MIKE BLOOMFIELD " LONG HARD JOURNEY " LIVE

[sew6666]

Anyone - Can this phrasing be denied? The tone, execution, emotion...goose bumps. I met Mike when I was 13. I knew who he was. We watched the Butterfield band (with Elvin Bishop), at the Cafe Au GoGo in 1966. He proceeded to the stage to jam, but not before calling Buddy Miles to come down too. What a night!

[Bluezking]

when u hear the Blues like this ,u know it's the real deal.R.I.P Mike.

[MorroccoM13]

@strobelightbeam > He was being polite

[putdownan8dude]

clapton and mike are equals. mike is just a gentleman and knew when he'd been matched. the graciousness of recognizing this only serves to illustrate the stature of a mega talent like mike bloomfield.

[sylicone221]

this guy is worm food? heheheeee! junkie ass loser.....why didnt he make news? or did he?

[conejojolivet]

Hi! I'm a guitarrist from Argentina...Back on 1976 a friend ( Leon "EL Blusero" Vanela), who was a Bloomfield`s big fan, introduced me on Electric Flag's saga and so on: the many blues adventures of Michael, with Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Dr John, Paul Butterfield...I'm happy to see that, you guys remember him! He was to me the very best, white Bluesman I ever herd!

Cheers!

Conejo Jolivet

[GalaxyHorse]

Mr Bloomfield just goes for the Marrow in the bone every time-he does'nt mess around with needless noodles...the essential story, and that faultless vibrato

[catdog420]

This so does describe life! God I love this cut! Thanks for the vid

[catdog420]

So awesome , thanks so much for the vid !

[3117ss]

now that's the "SWEET" blues....

I miss bloomers.... thanks again for some tasty MB....

did michael ever meet or jam with clapton?

that would be killer

[ZINEDINE05]

I think they jammed together on the night The Flag and Cream shared a bill at the Fillmore West. I read in a 1968 interview with Clapton,that he referred to Mike and Dylan as two of his biggest influences at the time.I do know based on what I've read that the two of them had a tremendous respect for eachother. Clapton even said that Mike discovered the woman tone before he did.

[3117ss]

are you aware of any recordings with mb & ec?

thanks again

[KingHardyon]

@ZINEDINE05 On The Father and Sons recording-Muddy Waters and friends.

[MrWalrus52]

Just blows me away after all these years. Bloomfield always sounds better everytime I listen.

[TruusPaardepoep]

Does anybody know where and how I can get a mp3-version of this version of "long hard journey'. Love to all of you

[Theloniousfunkk]

google "youtube mp3 converter" and stuff like that, itll come up. You can then download this video in mp3 format

[TruusPaardepoep]

Hi Theloniousfunkk,

Thanx for your reply. In the meantime I got the file from a generous reader. My regards.

[sam19851]

I love how 15 seconds into this, they are playing and going along with it. In the background you can hear Bloomfield just say " G ". Brilliant, this is what you call ' real ' blues, in the respectful sense of course.......this is no Son House. But it is real, and felt and damn hell coming from a good place!!! Listen and enjoy.

[ApexBozo]

this is great but the bassist is way out of tune

[TJTele]

I had a great Album Barry Goldberg and Micheal Bloomfield did together called, Two Jews Blues it was on Buddha records I am pretty sure...Barry has done some great film music as well...Try and find Hard Place and the Ground great great stuff by Michael...

[soltisimba]

I can just visualize Mike with his emotions pouring out through his guitar. My favorite guitarist ever.

[gomigen77]

最高。

[Chavee49]

There's that signature intro lick that I first heard on 'Really'....Al Kooper's Super Sessions. Blew me away!

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Excellent..... . nothin' like the blues.

thank you.

[lordritchie]

Real title is One more Mile which the Butterfield Band covered on the !965 lp What's Shakin. I love this version with Goldberg though. Michael is on FIRE! thanks for posting.

[sam19851]

I think this is in my top 3 for Bloomfield material for me.

He's there every step of the way, feeling it for sure.

[DimitrisSkl]

Mike is maybe the most sensational white blues guitar player!! Every time I hear this guy, I get so much energy to continue playing!!!

[franklmac]

It is Michael's version of "One More Mile". Butterfield is not on this record.

[franklmac]

That's the word, "innovator". It is an assumption on my part that they learned from Michael. I am sure they were influenced by him, however. When Michael made his initial statement at Newport w/ Dylan the guitar players of the world took notice and word about him amongst players spread like wildfire. That concert changed the rock and roll world forever. When Dylan went electric w/ Michael backing him the world went electric. Freddy King/A. Collins were also innovators for their time.

[sam19851]

Yeah this is true, sad thing is some of the Blues purists ie. Clapton, and Peter Green at that time...took little notice of other genres, especially Dylan..(he was maybe too complex) .until they could not ignore it, ie. Clapton when he toured America with Cream in 68' he met Bloomfield then, something tells me he noticed him then :D

[MorroccoM13]

@sam19851

Clapton couldnt hold a candle to Mike Bloomfield when it came to playing blues from emotion. Few could/can. Greenie comes close. BTW, I'm a Cream fan.

