Mike Bloomfield "BLUES ON THE WESTSIDE" Live PART 1

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My Labors lp by nick gravenites
live at the fillmore west jan 1969

mike bloomfield-guitar
nick gravenites-vocals
mark naftalin-piano
ira kamin-organ
john kahn-bass
bob jones-drums
dino andino-conga
noel jewkis-tenor sax
gerald oshita-baritone sax
snooky flowers-baritone sax
john wilmeth-trumpet

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[stonemojo]

Please give us part II the performance is just getting beter and then it abruptly ends :(

[ZINEDINE05]

@stonemojo Part 2 is posted. Don't know why you didn't find it.

[rickstones426]

There's a CD out there, which may be a bootleg (pretty poorly recorded), of the Electric Flag live, with a song called "My Baby Wants To Test Me". Mike's playing on this track must be heard to be believed, (and not a bad vocal from Nick The Greek). From the first Butterfield album, through the Flag, and the Super Sessions, Michael did some of the finest guitar work ever, then he began to slip away. I miss him to this day.

[ZINEDINE05]

@rickstones426 You can find the track youre refering to on my channel. I uploaded it a while ago. Peace !

[wadoman699]

@ZINEDINE05 I looked but I couldn't find it on any of the tracks you have listed. Could you send me the youtube number? Thanks.

[ZINEDINE05]

@wadoman699 Which tracks are you refering to?

[donnyob123]

Les Paul----- guitar cord-------Amp. No effects. For his monstrous tone, he relied on his talent.

[Tzaosirus7]

Check out - Peter Green...

Think you might like it...

[whitetigress123]

Anybody remember MB playing at the Lion's Share on the Miracle Mile in San Rafael? I saw him there a couple of times in the mid-seventies, a tiny place. He really lit it up and I for one am grateful I got to see him play in such a warm setting. Wonder if anybody recorded it. It was great.

[TheYellaDawg]

I've always thought that, if Mike had not burned so hot, he might still be around today, giving us all lessons. But I'm still grateful to have heard him play and shaken his hand. He was personally unassuming and totally brilliant at the same time. This has to be one of his very finest performances.

[blusmahn]

This whole concert is available on CD as Mike Bloomfield and friends Live at Filmore West (the new expanded mix) and also on Nick Gravenites MY LABORS an Import at Amazon.You might want to pick up both as they are VERY reasonable and MY LABORS has a cut missing from Mike and friends.The mixes are a tad bit different on both CDs but both feature Nick Gravenites and Bloomfield at their finest!!!!!

[Canttakeit1111]

I was a close friend of Elvin Bishop when we both were at the University of Chgo. I met Mike through Elvin and I was impressed by how humble and unassuming the man was. If anything, the passage of time has not lessened my recall of Mike's generous nature and his total immersion in music of all types. I doubt that he'd be happy with the comparisons of the relative musical worth of the various guitarists whose names have been bandied about. Just sit back and enjoy all of it.

[clikityclak]

@kurtchrisandchad

Welp i didnt change my mind and i still do think Greeny rules all.. BUT!! i just finished the bloomfield story, and well i apoligize for tryin to talk shit he truly was great!.. now im off to find other bloomfield pieces

[cameltooth1]

Clapton might have been influenced by Bloomer and many others were too, but none of the them fuckin' sound anything like him. Mike played exotic scales and things that other blues guitarist don't even try. As far as Peter Green, he sounds cool on some Mayall stuff. So many other guitarist get too much credit for being so basic. B.B. is the coolest, most influencial and Albert King is more revered. WHY?

[darc1362]

It's so beautiful to see all the LIKES and no dislikes. Mike would have loved it too. RIP great one.

[putdownan8dude]

@yungsu100 you're right mike was an incredibly gracious fellow. even to those who didn't deserve his kindness. RIP

[kurtchrisandchad]

@clikityclak nobody feels it more than bloomfield. green was an LSD casualty. anyway hope you change your mind. bye

[yungsu100]

I DONT THINK LABELING ONE WITH JUNKIE OR DRUG ADDICT IS A PROPER ETICHETT OR WHO IS A BETTER PLAYER BOTH GREEN AND MIKE HAD ENORMOUS GIFT FROM GOD ,PETER IS ALIVE I DONT THINK HE WOULD APPRECIATE THE COMMENT OR MIKE WOULD LIKE THE COMMENT ABOUT PETER ALL SHOLD RESPECT ONE FOR WHO THEY ARE

BLUES COMMUNITY IS A SMALL ONE ALL LOVE IS ONLY THING THAT IS TOLERATED