An Anthology -- The Elektra Years
Editorial Reviews
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It might be impossible to overestimate the importance of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band on American music in the latter half of the '60's. Unlike British blues revivalists The Rolling Stones, the Butterfield band was schooled in the tough Chicago bars that housed Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and Howlin' Wolf. They didn't imitate the blues, they were the blues. They were also virtuoso instrumentalists to the man; and the extended raga-like "East-West," powered by Butterfield's defiant harmonica and the guitars of Elvin Bishop and Mike Bloomfield, virtually created the concept of psychedelic jamming. This 2 CD set profiles the best of their massively influential early work, and samples later R&B-inflected, horn-driven material as well. Essential for blues fans. --Michael Ruby
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This welcome two-disc retrospective eloquently attests to the PBBB's formidable mastery of da blues, as well as its ability to stretch the genre's ostensible limitations to the snapping point (check out the dizzying 13-minute instrumental "East West"). . . .
An Anthology -- The Elektra Years
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An Anthology -- The Elektra Years
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