[robertbuschjr]

bloomfield is one of the greatist blues guitarist EVER period

[MorroccoM13]

@robertbuschjr

Yes he is and I think Peter Green in his prime with FM was right next to him.

[robertbuschjr]

yeah both very sad green goes into reclusion bloomfield ODs

[tage92]

Isnt this "One more mile" With Pbbb? i don't know..

[ZINEDINE05]

this is from a live show with Barry Goldberg!

[tage92]

yeah but the song

[fallerp]

Very nice guitar play but the bass line seems to me quite bizarre.

[franklmac]

Some people say Bloomfield played too many notes, way to fast. That may be true at times. Thing is all his notes made perfectly good "blues sense" and they all said something profound. Love all the British blues cats (Clapton, Green, Beck) who came a year or two or four later and learned from his records w/ Paul Butterfield but this cat man was the originator of a particular blues syle at twenty-two years of age and was in a category all to himself. 'Nuff said.

[sam19851]

Well said, although Green and the others didn't necessarily learn from Bloomfield, that's an assumption, however they all learned from the old greats (one big boiling pot) and Bloomfield certainly was an innovator n music.

[sam19851]

It should be available at a decent price to the hard working poor young Englishmen like myself! haha

Damn, what is it about Mike that makes me pick up my guitar every time i hear the man. Immense.

[ZINEDINE05]

It was only a matter of time before the Bloomfield addiction overcame you ! lol!

[sam19851]

Talk about climatic.

[heelnail]

Thank you so much! I can listen to that guitar tone all day.

[ZINEDINE05]

RIGHT ON !!! YOURE VERY WELCOME!!

[maurocerutti]

Esa guitarra está llorando

[ZackPomerleau]

Thanks so much for this, young people love him, too!

[ZINEDINE05]

young people?i'm only 36!!! lol!!!! glad to see that theres still hope for todays youth!!!

[ZackPomerleau]

Sure, not old, but teenagers? I'm the only one it seems! Can't get anyone to listen for real. Love all these Slow Blues tunes you put up, he really played in them.

[ZINEDINE05]

check out GLAMOUR GIRL BY BLOOMERS on my page.

[ZackPomerleau]

WAY ahead of you man! :)

[ZINEDINE05]

Thats great, lol !!!!

[JGZerbe]

theres another one right here.

[ZackPomerleau]

Awesome!!!

[ZINEDINE05]

welcome ,where you been hiding ?

[ZackPomerleau]

Not far! See the new Les Paul? $8,000 or so! Was told by Allen there may be a cheaper one in the works. And, Bloomfield WAS god :-D Clapton can't compare to his playing. hahaha.

[ZINEDINE05]

$15,000.00 is what Gibson has it listed at!

[ZackPomerleau]

WAYYY TOO MUCH!!!

[bluesjuke]

Thanks ZINEINE05!

Mike is a big influence on my playing and I always enjoy him so much.

[ZINEDINE05]

youre very welcome!!

[porterburst]

Fantastic tune! What album is this from?

[N3GR0standby]

The bass is out of tune sometimes, but Mike is great!!

[ZINEDINE05]

from what ive read about mike,he probably put the band together an hour before the show. i wouldnt be surprised to hear some of these cats playing out of tune.lol. glad you dig man!!!

[bohnsaway]

Listen to Albert's Shuffle on Super Session, then listen to this. Same solo in this later performance, at a slower tempo.

[ZINEDINE05]

there are some similarities,but its still a wicked solo.

[bohnsaway]

I am a Bloomfield fan, love his playing. He had a core library of about a dozen jams that he reworked in many tunes -- many of which are killer cuts (like this one). But I wish he had developed some new material too -- other things got in the way I suspect.

[ZINEDINE05]

check out some of the stuff ive posted from the 70's. i think you will be very happy with what you find.one of the biggest problems with mike was that he would play with anyone.kooper and butter provided good structure for him and players he could feed off of.unlike some of the cats he played with in the future.

[bohnsaway]

Thanks, I've been listening to all your stuff that you have posted. Excellent! By the way, Carmelita Shuffle -- I live about a 15 minute walk from Mike's old place. Live here for 40 years, used to see him and others rockers who lived in town (lots of them).

[specter1001]

thanks for posting these man, I love listening to these and learning new licks to add to my improvisations

[ZINEDINE05]

you definitely picked a good guy to learn from.enjoy!!!

[brendanm22]

lets face it though. it is a huge shame that everyone knows clapton but not bloomfield. certainly everthing, an everyone is relative in music, which is why it is such a powerful medium of art. But as an artist, bloomfield has much more to say to me than clapton. just listen to that les paul... guy had it big time.

[jorgeybanez]

bloomfield is god not clapton

[ZINEDINE05]

i like the way you think!!!!

[sam19851]

They are two different players.

[ZINEDINE05]

were lucky to have both of them.from what ive read they both had a tremendous respect for each other.

[ZackPomerleau]

SO TRUE

[vanu49]

What a sound, what a energy, just 'luv that Bloomfield.

Tks!!!