Wow, thanks for the great video. I have been a fan since I saw him live when I was sixteen. He was playing a in bar in Newport Beach around 1968 and had his harps in glass of water. Me and my girl friend were too young to get in so went around back and the whole band was taking a smoke. I told him I was a big fan and they let us in for a set. Outstanding guy. He is still on my Ipod. Thanks for posting.
Before they made plastic bodied harmonicas, by the way are very EAST to blow, there were only wooden bodied ones. Paul played Marine Bands (wooden)..and he made it look and sound easy. If wooden harps aren't completely saturated with your salvia from playing, they are hard to blow into. So,he soaked his harps to elimate that happening. This shortens the life of a harp by rusting. I would love for all harp players who blow plastic to pick up a Marine Band and tell me how "easy" it is to play.
I saw the Woodstock show and it made me want to play harp, which I did for many years, and recently returned to. I was 16. Out of all the great guitar players and drummers (which I eventually became), I was drawn to Butterfield. He was the best, hands down, and I don't care what anyone says. Over the years I saw him in shows, and even met him. I was at one of his last performances in Poughkeepsie, NY before he died. Hard living caught up with him. Only 44.
Phillip Wilson was murdered by a hired killer Marvin Slater on march 25,1992 at 440 E9 St. Slater was arrested and convicted for premeditated murder a few weeks after an episode of America's Most Wanted aired in 1996. The accomplice "T" was released by the police a day before the trial in 1997. There are many rumors about what happened to Phillip that evening...
the kid is Buzz Feiten , also of the Rascals, recorded and/or wrote for Chicago, and others,, along with Paul picking him to replace Elvin Bishop. I suppose that is enuff validation of his ability
He also invented the Buzz Feiten tuning system found on many top line and customised guitars.
I am no fan of pyro guitarists either,, and he IS NOT ONE... .check out Joe Satriani...
Alvin , we both like the Sons of Pioneers etc, & I like this too. not your taste perhaps.. but the kid is good
Butter id Great, The Horns are Great , the Band is Great - that Kid Guitar player sucks big time !!!!!! just playing his fast licks regardless of the Funky setup.
Hey - I realize that this young fella is called Buzz,and by now, he is no longer a Kid, and he has/had many admirers - but where is he at now? He would have been at home with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but no The Butter Blues Band.There are too many pyrotech guitar players in the world showing off their speed, chord knowledge, modes & scales - etcettera, etcettera - but where are they NOW!! - unless they have a signature sound & style - "dey come n' dey go"
Sorry, but Buzzy is, IMO, the best guitarist that Butter EVER played with. He was only on one album -"Keep on Movin'," but I'd place it as one of the best albums Butter EVER made. And Buzzy was the acknowledged inspiration for folks like Robben Ford and Mike Landau. He went on the be an A-list session player... look 'im up. You need to expand your horizons a bit... ;-)
A young Bloomfield that's who! On the sax, a young David Sanborn--All young giants, as well as Dinwiddie and others. Butterfield got himself a bad manager who robbed him blind, buried the dough, and then bellied-up! Caused no end to troubles for Bloomfield and Butterfield who were the heart of blues revival in the 60's. RIP PAUL AND MIKE!!
He played a stock Marine Band. Thats all they had then. That or a Japan piece of crap. I play a sp 20 also. I play professionally and like them them most for an out of the box harp. If you got the bucks and want to wait for one, a customization of Marine Band, Sp 20
or other favorite is really a treat. Main thing is the pressure (to play ) on the reeds is even all the way across, which is great when you do hi work or tongue blocking on the higher end.
I would save this but the camera work is STUPID! God so many idiots run cameras i dont get it. its almost never where it should be, and constant multipal scene changes every few seconds
Great video! I'm glad to see that Paul still draws them in with 33,000 viewings.Along with Waters, Mayall and Green Paul was instumental in bringing electric style blues to middle class America.
Yep Buzz is still going strong. Had a cd released in 2002 with all new Full Moon songs It even has the original bass player Freddie Beckmeier on it. Buzz is still amazing, just wish he would tour. Come to NYC soon.
I saw Paul Butterfield with Buzzy, Sanborn, Dinwiddie, Bugsy around 1970 at Binghamton University at a dining hall dance. They played for 3 hrs and all I can say I still remember it was awesome..Buzzy rules..just listen to his solos on Keep on Movin PB album..
