Re: [Harp-L] Butter TV spot

[David Brown <nonidesign@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, Muddy didn't agree with you. He put Butterfield in the same ranks as
Wells, Cotton, and the Walters.
I have a copy of "Fathers and Sons" which has a live version of "Same Thing"
on it with Paul doing a job on harp that pretty much quashes any notion that
he didn't qualify as a "blues musician".




On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Ev630 <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Two observations on this:
>
> First, I could never get into Butterfield. His phrasing has too much of a
> rock sensibility for my taste. Like that arpeggio descending lick he would
> always do and that you hear at the intro of the TV spot. Not saying he's a
> bad player, but he just doesn't float my boat as a blues musician. Lord
> knows I have tried and I know he was the first cat that hipped a lot of
> white Americans to the blues, and that's one reason I think why he's
> adored.
> But I got into the blues listening to Wells, Cotton, the Walters, etc... so
> it just doesn't do it for me.
>
> Second, what a shame they couldn't have had Cotton or some other great
> black
> blues musician on that TV show.
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