Michael Bloomfield - If You Love These Blues

Michael Bloomfield - If You Love These Blues. (An Oral History). By Michael Bloomfield. For Guitar. Book. 280 pages. Backbeat Books #0879306173. Published by Backbeat Books.

Guitarist Michael Bloomfield shot to stardom in the 60s with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band * Bob Dylan * The Electric Flag * and on Al Koopers “Super Session.” His story is told in the words of his brother, musicians such as B.B. King, producer Paul Rothchild and dozens of others – including Bloomfield himself. Features a foreword by Carlos Santana, and a CD of unreleased early studio tracks. Hardcover.

“(This book) is a look inside the psyche of a musical innovator who deserves a posthumous Nobel Prize and a statue on Rush Street in Chicago. If you love his blues, you'll love this book.”

– Al Kooper.