New Walkin' Blues - Paul Butterfield's Better Days | The Midnight Special

September 28, 1973

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[daviddaniels]

Paul Butterfield, one of the best bluesmen ever.

[jenbloom]

When I was a kid, I’d watch The Midnight Special as an act of rebellion against my bedtime. Now I watch it to fill my soul!

[rogeeeferrari]

As a young teenager in the late 60's, the first time I heard this band I was hooked. They pretty much never got played on the radio...

[johnwescott]

Great posting. Paul Butterfield one of the greatest band leaders of all time and great assembler of top rate musicians.

[curtisphilumalee]

I could listen to this foot stomping blues all day.

Excellent upload

[tim.timothy.brennan]

What a Master of the Blues total legend this guy has so much soul and feeling for the Art and the inspiration to send the message of the Blues for everyone around the world no matter what colour or gender this guy is for real !!!

[MacHeath]

I’ve never seen footage of the original Better Days before, and, not surprisingly, they’re killing it here—fantastic! I bought their albums when they were first released and still play them regularly. Amos Garrett has been a hero of mine for fifty-plus years. A thousand thanks for posting this!

[KittyGrizGriz]

Great performance showcasing their “swampy” blues sound - Pauls fantastic vocal and harp playing skills. Did some digging and realized this is his “Better Days” band, and that Paul was trained as a classical flautist.
Tulsan Elvin Richard Bishop, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” songwriter-slide guitarist got his start with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band way back at the beginning in 1965. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. It’s sad that Paul Butterfield succumbed to addiction brought on by his health struggles with peritonitis, and died at age 44 in 1987.
Thankful we get to enjoy these gigs…forever…❤…

[RichardRitenour]

When music had meaning and purpose!! Solid upload!

[CharlesWorthington-zs]

I have the two Better Days albums from the early seventies ! Both are excellent !!

[StephanieJeanne]

Great blues tune for a rainy Wednesday morning! These guys were awesome!😎

[esize]

1:24 Amos Garrett, 　3:21 GEOFF MULDAUR, 　2:31 Christopher Parker

[eskenazibeth]

Great Midnight Special, I remember seeing this performance and I was a big fan of Paul Butterfield’s Blues Band💯%

[janicetrimmell]

I'm sorry I waited until I got home from work to watch this. Should have had a little Butter first thing this morning. First rate blues!

[duelenigma]

some of the best concerts I went to . Big bands great soloists and the great Paul Butterfield . Guess this was post Mike Bloomfield . Amos Garret guitar ?

[landlinesandpercolators]

I'm a decent harp player - I watch Butter and I want toss all my harps in the trash.

[hubertsumlin]

You know what's criminal? All the Butterfield studio recordings (obviously not this live one) with ZERO HARMONICA...the producers on all those tracks should've been exiled or worse...

[hermanmunster]

Sorry, not feeling it. This sounds too staged, not loose.

[thatsgirl]

Oh, come on now.... "New Walkin' Blues" to get us over the hump. 💙🩵
Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