sábado, 26 de dezembro de 2009

The Desert Sessions By Dugabowski


Desert Sessions (1998) Vols. 1-2


Reverend Bruno Ponce Jones: Vocals (Preaching) (tracks 1, 10)
Alfredo Hernandez: Drums (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), Percussion (track 9)
Dave Catching: Bass (tracks 2, 4), Electric Piano (Crumar) (track 3), Guitar (track 5), Percussion (track 9)
John Paul McBain: Guitar (tracks 2, 4), Guitar (Lead Lap) (track 3), Guitar (Lead) (track 8), Keyboards (track 9)
Fred Drake: Guitar (Wafts) (tracks 2, 4), Drums (tracks 3, 5), Keyboards (tracks 3, 5), Percussion (track 9)
Josh Homme: Keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 8), Guitar (Rhythm) (track 3), Guitar (track 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), Vocals (track 7), Bass (track 8)
Ben Shepherd: Bass (tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 8), Guitar (track 9)
The Evil McBain: Keyboards (track 5), Guitar (Slide) (track 6), Guitar (track 7)
Brant Bjork: Drums (tracks 6, 7), Bass (track 9), Percussion (track 9)
B1-J1: Other (Simulated Regasm Mechanism) (track 6)
Peter Stahl: Vocals (tracks 8, 9)
Carlo Von Sexron: Percussion (track 9)


1. Preaching (0:45)
2. Girl Boy Tom (4:26)
3. Monkey In The Middle (2:47)
4. Girl Boy Tom (2:52)
5. Cowards Way Out (5:36)
6. Robotic Lunch (Alt. Version) (5:21)
7. Johnny The Boy (4:31)
8. Screamin’ Eagle (3:38)
9. Cake (Who Shit On The?) (9:05)
10. Man’s Ruin Preach (0:51)


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Desert Sessions (1998) Vols. 3-4


Ben Shepherd: Bass (tracks 1, 3)
Alfredo Hernandez: Drums (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8)
John Paul McBain: Guitar (tracks 1, 3)
Josh Homme: Guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8), Vocals (tracks 3, 6), Backing Vocals (tracks 7, 8)
Peter Stahl: Vocals (tracks 1, 2), Guitar (track 4)
Fred Drake: Bass, Drums (tracks 2, 4)
Dave Catching: Guitar (track 2), Bass (track 4)
Musharitas: Vocals (track 4)
Craig Armstrong: Bass (tracks 5, 9)
Carlo Von Sexron: Drums (tracks 5, 9, 10)
Jesse “The Devil” Hughes: Guitar (tracks 5, 9, 10)
T. Fresh: Turntables (tracks 5, 9, 10)
Loo Balls: Vocals (tracks 5, 9)
Larry Lalli: Bass (tracks 6, 7, 8)
Boomer: Guitar (tracks 6, 7), Keyboards (track 6)
Chris Goss: Vocals (track 6)
Tony Tornay: Drums (track 7)
Nick Oliveri: Guitar (track 7), Vocals (track 7)
Mario Lalli: Vocals (track 8), Guitar (track 8)


1. Nova (3:24)
2. At The Helm Of Hells Ships (4:45)
3. Avon (3:24)
4. Sugar Rush (4:05)
5. The Gosso King Of Crater Lake (2:58)
6. Monster In The Parasol (3:42)
7. Jr. High Love (1:51)
8. Eccentric Man (4:09)
9. Hogleg (2:37)
10. You Keep On Talking (3:45)


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Desert Sessions (1999) Vols. 5-6


Josh Homme: Bass (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 11) Guitar (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10, 11), Keyboards (Yamaha) (track 2), Vocals (tracks 6, 7, 11), Drums (tracks 6, 7, 11)
Brant Bjork: Drums (track 1), Guitar (tracks 6, 7, 11)
Mario Lalli: Vocals (track 1)
Fred Drake: Drums (track 2), Percussion (track 8)
Dave Catching: Piano (track 2), Guitar (tracks 5, 9)
Blag Jesus: Vocals (tracks 2, 4)
Carlo Von Sexron: Bass (track 3), Percussion (track 8), Guitar (track 9)
Gene Troutman: Drums (tracks 3, 4, 10), Percussion (track 8)
Dave “The Catch”: Guitar (track 3)
Pierre Pressure: Vocals (track 3)
Adam Maples: Drums (tracks 4, 10)
Dave “The Catch” Catching: Guitar (track 4)
Schneebie: Drums (track 5), Noises (track 5)
Tony Mason: Guitar (track 5), Bass (track 5)
Teddy Quinn: Vocals (track 5)
Digital D: Guitar (track 8), Vocals (track 8)
Fugitive Pope: Guitar (track 8), Vocals (track 8), Electronics (track 8)
Chizm: Trombone (track 8), Vocals (track 8)
The Kid: Bass (track 9)
Barrett Martin: Drums (track 9)
Hosh Ross Sonjoni: Bass (track 10)


1. You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire (2:54)
2. Letters To Mommy (3:43)
3. I’m Dead (1:38)
4. Punk Rock Caveman Living In A Prehistoric Age (3:28)
5. Goin To A Hangin (5:33)
6. A#1 (3:38)
7. Like A Drug (2:24)
8. Take Me To Your Leader (4:40)
9. Teens Of Thailand (5:38)
10. Rickshaw (3:45)
11. Like A Drug (Instrumental) (2:26


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Desert Sessions (2001) Vols. 7-8


