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November 1, 2003

476) The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

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Strawberry Jam

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band roared out of Chicago in the '60s fueled by the electric blues of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Mass appeal eluded the group, but its influence resounds. Dylan used three members of the band as backup for his notorious folkie-frightening 1965 Newport, R.I., gig; thei...

1996 RS: 3of 5 Stars

The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crabshow

1967

East-West

1966

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Biography

Paul Butterfield, a white singer and harmonica player who apprenticed with black bluesmen, helped spur the American blues revival of the '60s. The teenage Butterfield ventured into Chicago's South Side clubs, eventually working his way into onstage jams with Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Little Walter, Magic Sam, and other blues legends. Butterfield played with University of Chicago classmat...

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