Back in around 1986 I had this bootleg kind of cassette which read Mike Bloomfield but was really Electric Flag,It was grade 7 and I was cruising the hallways with my Sony F1 walkman grooving out with The Electric Flag along with Crimson,Airplane,Quicksilver and many others.........waiting for vinyl reissues to come out. Mike Bloomfield is a kicking guitarist.
Very Jazzy phrasing, and a great vibrato. Instantly recognizable tone. He may not be the best guitarist, but ultimately there are a million and one great blues guitarists and shredders these days,but only one Bloomfield.
When it comes to musicians and guitarists in particular people need to forget about the technical aspect, because ultimately that's less than fifty percent of who they really are.A strong impression of the man is given simply through the notes.
@Carthsgtr "Great blues guitarists"What are u talkin about man?Are u serious?Ultimatley there are a million of...what?If u are talking about what the "blues"is...u're on the wrong side man!Sean Costello was probably the last man who could play the blues,'cause he got the blues.Who else?Yes...John Mayall!But don't tell me please that these fuckin' modern"musicians" can play the blues.They don't...peace and love man.I appreciated the second part of ur speech!
These days it's all processed to the point of absolute shit and all that can be heard is digital effects,the mixing technique and what I feel is a certain level of arrogance based on their technical proficiency.
Still, it's still opinion (to a certain degree!) and I would love to hear who you held in high regard.
Bloomfield is a total underrated guitarist,I remember owning a Electric Flag cassette in around 1986 grade 7,They all thought I was mad waltzing down the hall with my Sony F1 walkman listening to The Flag......NO U2 or Duran Duran here kiddies.
In the USA Mike Bloomfield was like Clapton in the mid 60's in UK.Every body wanted to sound & play like him.That's what Robbie krager of the Doors said.
In the USA Mike Bloomfield was like Clapton in the mid 60's in UK.Every body wanted to sound & play like him.<That's what Robbie krager of the Doors said.
@Bluezking aside from krieger's statements --that was a plain fact. mike bloomfield was the original american guitar hero. clapton and hendrix looked up to him and were heavily influenced by him.
@s1914 He replaced them with the grovers man... You know that different tuners on a guitar doesn't mean a complete substitute right? Page did exactly the same, there's footage of him using his LP with the the stock Kluson tulips in the late 60's before he changed to the button styled Grovers.
@jimmyzo3o It seems you are absolutely right. Apparently he changed them for Grovers sometime in the couple of months after this gig. Thanks for the heads up.
It has to be said - Michael Bloomfield - much forgotten and as a guitarist far more stylish and elegant, far more musical, far more agressive, far more tonal than those usual "guitar gods".... Strings and fingers, no stomp boxes, yet a massive and distinct tone.
@sylicone221 The story goes he went to a party to try some new 'synthetic' heroin, and when he OD'd the others injected him with cocaine to restart his heart (with the logic that cocaine speeds up your heart rate). Just something I've read.
Can't say enough to the positive about Bloomfield and his guitar playing. He played at the old LaCave on the east side in Cleveland with the Butterfield Blues Band (probably as big as most people's basements) and tore the place up every time....
My Aunt,Uncle saw him play many times in Chi town. They turned me on to Michael. He definitely deserves a place in the Rock Pantheon of great players. I think he played as good if not better than Harvey Mandel or Wayne Perkins. He rivals Green,Clapton, Beck Mick Taylor. He just had tone, how did he get that TONE. And yes, that is Buddy Miles. D.Platt
They were the best for their time and were the pioneers of electric blues and rock. First time I got high I felt like I was floating listening to " We're Just Sittin' Round in Circles". The start of 34 wonderful years of adventures.
Mike wasn't just a great player himself, he was an inspiration for others to play their best. Buddy Miles, probably only 19 here, is playing his heart out like never before or since. Mike, only 25, leads the Flag like the old pro he actually is.
What's going on with the loud rapidly strummed ending chord at the end, when Bloomfield is doing other stuff on the guitar? Was there a rhythm guitarist, or is that the organ, or...did they add stuff to this later in the studio? 2:22
I love the audience response at the end of this, especially the young lady jumping up and down and the chap behind her (wearing a beige/tan jacket) gesticulating wildly with his left hand. Pure joy.
