Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero - Softcover

Ward, Ed; Gibbons, Billy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912777788 ISBN 13: 9780912777788

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2018

Synopsis

This is the definitive biography of the legendary guitarist whom Muddy Waters and B. B. King held in high esteem and who created the prototype for Clapton, Hendrix, Page, and those who followed. Bloomfield was a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which inspired a generation of white blues players; he played with Bob Dylan in the mid-1960s, when his guitar was a central component of Dylan’s new rock sound on “Like a Rolling Stone.” He then founded the Electric Flag, recorded Super Session with Al Kooper, backed Janis Joplin, and released at least twenty other albums despite debilitating substance abuse. This book, based on extensive interviews with Bloomfield himself and with those who knew him best, and including an extensive discography and Bloomfield’s memorable 1968 Rolling Stone interview, is an intimate portrait of one of the pioneers of rock guitar.

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About the Author

Ed Wardhas been the "rock & roll historian" for Terry Gross andFresh Airsince that show's inception, and has contributed over 500 stories to it. He is also a founding director of the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference; wrote one-third ofRock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll, in 1986; was the Central European cultural correspondent for theWall Street Journalfor seven years; and was on one of the early staffs atRolling Stone. He lives in Austin, Texas.Billy F. Gibbonsis the guitarist and lead vocalist of ZZ Top. He lives in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912777788
• ISBN 13: 9780912777788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296