RE: [Harp-L] Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Live at Winterland Ballroom '73

[Donnie MorTone <harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops...

 

Here's the link:

 

http://overdoseoffingalcocoa.blogspot.com/2009/10/paul-butterfields-better-days.html

 

> From: harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:00:50 -1000
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> Subject: [Harp-L] Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Live at Winterland Ballroom '73
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> Scroll way down the page past the Butterfield bio
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> where it says 3 COMMENTS....click on LINK Pt1...
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> this takes you to a free file sharing site for the download.
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> When prompted for a password it is "aoofc"
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> Be sure to download LINK Pt2 for the rest.
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> "The late Paul Butterfield was a colossal figure in the development of blues music.
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> These nine tracks were recorded at the famed Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco,
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> CA. on Feb. 23rd 1973, and should be heard by anybody remotely interested in good
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> music. Sadly, one of the other musicians on this album, Ronnie Barron, is now departed,
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> but he will forever be remembered for his contribution to the blues."
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> 1. Countryside - Copyright Control
> 2. Buried Alive In The Blues - Nick Gravenites
> 3. Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles & Rick Danko
> 4. New Walkin Blues - Robert Johnson
> 5. Broke My Baby's Heart - Ronnie Barron
> 6. Highway 28 - Rod Hicks
> 7. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield
> 8. He's Got All The Whiskey - Bobby Charles
> 9. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Nina Simone
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> Paul Butterfield R.I.P - Vocals, Harmonica, Keyboards
> Geoff Muldaur - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
> Amos Garrett - Electric Guitar, Vocal
> Billy Rich - Bass
> Ronnie Barron R.I.P - Vocals, Piano, Organ
> Christopher Parker - Drums
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> "After 1970's Live and the following year's studio effort Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin',
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> Butterfield broke up his band and parted ways with Elektra. Tired of all the touring and
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> personnel turnover, he retreated to the communal atmosphere of Woodstock, still a
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> musicians' haven in the early '70s, and in 1971 formed a new group eventually dubbed
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> Better Days. Guitarist Amos Garrett and drummer Chris Parker were the first to join,
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> and with folk duo Geoff and Maria Muldaur in tow, the band was initially fleshed out by
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> organist Merl Saunders and bassist John Kahn, both from San Francisco. Sans Geoff Muldaur,
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> this aggregation worked on the soundtrack of the film Steelyard Blues, but Saunders and
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> Kahn soon returned to the Bay Area, and were replaced by New Orleans pianist Ronnie Barron
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> and Taj Mahal bassist Billy Rich. This lineup — with Geoff Muldaur back, plus contributions from
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> singer/songwriter Bobby Charles — released the group's first album, Better Days, in 1972 on
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> Butterfield manager Albert Grossman's new Bearsville label."
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> http://www.youtube.com/user/BluesGeek
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> The William Clarke Tribute Site: 
> http://www.angelfire.com/blues/williamclarke/index.html
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