Mike Bloomfield - Fillmore West 1969 (2023)

Mike Bloomfield, live from the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA February 2nd 1969 The late, great Mike Bloomfield is recognised as one of the finest and most influential blues guitarists that America has ever produced. Best known for his astonishing technique and the piercing tone of his solos, he was a member of the ground-breaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band, played on Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone and backed him at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when Dylan first went 'electric'. In 1969, legendary promoter Bill Graham would be left speechless by the sheer brilliance of Bloomfield and his band when they opened for Chuck Berry at the Fillmore West. As a result, he placed them at the top of the bill to replace The Byrds a week later! That spectacular performance that Graham witnessed on Sunday, February 2nd 1969 is presented here in all its unedited glory. Rox Vox revisits a timeless classic in blues rock from a golden era in music with a fully restored and professionally remastered original KSAN-FM broadcast.