Hi Mia,
Boy, you sound like me! I can never get enough of Michael's
music. I totally get what you're saying about the Newport
gig. LOVE IT!! You HAVE seen the DVD titled
Festival, I hope. There is a lot of footage of
Michael (with Dylan, with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and
also an interview with Michael). It's a MUST HAVE for
any Bloomfield fan.
The out-of-print book you mentioned in a previous post is called The
Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero Michael Bloomfield by Ed
Ward. I have seen used copies available anywhere from $75 to
$350, depending on the seller. I recently purchased one on
Ebay for $100. There are many pictures I hadn't seen
before. It was worth every penny. I was informed recently
of yet another book written by Dave Shorey, who played bass guitar in
Bloomfield & Friends in the late 70's. The book is titled
Tell On It - The Compendium of Obscurity. "TELL ON IT was the
expression Mike Bloomfield used to get us to open up
and get to the present tense reality, and cut to the chase". My
copy will be shipped this week. Can't wait!!
http://books.google.com/books?id=FED3BDTb974C&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=tell+on+it&source=web&ots=i3rEJchSfD&sig=jPVcS0WACy9v3wRXXwbeeTltlwc#PPP1,M1
