Guitar King : : Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues / / David Dann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Dann, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (740 p.) :; 35 b&w photos

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.

Table of 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