Born Under a Bad Sign: The Short Life and Deep Blues of Michael Bloomfield

On a snowy New York night in 1965 a young, wiry guitarist named Michael Bloomfield followed Bob Dylan into Columbia Records’ studio on Seventh Avenue carrying a caseless, snow-covered Telecaster. Bloomfied knocked the snow off his guitar, wiped it dry, plugged in, and revealed a glimpse of his genius. It was quite an entrance—both literally and figuratively—to the session that would yield “Like a Rolling Stone,” one of the greatest rock and roll songs ever recorded, and to Bloomfield’s influential, brilliant, and chaotic musical career.

“I had been invited by Dylan’s producer Tom Wilson to come watch the session that day,” recalls rock legend Al Kooper. “Naively, I had decided I was going to play guitar, because I was primarily a guitar player at the time and had a fair amount of sessions under my belt. But in walks this bizarre looking guy with Dylan. And when he plugged in and started to warm up, I went slinking back into the control room and put my guitar away.”

Later Kooper slipped back into the studio and faked his way through “Like a Rolling Stone” on Hammond organ, an instrument he could barely play at the time. So Bloomfield that afternoon not only cemented his own fame, but propelled Kooper ...........................

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