Yeah, I agree - there's some good stuff out there post 1970.  Personally, I really enjoy the 1974 stuff with Jellyroll Troy; its pretty wild.  I'm assuming, though, that rumor began to spread that Bloomfield's touch was fading, not sure.  I heard his later years he became very unreliable, therefore, pushing away a lotta people.  I must admit - I find it hard to listen to some of the stuff from 1980 where he's obvious drunk, great piano player & still has "it," but it's sad for me to listen to it now... losing one of our greats.  Kinda like me listening to Jerry Garcia right before his death - the whole 1995 Grateful Dead was a real mess, Jerry sounded awful, and it was sad to hear.

Instead, I love listening to Bloomfield '74 stuff and '65 through '69 stuff, especially.  The Essential Blues Dont Say I Aint Your Man (or whatever the title is... lol) I play A LOT, especially track 12 (Lord have MERCY!!).  Red Hot & Blue gets played a lot as well as Wintery Countryside off of Gravenites' My Labors (beautiful slow blues) and, of course, his stuff w/ Al Kooper.

Peggy - did you get that book from Amazon yet?  How is it?  I noticed on Ebay a few weeks ago someone was selling that rare OOP book (American Guitar Hero, or whatever the title is).... went for about $178, with the majority of the bidding happening in the last 20 seconds.  Damn!!  The bid had been at $30 for awhile & I was hoping to steal it for that... LOL.

Anyways, Peggy - do you have a particularly favorite show (official or boot) that you listen to a lot?  What do you think of the '71 shows circulating boots from Swing Auditorium?