Amen. My idol since I was 12...now 47. Butter was and is the man. I started playing harp when I was 8...captivated by Butterfield when @ 12, my folks had Woodstock the video on, I’m walking down the stairs and am stopped in my tracks by this amazing, “throaty” & gutsy harp...everything gonna be alright...just “Wow”. Wow. Played from E. Coast down to Austin, and still play out on occasion. Butter!
Shure pe545 pistol grip run through one and sometimes 2 tube amps. No special effects or pedals though. Also, many p.a. systems in the day had tubes and a fatter tone than solid state today.
It was Butterfield who inspired me to play Harmonica. And after years of playing with Blues Bands someone will ask me how I get that deep sound out of that small instrument, I'll tell them I learned from listening to Butterfield years ago !
I remember years back, sitting down to learn this from the record… I actually learned 90% of the licks on a Bb harp, and only later on did I realize it’s played in 3rd on a G harp. For example, the main lick on a Bb is -5 5 -4~ 5 😂
@@tomfocht3292 from a very early age I fell in love . The loves of my life have been breathtaking Cherokee Indian, have a son by him. A Moari Dancer... A famous wrestler Tonga, then a Zen Budhist, then a lay Preacher Baptist with whom I married , he was called back by GOD.... now another Preacher Italian ... My heart bangs when I meet him ... besotted ... absolutely smitten ... The LORD has Blessed me ... If I popped off tomorrow I have been blessed .
To any that might be interested, I'm a luthier friend of Danny's. I built the guitar he's using. It is a DiMarzio Strat. There was a period in the early 80's when they were making replacement parts. It had a basswood body, a brass 'engine turned' pickguard. The neck is maple/rosewood. The pickups are Dimarzio 'Super Clean' humbuckers, which were 2 strat pu's in a gold plated housing. There were switches for those, and a blend for the neck pickup. He could get any combination of the 5 pickups.
We have to vote to get Paul into the RRHF...the public vote counts as one of the many other votes. People need to be educated to Paul's super importance in music history...brought the BLUES to the white audiance with the first integrated band.
Elizabeth....Paul Butterfield has influenced me since I was 14 yrs old....now I'm finally playin a harp...I know why.. Butterfield was the GREATEST EVER...STILL IS....!!!!
PB definitely deserves to be in the RRHF. First two blues LPs I had were PBBB and Beano. Both great but PB was grittier and more authentic sounding. I don't know about the first integrated band. You had Booker T. and the MGs with Booker T and Steve Cropper on the front line and Al Jackson and Duck Dunn as the rhythm section.
He should be in there, but so should a lot of other people. And others who are in there, shouldn't be. It's a political, unjust organization. Forget them, they're the ones who are missing out.
I knew Paul from the Joyous Lake and the Black Bear Cafe in Woodstock. He and Albert Grossman were usually together. The last time I saw Paul was in San Rafael, Calif., where he was gigging; this was three months before his passing. He was always a gentleman to me and a wonderful artist. I still miss him being around making music.
I was just a young girl the first time i heard Blues and till this day im now 25 it gives me chillz when i hear it...It made music what it is today....In loving memorie of my father Michael Lawrence....RIP!
My favorite album of all time is East-West. Paul was the best harp player of all time. I was so sad in the mid 80's to see him die of drugs. You can see in these later videos he's all puffy from the barbs and speed. I like to remember him from the Monterey Festival and the great PBBB albums.
The first time I saw the Paul Butterfield Blues Band was at the Poppycock in Palo Alto, CA, I think. Then they were playing at the Longbranch in Berkeley, and I didn't even think how much of a privilege it was, it just seemed like appropriate music for life. And to cap it off I saw them at the Filmore in SF before I went to Nam. I still feel it. I am going to take that to Heaven with me.
I had the pleasure of sharing tunes, talks, beer & pretzels with Paul and Bishop, Dinwiddie, Naffy, Bloomfield and so on. I miss them--especially Paul more than you know. There will never be anyone to take Paul's place--for me he is the king of harp--his playing and his vocals were always the epitome of heartfelt EMOTION. He will never be replaced--nor will the greatness his band brought to this world and to me.
🥀RIP Paul..Still listening,still crying .Will never forget you...Best of the Best for me..🎸🕺Doctor Deniz .Turkey..Your soul is with us.Wish you are here..🌊🎼
Nice to enjoy watching him live once again on U-tube,He and his music will live forever. Best show I'd seen him at was a SummerThing concert on Boston Common during summer of 70 or 71. Butterfield played 1st with his Band ,then BB King was 2nd act that night. After BBs set for an encore, he came back out and jammed with Paul for about 20 min. or more . The licks they traded back and forth between them , you thought you'd died and gone to Blues heaven!!! RIP Sir,
the dude looked like a Chicago Firefighter but he played like a son-of-a-gun...i hereby give this video the maximum allowable stars,i wish i could give it more...