Big Al: Tuvan Percussion
Fred Drake: Drums, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Marxophone, Harmony, Crumar
Nick Eldorado: Vocals
Chris Goss: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Clapping
Josh Homme: Bass, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Gong, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus, Clapping, Marxophone, Harmony
Alain Johannes: Fiddle, Guitar, Harmonium, Saxophone, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus, Clavinet, Mixing, Udu
Mark Lanegan: Vocals
Samantha Maloney: Bass, Piano, Drums, Vocals, Slide Bass
Brendon McNichol: Bass, Mandolin, Percussion, Drums, Guitar (Electric)
Natasha Schneider: Vocals
Vienna Boys’ Choir: Performer
The Vocals: Performer


1. Don’t Drink Poison (5:02)
2. Hanging Tree (3:13)
3. Winners (1:06)
4. Polly Wants A Crack Rock (2:29)
5. Up In Hell (4:46)
6. Nenada (3:10)
7. The Idiots Guide (3:04)
8. Interpretive Reading (1:36)
9. Covousier (1:50)
10. Cold Sore Super Stars (3:24)
11. Making A Cross (5:31)
12. Ending (1:29)
13. Piano Bench Breaks (2:44)


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Desert Sessions (2003) Vols. 9-10


Jeff “The Tuff Gentleman”: Bass, Clarinet (Scary Bass Clarinet) (track 1)
Joeseph C: Drums (Salty Drums) (tracks 1, 5)
Alain Johannes: Flute (Frightening Flute), Keyboards (Pro One, Amateur Two), Mandolin (Mannish Mandolin), Vocals (Vox) (track 1), Guitar (track 9), Vocals (Vox) (track 9)
Polly: Piano, Saxophone (Creepy Tenor Sax) (track 1)
J Ho: Vocals (Vox), Guitar, Guitar (Mildly Spooky Slide) (track 1), Percussion (Snare Rattle) (track 6), Bass (track 12), Vocals (Vienna Girl Boys Choir Vocals) (track 12)
PJ: Backing Vocals (track 2, 7, 10), Vocals (track 5), Bass (track 5), Lead Vocals (track 7), Melodica (Not So Melodica) (track 9)
Hands O’Connor: Bass (Pocket Bass, Pere) (track 2), Bass (Full 3/4 Size Bass) (track 7)
Freezer: Drums (Drum Guy) (track 2)
Deaner: Guitar (That’s On The Left) (track 2), Piano (Forte And Piano) (track 8)
Al: Keyboards (Black&whites, Long&winding Rhodes, Noodles) (track 2), Guitar (Relatively Surfish Guitar), E-bow (Ebow Surprise) (track 5), Guitar (track 6), Guitar (Weird Guitar) (track 11)
Joshua: Vocals (Of All Sorts) (tracks 2, 3) Vocals (Figure It Out Vox, That Chorus Shit) (track 5), Guitar (Lap Dance Steal) (track 9)
Twiggy R: Bass (Fuckin Bass) (track 3), Guitar (Non Surf Guit) (track 5), Bass (track 9)
Joey C: Drums (Fuckin Drums) (track 3), Drums (track 9), Drums (Prince Drums And Non-prince Drums) (track 12)
Sir Josh Freese: Drums (Sir Drums A lot) (track 7)
Catching: Keyboards (Pro One Power Switch)
Freeze: Bass (track 8), Percussion (Boom Bap Baboom) (track 11)
Poshua H: Drums (track 8), Vocals (Vox) (track 8)
Alain: Guitar (12th Fret Harmonikids) (track 8)
Twiganomicon: Bass (track 10)
J Ho The Circus Monkey: Drums (track 10), Backing Vocals (track 10)
Big Al the Kid’s Pal: E-bow (track 10), Guitar (Tremelo, You Know) (track 10)
David Catching: Guitar (Guitar Du Verb) (track 10), Guitar (One Take Hot Licks Guitar) (track 12)
Dean: Guitar (Bizarre Guitar) (track 11)
Dean Ween: Guitar (Guit Du Chicken Pickin) (track 12)
Geof “The Tuff Gent”: Keyboards (Crumar) (track 12)
Deen “The Leen” Ween: Bass (track 13), Guitar (Guitar Bizarre) (track 13)
Josh “Where’s The Fucking’ ‘i’ F.: Drums (Loud&soft Drums) (track 14), Keyboards (Crumar) (track 14)
Troy “How Ya’ Doin” Van Leeuwen: Guitar (Lefty Twinkles Guitar) (track 14)
Josh “The Other White Meat” H.: Guitar (Sensible Guitar) (track 14), Keyboards (Crumar) (track 14), Vocals (track 14)
Pajamas Harvey Pandeiro: Tambourine (In Brazilian) (track 14)


1. Dead In Love (4.43)
2. I Wanna Make It Wit Chu (3:43)
3. Covered In Punks Blood (1:43)
4. There Will Never Be A Better Time (4:12)
5. Crawl Home (3:02)
6. I’m Here For Your Daughter (0:47)
7. Powdered Wig Machine (2:41)
8. In My Head... Or Something (4:41)
9. Holey Dime (3:35)
10. A Girl Like Me (3:11)
11. Creosote (2:35)
12. Subcutaneous Phat (3:50)
13. Bring It Back Gentle (5:48)
14. Shepherd’s Pie


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Greg Prato escreveu a biografia da banda (se é que se pode chamar assim o projeto de Homme) para o site “allmusic”, a seguir transcrita em tradução livre do inglês.