Listen to that track from the 80's - Blues summit or something with SRV, Albert King, BB King.... Butter sings a chorus on "The Sky is Crying" - and the minute he opens his mouth, the crowd just roars.... we loved this guy....
Nice to rememer all the positively great musicians that played with Butter at one time or another--Bloomfield, Kooper, and hey, look at the baby David Sanborn. Shit, these guys were so damn good!
I'm very grateful for this posting, which brings back the best musical memories I've ever had. Any chance anyone can post the complete, unedited video version (full guitar solo etc.)?
What a great blues man,,,shame,,,died from drug and alcohol overdose,,man played with anyone worth playin with in the blues world and left us some good tracks,,RIP,,mate...Pete
Hope to share the band with the legends of the blues the album was calledFathers an songs.This man brought rock an blues to the lime light.May Paul rest in Peace
As previously said, Buzzy Feiten, later of Full Moon, Rascals, Larsen Feiten Band, Dave Weckl and a million studio session. My favorite. "Tell 'Em About it Buzzy" as Paul says in the video.
Great stuff! In the Walter/Butter comparison, the key thing is that Butter's style did NOT, like so many others' (Piazza, KIm, Hummel), owe much to Walter. That's why it's fair to call Butter, for all his limitations, a genius, and original, where P, K, and H are simply superb players.
It's the fast triplets--as on "Gone to Main Street" from THE MUDDY WATERS WOODSTOCK ALBUM. That album blew my mind when I first heard it back in the mid-70s, and it's still mind-blowing.
hey man i feel what your sayin but the blues is not just a feeling... it's a black expression. it's an extension of the black people during desperation. it was a way for blacks to say things they couldn't say under oppressors... to completely disregard the black race from the blues would be wrong and show little understanding. Yes the blues can happen to any race but it's firmly rooted in and originally black. SRV was trying to sing black when singin the blues. because the blues is black.
Bloomfield wasnt much more than a "young kid" when he played on those early Butterfield recordings. Buzzy looks damn young here, but he has some good licks. The phrasing is better than most players you see these days, IMO. And Butterfield, WOW! You cant fake that shit!
Butterfield learned how to sing the blues from Muddy Waters and BB King in Chicago in the early 60's. They both thought pretty highly of him, he was one of the first white guys allowed into the black clubs in Chicago to play a gig.
Butter was the real deal. A good study of the 1960's blues scene in Chicago reveals that the integration of white and black players happened in Chicago before it happened nationally. It's historical fact that these white players were both accepted, nurtured and loved by the masters, like Muddy and Wolf - and that they were legitimate members of the blues music culture of Chicago. Butterfield, Bloomfield, Musselwhite, Oscher, Carp, Margolin, Helfer, Freund, Gravenities, Naftalin, Corky/Jim...
PREZ...I don't think he's trying to sound like a black singer, he's trying to sound like a blues singer. If he learned how to sing from Muddy Waters & BB King...yes they happened to be black singers. SRV's idols were Albert Collins, Albert King, BB King and Buddy Guy (among others). Do you think SRV was a great blues rock artist?
Well...whether or not Stevie said he was a black or not he was white. If you love the blues (like I do) why can't you just appreciate a good blues artist whether they are black or white (or brown or yellow or any other color)? Blues is something you feel in your soul, not in the color of your skin. I guess I'm saying stop with the racist crap. PEOPLE are great at all kinds of things...sports, music, etc. regardless of the color of their skin. It ain't about color...it's about talent...you dig?
hey man i feel what your sayin but the blues is not just a feeling... it's a black expression. it's an extension of the black people during desperation. it was a way for blacks to say things they couldn't say under oppressors... to completely disregard the black race from the blues would be wrong and show little understanding. Yes the blues can happen to any race but it's firmly rooted in and originally black. SRV was trying to sing black when singin the blues. because the blues is black.
I do understand and agree that the blues originated by black people as a way to express themselves during a time when they were quite frankly treated like shit. But I truely believe that a person of any color can learn to do anything if they have the desire and the right teacher. Obviously SRV has the best blues "teachers" in history. But I still say he's not trying to sing black, he's singing the blues the way he learned to sing the blues...from his idols...which happened to be black.
hey man i feel what your sayin but the blues is not just a feeling... it's a black expression. it's an extension of the black people during desperation. it was a way for blacks to say things they couldn't say under oppressors... to completely disregard the black race from the blues would be wrong and show little understanding. Yes the blues can happen to any race but it's firmly rooted in and originally black. SRV was trying to sing black when singin the blues. because the blues is black.
