The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87099 Message #1627697
Posted By: number 6
14-Dec-05 - 10:37 PM
Thread Name: Most Influential Album?
Subject: RE: Most Influential Album?
I'm glad you asked Johnross, didn't feel I'd get a response, but yours was more than I expected ... you pretty summed up my reason in your statement ...
"specifically, what was Butterfield's long-term impact? Was this the LP that opened peoples' ears to electric blues? Did people who heard that record move on to discover the whole world of Chicago blues -- e.g., the older bluesmen like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, and the younger guys like Buddy Guy?"
It specifically opened up a lot of middle class white kid's ears, certainly know it opened mine and a lot of my contempories at that time ... it proved we could now also play the blues ... and as you stated opened a lot of doors for the originals to be heard.
Good point about Elektra, food for thought that's for sure.
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