Guitar King, David Dann
Guitar King, David Dann
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Guitar King
Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues

Author: David Dann

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Unabridged: 31 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/20/2020


Synopsis

Named one of the world's great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981) remains beloved by fans nearly forty years after his untimely death. Taking listeners backstage, onstage, and into the recording studio with this legendary virtuoso, David Dann tells the riveting stories behind Bloomfield's work in the seminal Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the mesmerizing Electric Flag, as well as the Super Session album with Al Kooper and Stephen Stills, Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, and soundtrack work with Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson.

In vivid chapters drawn from meticulous research, including more than seventy interviews with the musician's friends, relatives, and band members, music historian David Dann brings to life Bloomfield's worlds, from his comfortable upbringing in a Jewish family on Chicago's North Shore to the gritty taverns and raucous nightclubs where this self-taught guitarist helped transform the sound of contemporary blues and rock music. With scenes that are as electrifying as Bloomfield's music, this is the story of a life lived at full volume.

About David Dann

David Dann is a commercial artist, music historian, writer, and amateur musician who worked for many years in the news industry, including serving as copublisher of an award-winning Catskills weekly. Most recently, he was editor of Artenol, a radical art journal described by the New York Times as "a cross between the New Republic and Mad Magazine." He has produced radio and video documentaries of Michael Bloomfield and served as a consultant to Sony/Legacy on their recent Bloomfield boxed set.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Martin on January 19, 2020

In the late summer of 1968, I received the album "Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper: Super Session" for my birthday. By this time, I was already an Eric Clapton fanatic having discovered Cream several months earlier with my purchase of "Fresh Cream". After dropping the needle on the Super Session album and......more

Goodreads review by Bre on January 17, 2025

Learning Dylan approached Bloomfield to play on Blood On the Tracks rocked my world. One of the singular best biographies I have ever read, which is only fitting because Bloomfield is a man who deserves all the praise in the world. This is one of those very, very rare biographies where you come out o......more

Goodreads review by Tony on November 08, 2019

They say you shouldn’t read books about your heroes because you’ll find out they are assholes. Not with this book! Mike Bloomfields story has been told before but never in such detail. A truly great biography!......more

Goodreads review by Donald on November 27, 2019

A very good read about one of my favorite guitarists. Some new insights into a troubled life.......more