Paul Butterfield, born in the same Hyde Park neighborhood where our President now keeps his private home, was the son of an Irish immigrant turned lawyer who attended private school and studied classical flute until he got bitten by the blues harmonicaand started hanging out at South Side clubs with his buddy, guitarist Elvin Bishop. She was also very much against the war an activist of sorts and when she heard of Pauls plight she offered to marry him, an act that would keep him out of the draft. Butterfield was born in Chicago and raised in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood. Paul Butterfield was, by most accounts, an imperfect and complicated soul, as many great artists are, and the films contributors speak openly about what he was and wasnt, in equal measure. That first album, simply titled, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, released in 1965, electrified the rock world. Paul Butterfield died at the young age of 44 on May 4, 1987, reported Associated Press. 
After a long and rewarding career as an attorney, Warren retired in 2010, giving her more time to pursue her music passions. [25] And then, and then another lifeline, when an investor-banker bankrolled a comeback album. Not long after creating his second band Better Days, Butterfield began having issues pertaining to his health. Virginia was a friend, nothing more, a barmaid at Big Johns who lived near Butterfield, often sharing a ride to or from the club. Bloomfield turned down a gig touring with the far more visible Bob Dylan to stay with him, telling guitarist Al Kooper, I just want to play the blues, and Im havin a great time doin it in this band.. Cookies
Pauls son Gabriel accepted the honor on his dads behalf. The 13-minute instrumental track "East-West" incorporates Indian raga influences and some of the earliest jazz-fusion and blues rock excursions, with extended solos by Butterfield and guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop. He received his draft notice, and as every young man of a certain age knew, when they called your number, life, as you knew it, stopped. The album, described as a "hard-driving blues album that, in a word, rocked",[8] reached number 123 in the Billboard 200 album chart in 1966, but its influence was felt beyond its sales figures. Paul Butterfield and John Sebastian from the 1977 LP More Music from Mud Acres. In the summer of 1965, the electronic sounds employed by The Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys and Byrds were lighting up the airwaves, and, if anyone knew how to ramp up the volume, it was Paul Butterfield. 
Lee Butterfield speaks onstage during the 30th annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 18, 2015, in Cleveland. These recordings also failed to satisfy Rothchild, but the group's appearances at the club brought them to the attention of the East Coast music community. He was down there on the South Side, holding his own. His relationship with the harmonica was different, special. [40] Butterfield played mainly in cross-harp, or second position. Born Paul Vaughn Butterfield. Stalwarts of the old school sounds balked at the idea, but Yarrow, who seemingly had a lot to lose by changing the course of folk music, urged them to look at the bigger picture, realizing that if they kept on as they were, ignoring the way the genre was trending, there might not be a Newport Folk Festival in 66. After the breakup of the group in 1971, Butterfield continued to tour and record with the band Paul Butterfield's Better Days, with his mentor Muddy Waters, and with members of the roots-rock group the Band. That first album, simply titled, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, released in 1965, electrified the rock world. In 1976, Kathy Butterfield had had enough. It reminded me of how important he was to me, she says, and rumbled around in my mind.. WebBy 1971, Butterfield had purchased his first house, in rural Woodstock, New York, and began enjoying family life with his second wife, Kathy Peterson, and their infant son, Lee. Life was good and getting better, but it was a complicated time in our countrys history. It was like one of those scenes from The Godfather, he said. In 1963, he formed the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which recorded several successful albums and was popular on the late-1960s concert and festival circuit, with performances at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, the Fillmore East in New York City, the Monterey Pop Festival, and Woodstock. (See the trailer at the top of this page). Paul Butterfield, born in the same Hyde Park neighborhood where our President now keeps his private home, was the son of an Irish immigrant turned lawyer who attended private school and studied classical flute until he got bitten by the blues harmonicaand started hanging out at South Side clubs with his buddy, guitarist Elvin Bishop. [8] He has been associated with a Shure 545 Unidyne microphone,[42] although producer Rothchild noted that around the time of a 1965 recording session, Butterfield favored an Altec harp microphone run through an early model Fender tweed amplifier. Pauls attempts to reconcile were thwarted by his inability to kick his habit. According to Maria Muldaur, she and her husband were frequent dinner guests, which usually involved sitting around a piano and singing songs. The album consists of more varied material, with the band's interpretations of blues (Robert Johnson's "Walkin' Blues"), rock (Michael Nesmith's "Mary, Mary"), R&B (Allen Toussaint's "Get Out of My Life, Woman"), and jazz selections (Nat Adderley's "Work Song"). Not long after creating his second band Better Days, Butterfield began having issues pertaining to his health. But by then, Butterfield decided he wanted to part ways with the group and formed a new band he called Paul Butterfield's Better Days. He wasnt much interested in other people, says one former band member. The marriage was over, and she and son Lee packed up their cares and woes and moved west. 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He carried pistols. [10] In the spring of 1965, the Butterfield Blues Band was recorded at the Cafe Au Go Go in New York City. 