Buzzy took himself out fools! As did Butterfield a few years later...Butterman had a bad bad gut and Bloomfield just got sick and tired. The music biz outright kills a lot of sensitive souls! Amen & RIP boys
This audio was released on the "Woodstock II" album. They should have put it on the first LP instead of Love March. Last I heard from Buzz was a couple of years ago, he was marketing some sort of tuning attachment for guitars that he'd invented.
This is the same band that I'd seen at the Fillmore East, I think it was the previous fall. I love the horn section. That was Dave Sanborn on sax next to Gene Dinwiddie. Sanborn has made a name for himself in jazz as a frontman.
Buzzy Feiten did a lot of session work through the years. He was co-leader of the Larsen-Feiten Band that put out a couple of albums. Now, as somebody said, he is selling the tuning device he developed.
With his youthful looks and the way he attacks the guitar, Buzzy in this clip reminds me of Danny Kirwan in some of the old Fleetwood Mac clips on here. Look for "Like Crying" and "Oh Well."
This is probably the first time I've checked out this band and guitarist. Holy cow, that youngin broke it down and wrang it out for all it's worth. I really like it, but I'm pretty much new to the blues. Buzzy mixed it up nicely, didn't sound cliché at all, yet stayed solid blues, great stuff! Anyone know the other guitarists in this band?
Bloomfield left the band in 1967 & started the Electric Flag. Not sure what year Elvin Bishop left, but I never saw this lineup. 1970 was the last time I saw them. Butterfield is great. Good video, thanks
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Marylandhottie4u52 3 years ago
This version of Butter's band killed in person. Paul had many great groups, but this had live intensity and studio smarts. Blow Buzzy Blow.
tynertyner 3 years ago
go buzz go!
glennfryenpie 3 years ago
Looks like this is the Woodstock performance, so thats a very young Buzz Feiten here if I'm not mistaken.
and he's killing it.. awesome tone and phrasing, an obvious virtuoso
aiwassiva 3 years ago
is that Elvis Bishop?
yoursatan 3 years ago
Yes sir that's Elvis!
BigRedJohnson10 3 years ago
Thank sir!!!
yoursatan 3 years ago
Wrong guys that is Buzzy Feiten!
roninloner3 3 years ago 2
Elvin Bishop!, not Elvis!
sissycd28 3 years ago 3
BUZZY FEITEN!!!
roninloner3 3 years ago 2
he was one of the best!
shianneladale 3 years ago
Wow, thanks for the great video. I have been a fan since I saw him live when I was sixteen. He was playing a in bar in Newport Beach around 1968 and had his harps in glass of water. Me and my girl friend were too young to get in so went around back and the whole band was taking a smoke. I told him I was a big fan and they let us in for a set. Outstanding guy. He is still on my Ipod. Thanks for posting.
philipaparker 3 years ago
Hello Parker
Why had Paul his harps in a glass of water?
Greetz Fred Reefman The Netherlands
fred303me 3 years ago
Before they made plastic bodied harmonicas, by the way are very EAST to blow, there were only wooden bodied ones. Paul played Marine Bands (wooden)..and he made it look and sound easy. If wooden harps aren't completely saturated with your salvia from playing, they are hard to blow into. So,he soaked his harps to elimate that happening. This shortens the life of a harp by rusting. I would love for all harp players who blow plastic to pick up a Marine Band and tell me how "easy" it is to play.
LastTree 3 years ago
See below this guy explains it.
philipaparker 3 years ago
Wow! Paul excuded Chicago. This is the real deal folks.
franklmac 3 years ago
I saw the Woodstock show and it made me want to play harp, which I did for many years, and recently returned to. I was 16. Out of all the great guitar players and drummers (which I eventually became), I was drawn to Butterfield. He was the best, hands down, and I don't care what anyone says. Over the years I saw him in shows, and even met him. I was at one of his last performances in Poughkeepsie, NY before he died. Hard living caught up with him. Only 44.
