Paul Butterfield Blues Band "GOT A MIND TO GIVE UP LIVING" Live
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- NEW & IMPROVED! live at the unicorn coffee house boston 1966
paul butterfiel-v/hca
mike bloomfield-guitar
elvin bishop-guitar
jerome arnold-bass
mark naftalin-organ
billy davenport-drums
I'M GOING TO REMOVE THE OLD ONE!
I don't know that this is, or isn't, the greatest guitar solo I've ever heard. But it is without question the most intense. Bloomfield is playing like a man possessed, like it's the last guitar solo he'll ever play. The recording is lousy, but if you turn it up loud, you can feel the raw passion.
It's bad ass salute to Dan RedHawk Mora and David Van Heflin !
I still get chills when I hear Mike Bloomfield play.
Me too.
It almost kills me man
He was modest and superb. Sad end.
...EAST/WEST came out! Holy shit! Forty five years later, and I still find "Work Song" raw, vital, invigorating...simply wonderful playing! RIP Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield. We will miss you. Thank you for the amazing music.
This is how great musicians cut through bad audio. Butterfield and Bloomfield are totally inspired here.
Mike Bloomfield went to my high school, New Trier East in Winnetka, Illinois, he was a truly great blues guitarist
@rayrightmusic PAUL was my inspiration to become a harmonica player, first heard him in 69, started playing then when i was 16 and am still playing now at age 57. had the chance to honor paul at Buddy Guy's legends bar several years ago when i performed Born in Chicago, and dedicated it to his memory. I always dedicate my songs that i do to the artist before i start, letting people know who the legends were and the precious memories they left behind with their music
Mike: for me one of the best, what à band Paul had those golden years ..
During their entire 1965-1971 tenure, the Butterfield Blues Band was the greatest live band I've ever heard, with the possible exception of the Count Basie Orchestra.
THIS song has been my main inspiration as a musician since the late 60's .I believe its his best work together with In My Own Dream. I just loved this guy so much.PBBB was the only thing that made any sense in my lost soul adolescence.
The voice is unlike anybody I've ever heard
but there's this total package sound that only Paul could command+ I do not know how he did that but it stands out every time I hear it again. THANKYOU from AUSTRALIA
You are not alone!
Paul's vocals and playing on this song cut right to my heart like none other. The lineup he put together on the first two records made me a blues fan for life. Hearing this shows why Mike Bloomfield called him the real deal. He is scary good.
@rayrightmusic yes sir, for me too. Paul is the reason i started playing harmonica 42 years ago, i'm still playing and always pay tribute to him when i perform.
I went to West.
I'm right there too, Australia. PBBB was the sound that saved my head in the 60's -it was a tumultuous time. I stayed away from drugs, wasn't drafted, but the nuns and priests really did a number on me a few years before. Just a SoCal beach boy blown away by Paul Butterfield. I'd go back in an instant if it were possible.
Peter Green's version is the only song to ever make me cry, so I won't compare this to it. That seems unfair. I'm so glad i found this, as I've only heard the East-West version. Fucking incredible.
Big Peter Green fan before he took that bad acid and found Jesus.Saw him back in the day with the Mac.What an amazing guitarist
I think it's safe to say the audience was completely blown away.
mind blown.
Zin--"Got a Mind to Give up Livin'" is and always has been the most moving blues I've ever heard. When my father died, it was only when I played this song (the one on East-West) that I broke down and cried. To hear a live version of it--very powerful harp and guitars--is a treat of the ages for me. Thank you so much.
Saw PBBB at the old Fillmore with Bloomfield and Bishop just before they left the band. It was the East-West show. Totally amazing.
So did I around the summer of '66. Changed my life, can still hear it.
I am soo with you. Me, since '69. Ain't nobody can be like The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.....R.I.P. Brother Paul...PeaceLoveBluess
Some of the best second position playing over a minor blues I've ever heard.
dios tokaba la guitarra y se llamaba Mike Bloomfield!!! astro de la guitarra!!!!!!!!!!! impresionante!!!!!!!!!
Bloomfield could be very intense - and brilliant. Fabulous Band in their heydays.
Yup, that’s what we we’re listenin to here in Sacramento in ’65, ’66 . . . wearing them blue work shirts, Levis, shaggy hair, just trying to cop stuff off records: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, BB King, Freddie King, Albert King, Taj Mahal; hell, even Spenser Davis Group, Manfred Mann, Them, Ten Years After, Yardbirds, Mayall - - - - anything, anything that smacked of the blues. Fortunately, I learned to shuffle from hearing and seeing Art Blakey. Good times! Still good.
I was in Modesto sneaking into bars to play.
My wife might be dying now and this song comes to mind. This is a phenomenal version that strikes even deeper than the amazing record. Thank you
elvin had his moments,but mike for the most part played lead.elvin has the opening solo on east weast before mike explodes with his indian raga licks!
Elvin did not play the opening solo on East/West...
@@TonyDeCaprio Yes he did. It is stated on the back album cover in order of solos. It is also obvious to anyone who knows the difference in their styles of playing. Bloomfield does play the opening solo on Work Song though. Maybe you confused the two.
Truly amazing synergy they had back in the day!
Bloomfield always sold himself short. I always thought he was one of the best blues guitarists ever.
Strait Strat and Blue Heart!
Stray Sax and Mad Max!
Fantastic!
...get busy living or get busy dying...
OMG, this is so freakin' good. How lucky we are to have this.
