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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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thumb|right|The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, c. 1967
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an American blues and blues-rock band from Chicago. Formed in the summer of 1963, the group originally featured eponymous vocalist and harmonicist Paul Butterfield, guitarist Elvin Bishop, bassist Jerome Arnold, and drummer Sam Lay. The band added guitarist Mike Bloomfield and keyboardist Mark Naftalin before recording their self-titled debut album, which was released in October 1965. The founding sextet were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, along with Billy Davenport, their drummer on their second album, East-West.
Quotes about The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The first blues that I ever heard was The Paul Butterfield Blues Band with Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar. It was incredible how intense it was compared to everything that I’d heard up to that point. It was a revelation, and it gave me my direction to play the electric guitar.
Robben Ford, as quoted by Guitar World (November 10, 2023)
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