it!!!

Have a nice day.

Vanu.

[chicagocubbyguy218]

@vanu49 I was fa sho.

[bigbadfitter1]

@vanu49 I was and it was great!!

We got to see these guys, Muddy, the Wolf, all the greats and good God how I miss them all.