I wonder where all of the people in the audience are now (if they're still alive). Videos like these are so precious.
俺はこの人の大大大ファンなんだぜぃ。 i'm a very very very huge fan in the world. それも４０年も前からなあ。 for about fourty years before. 俺はニッポンてえ島国のヘタレ素人ギタリスト。 a little amateur guitarist far from far east called nippon な nippon.← japa～n な。 右手にピーターさん、左手にマイコーさん、てなもんや。 peter green in my right hand,and in the left i've been hold my michael everyday てなもんや。 tenamonnya, 分かったか！ you know it!
I was there!! What I wouldn't give to go back and see it again. It was the very first gig by the Flag at Monterrey Pop. They tore the house down!! There's probably archived footage of the whole gig somewhere.
I thought that was Buddy Miles, the guy one of the most underated vocalists. There's only 2 that I know of that broke through as premier vocalists, Phil Collins and Don Henley.
Get Super Stills Session, probably his and Al Kooper for one of the most unique blues ever. It's different, but still Chicago blues.
Most of you know that he died of a heroin overdose. So much talent, like Hendrix, may they rest in peace.
Mike was the best guitarist I ever saw (his tone appealed to me the most!). I saw him with Roger Troy on vocals around 74, and also at Winterland, SF. 30 years gone and his wonderful presence is missed deeply. Please see this awesome page:
@EricFlatpick "Amazing how all those people can just sit there, nobody jumpin' up to DANCE!?" Well, they were probably all stoned! Those were the days, you know :-)
I read Mike Bloomfields biography "If you love these blues play them as you please" and def. reccomend it. It gives insight into alot of things. For example it talks about Monterey and how Electric Flag felt out of place there and at venues like the Fillmore because of all the heady shit that was going on. Bloomfield wanted to be taken seriously as a musician and felt weird playing to a mostly stoned audience who wouldn't remember what he had played the next day.
This isn't Butterfield's band, it's The Electric Flag, they put out one great album, then fell apart because half of them (including Bloomfield) were strung out on horse.
This is fantastic, and I'm so glad it was finally released by DA Pennebaker a few years ago. The music here is really good and "down to earth" for a crowd which, by all estimates, was about 80 percent bombed on some very powerful "purple acid" making the rounds on that June weekend in 1967.
@Pecka1 No, I guess he wasn`t. I mean why, they weren`t a big deal then ( commercially ) and the performance was not included in the original monterey movie, wasn`t it.
if hes not playing open strings or notes on he first fret that pick under the strings wont affect his playing. i must admit though that is unusual, ive never anyone do that before
This performance with the Electric Flag was MB at his best before the drugs started taking their toll. A reallly inspiring, soulful player with way too short a career.
@bertie0184 - IMO he did his best work with Butterfield. Whatever - in 50 years of listening to rock and blues, I've never heard anyone play with as much energy and excitement and enthusiasm as Michael Bloomfield - he had some kind of amazing force inside of him that was uncontainable. RIP.
Vectortemple i completely agree. Once you listen to The Paul Butterfield Blues Band you it turns you into some kind of jazz blues hipster...I know i cant go back now, and i dont want to!
Why did he leave a spare pick under the strings by the first fret? You think he would have pulled that out of there..How could he even play with that in there? Something is messed up about this.
@cleanandoftenseen I don't think it's a spare pick - my guess is it is there to mute the bottom 3 strings. If he is just playing solos and no open strings it could actually work really well.
I was there at the Monterey gathering. Bloomfield was rockin n a rollin. At his night show he was sportin an afro. They had ultra violet spot lights in them days and when they shined the spot light on him.....his afro glowed like a purple halo!
Was this an incarnation of The Electric Flag? What is the date and location, please?
billysings 2 weeks ago
I enjoyed being a roadie for Mike in San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, at 15 yrs old it was a thrill, and I got to drink beer!!!
treeguyable 2 weeks ago
Buddy Miles haircut is awsome!!
pumazpawz 3 weeks ago
When people say legalize all drugs I think of Mike and what he could have been today, master of the blues
MrMrwilson11 1 month ago
is that buddy miles on drums?
mnew47 1 month ago
electric flag, monterey pop?
mgcruzin 1 month ago
sweet tuneage!