As sementes para o método de “formação rotativa” pelo qual a Queens Of The Stone Age se tornou famosa foram plantadas noutro projeto paralelo, o Desert Sessions. Remontando aos anos 80, o guitarrista Josh Homme e seus amigos se reuniam para as famosas “festas do gerador”, que se constituíam de música ao vivo tocada em uma parte isolada da Califórnia, mais precisamente Palm Desert, com a eletricidade para os amplificadores sendo fornecida por um gerador de energia. Entre a sua saída da pioneira banda de stoner rock Kyuss e a formação da Queens, Homme encontrou muito tempo livre e decidiu reiniciar esses encontros. A única diferença foi que agora Homme iria gravar as sessões – chamadas de “Desert Sessions” –, enquanto uma lista de nomes reconhecidos do hard rock seriam convidados a participar. Com um trabalho em ritmo alucinante, um total de seis volumes foram gravados durante o período de um ano (1998-1999), para o selo independente Man’s Ruin, e contou com a participação de artistas como Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden, Hater, Wellwater Conspiracy), John McBain (Monster Magnet, Wellwater Conspiracy), Fred Drake (Earthlings), Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Fu Manchu), Alfredo Hernandez (Kyuss), Dave Catching (Earthlings), Chris Goss (Masters of Reality), e Peter Stahl (Wool, Earthlings), entre outros. Além de serem lançadas em CD (cada lançamento juntava dois volumes), as sessões também saíram em vinil (discos duplos de 10”). Mas quando a Man’s Ruin abandonou o projeto e Homme fundou a Queen Of The Stone Age com o ex-companheiro da Kyuss (e colaborador do projeto “Desert Sessions”) Nick Oliveri, a série sofreu uma pausa. A ruptura, porém, durou pouco, tendo a gravadora Southern Lord assumido os volumes 7 e 8, que tiveram grandes nomes como Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees), Samantha Maloney (Hole, Motley Crue) e Alain Johannes (Eleven, Chris Cornell) tocando com Homme. Com a Queens Of The Stone Age fazendo grande sucesso com o lançamento de 2002, “Songs For The Deaf”, a Desert Sessions ganhou um pouco de interesse dos recém-iniciados. Os volumes 9 e 10 foram lançados pelo selo de Mike Patton, Ipecac, em 2003, e a formação incluía Dean Ween (Ween), Josh Freese (The Vandals), PJ Harvey, Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson), Joey Castillo (Danzig, QOTSA), Natasha Shneider (Eleven), e Troy Van Leeuwen (A Perfect Circle, QOTSA), entre outros. Outra atração da série Desert Sessions para os fãs da Queens Of The Stone Age é que várias canções lançadas nos volumes correspondentes reapareceram depois em regravações da Queens, a saber: “Millionaire”, “Avon”, “Hanging Tree”, etc.

Observações finais:
a) as fichas dos discos foram extraídas dos sites “discogs” (www.discogs.com) – Volumes 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 e 9-10 – e “allmusic” (www.allmusic.com) – Volumes 7-8;

b) nos créditos, preservaram–se as brincadeiras e apelidos constantes nas fichas tiradas do site “discogs”, mesmo que à custa de alguma óbvia repetição de nomes, para manter o estilo manifestamente anárquico pretendido pelos músicos participantes e/ou pelo(s) mentor(es) do projeto;

c) perante algumas informações conflitantes entre os sites “discogs” e “allmusic”, com relação aos discos, optou-se pelos dados constantes do primeiro site, pelo seu conjunto informativo mais completo;

d) não foi possível obter informações confiáveis a respeito dos autores das músicas;

e) como subsídio, informa-se que na página http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Sessions consta a relação dos músicos que participaram das gravações, associados às suas atuais e ex-bandas, mas alguns dados estão incompletos.


EXTRAS:


The Desert Sessions (2003) Crawl Home [EP]*


PJ Harvey: Vocals, Bass
Joey Castillo: Drums
Johs Homme: Eletronic Drumbeat, Drums, Guitar
Alain Johannes: Vocals, Guitar
Troy Van Leeuwen: Bass

Obs: Não há informação precisa sobre os músicos que tocaram no disco. Mas, através da colaboração novamente do Louiz e outros comentários, dicas, resenhas, etc., montou-se essa formação. Se alguém dispuser de dados mais precisos, coloque, por favor, nos comentários.


1. Dead In Love (3:01)
2. It (Prince Cover) 4:12
3. The Whore Hustle And The Hustlers Whore


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Obs: Este disco foi acrescentado à coleção “Desert Sessions” a partir de uma pertinente observação do nosso amigo e freqüentador do blog, Louiz, feita nos comentários da postagem original.

sexta-feira, 20 de novembro de 2009

Paul Butterfield by Dugabowski

Atenção: os links deste post foram atualizados (reupados) pelo Dugabowski mas, por problemas do MultiUpload, os links do RapidShare não estão funcionando. Utilizem os links dos demais hosts.


Para os aficcionados do blues, principalmente os mais velhos, Paul Butterfield (e as bandas às quais o seu nome está associado, como a Blues Band), dispensa apresentação. Entretanto, como o blog não visa apenas apenas aos entusiastas do blues, muito menos somente aos idosos entusiastas do blues, acredito que uma curta mas essencial biografia do músico não será demais; poderá ser útil tanto aos bluseiros menos entusiasmados quanto aos bluseiros mais jovens, o que já é reconfortante. Ei-la, portanto, extraída do livro “The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll”, editado por Holly George-Warren e Patrícia Romanowski (Fireside, New York, 2001, p. 135), em tradução livre (sempre) do inglês.

