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  • Check out the Electric Flag doing WINE live. How can anyone listen to nonsense like the Beatles after hearing this?

  • My first LP ever...

  • Jimi Hendrix would jam with Electric Flag whenever their paths crossed. Caught them together one night at Fillmore East. Phenomenal stuff.

  • Just plain Great!!! Yea Buddy. Peace and Love

  • Great sax solo by a very young David Sanborn!

  • ok so i heard hendrix do this and then the white stripes, but electric flag's is the best

  • IS BLOOMFIELD THE ONLY ONE WHO PLAYED WITH THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND

  • @MrErnie408 as far as I know he is the only member of the Flag who was with the Butterfield Blues Band.

    Both are amazing bands tho ya know? Gosh......*sigh* :))

  • @MrErnie408 Nick Gravenites sang on some Butterfield albums.Better Days ,i think

  • One of the 3 greatest LPs of all time along with Pepper and Beggars Banquet. Nobody touched Bloomfield.

  • @socrates1818  Sgt Pepper on of the greatest LPs of all time???? Why? Apart from a couple of trippy songs, the rest is little more than nursery rhyme lyrics to brass band music. It is not even the best Beatles album of all time, which would be a toss up between the White Album and Abbey Road. If you wanna hear decent guitar, listen to Jan Akkerman.

  • @TheMiserablegit Beatles wrote their own stuff, were creatively innovative,AND, you can remember their tunes, lyrics...These guys are great musicians, but they are not on the same level as the Beatles.

  • saw Buddy Miles and Mike at the Bodega, in Campbell Calif., back in the early 70's. During one of Bloomfield's sets, while I was sitting at the edge of the stage, some "Yuppie" said something stupid about the music, which being an avid Buddy and Mike fan, I decided to break his face right there on the stage. So Mike added a new verse which ended with, "...and they were fighting right here on the stage, but the the band played on." Mike, Elvin and I sure do miss you. R.I.P. ...bigeye

  • playlist seque: Apricot Brandy- Rhinoceros

  • great great album...i think these guys burned everything on this album and didn't have anywhere else to go...not to mention bloomfield's addiction and eventual OD couldn't have helped...and jimi wanted buddy for band of gypsies

  • I had this album as a kid and this track leads it off and is the best, especially if you remember LBJ. I heard the band at the Fillmore East. They had a flag on top of the keyboard with a fan blowing it. Great stuff. I don't know why they didn't last longer. Maybe they needed a more high profile vocalist.

  • This stuff is timeless, & Bloomfield/Gravenites are tremendous

  • just realised that lemon song is actually Led Zeppelin's version of killing floor

  • @40nuggetfilms I think Zepplin ended up in court & had to give Willie Dixon some $.

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  • check out what Mike plays at 2:53 still blows me away when I hear it ...i just wait for that lick!!

  • @StringTherapy you oicked it. the brilliant Bloomfield, more feeling in those hands than anyone since Hector and Achilles

  • Red, I know how you feel I was disappointed when he left Paul... but it was time for him to move on and after I experienced the results I'm glad he did ......Electric Flag didn't last long.... they burned bright and fast ....but what a masterpiece they created ....and now we can enjoy Mike's work in two of the greatest blues bands of all time ...what a treasure he left us with

  • @StringTherapy that is a great way to put it.

  • this is so good, but I wish Mike Bloomfield stayed with Paul and continued The Butterfield Blues Band....

  • FUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz

  • Absolutely deluxe. Thanks for the memories. And the time away from now.

  • I think its cool how this song was done by Electric Flag and Hendrix at the Monterey

  • In the annals of supergroups you got to place these guys at or very near the top. Milestone album.

  • takes me back to black lights, ripple wine, and the fine colombian. My friend Jimmy and I used to crank this up in his basement....Jimmy's gone now, but it's a sweet memory.

  • for me, this is a masterpiece! I've been lovin' it for over 40 years. Electric Flag is the most underrated of all time! This just takes off and doesn't want to land!!

  • Ok, so we all know Hendrix's one, but this...  This is *nice*, man, nice and funky. Dig it, mate- thanks for posting!

  • God, I've had to listen to a bunch of crap before finding this 'bitchin' one!!

  • This was one bad - ass band........I wore this LP out........used to play this tune in a few different bands........thanks for posting this gem !!!!

  • Mike Bloomfield the best blues guitarist that ever lived. Uncopyable!