07smyle 1 month ago
This is one of best video on YouTube.
SkopTeocratico 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Electric Flag - Drinkin' Wine
This was the Electric Flag's 1st gig in Monterey 1967.
Mike Bloomfield, guitar, vocals
Buddy Miles, drums, vocals
Barry Goldberg, keyboards
Harvey Brooks, bass
Nick Gravenites, vocals
AngelofHop 2 months ago
is that Buddy Miles on drums??
rvz77 2 months ago
the Yogi has hairy breasts and the tempo is way too high. Just saying.
SmileyGarrish 2 months ago in playlist butterfield
@SmileyGarrish skip to 2:10
NickDanielCorcoran 2 months ago
Is that Paul Buttefield singing?
CadillacL 3 months ago
what year is this?
roaringwaterbay 3 months ago
Man I just love M Bloomfield. what a cool guy that the world lost too soon
stroonZe1 4 months ago
Man I just love M Bloomfield. what a cool guy that the world lost too soon
stroonZe1 4 months ago
fantasmagorical. Lovin the jam, and diggin his mustache.
ezminj 4 months ago in playlist MIKE BLOOMFIELD LIVE
Whats the word? ; )
darlene1029 5 months ago
@darlene1029 THUNDERBIRD...
shantidude 4 months ago
13 people are fucking RETARDED
jimihendrixfan2008 5 months ago 2
@jimihendrixfan2008 you must be #13!
gingervytis 4 months ago
@gingervytis No. I know good music is when I hear it.
jimihendrixfan2008 4 months ago
hot stuff here ...uncle john turner on bass...
64chrisnickey 6 months ago
@64chrisnickey wait no...uncle john turner was a drummer for johnny winter...who's the dude on bass???
64chrisnickey 6 months ago
The bass player is Harvey Brooks
steveh2003 6 months ago 2
@steveh2003 good stuff!
64chrisnickey 5 months ago
Back in around 1986 I had this bootleg kind of cassette which read Mike Bloomfield but was really Electric Flag,It was grade 7 and I was cruising the hallways with my Sony F1 walkman grooving out with The Electric Flag along with Crimson,Airplane,Quicksilver and many others.........waiting for vinyl reissues to come out. Mike Bloomfield is a kicking guitarist.
producer73 6 months ago
Monterrey Pop Festival The Electric Flag Singing By Nick Gravites vocals an Drums Buddy Miles
carlox1 6 months ago
I have always wonder what people found so great about Bloomfield - I just do not get it....but then I don't get a lot of things.
SmileyGarrish 6 months ago
@SmileyGarrish
Very Jazzy phrasing, and a great vibrato. Instantly recognizable tone. He may not be the best guitarist, but ultimately there are a million and one great blues guitarists and shredders these days,but only one Bloomfield.
When it comes to musicians and guitarists in particular people need to forget about the technical aspect, because ultimately that's less than fifty percent of who they really are.A strong impression of the man is given simply through the notes.
Carthsgtr 2 months ago
@Carthsgtr "Great blues guitarists"What are u talkin about man?Are u serious?Ultimatley there are a million of...what?If u are talking about what the "blues"is...u're on the wrong side man!Sean Costello was probably the last man who could play the blues,'cause he got the blues.Who else?Yes...John Mayall!But don't tell me please that these fuckin' modern"musicians" can play the blues.They don't...peace and love man.I appreciated the second part of ur speech!
michaelbrigante 1 month ago
@michaelbrigante
I meant from a technical standpoint. I totally agree with what you said.
Carthsgtr 1 month ago
@SmileyGarrish
These days it's all processed to the point of absolute shit and all that can be heard is digital effects,the mixing technique and what I feel is a certain level of arrogance based on their technical proficiency.
Still, it's still opinion (to a certain degree!) and I would love to hear who you held in high regard.
Carthsgtr 2 months ago
Who's on drums? I recognize his face...
ASFM11 6 months ago
@ASFM11 Buddy Miles, who was later in Band of Gypsies with Hendrix
Sammyboy72 6 months ago
I want more!!
