Guitar king: Michael Bloomfield's life in the blues
by Dann, David
Named one of the world's great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943-1981) remains beloved by fans nearly 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…
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- Full title :Guitar king : Michael Bloomfield's life in the blues / David Dann.
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Named one of the world's great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943-1981) remains beloved by fans nearly 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.
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- Publication Date:2019
- Edition:First edition
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- Publisher(s):University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication:Austin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 740 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781477318775, 1477318771
- oclc:on1130783379
- LC Classification:ML419.B58
- Dewey Decimal:787.87/1643092
Table of Contents
Guitar king -- His holy modal majesty -- Knockin' myself out.
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