Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper " Dear. Mr. Fantasy " live

[SphynkTorr]

I haven't heard this in over 30 years. I had the vinyl.

[PatrickOnGuitar]

Love You Mike !!

[joemouse]

It is inconceivable that 4 people do not like this jewel

[ireneruthfox]

Bloomfield, my god, what a tone. a true legend.



[MarcBrewer]

Nice to hear this. I wish we had a nice clean recording of Jimi Hendrix doing this song. (There's an incomplete tape at the Fillmore, and an audience recording in Dallas). This is a song which lends itself to many interpretations.

[izzapoppin]

Bloomy, my guitar hero!

ty, zine.

[gremby]

sborro nei culetti

[animascat]

not so good. i remember when this came out.

[Lifeislikeabeanstalk]

@XyloRimba817 - yes, the great Al Kooper, previously of The Blues Project and then of course BS&T.

[gremby]

BEST VERSION EVER.

[neilieB]

What's to understand. Just sit back and let it in.

[MrLittleoldlady]

Great version of this song.........I saw them live at the Filmore East so, so, so many years ago!!!

Saw Steven STills a few years ago in AC....he did his version of the song......great song......always rocks!

[scott2eve]

Sucks Heroin took a lot of the greats...Mike sadly missed

[echster]

Winwood made time stand still with his live solo on Mr. Fantasy and he pumped it out night after night touring across the middle of America in the late 60's, not just a few nights at the Fillmore...Bloomfield's solo is excellent but he wasn't much of a road warrior...he always seemed to quit the bands before they slogged it out across the heartland.

[cheeseppuff]

how do i get that sound at 4:56

[mzfreckleface]

One of my favorite versions of this song!!! I love it!!!

[grovesterful]

Al Kooper, you were the soul , the blues, the hardcore heartfelt tragedy that touched my soul, my heart., my bones, my brain, my veins, my very being. Thank you for waking up the things in me that I didn't know were there...... I spend a night in a chair..listening to you. Thank you from my very self.

No complaints..I am in awe of hearing these recordings.

[grovesterful]

Al Kooper, you were the soul , the blues, the hardcore heartfelt tragedy that touched my soul, my heart., my bones, my brain, my veins, my very being. Thank you for waking up the things in me that I didn't know were there...... I spend a night in a chair..listening to you. Thank you from my very self.

[grovesterful]

Al Kooper, you were the soul , the blues, the hardcore heartfelt tragedy that touched my soul, my heart., my bones, my brain, my veins, my very being. Thank you for waking up the things in me that I didn't know were there...... I spend a night in a chair..listening to you. Thank you from my very self.

[grovesterful]

Al Kooper, you were the soul , the blues, the hardcore heartfelt tragedy that touched my soul, my heart., my bones, my brain, my veins, my very being. Thank you for waking up the things in me that I didn't know were there...... I spend a night in a chair..listening to you.

[aymric]

Ha! I was not expecting them to break into Hey Jude!

Brilliant track. Thanks for sharing!

[jackjdolan]

Who is David Stills?This is Mike Bloomfield.

[ZINEDINE05]

Mike Bloomfield is the guitar player on this track !

[esmusat]

But this is not Mike bloomfield boys, it's David Stills

[daven58100]

@esmusat Do you mean Stephen Stills?

[cheeseppuff]

@daven58100 it is Stills on guitar

[blkpopeye]

come on--heaven is the sea of joy---despite the boo boos

it makes it all worth it

IN Jesus name  amen

[captlouie]

What's the year of this recording? Lots of "Hey Jude" in it..

[FanOblues51]

@captlouie 1969

[fenlandfolly]

Thank you for posting - from a U.K. based old guy. First bought this album some 40 yrs. ago - the intro of this version of Mr. Fantasy still sends shivers down the spine - just gets better then on. I have heard just about every version by everybody - this is the one I rate.

[FanOblues51]

@fenlandfolly I'm a US-based old girl. Have been playing this for over 40 years, prolly time to buy the CD!