revkev 3 years ago
Phillip Wilson was murdered by a hired killer Marvin Slater on march 25,1992 at 440 E9 St. Slater was arrested and convicted for premeditated murder a few weeks after an episode of America's Most Wanted aired in 1996. The accomplice "T" was released by the police a day before the trial in 1997. There are many rumors about what happened to Phillip that evening...
mornography 3 years ago
grooviest blues band of the 1960's and 1970's man....
folkrockm14 3 years ago
Is that Buzz on guitar/ Butterfield had assorted credible cats in his line up. Real pros. RIP
PadreMDB 3 years ago
And THIS band is full of great musicians, like Phil Wilson, who was also drumming for the Art Ensemble of Chicago at the same time!
pnebenzahl 3 years ago
Do you know about FULL MOON w/Phil,Buzzy,Gene,and Neil Larsen?
Discfiend69 3 years ago
If you look close you can see me in the back.
Subhuman80 3 years ago
I'm Fucking Paul Butterfield Bitch
Dominator8146 3 years ago
Isn't it available to watch the full-length video of this performance?
fleetwoodmac1982 3 years ago
good stuff thanks
indydrt 3 years ago
the kid is Buzz Feiten , also of the Rascals, recorded and/or wrote for Chicago, and others,, along with Paul picking him to replace Elvin Bishop. I suppose that is enuff validation of his ability
He also invented the Buzz Feiten tuning system found on many top line and customised guitars.
I am no fan of pyro guitarists either,, and he IS NOT ONE... .check out Joe Satriani...
Alvin , we both like the Sons of Pioneers etc, & I like this too. not your taste perhaps.. but the kid is good
frogafone 3 years ago
The bass player's name is Rod Hicks, he's living in Detroit.
blueslover2000 3 years ago
Buzzy kicks major ass...!
mojogypsy 3 years ago
Butter id Great, The Horns are Great , the Band is Great - that Kid Guitar player sucks big time !!!!!! just playing his fast licks regardless of the Funky setup.
Alvinorey 3 years ago
You are delusional.
mojogypsy 3 years ago 2
Hey - I realize that this young fella is called Buzz,and by now, he is no longer a Kid, and he has/had many admirers - but where is he at now? He would have been at home with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but no The Butter Blues Band.There are too many pyrotech guitar players in the world showing off their speed, chord knowledge, modes & scales - etcettera, etcettera - but where are they NOW!! - unless they have a signature sound & style - "dey come n' dey go"
Alvinorey 3 years ago
Sorry, but Buzzy is, IMO, the best guitarist that Butter EVER played with. He was only on one album -"Keep on Movin'," but I'd place it as one of the best albums Butter EVER made. And Buzzy was the acknowledged inspiration for folks like Robben Ford and Mike Landau. He went on the be an A-list session player... look 'im up. You need to expand your horizons a bit... ;-)
mojogypsy 3 years ago
Goofball.
Mikeearls 3 years ago
If I were you, I'd dig a very deep hole, jump in, and bury yourself in it. You don't have a clue....
Mikeearls 3 years ago
To many rum and cokes, I was trying to post this comment under Alvinorey's ignorant remarks about the young Bloomfield....
Mikeearls 3 years ago
Hey - you dumb redneck !! if you can't have anything intelligent to add to this topic, i suggest you go watch re-runs of the Partridge Family.
Alvinorey 3 years ago
whats the name of the bass player?
greenysfleetwoodmac 3 years ago
Rod Hicks
garryinmaine 3 years ago
Butter can clearly be heard saying 'tell 'em about it Buzzy.'
cliffworks4321 3 years ago
I can't believe this didn't make the original Woodstock film. It kicks 99% of the rest of the acts.
pretorious700 3 years ago 3
randy california
megaroofsys 3 years ago
Who's the kid?
visualzone 3 years ago
Lord have mercy!
Nuclear energy level
buffalobilly 3 years ago
This in c?
tage92 4 years ago
It's in G
pattifockler 3 years ago
Thanks.
tage92 3 years ago
no problem!
pattifockler 3 years ago
A legend! What the blues is all about,raw,straight to the heart and bone!Gone but never forgotten.
johntrik 4 years ago
Paul was incredible.
MsMinglewoodBlues 4 years ago
Oh yeah, and the alto player is some guy named David Sanborn..
wfjlint 4 years ago
Guitar player is Buzzy Feitan
wfjlint 4 years ago
Who's the kid with the guitar...??? anybody know...?
