Overview
Bloomfield was one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess. He was a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which inspired a generation of white blues players; he played with Bob Dylan in the mid-1960s, when his guitar was a central component of Dylanās new rock sound on āLike a Rolling Stoneā and at his earthshaking 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance. He then founded the Electric Flag, recordedĀ Super SessionĀ with Al Kooper, backed Janis Joplin, and released at least twenty other albums, despite debilitating substance abuse. He died of a mysterious drug overdose in 1981.
A very limited edition of a book of this title was first published in 1983, but it has here been so thoroughly revised and expanded that it is essentially a brand-new publication. Based on extensive interviews with Bloomfield himself and with those who knew him best, and including an extensive discography and Bloomfieldās memorable 1968 Rolling StoneĀ interview, Michael Bloomfield is an intimate portrait of one of the pioneers of rock guitar.
This book title, Michael Bloomfield (The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero), ISBN: 9781613733288, by Ed Ward, Billy F. Gibbons, published by Chicago Review Press (September 1, 2016) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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