[msaintpc]

This is great! However, Traffic's version of this tune is uneclipsible, not only in Dave Mason's soloing, but Steve Winwood's vocals. Still a pleasure to hear this.

[RobPic914]

@msaintpc Dave Mason didn't solo on Dear Mr Fantasy, it was Steve Winwood. Dave Mason played the bass and harmonica on it.

[msaintpc]

@RobPic914 Awesome! Sorry about that mistake on my part. Windwood did some mighty fine guitar playing on that tune. I've yet to see anyone else play that same tune as good. Most other guitarist I've heard attempting to play it either overplay it or, not play it well enough. Well anyhow, thanks for pulling my coat tail on that one.

[capmkrob]

A so-so cover song...but WOW, Bloomfield's solo is SOOOOO GREAT!!!! 1:30



[papafirelin]

Time is on his side

[fenlandfolly]

Thanks for posting. This was what it was all about.

[daven58100]

The old guy in the middle of the picture after 6:20 reminds me of Orville Redenbacher.

[FanOblues51]

@daven58100 - - - It is Normal Rockwell, the famed illustrator who painted the cover of "Live Adventures . . ."

[daven58100]

@FanOblues51 Wow. Didn't know that. Love his paintings.  Thanks for the info.

[DirkjeA]

I used to have this album, so many years ago, moved so many times I lost it along the way. Great to stumble over it again.... a trip down Memory Lane all over again.

[brianteri9]

I was with my dad, I was around 12, and we sat down to watch a band at Palisades Park, NJ and it was the Blues Project. My dad said, "wow that guy with the curly hair is great". It was the first band I had ever seen live, that I was old enough to remember. It's stuck with me forever. My dad was the coolest.

[captspock1]

@brianteri9 I did not know blues project played at palisades .Most of the acts were of the AM radio crowd

[DirkjeA]

@brianteri9 That is a touching story. Your dad must have been great, nice you have such awesome memories. And I do envie you that you have seen these guys performing life.. ;-)

[FanOblues51]

@brianteri9 Yeah, your dad was very cool.

[lukeman62]

this playing is disjointed and eratic. Too bad he was a druggie.

[skategoat001]

This is so good I just came in my pants.

[INDIANA383]

I was lucky enough to see BLOOMFIELD @ WINTERLAND WEST sometime around 1971, I lived in OAKLAND on HIGH ST. and then in SAN FRANCISCO on EDDIE St. ( I BELIEVe that was the street, a couple blocks off MARKET. It was a magical time for music. Being from INDIANA, IT was unbelievable. GREAT TIMES. INDIANA 383

[chadchap]

listen to Eric Clapton for the same guitar but 3 years earlier..nuff said.

[0362868]

@chadchap EAST WEST.. slowhand can't play outside of the blues box

[19thSFGA]

@chadchap Clapton is the most overrated guitar player ever please he peaked out with cream and thats a fact Hendrix Bloomfield Peter Green Jeff Beck Johnny Winter ect ect ect the list goes on and on all left "slowhand" behind in the dust.

[12Daniel7]

@19thSFGA To me Jeff Beck is THEE most underrated guitarist.Let us not forget Stevie Ray Vaughn in this mix.

[Bluesman9830]

If you do a search on here for Bloomfield some Electric Flag videos show up.

[twelvebarbluesful]

dear mike.....your tru work lives on......your guitar better than awsome.....gone but not forgotten......ever.....super session no words to say ....just miss you....

[Jenscool]

A nicer dude u could not meet. R.I.P. Mike!

[balletbonnie01]

Wow you guys know what you're talking about!

ARe u all musicians?

I only know I've always loved Mike Bloomfield and have wondered why

he always seems to be so forgotten.

[speedcrayzy]

...forgotten... for many reasons-- he "retired" in the early-70s

didn't tour much due to drug habit, died unceremoniously

in 1981 - if he died 1971 maybe more remembered - and finally was more a behind the scenes on other people's albums... Great licks tho' waiting for kids to rediscover.

[MrDefauw]

@speedcrayzy

well, i have been introducing Mike to some of my fellow students in highschool and some of them really digg him.... and thats here across the pond in the Netherlands.