ThomasDeLello 4 years ago
A young Bloomfield that's who! On the sax, a young David Sanborn--All young giants, as well as Dinwiddie and others. Butterfield got himself a bad manager who robbed him blind, buried the dough, and then bellied-up! Caused no end to troubles for Bloomfield and Butterfield who were the heart of blues revival in the 60's. RIP PAUL AND MIKE!!
redibeaver 4 years ago
Nope, that's young Buzz Feiten on guitar.
oneminuteworkshop 4 years ago 2
That is definitely not Mike Bloomfield on guitar.
freeride4eva 4 years ago 3
Buzz Feiten!!! Who doesn't know that???
sorry, you
pretorious700 3 years ago
He went to the University of Chicago, where I'm going now, and we're having an assembly on him this wednesday (tomorrow). What a legend. :P
Balertman 4 years ago
That was an awesome assembly! But so is anything that gets me out of 4th period :P
Critias77 4 years ago
What kind of harmonica is he using? its great
tage92 4 years ago
prolly a hohner marine band...but they were a bit different back in the day...these days my favorite is the special 20 also by hohner
therealspiffcuber 4 years ago
He played a stock Marine Band. Thats all they had then. That or a Japan piece of crap. I play a sp 20 also. I play professionally and like them them most for an out of the box harp. If you got the bucks and want to wait for one, a customization of Marine Band, Sp 20
or other favorite is really a treat. Main thing is the pressure (to play ) on the reeds is even all the way across, which is great when you do hi work or tongue blocking on the higher end.
Slimharp 3 years ago
I would save this but the camera work is STUPID! God so many idiots run cameras i dont get it. its almost never where it should be, and constant multipal scene changes every few seconds
eastsackevster 4 years ago
Great video! I'm glad to see that Paul still draws them in with 33,000 viewings.Along with Waters, Mayall and Green Paul was instumental in bringing electric style blues to middle class America.
wiseowl520 4 years ago
i agree wit you wiseowl dont forget to mention luther alison and william clarke
both powerhouse bluesmen who have gone to blues heaven
blisterbeetle85 4 years ago
Does anyone kow who the guitar player is?
ichpick 4 years ago
Sorry I didn't read the other comments and they answered my question: Buzzy Feiten! Great Player! Have to look up more of him. Is he still alive?
ichpick 4 years ago
wauww.. dynamic stuff
jolandasterbloem 4 years ago
stonegood..
jolandasterbloem 4 years ago
Did any spot David Sanborn? I heard he played with the band, Now I know for sure. Great!!
robinsax61 4 years ago
hon , I actually met Mike Bloomfield . Guy signed book for me .
Have personal photos as well
/ Peter
Hemulen40 4 years ago
Dis iss just so BAD . /
is man´s sis and father mother still around ?
Hemulen40 4 years ago
never evva dinosaur , doll .
ye wanna fight me ? big swede ?
Hemulen40 4 years ago
Pigboy Crabshaw lives:0)
mikemckv 4 years ago
Is dis gud ur what ?
Less do ur fuckin shiiites ?
Pliiizzz ...
Morrison scotch welsh britney
Yer never knew did ye .
Hemulen40 4 years ago
So good is makibn my feelin heaRT
Hemulen40 4 years ago
I never get tired of this clip!
mojogypsy 4 years ago
So, someone tell me (a) when this was and (b) who's the band. Thx.
jrg309062 4 years ago
woodstock and its the paul butterfield blues band
skamark0007 4 years ago
Yep Buzz is still going strong. Had a cd released in 2002 with all new Full Moon songs It even has the original bass player Freddie Beckmeier on it. Buzz is still amazing, just wish he would tour. Come to NYC soon.
deepimage2 4 years ago
I saw Paul Butterfield with Buzzy, Sanborn, Dinwiddie, Bugsy around 1970 at Binghamton University at a dining hall dance. They played for 3 hrs and all I can say I still remember it was awesome..Buzzy rules..just listen to his solos on Keep on Movin PB album..
alanld1948 4 years ago
A butter fan (saw 13 shows) Question: is Full Moon still together? is Buzzy still performing or just selling BFTuning Systems?
debragag 4 years ago
Butter was a dinasour
Jenscool 4 years ago
one of the great white blues men,a great harp player wish i could have seen him
bishbosh75 4 years ago 2
Just watch - he was the leader or this magnificent band - every musician was watching his lead - what a bluesman!
sniktaw45 4 years ago
You just did!
