Paul Butterfield on David Letterman 1985 Late Night

Paul Butterfield is sitting in with Paul Shaffer and the Late Night Band performing "Why Are People Like That ?". 1985

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Music

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• Blues
• Rock
• Butterfield
• Letterman

[pe54unidyne3]

Was also part of his set list all thru the 80's, I agree he was the best !!

[pretorious700]

Paul was the real deal

[RootsinBrooklyn]

I often hear people say things about Jimi Hendrix - "What would he be doing musically if he had lived into later life?" I wonder the same thing about Butter (and Mike Bloomfield, too) I imagine a fabulous reunion of the band, maybe with David Sanborn, Buzz Feiten, Butter, and Bloomfield all together, Phil Wilson, Billy Davenport, or Sam Lay on drums.

[Chiroz2010]

@RootsinBrooklyn A damn shame Bllomfield and Butterfield couldn't get along.

[knusperberg]

great musician...

[Docnolan1953]

I had tickets to his last Lone Star show.......the one he never made.

He died from a heroin OD the night before at The Chelsea Hotel....

There was some bad horse going around in those days.....way more pure than the usual street level crap... I used to tell him to quit, He always said he was gonna try.

But he couldn't quit......and it killed him RIP Paul.

[Docnolan1953]

Paul was an old friend of mine...... met him backstage at woodstock, and we kept in touch Good to see this tape

[JHelak]

This must have been shot at about the same time Butter made his last NYC appearance at the Lone Star. That was a great show. Butter looked and sounded great. Hard to believe within a year he was dead.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@FonkyLynx He is the reason I have been playing the harp since 1969!!!!

[pmanis09]

I've never seen this before so thanks for posting. Nice performance by the late great Paul Butterfield. I miss the spare minimalist band in the old Letterman days. I realize that was 25 years ago, but it's so over the top now.

[FonkyLynx]

Butterfield...what can I say? His music influenced so many, Rest in Peace Paul...

[DarkDryad]

Can't get enough of this song. Is this on any recorded album of his?

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@AleeshaWeesha not a problem, glad there is someone else out there that digs Paul, where you from aleesha?? i have a facebook page, ron beretta is my full name, only one out there by that name, keep in touch!! peace