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The Electric Flag - Killing Floor
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Great band, great rendition of Killling Floor and one of the finest blues rock guitarists ever in my book.
Got to see Mike Bloomfield only once before he OD'd but it was at the 1969 Fathers and Sons concert in Chicago when he and harmonica player Paul Butterfield hosted a concert to honor some of the blues greats that they felt should be made known to the longhaired white kids who were making so many rock bands rich but never knew of the roots.
They brought out Muddy Waters, Muddy's piano player for 16 years, Otis Spann and Chess Records go to drummer, Sam Lay who has played with everyone who's anyone on the Chicago blues scene.
It was a truly awesome night, a part of history and a double album was released on Chess soon after.
Bloomfield is probably best known for his side of the famed Super Session live album with Al Kooper (Steven Stills played on the other side- we were still back in the day of vinyl records) essentially a jam session with the tape rolling and the magic certainly happened.
Bloomfield is probably least known for his work with The Electric Flag on the soundtrack of a 1967 movie written by Jack Nicholson, directed by Roger Corman and starring a young Peter Fonda about the psychedelic zeitgeist of the times- The Trip.
Here's a tune from the soundtrack that features Bloomfield's guitar chops. He comes in at 1:30 and smokes it for the rest of the cut.
Enjoy!
[Edited 8/29/11 19:09pm] | |
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One of my favorite Electric Flag tunes that Buddy reprised with his Express... "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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^ Another killer track from that album... "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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That really is a great track.
Thanks for posting this. | |
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You're most welcome. It's like a precursor to all the Buddy Miles Express material.
Music for adventurous listeners
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Amen to Buddy's version of Texas. That is one great guitarist on that cut too. If I recall correctly his name was Jim McCarty. That solo on Texas... jaw dropping.
The Flag was essentially Buddy and Mike's band but as Bloomfield got more into hard drugs they moved apart and Buddy took the idea of a big horn driven sound in a funkier direction.
Their interplay brought a nice texture to Buddy's sound. Give a listen to the instrumental jam, Joe Tex from Buddy's Message to the People album to hear what I mean. To this day I think that song is one of the best mixed tunes ever and the musicianship and arrangement are superb. The guitars come to the fore at about 2:50.
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I saw the Buddy Miles Express a few times while Jim McCarty was in the band. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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