Paul Butterfield, um cantor branco e tocador de gaita-de-boca, que aprendeu sua arte com bluseiros negros, ajudou a impulsionar o ressurgimento do blues norte-americano dos anos 60. O adolescente Butterfield se aventurou em clubes do sul de Chicago, trabalhando eventualmente em jams ao vivo com Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Little Walter, Magic Sam e outras lendas do blues. Butterfield tocou com Elvin Bishop, seu colega da Universidade de Chicago, em bandas de bar chamadas Salt And Pepper Shakers e South Side Olympic Blues Team. Em 1963 ele formou a Paul Butterfield Blues Band, com dois ex-integrantes da banda de Howlin' Wolf, Jerome Arnold e Sam Lay, acrescentando mais tarde Bishop, Mark Naftalin e o guitarrista solo Mike Bloomfield. O grupo construiu um forte apoio local, e seu álbum de estréia foi lançado em 1965. No Newport Folk Festival daquele ano, depois de apresentar-se, a banda de Butterfield serviu de apoio a Bob Dylan na sua primeira e controversa performance eletrificada. O disco “East-West” mostrou prolongadas jams, além de revelar influências do jazz e da música indiana. Em seguida, Bloomfield deixou a banda para formar a Electric Flag; Bishop assumiu a guitarra solo.

Em 1967, Butterfield começou a primeira de muitas experiências, adicionando uma seção de metais à banda (incluindo David Sanborn no saxofone alto) e alterando sua orientação musical, do blues para R&B. Ele tocou no álbum de Muddy Waters de 1969, “Fathers And Sons”, e, em 1972, dissolveu a Blues Band, mudando-se para Woodstock, New York. Lá ele formou a Butterfield's Better Days com Amos Garrett, Geoff Muldaur e Ronnie Barron.

Butterfield fez uma aparição no concerto da The Band, “Last Waltz”, em 1976, e no final dos anos 70 ele excursionou com a Levon Helm's RCO All Stars e com o ex-baixista da The Band na Danko-Butterfield Band. No começo de 1980, durante a gravação de “Nort-South” em Memphis, Butterfield teve um intestino perfurado e peritonite, enfermidades que o obrigaram a se submeter a três graves cirurgias ao longo dos anos posteriores. O próximo e último disco de Butterfield, “The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again”, saiu em 1986, um ano antes de o músico de 44 anos, um alcoólatra, ser encontrado morto em seu apartamento.


Discos originais
[por ordem cronológica de lançamento]



1965 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band


Jerome Arnold: Bass
Elvin Bishop: Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
Michael Bloomfield: Slide Guitar
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Sam Lay: Drums
Mark Naftalin: Organ


1. Born in Chicago (Gravenites)
2. Shake Your Moneymaker (James)
3. Blues with a Feeling (Little Walter)
4. Thank You Mr. Poobah (Bloomfield, Butterfield, Naftalin)
5. I Got My Mojo Working (Waters)
6. Mellow Down Easy (Dixon)
7. Screamin’ (Bloomfield)
8. Our Love Is Drifting (Bishop, Butterfield)
9. Mystery Train (Parker, Phillips)
10. Last Night (Little Walter)
11. Look Over Yonders Wall (Clark)


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1966 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – East-West


Jerome Arnold: Bass
Elvin Bishop: Guitar, Vocals
Michael Bloomfield: Guitar
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Billy Davenport: Drums
Nick Gravenits: Organ, Piano
Mark Naftalin: Organ, Piano, Keyboards


1. Walkin’ Blues
2. Get Out Of My Life, Woman
3. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
4. All These Blues
5. Work Song
6. Mary, Mary
7. Two Trains Running
8. Never Say No
9. East West


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1967 – The Butterfield Blues Band – The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crasbshaw


Elvin Bishop: Guitar, Vocals
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Keith Johnson: Trumpet
Bugsy Maugh: Bass, Vocals
Mark Naftalin: Keyboards
David Sanborn: Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
Phillip Wilson: Drums


1. One More Heartache (Moore, Robinson, Rogers, Tarplin, White)
2. Driftin’ and Driftin' (Brown, Moore)
3. Pity the Fool (Malone)
4. Born Under a Bad Sign (Bell, Jones)
5. Run Out of Time (Butterfield, Dinwiddie, Peterson)
6. Double Trouble (Rush)
7. Drivin’ Wheel (Sykes)
8. Droppin’ Out (Butterfield, Zimmerman)
9. Tollin’ Bells


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1968 – The Butterfield Blues Band – In My Own Dream


Elvin Bishop: Guitar, Vocals
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Flute, Mandolin, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Tambourine, Vocals
Keith Johnson: Trumpet
Al Kooper: Organ
Naffy Markham: Keyboards
Bugsy Maugh: Bass, Vocals
Mark Naftalin: Keyboards
David Sanborn: Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
Phillip Wilson: Drums, Vocals


1. Last Hope’s Gone (Butterfield, Haynie, Sanborn)
2. Mine to Love (Maugh)
3. Get Yourself Together (Maugh)
4. Just to Be With You (Roth)
5. Morning Blues (Maugh)
6. Drunk Again (Bishop)
7. In My Own Dream (Butterfield)


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1969 – The Butterfield Blues Band – Keep On Moving


