David Bromberg - Bullfrog Blues - (Complete Song) 

This was one of the first songs from Dave I ever heard. I was hooked. Funny enough, almost 30 years ago, I remember hearing an instrumental from Dave (I know he's done many) but this was a wicked solo blues with him bending the daylights out of the wound strings (2 step bends on an acoustic set of .013's is insane). He was really testifying, voice cracking, it was raw and beautiful. For the life of me I can't remember the name and don't have it on any of my albums or bootlegs. So I know EXACTLY how you feel 😂. If anybody knows the song I'm talking about and can help a brother out, I would be eternally grateful.

He is one of my all time favorites! He doesn't get to my part of the country very often and visited here last fall. I was so happy to finally get to see him in person. I wasn't disappointed. He IS brilliant! Thanks so much for listening and taking the time to comment. I always am happy to meet a Bromberg fan. My best to you, Barbara

MyMoppet52 Thank you for posting this song on Utube. Lived no more then 5 miles from Philadelphia Penna for years, but I never saw him live, to late now. Have a playlist of his songs and albums on Rdio.com about 8 hours long. Great for days when your down because if David can't cheer you up Then you might as well give up.

Ray Massey Oh, no. Wish you could've seen him. So glad to meet you. I have a sketchy memory, but just posted to you on Kilt's song. Thanks for listening to them. I adore David Bromberg. Plain and simple. I adore him and his music. Yes, he can make you smile...and you don't have a pulse if you don't. Thanks again and good to see you. I will remember you now, I hope. My best, Barbara

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Nicholas Izzo WOW! What a nice comment. Thank YOU for sharing that. If the weather was better, I could have maybe made the concert ...if I made it a 2 day affair. Would love to see him in a small crowd. He was on my Bucket List & I got to see him last year. He doesn't get to my area ...hardly ever...so I'm thrilled I got to see him. He was brilliant, but let his group play more than I would have liked. It was not his regular stuff & he was showcasing his band's new individual cd's. What a great man...along with being a brilliant artist! Thank you so much. That is a memory that is rare! My best to you, Moppet

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greg raines You had a good station. (We did here back in the day, but they "sold out" 20+ years ago). So glad you found this. If you are a Bromberg fan, I have a Playlist called "David Bromberg" with some of my favorites of his. Wishing you a good day, Moppet

In hot lanta the DJ may just...play the whole fuckin thing......usually around midnite......far out.

Its great seeing other people who enjoy Davids music as much as I do. When I lived back east I got to turn allot of people on to his music. Will Not Be Your Fool was the most popular song in my apartment. I got the pleasure of meeting him during a show in Cambridge in an old pup called Johnathon Swifts (I think that's where I got to meet him I caught as many shows as possible) I sat at a little table next to the stage and David said to me "Darrell move your beer" and as I did so he stepped from the stage onto my table and played a cool lead segment to one of the songs off the How Late Will You Play Till album. That was one of the most enjoyable moments of my life. Im so happy to see so much of his work on here and so many people enjoying it!

+Norm Stevens I've only been able to see him once. It was as good as I expected. I'm a Bromberg freak. I know you will enjoy your concert! I have a Bromberg Playlist on my Channel if you want a list of his music to just run through. Have a great time!!!

ExPorted CapeR So glad you enjoyed this. I'd had a lot of requests for it & no one had it up at the time I made this. I've finally got to see him! Last year. He is amazing... I've been looking for my Spiro T. Agnew Blues & can't find it. I also can't remember who sang it, but I loved the song. Thanks for listening & also for taking the time to comment. You got to see him when he was early into the music. Thanks, Moppet

So glad you got to see him. Jealous you are going to see him again. I had to wait forever to see him in Ohio. He doesn't get here often, but I finally got to see him last fall. (He was on my bucket list.) Thanks for taking the time to comment and for listening. I don't think he'd ever do a concert that wasn't amazing...but it's good to hear it was great! My best to you, Moppet

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tell me about it. just found out I need 2 knee replacements. I do love vinyl though and have great memories. Making new "great memories" every day though. Thanks so much for listening and leaving your comment. Always love to meet a Bromberg fan. My best to you, Moppet

deirdrea nienstedt He IS incredible & so many don't know him. He is a National Treasure & I don't say that lightly. He can play most anything with strings, writes, does all genres & does them to perfection...AND his little gleam in his eye is hard to resist, musically. Thanks so much for listening & commenting. I'm in the process of making a Bromberg Playlist on my Channel. I'm organizing & trying to make it easy for people to find what they want. My best to you, Moppet

I knew I wasn't the only one who knew his genius. Talk about talent, unsung man of music.

