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Paul Butterfield Blues Band is a 1965 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
. It is a milestone in the history of blues rock as one of the first blues albums featuring a white singer, and anticipated the British blues rock phenomenon
Phenomenon

A phenomenon is any observation occurrence. In popular usage, a phenomenon often refers to an extraordinary event. In physics, a phenomenon may be a feature of matter, energy, or spacetime....
. In 2003, the album was ranked number 476 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.Related news articles:* The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums....
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Paul Butterfield Blues Band is a 1965 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
. It is a milestone in the history of blues rock as one of the first blues albums featuring a white singer, and anticipated the British blues rock phenomenon
Phenomenon

A phenomenon is any observation occurrence. In popular usage, a phenomenon often refers to an extraordinary event. In physics, a phenomenon may be a feature of matter, energy, or spacetime....
. In 2003, the album was ranked number 476 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.Related news articles:* The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums....
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Track listing

  1. "Born in Chicago" (Nick Gravenites
    Nick Gravenites

    Nicholas George Gravenites , known as Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy, is a blues, Rock music and folk singer?songwriter and is best known for his work with Janis Joplin and several other greats of the 1960s and 1970s....
    ) – 2:55
  2. "Shake Your Moneymaker
    Shake Your Moneymaker

    Shake Your Money Maker is the debut album by the American Southern rock band The Black Crowes, released in January 1990 . The album is named after a classic blues song written by Elmore James....
    " (Elmore James
    Elmore James

    Elmore James was an United States blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader.He was known as "The King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice....
    ) – 2:27
  3. "Blues With a Feeling" (Walter Jacobs
    Little Walter

    Little Walter was a blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist.Jacobs is generally included among blues music greats?his revolutionary harmonica technique has earned comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix in its impact....
    ) – 4:20
  4. "Thank You Mr. Poobah" (Mike Bloomfield
    Mike Bloomfield

    Michael Bernard Bloomfield , an United States musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess....
    /Paul Butterfield
    Paul Butterfield

    Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
    /Mark Naftalin
    Mark Naftalin

    Mark Naftalin, , is a blues keyboardist, composer, and Record producer.He is known for his role, from 1965-1968, in the Paul Butterfield. On certain albums by this group he is credited as "Naffy Markham"....
    ) – 4:05
  5. "I Got My Mojo Working
    Got My Mojo Working

    "Got My Mojo Working" is a 1956 in music song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole, but popularized by Muddy Waters in 1957 in music....
    " (Muddy Waters
    Muddy Waters

    McKinley Morganfield , better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues"....
    ) – 3:30
  6. "Mellow Down Easy" (Willie Dixon
    Willie Dixon

    William James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known United States blues bassist, singing, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil ", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home"...
    ) – 2:48 (incorrectly listed on LP and liner notes as 3:40)
  7. "Screamin'" (Bloomfield
    Bloomfield

    Bloomfield may refer to:...
    ) – 4:30
  8. "Our Love Is Drifting" (Bloomfield/Elvin Bishop
    Elvin Bishop

    Elvin Bishop is an United States blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist....
    ) – 3:25
  9. "Mystery Train
    Mystery Train

    "Mystery Train" is a song written by Junior Parker and Sam Phillips. It was first recorded in Phillip's Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee in 1953....
    " (Junior Parker
    Junior Parker

    Junior Parker, also known as Little Junior Parker or "Mr Blues" was a successful and influential Memphis blues singer and musician....
    /Sam Phillips
    Sam Phillips

    Samuel Cornelius Phillips , better known as Sam Phillips, was an United States record producer who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s....
    ) – 2:45
  10. "Last Night" (Jacobs) – 4:15
  11. "Look Over Yonders Wall" (James Clark
    James Clark

    James Clark may refer to:* James Clark , Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Luxembourg* James Clark , Speaker of the Ontario Legislature from 1939 to 1943...
    ) – 2:23


Personnel

  • Paul Butterfield
    Paul Butterfield

    Paul Butterfield was an United States blues vocalist, harmonica player who gained international recognition in part, as one of the early acts performing during the Summer of Love, in Woodstock, New York....
     – Harmonica
    Harmonica

    The harmonica is a free reed aerophone wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes....
     and vocals
  • Mike Bloomfield
    Mike Bloomfield

    Michael Bernard Bloomfield , an United States musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess....
     – Guitar
  • Elvin Bishop
    Elvin Bishop

    Elvin Bishop is an United States blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist....
     – Guitar
  • Mark Naftalin
    Mark Naftalin

    Mark Naftalin, , is a blues keyboardist, composer, and Record producer.He is known for his role, from 1965-1968, in the Paul Butterfield. On certain albums by this group he is credited as "Naffy Markham"....
     – Organ
    Organ (music)

    The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
  • Jerome Arnold – Bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • Sam Lay – drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
     - also lead vocal on "I Got My Mojo Working"


Charts

Billboard (North America)
YearChartPosition
1966Pop Albums123