Track Listing

1. It Takes Time
2. Oh Mama
3. Love Got Me
4. Blues on a Westside
5. One More Mile to Go
6. It's About Time
7. Carmelita Skiffle [Instrumental]
8. Killing My Love
9. Gypsy Good Time
10. Holy Moly
11. Moon Tune
12. Mary Ann [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4298 in Music
• Released on: 2009-04-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Album Description
Raven presents for the first time on one CD, the legendary concert by MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD and NICK GRAVENITES recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore West in 1969. With bonus track, superb quality audio, color booklet and informative liner notes. The late, great 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'. He helped pioneer horn-rock with the Electric Flag and the Super Session concept with Al Kooper as well as recording Triumvirate with John Hammond Jr and Dr. John. Bloomfield and Gravenites - lead singer of the Flag and a respected bluesman in his own right - cut an incendiary performance at the Fillmore West which yielded this phenomenal album. The concert was split across the original Live at Fillmore West vinyl and Gravenites' My Labors album, and the tracks have now been recombined on one stellar CD. Bloomfield positively burns on 'It Takes Time', 'Killing My Love', 'Gypsy Good Time', while his monumental solo on 'Blues on a Westside' is one of the greatest moments in blues rock history. Carlos Santana said Bloomfield "literally changed my life". Dylan said "he played circles around anything I could play". Gravenites called him "a huge giant of a person".

Customer Reviews

Best of the Best!
I can't say enough about this great album. I say album because I've owned the 8-track, the cassette, the LP and have pre-ordered the first release of it on CD next month. Taj Mahal, Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites anchor this music which surely was one of those moments in history when all factors converged to make musical history. The guitars, vocals, drums, they all came together to make the best blues album of the late 60's from Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. You probably know of the legacy of the Fillmore aditoriums, East and West, and this album is true to that heritage. Maybe it doesn't contain the screamin' Janis Joplin, or the unorganized Jefferson Airplane, but it plays like a Family Dog poster, diverse groups meeting to make in tune, melodic music that has held up over the last 40 years. Don't miss this one. I strongly recommend it for all blues enthusiasts!

Stratospheric!
You are in front of one of the greatest live blues album ever! I am not scared about making this statement as I believe that this is absolutely true. This live set recorded in 1969 finds Mike at the pick of his carrier and in a fantastic shape. Michael performance in here is so good to leave you speechless. Numbers like Blues On A Westside, Moon Tune, It Takes Time, Killing My Love, Carmelita Skiffle, It's About Time, One More Mile To Go are real gems that are going to remain in the history of blues music. More, they should be played in every music school to teach how electric blues is meant to be played! Surely Mike has been one of the most, if not the most, influential white blues guitarist ever lived. Just listen to the intro of Blues On A West Side and then to Ronnie Earl's Rego Park Blues final solo (live version) and you will see. However in this fantastic album packed from start to finish with excellence also the performances of the great vocalist Nick Gravenites deserves a special mention as it does the guest appearance of Taj Mahal. This is a 1969 recording sounding as fresh as it was recorded yesterday, a real masterpiece that deserves attention not just from blues lovers but also from everyone who love music.

Bloomfield at his best !!
This album, along with the Butterfield stuff, is Bloomfield at his best. His playing on this album is fantastic, period!!. Anyone who forgot or never heard of Bloomfield should get this immediatly. A Desrt Island Disc as they say. Bloomers lives !!