JimBowie1133 6 months ago
with the great Harvey Brooks on bass ...it dosen't get any better then that
StringTherapy 7 months ago
amazing fucking band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oleesquivel87 7 months ago
Is that Buddy Miles on drums
SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1 7 months ago
@SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1 Yup....Buddy Miles in the flesh.....
drumsyeah 7 months ago
@drumsyeah That's sheer Awsomeness right there.
SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1 7 months ago
Bloomfield is a total underrated guitarist,I remember owning a Electric Flag cassette in around 1986 grade 7,They all thought I was mad waltzing down the hall with my Sony F1 walkman listening to The Flag......NO U2 or Duran Duran here kiddies.
producer73 7 months ago
God's guitarist.. m bloomfield.
putdownan8dude 7 months ago
My jaw was droppin ALL da time ?
Hemulen40 7 months ago 6
Bloomfield bought that LP from Dan Erlewine.
mvarahadas 7 months ago
man what a solo
kurtchrisandchad 7 months ago
Nicky G. & B. Miles!!
SouthsideChi1986 7 months ago
The real blues ended when Muddy Waters plugged in.
danbrooklin 8 months ago
@danbrooklin if muddy waters didn't plug in blues probably wouldn't be around today
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In the USA Mike Bloomfield was like Clapton in the mid 60's in UK.Every body wanted to sound & play like him.That's what Robbie krager of the Doors said.
Bluezking 8 months ago
In the USA Mike Bloomfield was like Clapton in the mid 60's in UK.Every body wanted to sound & play like him.<That's what Robbie krager of the Doors said.
Bluezking 8 months ago
@Bluezking krieger
ragingbull888 8 months ago
@Bluezking aside from krieger's statements --that was a plain fact. mike bloomfield was the original american guitar hero. clapton and hendrix looked up to him and were heavily influenced by him.
kurtchrisandchad 7 months ago
I just built a time machine! Guess where I'm going...
AbovePerfect 8 months ago 15
@AbovePerfect 1748?
PBANDSNOW 3 months ago
@AbovePerfect getting that happy meal toy you never got?
Rigerdaby 2 months ago
@AbovePerfect is there room for one more? =)
jonasavindi 2 months ago
Gibson Les Paul is the blues .
MrGrinsven 8 months ago
Yea it's Buddy and the rest of the Electric Flag.....Nice!
rjmprod 8 months ago
My jaw hit the floor at 2:14 for sure.
sleakitweasel 9 months ago
For me, it was at 1:13.
MrJerryWallace 9 months ago
I would define Buddy Miles's style as RAW. genius!
alcalaed 9 months ago
definitely buddy miles on drums.
butchieboy829 9 months ago
This isn't Mike's famous '59 Les Paul is it. That guitar had Grovers.
s1914 9 months ago
@s1914 . Check 2:17, it has tulips!
GrabbingHandz 8 months ago
@s1914 He may have had the tuners changed after Monterey.
EasyAce 8 months ago
@s1914 He replaced them with the grovers man... You know that different tuners on a guitar doesn't mean a complete substitute right? Page did exactly the same, there's footage of him using his LP with the the stock Kluson tulips in the late 60's before he changed to the button styled Grovers.
jimmyzo3o 5 months ago
@jimmyzo3o It seems you are absolutely right. Apparently he changed them for Grovers sometime in the couple of months after this gig. Thanks for the heads up.
s1914 5 months ago
@jimmyzo3o Ya, Pagey changed them two months after getting #1 from Joe Walsh.
PBANDSNOW 4 months ago
Eeeeeasily one of the best guitar solos I've ever heard.
phloydrix 9 months ago
@phloydrix I know, right?
jimihendrixfan2008 9 months ago
makes me proud to own a les paul
BazzTheBoss 9 months ago
What happened to the microphones?
yanis3 9 months ago
It has to be said - Michael Bloomfield - much forgotten and as a guitarist far more stylish and elegant, far more musical, far more agressive, far more tonal than those usual "guitar gods".... Strings and fingers, no stomp boxes, yet a massive and distinct tone.
mammaslillagitarr 10 months ago 2
details on mikes death? heheheee
sylicone221 10 months ago
@sylicone221 Overdose on synthetic heroin and cocaine (from what I have read).
