Mike Bloomfield

 

Artist:  Mike Bloomfield
Birth Name:  Michael Bernard Bloomfield
Born:  July 28, 1943.  Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Died:  February 15, 1981.  San Francisco, California, USA.
Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Chicago Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues
Occupations:  Musician
Instruments:  Guitar, Piano

Mike Bloomfield was one of America's First Great White Blues Guitarist, he became one of the first popular music Superstars of the 1960s who earn the reputation on his instrumental and became the Chicago's Blues Legends and in 2003 he was ranked at No. 22 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time.

Title:  It's Not Killing Me/Live At The Old Waldorf (2024)

Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Chicago Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues

Label:  Retroworld

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

Disc 1:  It's Not Killing Me

 1.  If You See My Baby (3:07)

 2.  For Anyone You Meet (4:07)

 3.  Good Old Guy (3:21)

 4.  Far Too Many Nights (5:07)

 5.  It's Not Killing Me (3:14)

 6.  Next Time You See Me (2:57)

 7.  Michael's Lament (4:22)

 8.  Why Must My Baby (2:36)

 9.  The Ones I Loved Are Gone (3:07)

10. Don't Think About It Baby (3:33)

11. Goofers (1:50)

Personnel:

Michael Bloomfield:  Lead Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar

Bob Jones:  Drums, Vocals

Ronny Schreff:  Drums, Mallets, Percussion

John Kahn:  Bass

Fred Olson:  Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Ira Kamin:  Organ, Piano, Banjo

Mark Naftalin:  Organ, Piano

Roy Ruby:  Organ

Michael Melford:  Gutar, Mandolin, Vocals

Nick Gravenites:  Vocals

Orville "Red" Rhodes:  Steel Guitar

Ron Stallings:  Tenor Saxophone

Mark Teel:  Baritone Saxophone

Gerald Oshita:  Baritone & Tenor Saxophone

Noel Jewkes:  Soprano & Tenor Saxophone

John Wilmeth:   Trumpet

Marcus Doubleday:  Trumpet

Richard Santi:  Accordion

The Ace Of Cups:  Vocals

Diane Tribuno:  Vocals

It's Not Killing Me is the debut solo album by Mike Bloomfield, origianlly released in 1969 by Columbia Records.

Disc 2:  Live At The Old Waldorf

 1.  Blues Medley:

      Sweet Little Angel/Jelly Jelly (7:45)

 2.  Feel So Bad (4:26)

 3.  Bad Luck Baby (5:52)

 4.  The Sky Is Cryin' (5:53) 

 5.  Dancin' Fool (3:49)

 6.  Buried Alive In The Blues (4:55)

 7.  Farther Up The Road (3:16)

 8.  your Friends (7:18)

 9.  Bye, Bye (4:25)

Personnel:

Mike Bloomfield:  Lead Guitar

Bob Jones:  Drums on Track 3, Lead Vocals on Tracks:  2, 4

Roger (Jellyroll) Troy:  Bass, Lead Vocals on Tracks:  1, 7, 8

Mark Naftalin:  Piano on Tracks:  1-3, 5-9

Barry Goldberg:  Electric Organ (Hammond) on Track 1

George Rains:  Drums on Track 1

Mark Adams:  Harmonica on Track 1

Nick Graverites:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar on Tracks:  3, 5, 6, 9

Live At The Old Waldorf is  a live album by Mike Bloomfield, released in 1968 by Columbia Records.

It's Not Killing Me/Live At The Old Waldorf is two album by Mike Bloomfield, released on December 6, 2024 by Retroworld.  For Fans of Mike Bloomfield and Music Collectors.

Albert Collins

 

Artist:  Albert Collins

Birth Name:  Albert Gene Drewery

Born:  October 1, 1932.  Leona, Texas, USA

Died:  November 24, 1993 (Aged 61).  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Jump Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Regional Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Texas Blues

Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter

Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica

Albert Collins was an American Electric Blues Guitarist and Singer, also known as The Ice Man.  He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered turning and a capo.  His long association with the Fender Telecaster led to the title "The Master Of The Telecaster".

Title:  Cold Snap (2022)

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Jump Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Regional Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Texas Blues

Label:  Allgator Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Cash Talkin' (The Workingman's Blues) (4:30)

 2.  Bending Like A Willow Tree (4:23)

 3.  A Good Food Is Hard To Find (4:15)

 4.  Lights Are On But Nobody's Home (5:59)

Side B:

 1.  I Ain't Drunk (4:06 )

 2.  Hooked On You (4:23)

 3.  Too Many Dirty Dishes (6:52)

 4.  Smatchin' It Back (3:33)

 5.  Fake I.D. (3:46)

Personnel:

Albert Collins:  Guitar, Vocals

Mel Brown:  Rhythm Guitar

Johnny Gayden Bass

Jimmy McGriff:  Organ

Allen Batts:  Keyboards

Morris Jennings:  Drums, Percussion

Uptown Horns:  Horns

Arno Hecht:  Tenor Saxophone

Crispin Cice:  Alto & Baritone Saxophone

Hollywood Paul Litteral:  Trumpet

Bob Funk:  Trombone

Cold Snap is an album by Albert Collins, originally released in 1986 by Alligator Records, remastered and reissued on August 5, 2022 by Alligator Records.