  • The power of a Les Paul in the hands of a genius

  • A fantastically "grooovy" rock blues album

    Jim

  • First album I ever owned and I still listen to it a lot.

  • I STILL HAVE THE ALBUM !!!,,ELECTRIC FLAG FOREVER !!!!!

  • is it Buddy Miles on the left ? i'm sure he is.

    Jimi Hendrix's version is so powerful....

  • @tariksba Yes that is Mr. Buddy Miles on the left. And thank you so much for stoppin by to listen to this. Means a lot. ♥ .....and yes- he did some awesome stuff with Hendrix. Hendrix's version is beyond words indeed. Peace & best to ya.

  • Thank you for The Rock Machine Turns You On; it was one of the most influential albums of my life. Unfortunately, when I try to play some of the tracks I get this message "This video contains content from SME. It is not available in your country. Sorry about that." Is there a way 'round this?

  • Back when I was 17 I was more into Stones, Sabbath, Zep, Jimi ,and even the Beatles. Then somebody told me about Electric Flag. Gave it a listen and I have been Blues based ever since. They were doing the old stuff and i thought it was all new. What great stuff! Then I wonder what 80's 90's and beyond did they influence?

  • WOW The Electric Flag huge blast from the past

  • Just how great is Mike Bloomfield !?!?!?!?!?!  He left us wayyyyyyyy too soon.

  • Now THIS is real music!

  • tarde pero los encontre la bandera electrica al krooper

  • saw em the first time around 67` We were comin back from a weekend at clearlake & decided to go to tower records near fishermans wharf & maybe score some smoke.somebody pointed us to a small park right on the bay where they were playin free,still smell patchouli oil. oh, got the smoke too

  • I have this on vinyl...bought it in 1970 in San Francisco, back from Vietnam...It's in a box with the rest of my albums......You Tube is great.....you never get old...:o)

  • Never heard this before----Brilliant

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  • "I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of mankind" That's LBJ

    saying he wasn't carpet bombing Hanoi , yeah right.

  • Led Zepplin also did a great version

  • @pictureisup1 Check out Jimi Hendrix's version at Monterey Pop. It blows away Zepp's version.

  • this is a good one!!!

  • When they first invented Napster and it was free, this was the first thing I went looking for (and found). A classic! Thanks for posting.

  • wow! just wow!

  • Oh wait, I ment the Lemon song. Oops.... Now I sound like an idiot.

  • @SlashandPagerock It's cool. you corrected yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. So it;s cool.

  • It's funny how I listened to this for the first time after Led Zeppelin's How Many More Times. (listen to it and you'll get what I mean)

  • This is one of the truly great albums of the 60s--probably best rock/blues combination of the time. Jimi Hendrix jammed with them whenever he had a chance.

  • Mike Bloomfield was my hero !!

  • OMG! I brought this album in 1968, and actually wore it out in the first year. Had to toss it! It became un-playable, but I never replaced it.....just moved forward to other blues groups and especially toward "Tower of Power". Man, I would love to find this album or a CD of it again. Thanks for posting this.

  • this is a great surprise....it's been years.... decades.....brought that same energy to me again.... just like time traveling....LBJ....wow

  • jimi would've had a blast jamming with these cats. Same with the Wolf.

  • @RastafariPoet  relax turbo everytbodys got something to say. plus Jimi

    was in his own World

  • I always loved this Band

  • Forgot how great this music was, thank God for You Tube

  • Doesn't get any better than this.

  • I forgot how great this album was.

  • @mattbwright Im so glad you found this. Im hapy it makes YOU happy. Maybe I can post more stuff that people will love so much. Hope so. We'll see. Peace and many thanks.

  • @NoRosesForMe lol i hope you post more stuff like this too dude

    peace and love

  • @mattbwright Oh God me too.  Damn, it's been a verrrry long time.

  • @mattbwright  graciaas hermano por este rockazo y esta gran banda gracias otra vez

  • Brings back Great memories !! Some fine Chi town Blues!

  • Just like to point out that Harvey Rich& Richie Havens are both featured.But let's not forget to mention Nick Gravenites whose vocal& guitar work ,as always, is outstanding!

  • Bloomfield totally finds the groove here - too bad they kind of garbled the lyrics.

  • Great bass riff- lead not too bad either--:-]

  • Oh yes, a trip down Memory Lane indeed.......

    thanks for sharing, you made me a happy dutch lady..

  • Best version of this song ever. TZ

  • Get back to the Filling Floor days-OH YEAH!!!!

