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Between A Hard Place And The Ground
Mike Bloomfield →1,443 listeners3,710 plays
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Recorded at Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA; 1977(?) Personnel: Michael Bloomfield - guitar, vocal Barry Goldberg, Mark Naftalin - piano Ira Kamin - organ Mark Adams - harmonica Roger Troy - b, vocal Doug Kilmer, bass George Rains, Bob Jones - drums The Originals, ts, bar User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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# Between a Hard Place and the Ground This live recording captures Bloomfield during a creatively restless period, exploring blues traditions with genuine scholarly curiosity rather than nostalgic reverence. The ensemble—anchored by dual keyboards and featuring multiple rhythm players—creates an uncommonly textured sound for blues performance, suggesting how the genre might absorb contemporary influences without losing its essential character. Bloomfield's guitar work here balances technical precision with emotional restraint, while his vocals convey weathered authenticity. What emerges is neither purist preservation nor trendy fusion, but rather an intelligent conversation between tradition and experimentation. For listeners interested in how serious musicians engaged with blues during the 1970s, when the form
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