Jenscool 4 years ago
Paul Butterfield #1
paowibird 4 years ago
Listen to that track from the 80's - Blues summit or something with SRV, Albert King, BB King.... Butter sings a chorus on "The Sky is Crying" - and the minute he opens his mouth, the crowd just roars.... we loved this guy....
whitefeet1 4 years ago
Nice to rememer all the positively great musicians that played with Butter at one time or another--Bloomfield, Kooper, and hey, look at the baby David Sanborn. Shit, these guys were so damn good!
chelliegirl 4 years ago
I'm very grateful for this posting, which brings back the best musical memories I've ever had. Any chance anyone can post the complete, unedited video version (full guitar solo etc.)?
bn816867 4 years ago
What a great blues man,,,shame,,,died from drug and alcohol overdose,,man played with anyone worth playin with in the blues world and left us some good tracks,,RIP,,mate...Pete
civilwheels 4 years ago
woodstock, isn't it?
jairomtz 4 years ago
yes, you can hear the whole track on Woodstock 2, (the double album) including the best harp intro I've heard
johnypebs 4 years ago
Hope to share the band with the legends of the blues the album was calledFathers an songs.This man brought rock an blues to the lime light.May Paul rest in Peace
carlox1 4 years ago
Unbelieveable energy. Brings back lots of memories.....too bad Paul and Michael are gone.
Rodmo55 4 years ago
Paul & Mike left us their music, a great gift!
And I believe they're jamin' wherever they are!
Jenscool 4 years ago
Amen brother!!
PhilipSkovgaard 4 years ago
Paul was such a huge quality musician
Cheers to Buzzy for his guitar playing too.
vandret 4 years ago
the whole band loose, wild and excellent
thanks for posting
Kmartg 4 years ago
umm. Paul Butterfield died.
SSGDonut 4 years ago
Thanks. I'll pass it along. Don't happen to know who he is playing with these days do you?
freddiemesquit 4 years ago
Paul Butterfield! one of the "Best Raw Blues Men" Ever!!!! bassbug62p
bassbug62p 4 years ago
what what, hows about than then then there now, yo can play it baby
toolesy 5 years ago
Does anyone out there know who the kid playing guitar is and if he's still around? I shared this video with my son and he asked. Thanks.
freddiemesquit 5 years ago
buzz feiten. Buzz Feiten Tuning System. corrects intonation problem. tom anderson says guitars play 95% in tune compared to 80%.
usscott 4 years ago
As previously said, Buzzy Feiten, later of Full Moon, Rascals, Larsen Feiten Band, Dave Weckl and a million studio session. My favorite. "Tell 'Em About it Buzzy" as Paul says in the video.
FeitenFan 4 years ago
Great stuff! In the Walter/Butter comparison, the key thing is that Butter's style did NOT, like so many others' (Piazza, KIm, Hummel), owe much to Walter. That's why it's fair to call Butter, for all his limitations, a genius, and original, where P, K, and H are simply superb players.
KudzuRunner 5 years ago
Exactly! Why can't everyone see that? Nobody ever played like Paul. I was lucky enough to meet him before he passed away.
freddiemesquit 5 years ago
It's the fast triplets--as on "Gone to Main Street" from THE MUDDY WATERS WOODSTOCK ALBUM. That album blew my mind when I first heard it back in the mid-70s, and it's still mind-blowing.
KudzuRunner 5 years ago
bassbug62p
Paul Butterfield! 1 of the Best Raw Blue Men Ever!!!!
"wish you were still here! Jamin.....
bassbug62p 4 years ago
Yup, Sanborn did indeed start with Paul. (Find "In My Own Dream" and be prepared to be blown away!) Thanks again Rud! You Da Man!
chelliegirl 5 years ago
Saw a young David Sanborn in the horn section.
goldenvenus 5 years ago
Hey "sucks", where do you get off swearing at me simply
because I don't agree with you? It's pinheads like you
that take the enjoyment out of forums like this. It's
easy to pull that kind of crap when you're anonymous.
