The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

 

Artist:  Paul Butterfield
Birth Name:  Paul Vaughn Butterfield
Born:  December 17, 1942.  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died:  May 4, 1987 (Aged 44).  North Hollywood, California, USA
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Blues-Eyed Soul
Occupations:  Musician
Instruments:  Harmonica, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Flute

Paul Butterfield was an American Blues Singer and Harmonica Player.  He began performing with fellow Blues enthusiasts Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop.  In 1963, he formed The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which recorded several successful albums, with several concert performances at the Fillmore, Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock.  After the breakup of the group in 1971, he continued to tour and record in a variety of settings, including with Paul Butterfield's Better Days.  He died in 1987 at Aged 44, and he was inducted into Blues Hall Of Fame, also The Paul Butterfield Blues Band has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame several times.

Artist:   The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 

Title:  The Fillmore, San Francisco, 1966 (2025)

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Blues-Eyed Soul

Label:  Homespun

Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Dropping Out (2:18)

 2.  Mother In Law Blues (4:37 )

 3.  Our Love Is Drifting (4:49)

 4.  Born In Chicago (4:48)

 5.  Willow Tree (7:07)

 6.  My Babe (4:39)

 7.  Kansas City (4:02)

 8.  Work Song (13:25)

 9.  Clouds In My Heart (9:26)8

10. Got My Mojo Workin' (3:29)

11. Kansas City (4:02)

12. Work Song (8:23)

13. Blues Outro (1:36)

Personnel:

Paul Butterfield:  Lead & Backing Vocals, Harmonica

Mike Bloomfield:  Guitar

Elvis Bishop:  Guitar

Mark Maftalin:  Organ, Piano

Jerome Arnold:  Bass

Billy Davenport:  Drums

The Fillmore, San Francisco, 1966 is a live album by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, released on December 5, 2025 by Rockin' Bear Records.