Paul Butterfield Blues Band

	Paul Butterfield Blues Band
	Paul Butterfield Blues Band at Woodstock
Performed on	Day 3
Started at	6.00 am, Monday, 18th
Played for	70 min.
	Further Information
	All Music Guide link; Wikipedia link;
	Festival Day Chronology
Prev. artist	Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) at 3.00 am
Next artist	Sha Na Na at 7.30 am

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band is known as one of the few original Chicago Blues followers. In 1965 and 1966 they made their legendary albums with the original line-up: the self-titled Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the Indian influenced East-West. Among others they played at the Monterey International Pop Festival 1967, too.

Two years later much had changed for them. The original members (except the founder, Paul Butterfield himself) had left the band. The band added a horn section but the albums didn't reach the quality of the predecessors. The Woodstock gig seems like the last great struggle of the band.

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band played in the morning hours of Monday, the 18^th. The starting time was supposed to be 6.00 am.

Musicians[]

Paul Butterfield - vocals, harmonica
Howard "Buzzy" Feiten - guitar
Rod Hicks - bass
Ted Harris - keyboards
Phillip Wilson - drums and vocals
Steve Madaio - trumpet and percussion
Keith Johnson - trumpet and percussion
David Sanborn - alto saxophone and percussion
Trevor Lawrence - baritone saxophone and percussion
Gene Dinwiddie - tenor saxophone, percussion and vocals

Setlist[]

Born Under a Bad Sign
No Amount of Loving
Driftin'
Morning Sunrise
All in a Day
Love March
Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Details[]

By the time of Woodstock the Paul Butterfield Blues Band had abandoned its roots of Chicago Blues. The horn section adds a big band touch to the music which reminds of Blood, Sweat & Tears at times. Only two songs, the slow number "Driftin'" and the catchy "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", show the virtuosity of Paul Butterfield's harmonica playing.

Availability[]

Available songs are scattered over several official releases. It was difficult to get hold of them. At the end of 2015 the Complete Albums 1965-1980 box set was released which contains the full Woodstock concert.