Comments on: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: East West (1966)

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:11:06 +0000

Hey there... Just wondering I know Mike Bloomfield is Jewish but was Paul Butterfield. P.S. My favorite and think the absolute best Paul Buttefield Blues Band is Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Peace, out! :)

By: Don Anderson

Don Anderson — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:58:58 +0000

I heard the East West album when it first came out. Even today, sometimes when I pick up a guitar I try and then fail to put together that first fret board run I still remember from Work Song. I still wonder how the album was made. I don't know who was in the studio when it was put together but "Work Song" sounds like a single take and not a patchwork of takes. Perhaps there was a very talented mixer around at the time but it sounds pretty seamless to me at least.

By: Hermitbiker

Hermitbiker — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:56:03 +0000

I know I commented last this was posted but since I received it again I will comment again. This album for me has to be within my Top5 all time favorites... and I do remember seeing Paul Butterfield several times... but I couldn't tell you the years !! I'm fairly certain about seeing this band at least once in Oakland at those "A Day On The Green" concerts Bill Graham used to put on !! Those days were fantastic as far as seeing top name bands all in one place at one time... for about $15 bucks... for at least four bands if I remember correctly !! I bet the BluesBlogger would know what year and the band's members when they played there !! How's that for talking up the Blues Blogger... :) !! Thanks again BB for this great post !!

By: Pete Vilinsky

Pete Vilinsky — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:00:30 +0000

Butterfield is one of the things that kept my heart beating. I have been and will always be a fan of his and his music. I first heard them play live at the Band Shell in Central Park in NY. They were incredible. They played Love March that day. They have left an lndelible impression in my soul ever since.

By: Howard

Howard — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:31:48 +0000

Thanks my dear friend for writing what so many of us experienced listening to this band. Paul Butterfield has been one of my personal favorites from the very first time I heard him in early 1967. I have most of his material on Vinyl or CD. He's been one of my greatest influences in appreciating the blues. The Resurrection of Pigboy Grabshaw (1968) is still one of my favorite albums and remains for me as joyful today, as it was the first time I played it all those years ago... Cheers Howard.