Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West

by Michael Bloomfield, Mike Bloomfield

Overview

This session from early 1969 featured Nick Gravenites, Mark Naftalin, John Kahn, and Snooky Flowers (among others), with cameos from Taj Mahal and Jesse Ed Davis, but it's clear from the opening notes who the real star is. Over the years, Michael Bloomfield's titanic solos on "Blues on a Westside" have dwarfed the rest of the album in many listeners' memories, but truthfully, his playing just burns across every track. More of Bloomfield's great guitar work from these shows is on Nick Gravenites' My Labors on Columbia. ~ Cary Wolfson

Product Details

Release Date:	08/18/2017
Label:	Floating World
UPC:	0805772631823
Rank:	185201

Tracks

1. It Takes Time
2. Oh Mama
3. Love Got Me
4. Blues on a Westside
5. One More Mile to Go
6. It's About Time
7. Carmelita Skiffle [Inst.]
8. [Untitled]
9. [Untitled]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mike Bloomfield   Primary Artist
Michael Bloomfield   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Nick Gravenites   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist
Snooky Flowers   Sax (Baritone)
Noel Jewkis   Sax (Tenor)
Dino Andino   Congas
John Wilmeth   Trumpet
Bob "Congo" Jones   Drums,Vocals
Jesse Ed Davis   Guitar
Cornelius "Snookey" Flowers   Sax (Baritone)
Al Kooper   Organ,Vocals
Gerald Oshita   Sax (Baritone)
Bob Jones   Vocals
Taj Mahal   Harp,Vocals,Featured Artist
John Kahn   Bass
Mark Naftalin   Piano
Skip Prokop   Drums
Ira Kamin   Organ

Technical Credits

Michael Bloomfield   Composer
Otis Rush   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Kevin Mueller   Release Preparation
Mark Naftalin   Composer
Nick Gravenites   Composer
Al Kooper   Producer
Arthur Conley   Composer
Ian McFarlane   Liner Notes,Release Preparation
Booker T. Jones   Composer
James Cotton   Composer
Elliot Mazer   Producer
Joseph Cotton   Composer
Mike Bloomfield   Composer
Phillippe Kahn   Composer
Peter Shillito   Release Preparation,Concept
Ira Kamin   Composer