Dylan on Mike Bloomfield-- The guy that I always miss, and I think hed still be around if he stayed with me, actually, was Mike Bloomfield. He could just flat-out play. He had so much soul. And he knew all the styles, and he could play them so incredibly well. He was an expert player and a real prodigy, too. Started playing early. But then again a lot of good guitarists have played with me. Freddy Tackett, Steve Ripley — Mick Taylor played with me for a minute....He [Bloomfield] could play like Willie Brown or Charlie Patton. He could play like Robert Johnson way back then in the Sixties. The only other guy who could do that in those days was Brian Jones, who played in the Rolling Stones. He could also do the same thing. Fingerpicking rhythms that hardly anyone could do. Those are the only two guys Ive ever met who could ... from back then ... the only two guys who could play the pure style of country blues authentically. [Douglas Brinkley interview May 14, 2009]
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:26:18 +0000
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