What really happened to Mike Bloomfield?

What really happened to Mike Bloomfield?

15, 1981, his body was found slumped in a beat up 1971 Mercury Marquis parked on the street in the affluent Forest Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. The coroner concluded he died of cocaine and methamphetamine poisoning, drugs that Bloomfield, being a hot-wired insomniac, had never been known to use.

Is Mike Bloomfield in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Bloomfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year as the lead guitarist for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the integrated group that introduced the blues to a generation of young, white music fans in the 1960s.

How old is Mike Bloomfield?

37 years (1943–1981)
Mike Bloomfield/Age at death

Did Mike Bloomfield play at Woodstock?

By 1969 Butterfield was the only original member, so it was a new Butterfield Blues Band that played Woodstock — no Elvin Bishop or Mike Bloomfield, but future saxophone superstar David Sanborn was in the brass section.

What kind of guitar did Mike Bloomfield play?

Bloomfield used the Les Paul Standard in the Electric Flag and on the Super Session album and concerts. He later switched between the Les Paul and the Telecaster, but his use of the Les Paul inspired other guitarists to use the model and spurred Gibson to reintroduce the Les Paul Standard in 1968.

Where is Bloomfield buried?

Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, CA
Mike Bloomfield/Place of burial

Who played guitar with Paul Butterfield at Woodstock?

guitarist Mike Bloomfield
During their engagement, Butterfield met and occasionally sat in with guitarist Mike Bloomfield. Rothchild was impressed with the chemistry between the two and persuaded Paul to bring Bloomfield into the band and eventually signed them to Elektra Records in 1964.

Who played in the Paul Butterfield Band?

Members

Name	Years active	Instruments
Paul Butterfield	1963–1971 (died 1987)	lead and backing vocals harmonica occasional flute, piano and guitar
Elvin Bishop	1963–1968	guitar backing and lead vocals
Jerome Arnold	1963–1967	bass
Sam Lay	1963–1965	drums backing and lead vocals

When did Mike Bloomfield get his Les Paul?

He continued to use his Telecaster, but at some point in the fall of 1965 Bloomfield also acquired a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. Guitarists Freddy King, Chuck Berry, Johnny Littlejohn, John Lee Hooker and Michael’s mentor, Muddy Waters, all had Goldtops, and Michael must have been very pleased to get one.

Is Paul Butterfield still alive?

Deceased (1942–1987)
Paul Butterfield/Living or Deceased

Did Paul Butterfield play with Muddy Waters?

Butterfield next pursued a solo career and appeared as a sideman in several different musical settings. In 1975, he again joined Muddy Waters to record Waters’s last album for Chess Records, The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album.

Does Elvin Bishop sing?

Elvin Richard Bishop (born October 21, 1942) is an American blues and rock music singer, guitarist, bandleader, and songwriter….

Elvin Bishop
Genres	Blues, blue-eyed soul, blues rock, country rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, guitarist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, slide guitar
Years active	1963–present