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

[Donnie MorTone <harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scroll way down the page past the Butterfield bio

where it says 3 COMMENTS....click on LINK Pt1...

this takes you to a free file sharing site for the download.

When prompted for a password it is "aoofc"

Be sure to download LINK Pt2 for the rest.

 

"The late Paul Butterfield was a colossal figure in the development of blues music.

These nine tracks were recorded at the famed Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco,

CA. on Feb. 23rd 1973, and should be heard by anybody remotely interested in good

music. Sadly, one of the other musicians on this album, Ronnie Barron, is now departed,

but he will forever be remembered for his contribution to the blues."

 

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

 

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


"After 1970's Live and the following year's studio effort Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin',

Butterfield broke up his band and parted ways with Elektra. Tired of all the touring and

personnel turnover, he retreated to the communal atmosphere of Woodstock, still a

musicians' haven in the early '70s, and in 1971 formed a new group eventually dubbed

Better Days. Guitarist Amos Garrett and drummer Chris Parker were the first to join,

and with folk duo Geoff and Maria Muldaur in tow, the band was initially fleshed out by

organist Merl Saunders and bassist John Kahn, both from San Francisco. Sans Geoff Muldaur,

this aggregation worked on the soundtrack of the film Steelyard Blues, but Saunders and

Kahn soon returned to the Bay Area, and were replaced by New Orleans pianist Ronnie Barron

and Taj Mahal bassist Billy Rich. This lineup — with Geoff Muldaur back, plus contributions from

singer/songwriter Bobby Charles — released the group's first album, Better Days, in 1972 on

Butterfield manager Albert Grossman's new Bearsville label."


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