  • bloomfield guitar is eargasmic

  • RIP Buddy Miles and Mike Bloomfield. Both gone too soon.

  • @Tubernaut WTF, nobody goes 'to soon'!!!

  • @walt7500 Perhaps.

  • This is my favorite album; when I first got this album back in "68" I wore it out on my cheap old record player. Since then I've had two vinyl copies. Now I have it on CD. Just an all round great recording of an almost forgotten group and time. A must have for those lost on a desert island.

  • One of the really great albums of the sixties. Saw them play at Fillmore East just after this album came out, after a few numbers Jimi Hendrix came out to jam with them. Knocked out heads off.

  • awesome groovy stuff---A KEEPER!!!

  • i saw them open for the band...yeah i was there all those years ago..and yes my ballsack is still working just fine thank you very much...

  • Harvey Brooks is great on this...

  • Led got words right. Used different melody.

    This one swings and slings molten brass, non leaded.

  • Okay....so NOW it is plain where Led Zep's "Lemon Song" came from....

  • Zeppelin's is a completely different reinterpretation of the song...

  • @martianshoes  And before that, the song belonged to Mr. Chester Burnett, aka Howlin Wolf. Bloomfield gave him credit. I don't think Page did.

  • Man, this would have been perfect if only they didn't mangle the lyrics. Bloomfield is pure blues!!

  • Electric Flag did one of truly all time great Fillmore East concerts in (probably) 69--half way through Jimi Hendrix joined in and the joint went wild.

  • TOP 10 LP'S!

  • Just think, Buddy Miles had no idea, at this point, that he was going to be in the Band of Gypsys

  • And Ritchie Havens played sitar on this album but has no pic on this LP. Great stuff! 68' was a good year. Lots of bands could have made Woodstock. Wonder why they didn't. TOUCH made 1 album but disbanded before Woodstock. I know because I got an email from one of the members of TOUCH on my b-day. Small world it truly is. And we're all connected.

  • Great cut but the beginning is amateurish and the horns monkeying around from about 3:13 to 3:40 is just terrible- otherwise, totally smokin'. sounds like nick took a page out of otis rush' vocal book- Thanks 4 the post

  • I saw them as the front band for, if you can believe it, Arhur Brown, you know, the "Fire" guy. Brown burned his hair and costume and fell off the stage that night. Served him right for ridiculing Flag, telling me no one digs that sound anymore; they're out-of-date, he told me. Yeah, like he lasted a long time too.

  • Mike Bloomfield at his best! just like when he was with Paul Butterfield.

    R.I.P.Michael, R.I.P Paul, Miss you both!

  • Dino Valente (Chet Powers), eventually of Quicksilver Messenger Service, wrote "Get Together' when he was a folkie ... Gravenites did not write it ...

  • I have an original vinyl copy of this. Inherited it from my mom.

  • The Electric Flag was the foundation for the upcoming blues and R&B scene in the San Francisco Bay Area. After the Flag broke up, Buddy Miles started, "Loading Zone". That was the foundation for "Tower Of Power".

    Nick Gravenites, the lead singer, discovered Janis Joplin and wrote "Get Together", for the Youngbloods. Any fans of this fantastic group, please email me.

    Thankyou for uploading this video, NoRosesforme. Here's a rose for you anyways..

    Regards ..LEE

  • I learned every song on this album when it came out. My brother gave me guitar lesson and I could burn on it. I learned about music as a foundation from this album too. I had about four copies cause I wore them out. My brother jammed with Bloomfield weeks before he died. He is my Guitar Hero. A true Blue musician and and a real American.

    May you Rest In Peace, Michael Bloomfield

  • Had the LP when I was 16 and this is the original, Outstanding then and now.

  • hey anyone know which one is the original???is it this one?

  • This song was originally sung by Howling Wolf

    (Chester Burnett) I bought this album on the Sunset Strip in LA in 1968. get this, and Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper; Super Sessions" a jam album. BTW, it might be good to pick up electric Mud- Muddy Waters & Paul Butterfield Blues band .

  • yea thanks man..these are all blues rite?..my guitar teacher tought me this song on the guitar a long time ago..n i saw so many of this song i wanted to know the original..ive always wanted to get more into blues becouse blues is the foundation of metal

  • tanvo93: You might also want to check out Howlin' Wolf's version with Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones. It's from an album from 1970 called "The London Howlin Wolf Sessions". It might be here on YouTube.

