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Ran across a quote this morning by Elvin Bishop. He said when he met Paul, Paul was playing more guitar than harp. Then he got serious about the harp and in six months got about as good as he ever got at it. Called him a natural genius. Put me in mind to listen.
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09-06-2020 12:11 PM
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The quote I saw was tweeted by the Chicago Blues History twitter account. @ChiBluesHistory.
"He )[Paul Butterfield] was playing more guitar than harp when I first met him. But in about six months he became serious about the harp, and he seemed to get about as good as he got in that six months. He was just a natural genius."
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I agree about the harp, and I liked his singing. Still, Michael Bloomfield was the big draw for me, with the two Butterfield albums and his stuff with Bob Dylan. I didn't much like Bloomfield's later stuff.
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The first 2 butterfield records are 2 of my favorite albums of all time.
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We saw him for free back in HS, because a friend of mine's sister was his trumpet player's GF.
It was a great show, with Elvin Bishop on guitar, and PB wailing on harp.
Albert King opened for him, and tore the place apart.
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Originally Posted by Phil59
Here's a version of "Albert's Shuffle" without the horns (which were added later on to the original release.)
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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butter was the opposite of late great charlie baty..who started professionally on harmonica, then switched to guitar..he supposedly also took to the change easily & immediately
here's vid of charlie, shortly before his passing, playing forum member -grez- guitar
cheers
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
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Originally Posted by neatomic
and blues
can you recommend any more of his music
on guitar please ?
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cool! check this live performance..even in the trad jazz organ trio format he has a rougher blusier tone
cheers
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