Fred Beckmeier: Bass
Paul Butterfield: Flute, Harmonica, Vocals
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Flute, Guitar, Keyboards, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Howard “Buzz” Feiten: Organ, Guitar, French Horn, Keyboards, Vocals
Ted Harris: Piano
Rod Hicks: Bass, Cello, Vocals
Keith Johnson: Trumpet
Trevor Lawrence: Sax (Baritone)
Steve Madaio: Trumpet
Jerry Ragovoy: Piano
David Sanborn: Sax (Alto)
Phillip Wilson: Drums, Vocals


1. Love March (Dinwiddie, Wilson)
2. No Amount of Loving (Butterfield)
3. Morning Sunrise
4. Losing Hand
5. Walking by Myself (Lane)
6. Except You
7. Love Disease (Dinwiddie)
8. Where Did My Baby Go
9. All in a Day
10. So Far, So Good
11. Buddy’s Advice
12. Keep on Moving


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1971 – The Butterfield Blues Band – Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin’


Big Black: Percussion, Conga, Vocals
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Piano, Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Merry Clayton: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
George Davidson: Drums
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Tambourine, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Oma Drake: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Venetta Fields: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Bobbye Hall: Percussion, Bongos, Conga
Ted Harris: Piano
Rod Hicks: Bass, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Clydie King: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Trevor Lawrence: Saxophone, Sax (Baritone)
Steve Madaio: Trumpet
David Sanborn: Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
Ralph Wash: Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Dennis Whitted: Drums, Vocals


1. Play On (Butterfield)
2. 1000 Ways (Hicks)
3. Pretty Woman (Williams)
4. Little Piece of Dying (Butterfield)
5. Song for Lee (Butterfield)
6. Trainman (Dinwiddie)
7. Night Child (Butterfield, Dinwiddie, Harris, Hicks)
8. Drowned in My Own Tears (Glover)
9. Blind Leading the Blind (Butterfield, Edlen)


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1973 – Paul Butterfield’s Better Days – It All Comes Back


Ronnie Barron: Keyboards, Vocals
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Amos Garrett: Guitar
Geoff Muldaur: Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Slide Guitar
Christopher Parker: Drums
Billy Rich: Bass
Howard Johnson: Horns
Bobby Charles: Vocals
Bobbye Hall: Congas
Maria Muldaur: Vocals


1. Too Many Drivers
2. It’s Getting Harder To Survive
3. If You Live
4. Win Or Lose
5. Small Town Talk
6. Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It
7. Poor Boy
8. Louisiana Flood
9. It All Comes Back


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1973 – Paul Butterfield’s Better Days – Paul Butterfield’s Better Days


Ronnie Barron: Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Choir, Chorus
Gary Brocks: Trombone
Sam Burtis: Trombone
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Harp, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (bckgr),
Bobby Charles: Vocals, Choir, Chorus
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Peter Ecklund: Trumpet
Amos Garrett: Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
Howard Johnson: Horn, Sax (Baritone)
Geoff Muldaur: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Slide Guitar
Maria Muldaur: Fiddle, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus
Chris Parker: Drums
J.D. Parran: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Billy Rich: Bass
David Sanborn: Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
Stan Shafran: Trumpet
Dennis Whitted: Drums, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus


1. New Walkin’ Blues (Johnson)
2. Please Send Me Someone to Love (Mayfield)
3. Broke My Baby's Heart (Barron)
4. Done a Lot of Wrong Things (Charles)
5. Baby Please Don’t Go (Williams)
6. Buried Alive in the Blues (Gravenites)
7. Rule the Road (Von Schmidt)
8. Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Simone)
9. Highway (Hicks)


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1976 – Paul Butterfield – Put It In Your Ear


Richard Bell: Keyboards
Meyer Bello: Strings
Paul Butterfield: Synthesizer, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals, Arp
Evangeline Carmichael: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Fred Carter, Jr.: Guitar
Fred Carter: Guitar
Gene Cipriano: Alto, Soprano, Saxophone
Babe Clark: Baritone Saxophone
Al DeRisi: Trumpet
Erin Dickens: Vocals
Tim Drummond: Bass
Gordon Edwards: Bass, Bass (Electric)
Jesse Ehrlich: Strings
Christine Ermacoff: Strings
Norman Forrest: Strings
Eric Gale: Guitar
Henry Glover: Keyboards
Levon Helm: Percussion, Drums
John Holbrook: Guitar
Garth Hudson: Reeds, Keyboards
James Jameson: Bass, Bass (Electric)
Nick Jameson: Guitar
Karen Jones: Strings
Gail Kantor: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Richard Kaufman: Strings
Ben Keith: Guitar
Raphael Kramer: Strings
Steve Kroon: Drums
Bernard Kundell: Strings
Irwin “Marky” Markowitz: Trumpet
Lloyd Michels: Trumpet
Chris Parker: Percussion, Drums
Jack Pepper: Strings
Seldon Powell: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie: Percussion, Drums
Chuck Rainey: Bass, Bass (Electric)
Jerome Richardson: Alto, Saxophone
Sonny Russo: Trombone
David Sanborn: Alto, Soprano, Saxophone
Wilbur Schwartz: Alto, Soprano
Willie Schwartz: Saxophone
Clifford Shank: Alto, Saxophone
Sidney Sharp: Strings
Paul Shure: Strings
Annie Sutton: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Mel Tax: Baritone
Melvin Tax: Saxophone
Julia Tillman Waters: Vocals
Julia Tilman: Vocals (bckgr)
Frank West: Alto, Saxophone
Lorna Willard: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Andrea Willis: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)


