28/07/2024
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE BLOOMFIELD!
Michael Bernard Bloomfield born on July 28, 1943 was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, as he rarely sang before 1969. Respected for his guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues musicians before achieving his own fame and was instrumental in popularizing blues music in the mid-1960s. In 1965, he played on Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, including the single "Like a Rolling Stone", and performed with Dylan at that year's Newport Folk Festival. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012 and, as a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. He is known for his work as guitarist with The Butterfield Blues Band (1965–1967) founding The Electric Flag (1967–1968) his work with Al Kooper, including Super Session (1968) and a string of solo projects collaborating with Mark Naftalin, Nick Gravenites and Barry Goldberg. He died on February 15, 1981 at the age of 37, San Francisco.
