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Dylan & Bloomfield
In 1965 Bob Dylan released Bringing it all Back Home — the record’s first side featuring the folk music hero playing with an electric band. In July of that same year, Dylan played the Newport Folk Festival and made history when he took to the hallowed stage with the fully amplified Paul Butterfield Blues Band [...]
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Tagged blues, Bob Dylan, Chicago, Dylan goes electric, Elmore James, Great Migration, Heroin, Mike Bloomfield, Newport Folk Festival, overdose, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, San Fransisco, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar, The Mike Bloomfield Story, Warfield Theatre
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Revolution Rediscovered
Jack O’Connell’s 1968 film Revolution captured the craziness, the chaos, the hope and the hippies that defined the Summer of Love. Some of these interviews seem a little staged, but, for the most part, he captures some really candid moments and some extended music sequences that seem to embody the times. The soundtrack is noted [...]