It's a shame that we can't meet so I could feed you your teeth. Chump.
nixjag1 5 years ago
sorry long night that night, but still, you're talking about Little Walter for christ's sake, have some respect
findingusernamesucks 5 years ago
whos the guitarist? The only Butterfield guitarists I am familiar with is Bloomfield and Bishop, so idk this guy
findingusernamesucks 5 years ago
That's Buzzy Feiten, age 19 at that time. By the way, Buzzy is still playing his ass off, an extraordinary musician from the start...
alecmilstein 5 years ago
very good
vlasyvlasyhar 5 years ago
Paul Butterfield was the best, nobody sounds like him.. And he did not take shit from anybody..
shakedownstreet48 5 years ago
Stop the bus. Tell us, Prez150, what black singer was
Butterfield emulating? I saw him three times and have
most of his recordings. He doesn't sound like anyone
I ever heard before or since. He did his own thing.
Some have said that he copied Little Walter in his
playing, if that's truly the case he did Walter better
than Walter ever did. He may have started out that way, I don't know, I wasn't there, but he sure came
into his own.
nixjag1 5 years ago
you fucking blasphemer, no one is better than Walter . . . but it is true that Butterfield is great, just not like Walter was
findingusernamesucks 5 years ago
hey man i feel what your sayin but the blues is not just a feeling... it's a black expression. it's an extension of the black people during desperation. it was a way for blacks to say things they couldn't say under oppressors... to completely disregard the black race from the blues would be wrong and show little understanding. Yes the blues can happen to any race but it's firmly rooted in and originally black. SRV was trying to sing black when singin the blues. because the blues is black.
BattleAngel 5 years ago
Bloomfield wasnt much more than a "young kid" when he played on those early Butterfield recordings. Buzzy looks damn young here, but he has some good licks. The phrasing is better than most players you see these days, IMO. And Butterfield, WOW! You cant fake that shit!
DangerousBastard 5 years ago
Buzz was 19 and he'd been playing guitar for a relatively short time .. maybe two / three years !
He had been a bassist earlier on .. and trained and studied French Horn . His mother taught piano & his sister is a flautist .
He " heard intervals easily " and picked things up v fasdt !
Gorgolada 4 years ago
White people sure love to sound like black singer's. But thats ok.You make us more money when sing the same blues rock songs.
PREZ150 5 years ago
Butterfield learned how to sing the blues from Muddy Waters and BB King in Chicago in the early 60's. They both thought pretty highly of him, he was one of the first white guys allowed into the black clubs in Chicago to play a gig.
georgesmiley 5 years ago
Yea I know and I can see it in his playing he got alot of soul in his playing.
PREZ150 5 years ago
Butter was the real deal. A good study of the 1960's blues scene in Chicago reveals that the integration of white and black players happened in Chicago before it happened nationally. It's historical fact that these white players were both accepted, nurtured and loved by the masters, like Muddy and Wolf - and that they were legitimate members of the blues music culture of Chicago. Butterfield, Bloomfield, Musselwhite, Oscher, Carp, Margolin, Helfer, Freund, Gravenities, Naftalin, Corky/Jim...
pnebenzahl 3 years ago 4
Indeed,and thats what makes AMERICA great!
Through such misery comes BEAUTY!
Discfiend69 3 years ago
PREZ...I don't think he's trying to sound like a black singer, he's trying to sound like a blues singer. If he learned how to sing from Muddy Waters & BB King...yes they happened to be black singers. SRV's idols were Albert Collins, Albert King, BB King and Buddy Guy (among others). Do you think SRV was a great blues rock artist?
HappyToHaveTheBlues 5 years ago
OH YES STEVIE RAY WAS GREAT[ BLACK ] BLUES GUITARIST.EVEN STEVIE SAID HE WAS A BLACK.HaHa Sorry Happy.
PREZ150 5 years ago
Well...whether or not Stevie said he was a black or not he was white. If you love the blues (like I do) why can't you just appreciate a good blues artist whether they are black or white (or brown or yellow or any other color)? Blues is something you feel in your soul, not in the color of your skin. I guess I'm saying stop with the racist crap. PEOPLE are great at all kinds of things...sports, music, etc. regardless of the color of their skin. It ain't about color...it's about talent...you dig?
HappyToHaveTheBlues 5 years ago
hey man i feel what your sayin but the blues is not just a feeling... it's a black expression. it's an extension of the black people during desperation. it was a way for blacks to say things they couldn't say under oppressors... to completely disregard the black race from the blues would be wrong and show little understanding. Yes the blues can happen to any race but it's firmly rooted in and originally black. SRV was trying to sing black when singin the blues. because the blues is black.
