Just watched the Butterfield movie and highly recommend it if that music is your cup of tea. Paul was a mega-talent IMO and performed during interesting times.
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Peter Green’s first solo album (The End Of The Game) came out in late 1970 on Reprise Records (at that time the coolest label in the world, having an amazing roster of artists), and in spite of the album being only three long extended jam songs per LP side---music I usually don’t care for---I remember liking it quite a bit. I haven’t heard it in years, but iirc it is an album of purely instrumental music, no vocals or lyrics. Have you heard what B.B. King said about Green? "He’s the only white guitarist who makes me sweat." I assume that’s a compliment. ;-) Another guitarist story: Mike Bloomfield and The Band's Robbie Robertson had become acquainted through John Hammond Jr., with whom Bloomfield had been working. Robbie was invited to a JHJ recording session in NYC, and upon arriving went out into the studio and strapped on his Telecaster as Bloomfield strapped on his Les Paul Jr. Robbie began playing along with Hammond, and after hearing Robbie play, Mike took off his guitar and switched to piano. ;-) Hammond ended up hearing Robertson and the entire Hawks band live, and hired them for some gigs. His manager was Albert Grossman, also Dylan's manager. Grossman's secretary heard The Hawks backing Hammond on a live gig, and told Dylan he HAD to hear this band. Shortly thereafter Bob did, and hired The Hawks right out from under Hammond! |
Yes, very good. Thanks! One of the seldom mentioned factoids about Butterfield is that his band served as an important “training ground” for a saxophone player who would go on to become the most emulated Rock and Pop saxophone stylist of the last several decades. A very young Dave Sanborn was in Butterfield’s band’s horn section for several years and developed a style that owes a whole lot to Butterfield’s own style on harp. Easy to hear and understand once the connection is made. Sanborn would go on to become a star and one the most emulated alto saxophone players in recent years. Ironically, that gritty and soulful style of saxophone playing would be bastardized and became, in a caricaturish kind of way, one of the defining sounds of a lot of the dreck that is “Smooth Jazz”; but that’s another story. https://youtu.be/B4GNci5koi8 |
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