Thanks for posting this. looking forward to hearing the other posts. Butterfield Blues Band was an early and strong inspiration for me. Got to see PBB often in my early years. What a treat to hear them again as they were then. I listen to East West at least once every 3 months or so but hearing this stuff is absolutely phenominal. thank you much for posting !
Sometimes a year or two will go out the window...but I always find myself back to this video. Thank you for uploading. This version is amazing and very rare
Perhaps and IMO the best guitar work on any version of this.
Did see anybody give credit to Bloomfield for copping Otis Rush for his delivery and intensity....but I will. This is unbelievable, though
A lot of people say that about some of Bloomfield's solos but Otis Rush never played anything remotely on this level, IMO.
rohinisuta,
You are SO freakin' correct! I remember first hearing Butterfield on an Elektra recording that had one song each by 12 (I think it was) artists. I had been playing folk music up until then, and was BLOWN AWAY by the one PBBB tune. And then I bought the first PBBB album (vinyl, of course). And then.......
That was What's Shakin'. Clapton is also on that in a short lived band called Powerhouse.
@bwoodward0949 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AMAZING.I WASNT BORN UNTIL 1966 BUT IVE ALWAYS BEEN FASINATED WITH GUITARS.I DISCOVERED MIKE BLOOMFIELD ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO AND HE IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE. ROCK ON MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard PBBB live four times in the 1969-1980 years, but never with Bloomfield, to my regret. Hearing this makes my regret deeper...but thanks so much for posting it!
@x8xx9871q this is powerful stuff, i have blues band in chicago and always do this song and Born in Chcago as a tribute to Paul, who was the reason i started playing harmonica back in 69, and i'm still playing
the crowd certainly got their moneys worth that night!
@MrTimdrums Great summary of what I too was doing as a young bass player in San Diego, '67 or so... thanks for the memories!
Just fabulous, didnt know a live version was available. thanks. Been like one of my all time favorites for almost 50 years
@rayrightmusic This album "East-West" was a revelation to me also. I bought it in late 1966 and the first track was "Mary, Mary". Since the Monkees had a hit with it - the contrast was stark. Many great records came out at this time especially "The Doors" (I lived in LA at the time). The winter 66-67 changed the world. Many didn't survive. Including Bloomfield. I lived in San Francisco when he died there - broke, OD'd on junk in his car. You can feel a premonition of his death in this solo.
clarkewi he died in 1981
Revolver 1966 as well
@@haloskater24 Yes, but I know what clarke is saying here. Bloomfield is playing like it's the last solo he'll ever play.
Sweet, Saw these guys as a Kid. This sounds great !!
@diatroptoff94 This live performance was 4 years before the live Peter Green version you refer to. In fact the album released with this track on it (East-West) was released in 1966, a year before Fleetwood Mac even formed. BTW, I like the Peter Green version as well.
I don't know what they gave mike before this but goddam😂
I will never forget the morning Paul Butterfield died. Ever, ever
Wow! This is so killer!!!😎👍
Cool version of one of my favorite songs! Thanks....
My favorite blues song of all time it's a remake of the song "The Letter" by BB King I have that version too...love both.....amazing song...
Great music, thanks for the upload......
@ZINEDINE05 ...and his fire swallowing in the East (Fillmore)West! ...u can bet that was a hot show! Glad I saw that...changed me life.
youre very welcome !this blew my mind too !
Man, I would love to have been around to see them! Thanks for posting!
AWSOME
BBF- Elvin Bishop was the lead player in the band before Bloomfield joined. Bloomfield did most of the soloing but Bishop did get his licks in most notably on the songs East-west and Work Song.
i concur.....this is great but peters version is amazing. his best work i think.
nope ....the song is named "The Letter."...just confirm that for you I'm looking at the CD right now...If you like BB this is a great CD.... it's a release of many of his old hits... it's called "The BB King Collection" by Sound Sensation Madcy Entertaiment Group.....I used to have an old copy of it back in the 60's but it's long since disappeared
youre one lucky man!
not bad i like the harmonica a lot. still, peter green cant be beat in this song.
Did see anybody give credit to Bloomfield for copping Otis Rush for his delivery and intensity....but I will.
youre very welcome !
Someone help me key this damn thing. It sounds like Db minor, but that's a really weird key for this song - it was in B minor on the East-West album, if I'm not mistaken. If it's in Db minor, it means Butterfield is either playing a low F# harp or a B harp, two very uncommon harmonica keys for blues.
It sounds a little flat....could it be in D, with the track being slowed down a bit?
hard to tell from this recording, presumably on deteriorated 1/4" tape, but the version on East-West is in Cm.
Likely deteriorated tape. Cm is a safe bet
Ya true but Old too ;-))
IM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP LORDFLUXINGTON..WHAT MIKE BLOOMFIELD WAS PLAYING IN 1966 WAS WAY BEYOND ANYTHING ANYONE WAS PLAYING AT THE TIME. WAY OVER CLAPTONS HEAD....
No its not a remake of anything its a classic in its own right long before BBK knew how to play guitar Harry Potter brain ! You may need to realise 6/8 time is a generic rhythm in blues going back to African roots.
TYPO,LOL!
Different key this one is in d not c
i dont everyone really mad at me for saying this, but it feels like he is really trying to copy green on this.
yeah, he musta gone four years into the future to copy Green's version. what a wankin' time travelin' copycat poser Butterfield was! :D
this was way before the peter green version