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Guitar King
- Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 31 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Named one of the world's great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943-1981) remains beloved by fans nearly 40 years after his untimely death. Taking listeners 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 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 70 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 music, this is the story of a life lived at full volume.
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- 26-04-21
Boring
I really tried to get through this marathon but finally gave up as I was thinking "oh no more of that" Apart from being padded out with so many analyses of practically every note played in performance after p[performance, which was tedious, I think the author must be a great Bloomfield fan as he was far from objective, for instance in relation to Bloomfield's long term heroin use this apparently wasn't because he was a junkie but rather he was using it to self-medicate his mental issues......hmmm
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