ZackPomerleau 10 months ago
@ZackPomerleau what u mean synthetic? hehehee....was it speedball.....?
sylicone221 10 months ago
@sylicone221 The story goes he went to a party to try some new 'synthetic' heroin, and when he OD'd the others injected him with cocaine to restart his heart (with the logic that cocaine speeds up your heart rate). Just something I've read.
ZackPomerleau 10 months ago
@ZackPomerleau was it like belushi? was this guy really famous? or d lister
sylicone221 10 months ago
@ZackPomerleau ok was it like belushi and was this news like belushi's death?
sylicone221 10 months ago
I think that was my dad at 1:24.
davemum 11 months ago
I am pissed that the volume on my Computer doesn't go any higher. :(
BamBam00008 11 months ago 15
@BamBam00008
I tried to turn it up to 11 but I've worn it out....
BluesMistress 7 months ago
i cant stop listening
JuggleMyBreasticles 11 months ago
0:47 thats all.
BamBam00008 11 months ago
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BamBam00008 11 months ago
Listen to the tone of that Lester, I have wood. Satan how much is a soul going for these days?
TheF86Sabre 11 months ago
worm food hehehee....junkie
sylicone221 11 months ago
good riddance junkie eheheheee
sylicone221 11 months ago
Can't say enough to the positive about Bloomfield and his guitar playing. He played at the old LaCave on the east side in Cleveland with the Butterfield Blues Band (probably as big as most people's basements) and tore the place up every time....
ClevelandHost 11 months ago
the note he hits @ 59sec is the greatest note ive ever heard on guitar.
thecrue777 11 months ago
i wonder what happened to the backround vocals...u can't hear them...lol
panzerson2 11 months ago
WONDERFUL KILLER VIDEO! Cheers! ;-))
notpopebuthope 1 year ago
Great playing. Thank God he didn't drop that guitar!
Boingusboingus 1 year ago
My Aunt,Uncle saw him play many times in Chi town. They turned me on to Michael. He definitely deserves a place in the Rock Pantheon of great players. I think he played as good if not better than Harvey Mandel or Wayne Perkins. He rivals Green,Clapton, Beck Mick Taylor. He just had tone, how did he get that TONE. And yes, that is Buddy Miles. D.Platt
stella3265 1 year ago
why isnt anybody paying the slightest attention to the guy at 1:24
luthander 1 year ago
The Electric Flag: easily one of the best bands ever.
danicrazyfingers 1 year ago
bloomfield was crazy
horbergaren 1 year ago
They were the best for their time and were the pioneers of electric blues and rock. First time I got high I felt like I was floating listening to " We're Just Sittin' Round in Circles". The start of 34 wonderful years of adventures.
whemadre 1 year ago
this guy is possessd by the Blues
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now i know why bloomfield played hunched, that beautiful chunk of wood hanging around his neck is so heavy.
PAULisDEADMANnumber9 1 year ago
now i know why bloomfield played hunched, that beautiful chunk of wood hanging arounf=d his neck is so heavy.
PAULisDEADMANnumber9 1 year ago
enrgia e tecnica sou fa viva blues-rock para sempre
encdorock 1 year ago
he's VERY good
pierrepierro 1 year ago
original wiggers
abokenpoo1 1 year ago
this is The Electric Flag live at Monterey, CA. Wonderful.
peterpun1 1 year ago
Awesome playing here!!
76Soco 1 year ago
Mike wasn't just a great player himself, he was an inspiration for others to play their best. Buddy Miles, probably only 19 here, is playing his heart out like never before or since. Mike, only 25, leads the Flag like the old pro he actually is.
lazur1 1 year ago
is that ozzy at around 0:51 ?
nileppezdel96 1 year ago
What's going on with the loud rapidly strummed ending chord at the end, when Bloomfield is doing other stuff on the guitar? Was there a rhythm guitarist, or is that the organ, or...did they add stuff to this later in the studio? 2:22
strandwolf 1 year ago
@strandwolf Thats the combination of all the instruments and the drums, it gives the illusion of a guitar.
yanis3 1 year ago
@yanis3 Yeah sure....I'll buy your bridge too.
strandwolf 1 year ago
I love the audience response at the end of this, especially the young lady jumping up and down and the chap behind her (wearing a beige/tan jacket) gesticulating wildly with his left hand. Pure joy.