BattleAngel 5 years ago
I do understand and agree that the blues originated by black people as a way to express themselves during a time when they were quite frankly treated like shit. But I truely believe that a person of any color can learn to do anything if they have the desire and the right teacher. Obviously SRV has the best blues "teachers" in history. But I still say he's not trying to sing black, he's singing the blues the way he learned to sing the blues...from his idols...which happened to be black.
HappyToHaveTheBlues 5 years ago
hey man i feel what your sayin but the blues is not just a feeling... it's a black expression. it's an extension of the black people during desperation. it was a way for blacks to say things they couldn't say under oppressors... to completely disregard the black race from the blues would be wrong and show little understanding. Yes the blues can happen to any race but it's firmly rooted in and originally black. SRV was trying to sing black when singin the blues. because the blues is black.
BattleAngel 5 years ago
amen brother
seedofchaos 5 years ago
Buzzy took himself out fools! As did Butterfield a few years later...Butterman had a bad bad gut and Bloomfield just got sick and tired. The music biz outright kills a lot of sensitive souls! Amen & RIP boys
barney1099 5 years ago
Buzz is alive and well and he plays better than he ever did .. way better in fact & he was fabulous then !
Gorgolada 4 years ago
Best. Blues. Voice. Ever.
srvcrossfiresrv 5 years ago
Nobody comes close to Bloomfield.Sorry.How is a young kid going to have the phrasing?
briantaylormusic 5 years ago
That band played a TV special in Finland a few month later, very very good.
keijokullervo 5 years ago
This audio was released on the "Woodstock II" album. They should have put it on the first LP instead of Love March. Last I heard from Buzz was a couple of years ago, he was marketing some sort of tuning attachment for guitars that he'd invented.
ChesterVomit 5 years ago
I sure do miss him. Spectacular, & what a musician!
stevespelling 5 years ago
This is the same band that I'd seen at the Fillmore East, I think it was the previous fall. I love the horn section. That was Dave Sanborn on sax next to Gene Dinwiddie. Sanborn has made a name for himself in jazz as a frontman.
edweirdo1951 5 years ago
he sure was one crazy mo fo with that harp!
-Jeff
t3golf 5 years ago
Buzz was the best of 'em- can't find anything by him recently. Last time I heard of him- he played guitar on Stevie's INNERVISIONS.
nottok 5 years ago
Buzzy Feiten did a lot of session work through the years. He was co-leader of the Larsen-Feiten Band that put out a couple of albums. Now, as somebody said, he is selling the tuning device he developed.
With his youthful looks and the way he attacks the guitar, Buzzy in this clip reminds me of Danny Kirwan in some of the old Fleetwood Mac clips on here. Look for "Like Crying" and "Oh Well."
DMSnake 5 years ago
Outstanding!
mojogypsy 5 years ago
Edited down but still absolutely fantastic! Buzzy Feiten is an AWESOME guitar player!
bbjazz 5 years ago
They played early the Monday morning, just prior to Hendrix... so everyone at that venue by that point was unbelievably exhausted.
SunsetGroove 5 years ago
Defo not Bloomfield on guit, but this vid certainly does NOT lack for anything. (Hey BTW, that was Woodstock baby!)
Brewery88 5 years ago
Buzzy Feiten on guitar-my least favorite of the Butterfield guitarists.Great clip tho'.
whest 5 years ago
Buzzy was, without a doubt, my MOST favorite of Butter's guitarists...! ;-)
mojogypsy 5 years ago
This is probably the first time I've checked out this band and guitarist. Holy cow, that youngin broke it down and wrang it out for all it's worth. I really like it, but I'm pretty much new to the blues. Buzzy mixed it up nicely, didn't sound cliché at all, yet stayed solid blues, great stuff! Anyone know the other guitarists in this band?
1WayBlues 5 years ago
Bloomfield on lead guitar?
lalarro1a 5 years ago
Bloomfield left the band in 1967 & started the Electric Flag. Not sure what year Elvin Bishop left, but I never saw this lineup. 1970 was the last time I saw them. Butterfield is great. Good video, thanks
Faroutdog 4 years ago
White Red & Blue
mendiola151 5 years ago
Wow! Hot Blues, Hot Harp, Hot Band! Great band and tight as a tick!
cpalmist 5 years ago