| Mike Bloomfield was born on July 28, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois.
The guitarist, along with other young white musicians such as Paul Butterfield
and Elvin Bishop, visited the blues clubs on Chicago's South Side to
see artists such as Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf and to
ocassionally join them on stage.
Big Joe Williams was managing a club, the Fickle Pickle, and
befriended Bloomfield. Williams, in his song "" wrote "You
know Mike Bloomfield...will always treat you right...come to the Pickle,
every Tuesday night."
Bloomfield joined The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and backed up
Bob Dylan on the Highway 61 Revisited.
Bloomfield left the Butterfield Blues Band in early 1967 and formed
The Electric Flag which debuted at the Monterey International Pop Music Festival
but disintegrated shortly afterwards.
After the Flag, Bloomfield wrote the music for films, produced other artists,
and worked on sessions for other artists. One of the sessions, with Al Kooper
led to the album called Super Session.
In the 1970s Bloomfield toured as Bloomfield And Friends,
worked on sessions for other musicians, and recorded
a number of blues albums for smaller labels.
On November 15, 1980, Bloomfield joined Bob Dylan on stage in San Francisco and
played on "Like A Rolling Stone", a song they had recorded together 15 years earlier.
On February 15, 1981, Michael Bloomfield was found dead in his car in San Francisco, California. He had died of an apparent drug overdose. Visitor Comments:Connections:Mike Bloomfield ... |