Hound Dog Taylor

 

Artist:  Hound Dog Taylor

Birth Name:  Theodore Roosevelt Taylor

Born:  April 12, 1915.  Natchez, Mississippi, USA

Died:  December 17, 1975.  (Aged 60).  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues

Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter

Instruments:   Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Slide Guitar

Hound Dog Taylor was an American Chicago Blues Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter.   He was known for his electrified Slide Guitar playing roughly styled of Elmore James,  he also played with Little Walter and Koko Taylor.  He had toured nationwide and performed with Muddy Waters, Freddy King and Big Mama Thornton.

Artist:   Hound Dog Taylor And The HouseRockers

Title:   Natural Boogie  (2021)

Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues

Label:   Alligator Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Take Five  (2:4)

 2.  Hawaiian Boogie (2:38)

 3.  See Me In The Evening  (5:04)

 4.  You Can't Sit Down (3:20)

 5.  Sitting At Home Alone  (4:07)

 6.  One More Time  (2:27)

Side B:

 1.  Roll Your Moneymaker  (4:00)

 2.  Buster's Boogie  (3:12)

 3.  Sadie  (6:10)

 4.  Talk To My Baby  (3:18)

 5.  Goodnight Boogie  (3:22)

Personnel:

Hound Dog Taylor:  Vocals, Guitar

Brewer Phillips:  Second Guitar

Ted Harvey:  Drums

Natural Boogie is the second studio album by Hound Dog Taylor And The HouseRockers, originally released in 1974 by Alligator Records, remastered and reissued on June 10, 2021 by Alligator Records, for 25th Anniversary.  All tracks remastered, including "Sadie", "See Me In The Evening", "Roll Your Moneymaker" and "Take Five".

Melvin Taylor

 

Artist:   Melvin Taylor

Born:  March 13, 1959.  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Genre:   Blues, Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Modern Electric Blues

Occupation:  Musician, Guitarist

Instruments:  Guitar

Melvin Taylor is an American Electric Blues Guitarist, based in Chicago.  He learned guitar from his mother's brother, Uncle Floyd Vaughan, who jammed to tunes by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Howlin' Wolf with his buddlies.  He learned slide playing, fingerpicking and flat-picking styles from his favorite recordings by B.B. King, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix.  In his teens, he joined The Transistors, later joined Pinetop Perkins and The Legendary Blues Band in a year-long European tour.  He has returned to Europe several times with his ow group which has opened for B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Santana.

Artist:  Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band
Title:   Dirty Pool  (1997)

Genre:   Blues, Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Modern Electric Blues

Label:  Evidence Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Too Sorry  (3:51)

 2.  Dirty Pool  (6:58)

 3.  I Ain't Superstitious  (4:23)

 4.  Kansas City  (3:53)

 5.  Flookin' In California  (4:55)

 6.  Born Under A Bad Sign  (5:04)

 7.  Right Place, Wrong Time  (5:08)

 8.  Telephone Song  (3:54)

 9.  Merry Christmas Baby  (7:25)

Personnel:

Melvin Taylor:  Guitar, Vocals

Ethan Farmer:  Bass

James Knowles:  Drums

Dirty Pool is the fourth studio album by Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band, was released on August 12, 1997 by Evidence Music.  Fantastic Guitarist.  For Fans of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Mike Bloomfield

Artist:  Mike Bloomfield
Birth Name:  Michael Bernard Bloomfield
Born:  July 28, 1943.  Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Died:  February 15, 1981.  San Francisco, California, USA.
Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Chicago Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues
Occupations:  Musician
Instruments:  Guitar, Piano

Mike Bloomfield was one of America's First Great White Blues Guitarist, he became one of the first popular music Superstars of the 1960s who earn the reputation on his instrumental and became the Chicago's Blues Legends and in 2003 he was ranked at No. 22 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time.

Title:  Late At Night:  McCabes, January 1, 1977  (2018)

Genre:   Blues, Blues Rock, Chicago Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues

Label:  Rockbeat Records

Rating:   ****

Tracks:  

 1.  Hymn Time  (3:31)

 2.  Frankie And Johnny  (4:39)

 3.  I'm With You Always  (3:40)

 4.  Some Of These Days  (4:58)

 5.  Stagger Lee  (4:29)

 6.  Darktown Strutter's Ball  (4:04)

 7.  I'm Glad I'm Jewish  (3:18)

 8.  Medley:  Jockey Blues/Old Folks Boogie  (3:53)

 9.  Eyesight To The Blind  (4:14)

10. Bloomfield Chats  (0:58)

11. Don't You Lie To Me  (3:32)

12. A-Flat Boogaloo  (5:17)

Personnel:

Mike Bloomfield:  Guitar, Vocals

Mark Naftalin:  Keyboards

Beull Neidlinger:  Bass

Buddy Helm:  Drums

Late At Night:  McCabes, January 1, 1977 is the acoustic performances album by Mike Bloomfield, released on November 9, 2018 by Rockbeat Records, recorded live at McCabe's Guitar Shops, Santa Monica, CA on January 1, 1977 during the late show.