Mike Bloomfield
American blues guitarist (1943-1981) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 37
Michael Bernard Bloomfield was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, as he rarely sang before 1969.
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Nick Gravenites Bandmate in The Electric Flag
Paul Butterfield Bandmate in The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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Dr. John Duets: Triumvirate (1973)
Stephen Stills Duets: Super Session (1968)
Al Kooper Produced Super Session (1968)
John P. Hammond Duets: Triumvirate (1973)
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Respected for his guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues musicians before achieving his own fame and was instrumental in popularizing blues music in the mid-1960s. In 1965, he played on Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, including the single "Like a Rolling Stone", and performed with Dylan at that year's Newport Folk Festival.
