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I was crusing through some old records and came across the Orig. Paul Butterfield Blues Band Album and the 'East Meets West'. Whew!

Not enough credit is given to the 'British Invasion' for introducing White America to it's greatest music-Blues.
I remember most Brit groups suprise when asked what was great influence to their music.--Looking at us like idiots-Blues. All early groups covered many great blues songs.- Credit must also be given to Elvis. In certain parts of country, his music not played because it was too ....
In Bobby Vinton Denver, I used to listen, at 11:pm to Wolfman Jack and his billion watt Mexican transmitter.

Mind BLower. Negativity to 'Black' music was very strong. Remember the Stone's refusing to play on Ed Sullivan Show unless John Lee Hooker was allowed to apper and perform with them?

Hesh--

That story is pretty much true with Hendrix.  I wish he could have lasted a little longer.  I have East Meets West on vinyl (as well as four or five hundred other titles) and I love to still bring it out and listen.

 

 

 

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Jim Howell
Charlotte, NC

Jimi story true.
Europe was the safe place for all great black music-through many years. Ellington -,Bird, Miles-all spent time in Europe-Treated the same as any other musician who had great talents.
Blues was virt unknown here, but the musc grew and survived in GB and France. The greats who could only get a gig at a rusty roadside-were stars in Europe-Howlin' Elmore James,Albert Collins, Son House, Muddy..and on and on. Who knows what would have happened to 'our' only great music w/o Europeans.

It's ironic- the Paul Butterfield Blues Band got a lot more popular after Mike Bloomfield played on Dylan's Hwy 61 album. Kids started following the trail of crumbs back toward the sources- at least that's what happened with the folks I hung around with in the mid-sixties.

I don't think the European thing had much to do with Butterfield's success, but I could be wrong there. Certainly the Stones, John Mayall (Clapton) and other groups opened a lot of eyes when people started reading the fine print on the albums.

Bob J- thanks for the trip down memory lane!

John

Yep it was great living in London in the 60s, we could go and see Jimi at the Marquee Club, playing for a couple of hazy hours with an audience of maybe 100. Then go to the Brommel Club to see John Mayall with maybe Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck or (the best of the lot) Peter Green on guitar, oh and Mick Fleetwood on Drums and John McVie on Bass. Then it was off to the Troubadour for Bob Dylan or Sonny Terry/Brownie McGee or one of the other great blues men. But if you got bored with that you could go to the UFO to see this new young physcadelic band, what was their name? Oh yes Pink Floyd. Or maybe Ronnie Scott's for Miles or MJQ.

We didn't see the colour, just heard the vibes, a unique time.

Colin

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I had both of those albums...long since lost to the sands of time.

I got to see Jimi once at the SMU fieldhouse in Dallas. It must have been about 69. Truly a strange night and the most stupid crowd I have ever seen. Jimi plays a couple songs, leaves the stage to return with two chairs and a bottle of whiskey. Leaves again,  returnng with a guitar case that he carefully placed on one chair. Carefully removing the guitar with both hands, Jimi sits down and says "I want to play some blues".

Jimi plays one or two songs while the crowd yells "Purple Haze" and "Burn your guitar"!.

Jimi carefully packs the guitar and leaves the stage, returning with a cheap Fender. Plays "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze", smashes the Fender into the amps and walks off.

The end

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GregH
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