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The ultimate single-CD showcase of the blues-guitar force that was Bloomfield. He honors T-Bone Walker, B.B. King and his other heroes on the 1976 title LP, while 1979's Bloomfield/Harris finds him delving into gospel blues with finger-picking Woody Harris. And the Kicking Mule session here is an instructional album he made for Guitar Player magazine. Listen and learn from the best!
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43 of 46 people found the following review helpful
By R. Richard
Format:Audio CD
This CD is a collection of two Mike Bloomfield albums that include an instructional album done for Guitar Player magazine in the 70's and the hard to get Bloomfield/Harris. You can forget about the hard charging sounds of Butterfield Blues/Electric Flag/Super Session. This is stripped down accoustic blues and gospel played by one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
The first 22 tracks are the instructional album "If you love those blues play 'em as you please", accoustic blues with a very interesting narrative by Mr. Bloomfield himself before each song. The remaining tracks are accoustic gospel with Woody Harris and Mike Bloomfield. The sound mix is excellent.
The first 22 tracks are the instructional album "If you love those blues play 'em as you please", accoustic blues with a very interesting narrative by Mr. Bloomfield himself before each song. The remaining tracks are accoustic gospel with Woody Harris and Mike Bloomfield. The sound mix is excellent.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By Lee R. Toman
Format:Audio CD
I have the record for "If You Love these..." so my comments are related only to that parts of the CD from that record.
Anyway, I rate this very highly but for hardcore blues fans only. Bloomfield does a great job re-creating the feel/style for each song using the style of the original artist/time period. My favorites are Mama Lion, WDIA, and Hey Foreman.
This is not your Bloomfield guitar slinger album, rather a serious study in the diverse styles of the blues. He shows why he was so great.
Anyway, I rate this very highly but for hardcore blues fans only. Bloomfield does a great job re-creating the feel/style for each song using the style of the original artist/time period. My favorites are Mama Lion, WDIA, and Hey Foreman.
This is not your Bloomfield guitar slinger album, rather a serious study in the diverse styles of the blues. He shows why he was so great.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
Mike Bloomfield's trademark style was a foundation of BB King riffs with jazzy noodleing and raga-like easternisms in the spaces where King would simply not have played at all. When MB first hit the scene, this style shook every young guitarist up; it was no longer ok to just learn the tunes, you had to learn how to -play-. His ahead-of-the-barlines phrasing, and melodic fearlessness conveyed a sense of constant exploration. As time has passed, the original blues artists' simplicity has come to be appreciated by a mass audience, and Mike's busy style has become less in vogue. On that basis, this may be the best place to start your Bloomfield collection: because he is referencing the styles that influenced him, more than performing, the performance itself is more rooted and bluesy than much of his other work.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Super" Session is horse poop compared to this...
What's not to like? This guy displays his virtuosity on the guitar by playing every known blues style under the sun (acoustic and electric). And he plays it clean! Read more
Published 18 months ago by whipitgood
5.0 out of 5 stars
Please Don't Forget Mike Bloomfield. . .
Of all the Bloomfield available (much of it badly recorded or remixed), this stands second only to the early Butterfield tracks. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Red Nichols
4.0 out of 5 stars
White blueman who died too soon
I recommend Super Session and, contre all critics, Super Session Live. too.
The myth of poor bluesman works not always, he was from a rich family. Read more
The myth of poor bluesman works not always, he was from a rich family. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Tesarik Milan
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you love this cat, play this as much as you can!
This is not only Michael Bloomfield's best two albums conveniently bound together on one disc, this is practically the whole history of American Blues on display, courtesy of a... Read more
Published on April 6, 2011 by jblyn
4.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT ARTIST AND ALBUM
ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME--A GREAT LOSS TO THE MUSIC WORLD...-FROM SOULFUL, SEARING ELECTRIC BLUES GITAR, TO COUNTRY, BLUES AND RAGTIME ACOUSTIC GITAR, MIKE... Read more
Published on February 15, 2011 by Loren R. Hoskins
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gotta Love these Blues
It's too bad that the booklet which accompanied the original vinyl version never made it into general circulation. This is one of the most important Blues guitar recordings ever. Read more
Published on July 27, 2010 by RockNRoll
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Highlight From The Troubled Life of Michael Bloomfield
Many readers are likely guitar players and search out this album in an effort to hear Bloomfield's instructional segment, "If You Love These Blues", originally released in... Read more
Published on October 20, 2009 by Three Chord Monte
5.0 out of 5 stars
awsome
this is an awsome cd.straight blues no frills.some really great playing.but dont expect super session.some cool acoustic stuff too.
Published on August 17, 2007 by outlawguy