1. You Can Run But You Can’t Hide (Butterfield, Glover)
2. (If I Never Sing) My Song (Carter)
3. The Animal (Martinez)
4. The Breadline (Glover)
5. Ain’t That a Lot of Love (Banks, Parker)
6. I Don’t Wanna Go (Carter)
7. Day to Day (Glover)
8. Here I Go Again (Charles)
9. The Flame (Butterfield)
10. Watch’ Em Tell a Lie (Glover)


[MU] [41MB]



1981 – Paul Butterfield – North-South


Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Steve Cobb: Bass, Percussion
Eddie Fisher: Drums
Jack Hale: Trombone
James Hooker: Piano
Wayne Jacson: Trumpet
Andrew Love: Sax (Tenor)
Willie Mitchell: Percussion
Erma Shaw: Vocals (bckgr
Julius Bradley: Vocals (bckgr)
Michael Toles: Synthetizer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals (bckgr), Guitar Synth


1. I Get Excited
2. Get Some Fun In Your Live
3. Footprints On The Windshield Upside Down
4. Catch A Train
5. Bread And Butterfield
6. Living In Memphis
7. Slow Down
8. I Let It Go (To My Head)
9. Baby Blue


[MU] [37MB]



1986 – Paul Butterfield – The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again


Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Lead Vocals
Blondie Chaplin: Guitar, Vocals
Anton Fig: Drums
Len Leonard: Guitar
Paul Shaffer: Keyboards
Mark Sidgwick: Bass


1. We Stand a Chance (Petty)
2. Save Me (Droukas)
3. Heart Like a Locomotive (Droukas)
4. Don’t You Hang Me Up (Chaplin)
5. The Wandering Kind ( Dylan, Springs)
6. Bad Love (Johnson)
7. Mannish Boy (Diddley, London, McDaniel, Waters)
8. The Night Ain’t Long Enough (Droukas)
9. Changes (Butterfield)


[MU] [30MB]



1999 – Paul Butterfield’s Better Days – Live At Winterland Ballroom


Paul Butterfield: Vocals, Harmonica, Keyboards
Geoff Muldaur: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Ronnie Barron: Vocals, Piano, Organ
Christopher Parker: Drums
Billy Rich: Bass
Amos Garrett: Electric Guitar, Vocal


1. Countryside
2. Burried Alive in Blues (Gravenites)
3. Small Town Talk (Charles, Danko)
4. New Walkin’ Blues (Johnson)
5. Broke My Baby's Heart (Barron)
6. Highway 28 (Hicks)
7. Please Send Me Someone to Love (Mayfield)
8. He’s Got All the Whiskey (Charles)
9. Nobody’s Fault But Min (Simone)


[MU] [138MB]



2005 – The Butterfield Blues Band – Live


Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Piano, Vocals
Merry Clayton: Vocals
George Davidson: Drums
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Saxophone, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Oma Drake: Vocals
Venetta Fields: Vocals
Ted Harris: Piano, Keyboards
Rod Hicks: Bass, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Fretless Bass
Clydie King: Vocals
Trevor Lawrence: Sax (Baritone), Vocals (bckgr)
Steve Madaio: Trumpet, Vocals (bckgr)
David Sanborn: Saxophone
Ralph Wash: Guitar, Vocals


1. Everything Going to Be Alright (Jacobs)
2. Love Disease (Dinwiddle)
3. The Boxer (Hicks)
4. No Amount of Loving (Butterfield)
5. Driftin’ and Driftin’ (Brown, Moore, Williams)
6. Intro to Musicians
7. Number Nine (Harris)
8. I Want to Be With You (Dinwiddie)
9. Born Under a Bad Sign (Bell, Jones)
10. Get Together Again (Butterfield)
11. So Far, So Good (Hicks)


[MU] [301MB]



Discos de coletâneas
[por ordem cronológica de lançamento]



1995 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Original Lost Elektra Sessions


Jerome Arnold: Bass
Elvin Bishop: Guitar
Michael Bloomfield: Guitar, Piano, Organ (Hammond)
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Sam Lay: Drums
Mark Naftalin: Organ


1. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Williamson)
2. Just to Be with You (Roth)
3. Help Me (Williamson)
4. Hate to See You Go (Little Walter)
5. Poor Boy (Traditional)
6. Nut Popper #1 (Butterfield)
7. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Little Walter)
8. Lovin’ Cup (Butterfield)
9. Rock Me (Crudup)
10. It Hurts Me Too (Tampa Red)
11. Our Love Is Driftin’ (Bishop, Butterfield)
12. Take Me Back, Baby (Little Walter)
13. Mellow Down Easy (Dixon)
14. Ain't No Need to Go No Further (Duncan)
15. Love Her with a Feeling (Tampa Red)
16. Piney Brown Blues (Johnson, Turner)
17. Spoonful (Dixon)
18. That's All Right (Rogers)
19. Goin’ Down Slow (Oden)


[MU] [131MB]



1996 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – East-West Live


Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Maracas (track # 1)
Michael Bloomfield: Guitar
Elvin Bishop: Guitar
Mark Naftalin: Keyboards
Jerome Arnold: Bass
Billy Davenport: Drums


1. East-West Live Version # 1 (at The Whisky A Go–Go, Hollywood, California, winter, 1966)
2. East-West Live Version # 2 (at Poor Richard’, Chicago, spring, 1966)
3. East–West Live Version # 3 (at the Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, winter, 1967)


[MU] [117MB]



1996 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Strawberry Jam


Jerome Arnold: Bass
Elvin Bishop: Guitar
Michael Bloomfield: Guitar
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Billy Davenport: Drums
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Sax (Tenor)
Keith Johnson: Trumpet
Bugsy Maugh: Bass
Mark Naftalin: Keyboards
David Sanborn: Sax (Alto)
Phillip Wilson: Drums