I wonder where all of the people in the audience are now (if they're still alive). Videos like these are so precious.
splugrosh 1 year ago
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splugrosh 1 year ago
Long live Mike Bloomfield.
guitargods2009 1 year ago
whats a les paul man wow
tokun131 1 year ago
Such a great tone....
FreeThinkerINC 1 year ago
LOL @ 1:28 !!!!
FreeThinkerINC 1 year ago
Did anyone else feel their jaw drop to the floor at exactly 1:01.
Fruscianteistheman 1 year ago 36
yes
GarySchipper1 8 months ago
@Fruscianteistheman had to wipe the drool off my chin
btk2002 7 months ago
Dan Erlewine told me that he traded Mike that LP for Mike's Tele
jessicahroth 1 year ago
This is the electric flag.
The remaining members plus buttrerfield alumni play occasionally in Chicago.
Check out"from the bottom" interveiws with the bass player Harvey mandel on youtube
fredwallin815 1 year ago
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The look on the singers face at 1:08 says it all What a great solo!!!
scottymojo1 1 year ago
I was there!! What I wouldn't give to go back and see it again. It was the very first gig by the Flag at Monterrey Pop. They tore the house down!! There's probably archived footage of the whole gig somewhere.
MaabudZ 1 year ago
holy fucking shit Bloomfield you are fucking jesus christ reincarnate.
Fruscianteistheman 1 year ago 3
R.I.P: two buddies !
Hemulen40 1 year ago 3
the golden bear man I haven't heard that name forever. I saw spirit there in 70 wow!!
edadmartin 1 year ago
what a beast, check out my 26 best blues and jazz guitarist"s v
he's number 11
johngoo343 1 year ago
This was phenomenal . Bloomfield was one of the greats .
RockNRollJon 1 year ago 3
rare Electric Flag cut (the studio track is on the album "A Long Time Comin'")? Mike Bloomfield was amazing.
Astonyshing 1 year ago
@dirtystirt Nice find. Muting maybe?
theTHiiiNG 1 year ago
what a show! Summer is coming...
namaste91 1 year ago
Mike jamming in the big easy
BONOBOS48 1 year ago 2
wow so wait a second is this The Butterfield Band or is it The Electric Flag
hiphophippies 1 year ago
which one is Les Paul ?
stuntsnyc 1 year ago
I thought that was Buddy Miles, the guy one of the most underated vocalists. There's only 2 that I know of that broke through as premier vocalists, Phil Collins and Don Henley.
Get Super Stills Session, probably his and Al Kooper for one of the most unique blues ever. It's different, but still Chicago blues.
Most of you know that he died of a heroin overdose. So much talent, like Hendrix, may they rest in peace.
doc4blues 1 year ago
Yeah!!! it's Buddy Miles on drums!!! What a wonderful vision!! Buddy and Mike we love you forever!!! Thanks guy....
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switchblade pickin' !!!!!!
where have the blues gone? you don`t get this shit nowdays, except maybe for Derek Trucks
comaradella 1 year ago
This vid is awesome! We want a time machine...
devilsriveruk 1 year ago
R.I.P. Mike Bloomfield and Buddy Miles!
ChrislovesKrystal 1 year ago 2
Mike was the best guitarist I ever saw (his tone appealed to me the most!). I saw him with Roger Troy on vocals around 74, and also at Winterland, SF. 30 years gone and his wonderful presence is missed deeply. Please see this awesome page:
mikebloomfieldamericanmusic
rpdugoni 1 year ago
Amazing how all those people can just sit there, nobody jumpin' up to DANCE!? HeyyyBabyHeyyBaabyHeyyyyyBabyyy!!!
Does anyone have a video of Bloomfield and the Butter band doing Shake Your Money Maker? If so, please post!
EricFlatpick 1 year ago 2
@EricFlatpick "Amazing how all those people can just sit there, nobody jumpin' up to DANCE!?" Well, they were probably all stoned! Those were the days, you know :-)
lfradkin 1 year ago
@dirtystirt
Wow that definitely looks like a pick.... what the hell??!!!
aleester 1 year ago
Sound of my life!!!