[charliebrockett]

Truly stoned immaculate.

Superb track

[PageandPlant4Life]

the only recent guitar hero I can think of is Robert Cray, but damn is he good.

[jfp718]

something to make us all happy... play guitar... sing a song make it snappy.. Thank you Zindine05 for sharing you're stash... it's much needed music for today too. Peace and love to all Mike Bloomfield fans, we know something that others don't. I can just imagine what he felt like inside when he played this tune. He was so reminiscent of the 60's. Miss him and his vibe in my life. His music simply lives on. I think I like his polished style as opposed to Jimi's rogue experiment with sound. Sound

[fang666LSD]

i hate idiots that say don't hate. (see bottom of comments) Bloomfield had a groove man, he had IT. He had the soul. One of my all-time favorites. I miss him and the likes of him, that era produced all the legends. now we have so few REAL players with depth. I mean look at our society. Down tune or hip-hop rock. or have some shtick. FTW.

[jfp718]

Mike Bloomfield is soo hot!!!

[frankbooth1966]

I love the stereo panning soft freakout keyboard part during the "Hey Jude" portion. True trippy 60's ! very cool

[Tzaosirus7]

WOW!

[cantaclaro2]

A big guitarist , but few understand his style Bravo Mike!

[a420highway]

wow - a rare gem

[xavieralber1504]

Quel départ! Pas de problème vite fait retour en 70!

[Salinasdolas]

It's not that bad. ok, not a big hit but they try to do their best.

[666trailer23]

fuck you dont hate

[steingarden]

ur an idiot...bloomfield is a god,,,appreciate him or jump off a bridge u cunt...steve winwood couldnt keep up with bloomfield if his life depended on it and even he would agree..supersessions is a legend of an album

[ohchino]

Wow!, Sheldon, too far, man.

Why don't do this: joint Shel with witz and go fuck yourself ?.

[roeljaja]

holy shit.... to most guitarists bloomfield is a god. he has a gibson les paul signature that goes for 14 grand. i could listen to his fusion style tone and laid back solo s for hours..... did you only listen to the first minute of the song or what?

trie listening to this:

/watch?v=CdMf-86Evro#watch-vid­-title

i don't think you'll like it but it might just change you're opinion

[BostonRocker51]

Bloomfield had a 1959 Les Paul standard - worth hundreds of thousands today. But - he also played a Telecaster and Hagstroms (I think). He was a musical genius IMO, and that talent can play anything and make it sound great. The recent Gibson reissues of Bloomfield's LP are about $7300. The stock ones (not aged) have Burstbucker 1&2 pickups. Ones aged by Tom Murphy are about $10,000. They look amazing.

[robert8587]

The price of his signature guitar is not important, it's actually quite sad, those guitars are not usually played but collected... What is important is the way he played, and that is amazing! Wow! Found a whole batch of old LP's and the supersession album was like finding a treasure!

[YoHuckleberry]

I found that album at little independent shop here in Nashville about a year ago for 8 bucks even. It's probably my best find yet. Such a great record.

[Oszych]

some Mike's licks sounds like from

east-west . . .

[benjammin420420]

nice keyboard tone 4:56

[ZINEDINE05]

wolfgangs vault supposedly has live footage of the electric flag,butterield blues band,and kooper/bloomfield shows in their vault.the sad thing is due to legal issues these videos will probably never see the light of day.

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

That is so wrong.. I would love to see video of AC, MB, and The Electric Flag! Who would not! And, right around NOW would be a "smart" time to Open that vault! Let it breathe life into the musical void we are in, outside of the rare cool bands that we get now. Blues are back, so is a whole lot of old greats.

[ZINEDINE05]

knowing this footage exists pisses me off too.

[kiketve2]

@ZINEDINE05 SHAME DOG SHAME. I WAS 14 WHEN I HEARD THIS BAND, NEVER FORGOTT THIS SONG

[Baddoggone]

Another great one, have all his music. To bad videos are rare.