Artist	Song
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	One More Mile
Mike Bloomfield	WDIA
Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield	Albert's Shuffle
Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites	It Takes Time (Live)
Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites	The Sky Is Cryin' (Live)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Our Love Is Drifiting
Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites	Buried Alive In The Blues (Live)
Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield	I Wonder Who (Live)
Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites	Killing My Love (Live)
Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites	Gypsy Good Time
Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites	Holy Moly (Live)
The Paul Buttefield Blues Band	I Got My Mojo Working
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born In Chicago
Mike Bloomfield	Goin' Down Slow
Mike Bloomfield	I've Got You In The Palm Of My Hand
Bob Dylan	It Takes A lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (fast version)
Mike Bloomfield	Don't Think About It Baby
Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield	Stop
Mike Bloomfield	Last Night
Mike Bloomfield	If You Love These Blues

Comment:

Like many great artists, I'd heard Mike Bloomfield before I even knew who he was. I always loved the slide on Dylan's Highway 61 revisited, but I just assumed it was played by Dylan or more likely, some nameless session player. It wasn't until I heard Paul Butterfield's blistering version of the Muddy Waters staple, "Got My Mojo Working" that I discovered the under-appreciated genius behind the six strings. Before there was Clapton, Page, Beck or Hendrix, there was the most unlikely of guitar gods, a Jewish prodigy from the south side of Chicago. Whilst the aforementioned guitar heroes were sitting at home copping licks off of Muddy Waters records, Bloomfield was sneaking into seedy bars in downtown Chicago and JAMMING with Waters!! His prowess on the fretboard soon earned him spots backing such luminaries as Howlin' Wolf and Big Joe Turner until being recruited by Butterfield and later Dylan.

I've tried to represent various highlights from Bloomfield's recording career (1964-'80), but alas he has too many astounding performances to fit on just one disc, so I have crammed the creme de la creme on this one to serve as a sort of intro. If you like what you see/hear, check out the rest of the series. Bloomers may be gone, but he's certainly not forgotten.

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