Paul Butterfield
| Born | December 17, 1942 |
| Hometown | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Spouse | Virginia McEwan, Kathy Peterson |
| Children | Lee Butterfield |
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His book captures 100 years of folk and country music history in Chicago
CHICAGO — Mark Guarino is a child of Oak Park, Illinois, and has been a writer since high school, his work appearing in a vast and varied number of publications, on stages of theaters in plays he created and now, finally, between covers in a spectacular book dedicated to the musicians of Chicago. He loves the sounds of this city and has spent the last decade researching, interviewing and ...
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His book captures 100 years of folk and country music history here in Chicago
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Blues, booze and debauchery: the agonising life and death of Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield inspired Dylan to plug in, was a virtuoso singer and mouth harp player, and took black blues to white America. But beneath the surface, trouble was brewing
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Grateful Dead cover bands began in NJ more than 50 years ago. The music never stopped
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Blues drummer Sam Lay, who played with Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters, dies at 86
Acclaimed blues drummer Sam Lay, who played with the likes of Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters, died Saturday of natural causes in Chicago.
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Blues drummer Sam Lay dies at 86; played with Dylan, Waters
Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died at age 86. Lay died Saturday of natural causes in Chicago, Alligator Records said Monday.
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Paul Butterfield Documentary ‘Horn From the Heart’ Bought by Abramorama (EXCLUSIVE)
Abramorama has bought global rights for John Anderson’s documentary “Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story,” Variety has learned exclusively. The film uses Butterfield’s music and words, along with first--hand accounts of his family, his band mates and those closest to him. Butterfield, who died in 1987, is regarded by some as the greatest […]
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: The Hot, The Wet & The Soul-Shaking
If there was one pounding, fist-shaking, good-time, party-inducing rock ‘n’ roll classic to be heard this summer, it would have to be “S.O.B.,” the gigantic, unexpected blast of euphoria provided by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. It is a pounding, good-time track that merges the best of the Stax soul sound of the ‘60s, the bluesy newness of the classic Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and the most modern, hip-shaking rhythm and blues you’ve ever heard in your life.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Honorees Display Wide Range of Styles
Numbers matter more than usual this year at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whose annual ceremony on April 18 marks 30 years of the Cleveland institution’s induction tradition. The clichéd rock ’n’ roll attitude of diminishing trust for anything over 30 doesn’t apply here, where the overall effort — for both the museum... Read more ?