1. Just to Be With You (Roth)
2. Mystery Train (Parker, Phillips)
3. Tollin’ Bells (Dixon)
4. Cha Cha in Blues (London)
5. Rock Me (Crudup)
6. One More Heartache (Moore, Robinson, Rogers, Tarplin, White)
7. Strawberry Jam (Naftalin)
8. Come on in This House (London)
9. Born in Chicago (Gravenites)


[MU] [100MB]



1997 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – An Anthology: The Elecktra Years


# Disco 1
Jerome Arnold: Bass (todas as faixas)
Sam Lay: Drums (faixas 1 a 14)
Billy Davenport: Drums (faixas 15 a 19), Percussion (faixas 15 a 19)
Elvin Bishop: Guitar (todas as faixas)
Mike Bloomfield: Organ (faixas 1 a 3, 4, 6 e 7), Piano (faixas 2 a 4, 6 e 7), Guitar (faixas 2 a 19), Slide Guitar (faixas 8 a 14)
Paul Butterfield: Lead Vocal (todas as faixas), Harmonica (todas as faixas)
Mark Naftalin: Organ (faixas 8 a 19), Piano (faixas 8 a 19)

# Disco 2
Bugsy Maugh: Bass (faixas 1 a 7), Lead Vocals (faixa 4), Backing Vocals (faixas 6, 7)
Rod Hicks: Bass (faixas 8 a 14), Backing Vocals (faixa 13)
Phillip Wilson: Drums (faixas 1, 2, 4 a 10), Congas (faixas 3 a 7), Lead Vocals (faixa 6), Vocal (faixa 8), Percussion (faixas 8 a 10), Backing Vocals (faixa 6, 7)
Elvin Bishop: Guitar (faixas 1 a 7)
Mark Naftalin: Keyboards (faixas 1 a 7)
Paul Butterfield: Lead Vocals (faixas 1 a 3, 5, 7, 9, 13), Harmonica (faixas 1 a 7, 9, 11, 12, 14), Flute (faixa 8), Piano (faixa 14), Vocal (faixas 11, 12), Backing Vocals (faixa 13)
David Sanborn: Alto Saxophone (faixas 1 a 3, 5, 6, 8 a 14), Baritone Saxophone (faixa 4), Soprano Saxophone (faixa 7)
Gene Dinwiddie: Tenor Saxophone (todas as faixas), Flute (faixas 3 a 7), Vocal (faixa 8), Backing Vocals (faixa 6, 7, 13)
Keith Johnson: Trumpet (faixas 1 a 10)
Al Kooper: Organ (faixa 5)
John Court: Backing Vocals (faixa 6, 7)
Ted Harris: Piano (faixas 8 a 10), Keyboards (faixas 11, 12)
Buzz Feiten: French Horn (faixa 8), Guitar (faixas 9, 10)
Trevor Lawrence: Baritone Saxophone (faixas 8 a 12)
Steve Madaio: Trumpet (faixas 8 a 14)
Ralph Walsh: Guitar (faixas 11 a 13), Backing Vocals (faixa 13)
Clydie King: Backing Vocals (faixa 13)
Merry Clayton: Backing Vocals (faixa 13)
Oma Drake: Backing Vocals (faixa 13)
Venetta Fields: Backing Vocals (faixa 13)
Big Black: Congas (faixas 13, 14)
Bobby Hall: Congas (faixas 13, 14), Bongos (faixas 13, 14)
Dennis Whitted: Drums (faixas 13, 14)


# Disco 1
1. Born In Chicago
2. Lovin’ Cup
3. One More Mile
4. Off The Wall
5. Come On In
6. Nut Popper #1
7. Ain’t No Need To Go No Further/It’s Too Late Brother
8. Born In Chicago
9. Shake Your Money Maker
10. Blues With A Feeling
11. Thank You Mr. Poobah
12. Our Love Is Driftin'
13. Mystery Train
14. Last Night
15. Walkin’ Blues
16. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
17. Work Song
18. All These Blues
19. East West

# Disco 2
1. One More Heartache
2. Double Trouble
3. Last Hope’s Gone
4. Mornin’ Blues
5. Just To Be With You
6. Get Yourself Together
7. In My Own Dream
8. Love March
9. Walkin’ By Myself
10. Love Disease
11. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
12. Driftin’ & Driftin’
13. Blind Leading The Blind
14. Song For Lee

Disco 1
[MU] [167MB]


Disco 2
[MU] [175MB]



Discos de bootlegs
[em ordem cronológica de realização dos shows]



18.1.1969 – Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Live At Amsterdan


Conhecidos:
Paul Butterfield: Vocals, Harmonica
Buzz Feiten: Guitar
David Sanborn: Saxophone


1. Intro/One More Heartache
2. I’ve Got a Mind To Give Up Living
3. Everything Gonna Be Alright
4. Get Out Of My Life Woman
5. All Your Love/Outro


[MU] [74MB]
Observação: artwork indisponível.