[9] With Bishop and Naftalin remaining on guitar and keyboards, the band added bassist Bugsy Maugh, drummer Phillip Wilson, and saxophonists David Sanborn and Gene Dinwiddie. Born on December 17 65. Others describe him as very quiet, hard-edged, defensive, remote, and even on occasion, downright unfriendly not exactly a poster boy for Mr. 
You're in! [8], By 1971, Butterfield had purchased his first house, in rural Woodstock, New York, and began enjoying family life with his second wife, Kathy Peterson, and their infant son, Lee. East-West reached number 65 in the album chart. Butterfield and the early members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Famous for the music festival that bore its name, Woodstock was much more than that: an artists colony, where artists and musicians lived and worked, supporting and championing each others dreams and ambitions, inviting neighbors over for cookouts, jams and good times. Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw saw the band moving farther away from its Chicago blues roots, and closer to the more commercial brassy sounds of the day.
WebThe band was renamed the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. [40] In his choice of notes he has been compared to Big Walter Horton, but he was never seen as an imitator of any particular harp player. [3] However, a knee injury and a growing interest in blues music sent him in a different direction. Born on December 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois , United States. It was Paul Rothchild who introduced Paul Butterfield to Albert Grossman. It's about as close as I've been [to that feel] since I first recorded it". He was popular for being a Rock Singer. [11], In these recording sessions, Rothchild had assumed the role of group manager and used his folk contacts to secure the band more engagements outside of Chicago. WebListen to Song For Lee by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 234 Shazams, featuring on Paul Butterfield: Next Steps, and Paul Butterfield: Deep Cuts Apple Music playlists. Grossman would do his best to compensate Paul for the loss, offering him a recording contract with his own label Bearsville Records. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Paul Lee Butterfield. But then was all charm and chumminess once you got to know him. I was born in Chicago and only four when he played at Woodstock, Butterfields eldest son, Gabriel, says in preparation for this Fridays concert. These songs were more than just covers of the old blues classics. He was just a natural genius. [29] Butterfield kept up his association with former members of the Band, touring and recording with Levon Helm and the RCO All Stars in 1977[7] and touring with Rick Danko in 1979. Despite everything, Paul Butterfield managed to complete the North-South album, hoping that it would duplicate the success of the similarly-titled East-West some 14 years before, but critics were less than thrilled. 34 3 shares Like Most relevant Paul K. Booth As the decade drew to a close, so did Virginia and Pauls marriage, but they had had a son together and a deep respect for each other, and would remain friends, to the point where it was Virginia who would deliver the eulogy at Pauls funeral some 17 years later. WebBy 1971, Butterfield had purchased his first house, in rural Woodstock, New York, and began enjoying family life with his second wife, Kathy Peterson, and their infant son, Lee. WebWith the program long set for the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, fate once again stepped in, this time in the form of Peter Yarrow the Peter in Peter Paul and Mary and member of the festivals board. A note on the albums back cover read: We suggest that you play this record at the highest possible volume in order to fully appreciate the sound of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band., Born in Chicago, with Paul Butterfield, Rick Danko and Blondie Chaplin, The first cut on the album, Born in Chicago, would wind up on a sampler album that introduced a broader audience to the bands music. But the ride was over. Independent. Those who were around at the very beginning of that relationship recall how totally absorbed he was in learning the ins and outs of the instrument that sang to him. [12] Among those who took notice was festival regular Bob Dylan, who invited the band to back him for his first live electric performance. Remembered best for his work with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, this blues, rock, soul, and jazz fusion singer and harmonica player released such popular albums as East-West, Keep On Moving, and The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw. In 19721973, the group recorded the albums Paul Butterfield's Better Days and It All Comes Back, released by Albert Grossman's Bearsville Records. But the ride was over. He played with everyone. And he wasnt out for the glory, which is to say that when it came to blowing his own horn, he wasnt into self-promotion. By 1969, Paul (now the only member of the original band) and his new group headed for Woodstock, where they blew the virtual roof off of the festival. The idea is to raise funds for a full-length documentary film that Butterfields been putting together about his father, The Life and Times of Paul Butterfield, that hes hoping will ensure the man who plugged electric blues into the rock and roll world, and Bob Dylan to The Band, a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Post a comment below. Formed in the summer of 1963, the group originally featured eponymous vocalist and harmonicist Paul Butterfield, guitarist Elvin Bishop, After two years, mostly on the road, the band disbanded and it looked as if the harp players better days were behind him. Deceased on May 04 34. Its hard to think he moved away 30-some years ago and passed away 25 years ago last spring. They completed seven projects through 1971. Michael Lang recalls going to see him one Thanksgiving at Benedictine Hospital, where he was for some illness. They moved to Woodstock, New York, where Albert Grossman had a state-of-the-art recording studio, in 1971. The band did not last to record a third studio album, but its album Live at Winterland Ballroom, recorded in 1973, was released in 1999. They indicated a unique sensibility and pushed both blues and rock onto a new plain. According to Encyclopedia, he was heavily abusing drugs and alcohol, and this led to him forming a habit. 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