  • aite cool...u kno any good other blues artists 2?im tryin to get into more western european music and blues...cuz im a metalhead id like to learn more about the origins so i can get better understanding

  • For metalhead guitarists, I recommend T-Bone Walker and Hubert Sumlin for the pentatonic scale. BB King for string bending and vibrato technique. Jimmy Reed for rythym guitar. Chuck Berry for speed. And Muddy Waters for additude!!

    As for records to listen to, I recommend anything on Chess Records from Chicago in the 1950's.

  • Oops! I spelled attitude wrong.

  • k coo man thannks...u kno alot a bit or alot about music huh? and ill make sure to check them out...ive always wanted to listen to the blues

  • One of my favorite version of his great song. Mike Bloomfield was a monster!

  • thank god for youtube!!!.. finding alot of all the ol' favorites....when music was music!..

  • @custardpie40 Im so glad you enjoy this! I havent been on YT much over the past year but now Im back on and I really appreciate all the good comments and it makes me so happy to know that people truly appreciate my humble videos. This is the stuff I grew up with. The stuff that stuck with me ya know? Means more to me than I can say,,,and you do too. Just for understanding. Thank you & bless ya ♥ Peace

  • @NoRosesForMe yvw...always looking for music i havent heard in a while..this song always stuck with me.

  • Now....THAT is some music...!!! Damn...

  • smoke out of the speakers!

  • brilliant.....RIP buddy miles...

  • PUMP UP THE VOLUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • EXCELLENT !!! I wore out 3 vinyl copies before getting the disc...OUTSTANDING group...WHERE are all the great bands/supergroups TODAY like those that exsisted in the '67-70 era !?!?!?!?...these poor kids today don't have ANYTHING close to this to listen to...

  • They do NOW, and many do!

  • Thanks a bunch for this, OOOHHHH YEEEEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Pump up the volume and boogie like an epileptic on steroids!

  • Pump up the volume and boogie like an epileptic on stereods

  • When this Album first came out, I damn near wore it out ! My oldest boy now owns the remains !!!! Buddy Miles, Lonnie Brooks, Richie Havens were in that band too ! What a early super group!!!

  • I first had this on tape. I wore it out too! haha!

    And yes- Richie Havens played on this album. Buddy Miles was a regular member of the band. Sang a lot of the songs on the album. Im really glad you enjoyed this. Its one of my most favorites bands/albums. =)))

  • Richie played the sitar on this album also!

  • I think that's the only instrument he played on this LP.

  • Richie recorded w/ the Flag, but wasn't a member. He got involved because some of the band were session players on his records. It's Harvey Brooks (on bass), no Lonnie, (a lead guitarist).

  • @zzwoody1

    Yes, great album, and still available on CD. But FYI, it was Harvey (not Lonnie) Brooks on bass, and Herbie Rich (not Richie Haven)... along with the sensational Mike Bloomfield, whose solos on this tune alone are worth the price of admission.

    It's too bad the original lineup didn't last beyond the debut. Album #2 was also good, but without Bloomfield it was missing the candle on the cake.

  • @zzwoody1 Wow.....all I had growin up was a cassette tape which my dear brother & friend (Desmond) sent to me. ( Love ya Des) I am not kiddin- I wore out that tape. I played it THAT much. It was the most perfect band I had heard besides Muddy Waters' band(s). Just too amazing. Thank you for your comment and thank you for listening and Im so glad you enjoy this. Truly. Peace ♥

  • oh yea...this is the cut..

    killer guitar and horns..

    brings a tear to my eyes..

  • Just look at that picture. They were left out of Monterrey Pop because of the way they "looked". I heard Jimi Hendrix burned and copulated with his guitar because he wanted to show up Michael Bloomfield. Please, I'm only the messenger! For the musicians, listen closely and you'll hear the way Michael "sweeps" his guitar. He did this often. Never heard anyone do

    that so well. It's one of his signature licks.

  • What a energy! The first version I ever heard with a horn session on it. Great! Oh God...if I had a horn session in my band...hehehe!

  • great song remember zepp covered this #####

  • Pres. Lyndon Johnson: "I speak tonight for the dignity of man, and the destiny of democracy. I urge every member of both parties..."

  • what is he saying at the beginning??

    GREAT SONG

  • Hiya doing, still a rebel , this is great stuff as usual, i will pm 5**** thanks for the share , always find the rare stuff, Cathy

  • this is a fine album. Thanks for the share Stacy. As always

  • youre very welcome Rocs and thank YOU! =)))

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