Kaal012 1 year ago 2
For me, and a lot of other guys in that golden couple years, Bloomfield was the guy... he's the reason I played guitar.
bbouck 1 year ago 2
I read Mike Bloomfields biography "If you love these blues play them as you please" and def. reccomend it. It gives insight into alot of things. For example it talks about Monterey and how Electric Flag felt out of place there and at venues like the Fillmore because of all the heady shit that was going on. Bloomfield wanted to be taken seriously as a musician and felt weird playing to a mostly stoned audience who wouldn't remember what he had played the next day.
Immaculate416 1 year ago 2
mike intense..deserves his place in the guitar great pantheon
XonValdise 1 year ago 2
hells yeah it is!
bloomfield! so cool too!!!
gibsongold1970 1 year ago
is that Buddy Miles on drums?
4runner39 1 year ago 18
@4runner39 Yes, that's Buddy Miles on drums
BONGUSTHEDOG 1 year ago
@4runner39 yep!!
azharkamal 1 year ago
@4runner39 Yes, Buddy Miles on drums
TheRealBudDickman 11 months ago
@4runner39 yeah i saw him too the band is fuckin tight
0live0wire0 10 months ago
Great band! Bloomfeild is brilliant, one great underated guitarist.
1963Pure 1 year ago 3
RIP mike.....your guitar was insane then and now.....still.....
twelvebarbluesful 1 year ago 4
BTW,...Bloomfields idol was BB King!
1955JAZZY 1 year ago
This isn't Butterfield's band, it's The Electric Flag, they put out one great album, then fell apart because half of them (including Bloomfield) were strung out on horse.
onein7twist 1 year ago 3
This is fantastic, and I'm so glad it was finally released by DA Pennebaker a few years ago. The music here is really good and "down to earth" for a crowd which, by all estimates, was about 80 percent bombed on some very powerful "purple acid" making the rounds on that June weekend in 1967.
pdorn777 2 years ago
Pick stuck i front of the nut under strings and the strumming at the end doesn't match up with what Mike is playing. Whas his playing overdubbed?
Pecka1 2 years ago
@Pecka1 No, I guess he wasn`t. I mean why, they weren`t a big deal then ( commercially ) and the performance was not included in the original monterey movie, wasn`t it.
nassreiskulturen 2 years ago
Maybe not huge but well known for a short while as I remember
1canyonguy 1 year ago
@Pecka1 you moron !
ThePorkistani 1 year ago
lol
TheRockCrab 1 year ago
if hes not playing open strings or notes on he first fret that pick under the strings wont affect his playing. i must admit though that is unusual, ive never anyone do that before
Stereohands 1 year ago
Look at all these fucking hipsters.
BropheyDood 2 years ago
Love it!
LTDZach 2 years ago
SkyDog46, Thank you, thank you.
funkydrumr51 2 years ago
This performance with the Electric Flag was MB at his best before the drugs started taking their toll. A reallly inspiring, soulful player with way too short a career.
bertie0184 2 years ago 3
@bertie0184 - IMO he did his best work with Butterfield. Whatever - in 50 years of listening to rock and blues, I've never heard anyone play with as much energy and excitement and enthusiasm as Michael Bloomfield - he had some kind of amazing force inside of him that was uncontainable. RIP.
vectortemple 2 years ago
Vectortemple i completely agree. Once you listen to The Paul Butterfield Blues Band you it turns you into some kind of jazz blues hipster...I know i cant go back now, and i dont want to!
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andyochs 2 years ago
Why did he leave a spare pick under the strings by the first fret? You think he would have pulled that out of there..How could he even play with that in there? Something is messed up about this.
cleanandoftenseen 2 years ago
@cleanandoftenseen I don't think it's a spare pick - my guess is it is there to mute the bottom 3 strings. If he is just playing solos and no open strings it could actually work really well.
IOYC 1 year ago
I was there at the Monterey gathering. Bloomfield was rockin n a rollin. At his night show he was sportin an afro. They had ultra violet spot lights in them days and when they shined the spot light on him.....his afro glowed like a purple halo!
Mike2008and2008 2 years ago 3
what did you think when this afro american named jimi hendrix hit the stage that night???please do share
MattDylan420 2 years ago
Everyone was probably blown the fuck away, because he was so much better than all the other bands.
RegistrationCop 2 years ago
Was Bloomfield there with Wolfdale?
RegistrationCop 2 years ago