Butterfield / Bloomfield Concert

Ford Blues Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Rock'it Records
• ASIN: B000ION6TK
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,586 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #84 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > West Coast Blues

Track Listings

1. Killing Floor

2. East/West Redux

3. Groovin' Is Easy

4. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living

5. Lovin' Cup

6. Peter's Trip

7. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

8. Blues For MB

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Tribute with Three Excellent Guitarists, July 9, 2007

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P. Jarosz (Gulf Coast, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Butterfield / Bloomfield Concert (Audio CD)

Putting together a tribute Cd is a bit risky since they'll have to reach a pretty high bar to please MB & PBBB fans. With three excellent guitarists (Robben Ford, Chris Cain, and Volker Strifler), they get pretty close. The sound quality is excellent, especially considering it's a live performance. Not much harp, but good when you do get it. The Cd starts off with a hot version of the classic 'Killing Floor.' Although much shorter than the original, you have to give them credit for pulling off a solid version of 'East/West' as I can't recall anyone else ever having the guts to attempt it - well-played and they succeed in achieving a similar abstract feel. The best track is probably the slow blues instrumental 'Blues for MB.' My only wish is that the Cd had more blues tracks. After all, what concert is this short? There must have been other MB & PBBB tunes played that night. What happened to those? In the mean time, this is worth checking out if you appreciate blues icons Michael and Paul.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars kicks good!, February 3, 2007

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K. Tarin "EveryoneIsBlindnDeaf" (Calif) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Butterfield / Bloomfield Concert (Audio CD)

This cd smokes. But as the other reviewer says in here, if you dont know this band and are new, you will think it is great. Well yea this is my first listen of them. They played this on our local blues show. What the other reveiwer doesnt do is tell us which ones ARE good. how about it, eh? smile.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not much harp, November 27, 2006

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Arthur Shuey "daddyvoice" (Wilmington, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Butterfield / Bloomfield Concert (Audio CD)

It may be tacky or arrogant to second guess disciples who've gone to all the trouble of learning their masters' songs and invested everything that goes into a record into paying them tribute and praising them in their own songs. It may be. Go ahead, then, cuss this reviewer, but I could swear blues harmonica was a major part of the front line in Paul Butterfield's band, and its near-absence from this release is disappointing. "Where," readers might ask, "are the Fords going to find a harpman like Paul Butterfield?" That's a good question, but they didn't hesitate to let another guitarist try to fill Bloomfield's shoes.

It's a very good record, and it earns high marks for The Ford Blues Band, but a record of the same length and quality focusing on them instead of on Butterfield and Bloomfield would hit a more realistic target closer to the center. In all probability, the less one knows about The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the better this record sounds. I look forward to The Ford Blues Band's next release.