Guitar king : Michael Bloomfield's life in the blues / David Dann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dann, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guitarists--United States--Biography.

Guitarists.

Blues musicians--United States--Biography.

Blues musicians.

Bloomfield, Michael.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (775 pages)

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019.

Summary:

Named one of the world’s great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981) remains beloved by fans forty years after his untimely death. Taking readers backstage, onstage, and into the recording studio with this legendary virtuoso, David Dann tells the riveting stories behind Bloomfield’s work in the seminal Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the mesmerizing Electric Flag, as well as on the Super Session album with Al Kooper and Stephen Stills, Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, and soundtrack work with Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson. In vivid chapters drawn from meticulous research, including more than seventy interviews with the musician’s friends, relatives, and band members, music historian David Dann brings to life Bloomfield’s worlds, from his comfortable upbringing in a Jewish family on Chicago’s North Shore to the gritty taverns and raucous nightclubs where this self-taught guitarist helped transform the sound of contemporary blues and rock music. With scenes that are as electrifying as Bloomfield’s solos, this is the story of a life lived at full volume.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Prologue

Part I Guitar King

Chapter 1 Social Misfit

Chapter 2 North Shore Hotshot

Chapter 3 Folk Fanatic

Chapter 4 Marriage, the Pickle, and Big Joe

Chapter 5 Old Town

Chapter 6 Auditioning for Hammond

Chapter 7 Big John’s and the Group

Chapter 8 Butterfield Blues

Chapter 9 Plugging in at Newport

Chapter 10 Electrifying Dylan

Part II His Holy Modal Majesty

Chapter 11 On the Road with Butter

Chapter 12 East-West

Chapter 13 Blues to Britain

Chapter 14 Hoisting the Flag

Chapter 15 Music, Love, and Flowers

Chapter 16 Groovin’ Is Easy

Chapter 17 Another Country

Chapter 18 Shucks and Sessions

Part III Knock in’ Myself Out

Chapter 19 Entertainer No More

Chapter 20 Live Adventures

Chapter 21 Michael ’s Lament

Chapter 22 Stoned Leisure

Chapter 23 Reed Street

Chapter 24 Loving These Blues

Chapter 25 Count Talent

Chapter 26 Last Call

647 Epilogue Great Gifts from Heaven

Notes

Bibliography

Additional Resources

Recordings

Acknowledgments

About the Author

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4773-1892-5

OCLC:

1269268691