+Mark R Steve Goodman was incredible. I miss him still...I miss Levon a lot also. Canned Heat did this in 67. (I had to look it up). I didn't get to hear Goodman do it. I just know David's version, but I'm going to look up Canned Heat's now. Thanks for asking, Moppet

+MyMoppet52 Actually, the week after I heard Goodman do it, I went to the record store looking for a recording of it, and the only recording of "Bullfrog Blues" I could find was the one by Canned Heat. But what they did was not a talking blues like I'd heard Goodman do or like Bromberg does here. It was a traditional blues, but done electric. Do a RU-vid search for "Bullfrog Blues" and listen to the 1928 William Harris version, then the 1967 one by Canned Heat, then Rory Gallagher (1980), then Nine Below Zero (1996). They're all the same blues song but done in different decades and progressively more rocked up. None of them are the hilarious (and long!) talking blues / shaggy dog story that I heard Goodman do so many years ago, and that's in this Bromberg recording I just found on RU-vid. The jokes in this talking blues are virtually the same as my recollection of Goodman's performance, and the references to stereo equipment are all from that era. (I owned a Garrard turntable with a Pickering cartridge back then. I also had all the Zap comics that had been published to date, although the pages in mine weren't stuck together. :-) ) I know from Clay Eals' biography of Steve Goodman that around that time Goodman was traveling around to festivals and concerts trying to get known, and learning all sorts of songs and techniques from other performers. Both he and Bromberg were doing the folk circuit at that same time. So it seems almost certain that one of them wrote it and the other learned it from him.

Mark R thank you so much for your info. Goodman and Bromberg are both Masters, as far as I'm concerned. I never got to see Steve, but I still miss him. Again, I enjoyed reading your info. Thanks.

Rory recorded Bullfrog Blues on Live in Europe, released in 1972 - not 1980. It was the encore song on the album, which hit the Top 10, went gold, and Rory was Melody Maker's Guitarist/Musician of the Year - winning out over Eric Clapton. Bullfrog Blues is a song he usually performed in concert. This Bromberg's thing is not even a song, just 16 minutes of bs with the audience. zzzzzzzzzzz ...

Mark Tele David belongs to a unique American folk tradition that Rory Gallegher doesn't and can't fit into or should be compared to. Rory was a great Irish Rocker and guitarist, David is a great Folk Rock musician, song writer, instrumentalist, composer and performer... get it? I'd be willing to bet that Rory got it, but if you can't maybe you should stay in bed... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

+Kevin Thurston Hi. Doing ok...thanks. Hope you have a great 2016!

MyMoppet52 Well that turned out to be rather optimistic.

1canyonguy Thanks for stopping by & giving David a listen. My best to you, Moppet If you do enjoy David Bromberg, I put a Playlist together of some of my favorite music of his. It's on my Channel, under his name. I wasn't original in titling it. :)

Devil's Duck , apples and oranges, man.

Sorry to be so long in getting back to you, but I'm falling apart all over the place. Bad genes is basically it. I started with problems in my early 30's so I guess I'm lucky to have held together this long. I have no knees basically. I need both replaced. That's just one health issue. Wish it was the only one. Thanks for your concern...and for listening! The computer keeps me tied to the world. My best to you, Barbara

MyMoppet52 good luck.hope you have good insurance?

Kevin Thurston Hello. I'm organizing my music. I had surgery on July 29 & it was a miracle! I was not ok for a long time. I wasn't around for a couple of years (with a few weeks activity scattered around in those years). I'm back. Thanks for asking. I appreciate it. Also thanks for listening to David. I'm organizing my Channel & it will take a few weeks, but there is an entire section for David. :)) Wishing you a very good 2015. Good to see you again, Moppet

+MyMoppet52 i hope you are doing weller and weller.still love david...still love you...

I just listened to David Bromberg for the first time, the entire 2 record set, "How Late'll Ya Play 'Til?" I was impressed with the versatility and talent of him and his band, until I came across the violent portions and emphasized homophobic slur. I am also a vegan who empathizes with what you mean about the bullfrog concept. Have a nice day.