Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin' The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

• 1 Play On 03:36
• 2 1000 Ways 04:46
• 3 Pretty Woman 03:49
• 4 Little Piece Of Dying 03:31
• 5 Song For Lee 03:46
• 6 Trainman 05:47
• 7 Night Child 04:26
• 8 Drowned In My Own Tears 05:18
• 9 Blind Leading The Blind 04:02
• Total Runtime 39:01

Info for Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin'

„Even after his death, Paul Butterfield's music didn't receive the accolades that were so deserved. Outputting styles adopted from Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters among other blues greats, Butterfield became one of the first white singers to rekindle blues music through the course of the mid-'60s. His debut album, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, saw him teaming up with guitarists Elvin Bishop and Mike Bloomfield, with Jerome Arnold on bass, Sam Lay on drums, and Mark Naftalin playing organ. The result was a wonderfully messy and boisterous display of American-styled blues, with intensity and pure passion derived from every bent note. In front of all these instruments is Butterfield's harmonica, beautifully dictating a mood and a genuine feel that is no longer existent, even in today's blues music. Each song captures the essence of Chicago blues in a different way, from the back-alley feel of 'Born in Chicago' to the melting ease of Willie Dixon's 'Mellow Down Easy' to the authentic devotion that emanates from Bishop and Butterfield's 'Our Love Is Drifting.' 'Shake Your Money Maker,' 'Blues With a Feeling,' and 'I Got My Mojo Working' (with Lay on vocals) are all equally moving pieces performed with a raw adoration for blues music. Best of all, the music that pours from this album is unfiltered...blared, clamored, and let loose, like blues music is supposed to be released. A year later, 1966's East West carried on with the same type of brash blues sound partnered with a jazzier feel, giving greater to attention to Bishop's and Bloomfield's instrumental talents.“ (Mike DeGagne, Rovi)

Paul Butterfield, vocals, harmonica, piano, background vocals
Ralph Wash, vocals, guitar, background vocals
Brother Gene Dinwiddie, vocals, flute, saxophones, tambourine, background vocals
Dennis Whitted, vocals, drums
Big Black, vocals, congas, percussion
David Sanborn, saxophone, alto saxophone
Trevor Lawrence, saxophone, baritone saxophone
Steve Madaio, trumpet
Ted Harris, piano
George Davidson, drums
Bobbye Hall, congas, bongos, percussion
Clydie King, background vocals
Oma Drake, background vocals
Rod Hicks, background vocals
Merry Clayton, background vocals
Venetta Fields, background vocals

Engineered by Fritz Richmond, Mark Harmon, Bruce Botnick
Mixed by Todd Rundgren
Produced by Paul Rothchild

Digitally remastered

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