??.12.1970 – Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Live In A&R Studios/WLPJ-FM


Paul Butterfield: Vocals, Harmonica
Rod Hicks: Bass
Trevor Lawrence: Baritone Saxophone
Steve Madaio: Trumpet
David Sanborn: Alto Saxophone
Ralph Wash: Guitar
Dennis Whitted: Drums
Brother Gene Dinwiddie: Vocals, Tenor Sax, Flute


# Disco 1
1. Intro
2. Born Under a Bad Sign
3. Play On
4. Driftin' & Driftin'
5. The Boxer

# Disco 2
1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
2. Stuck in the Countryside
3. Drowned in My Own Tears
4. Love March
5. Get Together Again
6. Announcer Encore
7. So Far, So Good
8. Announcer Outro

Discos 1 e 2
[MU] [198MB]
Observação: artwork indisponível.




10.1.1978 – Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Live At Greek Theater


Paul Butterfield: Hamonica, Vocals
Michael Bloomfield: Guitar
Elvin Bishop: Guitar, Vocals
Jerome Arnold: Bass
Mark Naftalin: Piano
Sam Lay: Drums, Vocals
Maria Muldaur: Backing Vocals


# Disco 1
1. Born in Chicago
2. Our Love is Drifting
3. You're Looking Good Tonight
4. Shake Your Money Maker
5. Get Out of My Life, Woman

# Disco 2
1. Payin’ The Price For Feelin’ Nice
2. Mystery Train
3. Little Brown Bird
4. I Got My Mojo Working
05. Piano Intro
06. Don’t Lie To Me

Discos 1 e 2
[MU] [198MB]




19.7.1979 – Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield – Live At Parr Meadows


Rick Belke: Guitar, Vocals
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Blondie Chaplin: Guitar, Vocals
Rick Danko: Bass, Vocals
Tom Stevenson: Piano, Vocals
John Sebastian: Harmonica, Vocals


1. Introduction/I Love You Too Much
2. Stage Fright
3. Crazy Mama
4. Semolina
5. Unfaithful Servant
6. Good Feeling
7. Brainwash
8. Sail On Sailor
9. Born In Chicago
10. Java Blues
11. Mystery Train


[MU] [62MB]



19.9.1984 – Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Paul Butterfield – Live At Lone Star Cafe


Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Paul Butterfield
Observação: indisponível a relação dos instrumentos tocados pelos músicos.


# Disco 1 (early show)
1. The Shape I’m In
2. CC Rider
3. It Makes No Difference
04 - Walking Blues
05 - My Baby Left Me
06 - You Don’t Know Me
07 – I’m Just Your Fool
08 - Long Black Veil
09 - Chest Fever
10 - Blaze Of Glory

# Disco 2 (later show)
1. Crazy Mama
2. Across The Great Divide
3. Java Blues
4. Walking By Myself
5. Unfaithful Servant
6. She Knows
7. Got Me A Car
8. Stage Fright
9. Why Are People Like That
10. I Shall Be Released
11. Honest I Do
12. Mystery Train

Discos 1 e 2
[MU] [233MB]
Observação: artwork indisponível.



Discos em conjunto


1967 – Paul Butterfield Blues Band – What’s Shakin’
[junto com Loovin’ Spoonful, Tom Rush, Al Kooper e Eric Clapton And The Powerhouse]


Paul Butterfield: Vocals, Harmonica
Mike Bloomfield: Gguitar
Elvin Bishop: Guitar
Mark Naftalin: Keyboard
Jerome Arnold: Bass
Sam Lay: Drums


1. Spoonful
2. Of The Wall
3. Lovin’ Cup
4. Good Morning Little School Girl
5. One More Mile


[MU] [31MB]
Observação: o disco completo encontra-se disponibilizado no blog Seres da Noite.




1969 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Woodstock


Paul Butterfield: Harmonica, Vocals
Howard “Buzz” Feiten: Guitar
Rod Hicks: Bass
Ted Harris: Keyboards
Philip Wilson: Drums
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


1. All In A Day
2. All My Love Comin’ Throught To You
3. Drifting Blues
4. Love March
5. Everything’s Gonna Bel Alright


[MU] [81MB]
Observação: a artwork do disco é uma montagem.



Critérios observados na postagem:
a) todos os discos originais, de acordo com a listagem contida nos sites “allmusic” e “discogs”, encontram-se disponibilizados;
b) as coletâneas encontradas, que, a rigor, não integram a discografia, porquanto se limitam a reproduzir músicas já contidas nos álbuns originais, se acham disponibilizadas como itens de colecionador;
c) só se disponibilizaram os bootlegs com boa qualidade sonora (ficaram de fora, por não atenderem esse requisito: Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Live At Unicorn Coffee, show realizado em 1966; Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Recorded Live At Fillmore West, 1966/1969; Paul Butterfield & Rick Danko – Live At Masonic Temple, show realizado em 29.10.1979; todavia, não se descarta a possibilidade de serem postados se houver interessados);
d) o disco An Offer You Can’t Refuse, gravado por Paul Butterfield & Walter Horton e lançado em 1997 (no site “allmusic, este álbum figura equivocadamente como uma compilação) também ficou de fora pela má qualidade sonora da gravação, mas igualmente pode ser disponibilizado se houver interessados;
e) não constam os discos em que Paul Buttefield aparece como músico de estúdio ou artista convidado, porque são incontáveis;
f) os dois discos em que Paul Butterfield participa com outros artistas (What’s Shakin’, de 1967, e Woodstock, de 1969) estão aqui catalogados como “discos em conjunto”, porém foram disponibilizadas apenas as faixas em que o músico toca;
g) sempre que isso se mostrou possível, estão apontados os compositores das músicas;
h) as fichas técnicas (faixas e músicos) dos discos foram extraídas dos próprios álbuns e, quando isso não foi possível, dos sites “allmusic”, “discogs” e “chrome oxide”, todos em inglês.