Paul Butterfield


Paul Butterfield

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Born: December 17, 1942 in Chicago, IL
Years Active: 60 's, 70 's, 80 's
Died: May 04, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Blues

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Biography:
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 overestimate 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 ... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2005 Live
1999 Live at Winterland Ballroom
1986 Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again
1981 North South
1976 Put It in Your Ear
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Filmography:
2004 John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
1986 B.B. King and Friends: A Night of Red Hot Blues
1978 The Last Waltz
1968 You Are What You Eat
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Member Of:
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
William Clarke
Elvin Bishop
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Influenced By:
Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
Big Walter Horton
Little Walter
Jimmy Reed
Buddy Guy
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Followers:
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
J. Geils Band
The Prime Movers
Merl Saunders
The Ford Blues Band
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