Paul Butterfield

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.

Title:  Live At Winterland Ballroom  (2014)
Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Blues-Eyed Soul
Label:  Wounded Bird Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Countryside  (8:09)
 2.  Buried Alive In The Blues  (3:48)
 3.  Small Town Talk  (5:21)
 4.  New Walkin' Blues  (6:18)
 5.  Broke My Baby's Heart  (7:18)
 6.  Highway 28   (4:41)
 7.  Please Send Me Someone To Love  (5:21)
 8.  He's Got All The Whiskey  (14:11)
 9.  Nobody's Fault But Mine  (7:57)

Personnel:

Paul Butterfield's Better Days:

Paul Butterfield:  Vocals, Harmonica, Keyboards
Ronnie Barron:  Vocals,  Organ, Piano
Amos Garrett:  Vocals, Guitar
Geoffrey Muldaur:  Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Billy Rich:  Bass
Christopher Parker:   Drums

Live At Winterland Ballroom is a live album from Paul Butterfield's Better Days,  The band formed in 1973 and issued a number of excellent LP on the Bearsville Label in 1973 and 1974.  One such album was this live recording, which originally was issued only in Japan.  Here, at long last, is your chance to hear these rare in-concert performances, was released on July 15, 2014 by Wounded Bird Records.