Butterfield was THE MAN. His band was outstanding & that bassplayer musta been wearing a deluxe Merseybeat wig & on SOMETHING. I don't care who was on WHAT....THIS PERFORMANCE should b made available. I've been Iistening 2 this over & over
Always knew the name, but just recently discovered him. For decades I've been on a deep dive listening to the originators of blues and jazz. I shamefully had an unconscious bias because of how he looks, so my ears weren't open enough. I can also appreciate his playing more after being familiar with many of the artists that came before him.
@franklmac IN HIS LATER YEARS, PAUL SUFFERED FROM A TYPE OF KIDNEY DISEASE, AND ALONG WITH A COCAINE AND ALCOHOL PROBLEM, PASSED AWAY FAR TOO SOON, I MISS HIM A LOT, HE WAS THE REASON I STARTED PLAYING THE HARMONICA 40 YEARS AGO AND I STILL PLAY TODAY, AND MY BAND AND I PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM BY COVERING "BORN IN CHICAGO", "DRIFTIN AND DRIFTIN" AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS, RIP, PAUL
just started playing the harp this year, and this cat is my favorite along with Van the man Morrison. The old school is necessary to learn from, but this stuff never gets old. legit white guys who has been there.
Saw Paul Butterfield three times live in the 70’s and 80’s in DC clubs! He passed years ago of a Herion overdose. I smoked pot with his base and drummer during a break at Desparados in Georgetown. I actually pulled out my harmonica and played a few notes. They loved it. 😂😂
Love the bit with him and the bass player, and I know jack about bass playing but I'd say he still has it. Come to think of it I know jack about harmonica playing and the blues as well. Good stuff.
Danny Draher is a great guitarist I had the pleasure of working with and making guitars for in N.Y. Last I heard he's living and probably playin' his ass off in Chicago as of 2007.
I agree. There's so much raw feeling in that vocal it's almost hard to look at. I don't know when this performance took place, but I wonder if he was getting close to the end of the road at this point.
THE THRILL IS GONE ON A ANOTHER LEVEL PAUL BUTTERFEILD NAILS IT HE COULD SURE MAKE THAT MOUTH HARP TALK JUST PLAIN AWESOME AND THE REST OF HIS BAND BLENDS RIGHT IN ......!!!!
Brain, guts, soul and whatever else there's to feel with, is here, sublime blues like only PB&MB, BB King, Albert King, and the Dead could create, I hope the last I will remember is the BLUES
It's a big ask to take on this B.B. classic but Butterfield makes it his own and in a way that makes me think of the first couple of Paul Butterfield Blues Band albums...which always make me think of the first Charlie Musselwhite and Blues Project albums...that heady mix of blues, folk rock, and jazz...ah, those were the days!
When all hope seems gone, always come back to the music, cause the music will always set you free.....the best 09:51 of my life for a long time.,. greetings from Melbourne Victoria Australia, Monday August 12th, 2024, time now 08:51p.m.
i played this song with a bunch of my friends: 2 guitarists, 1 bassist, a drummer, trumpet, alto and tenor sax, and me on harmonica. i tried to give the tone Butterfield does in this, but i think i'll leave it to the professionals...
I still got to come back to this about every couple of months..knowing how legend he was but just couldn't keep his demons under control.. can see effects hardly any lung power left to wail.. just slowly fading fast can see..when you literally abuse your body at the time for 20 plus years and he was pretty much fucked up from about 1964 just before the PBB all the way to the end..still it must have been a surprise for those up in Ames Iowa near Iowa State University to have gotten to see that thank goodness for things like RU-vid these Magic memories Are captured and we can still enjoy the moment.. makes you wonder by this song choice if he wasn't telling everybody as he gave it his all the best he could towards the very end.. 02:54 the intensity although not as fierce and the concentration comes back into a vintage Butterfield moment.. also directed The Band as to what's going to be going on watch out for the changes.. one last Shining moment but still giving it all he had until the end..
In this performance Butterfield was ill with a sore throat and fever. Also, just hours before the show it was discovered that all his equipment had been stolen, which is why he was playing with something other than his Shure 545s mics and was using the P.A. However...the show must go on!
