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Butterfield Blues Band
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Born
December 17, 1942 in Chicago, IL

Died
May 4, 1987

Years Active:
60s | 70s | 80s

 
Paul Butterfield was the first white harmonica player to develop a style original and powerful enough to place him in the pantheon of true blues greats. It's impossible to underestimate the importance of the doors Butterfield opened: before he came to prominence, white American musicians treated the blues with cautious respect, afraid of coming off as inauthentic. ...
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Influences
Buddy Guy Buddy Guy and Junior Wells Little Walter Muddy Waters Sonny Boy Williamson Howlin' Wolf

Followers
The Fabulous Thunderbirds J. Geils Band

Formal Connections
Geoff Muldaur

Performed Songs By
Nat Adderley Paul Butterfield Blues Band Elmore James Robert Johnson Little Walter Smokey Robinson Otis Rush Muddy Waters William Bell James Cotton Elvin Bishop Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Steve Stills

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