4Hayden Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edtl5W4XNLk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I always thought this was a great song, although a little out of character for the "Elvin Bishop Band". But.... this song certainly propelled Mickey Thomas to greater heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I always thought this was a great song, although a little out of character for the "Elvin Bishop Band". But.... this song certainly propelled Mickey Thomas to greater heights. I agree with you , Elvin could rock it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Always liked Elvin Bishop... He was an instrumental piece of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band for many years back in the day. Often taking a back-seat to Michael Bloomfield, he was never a slouch! Here's a vid of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band featuring Elvin Biship at The Monterey Pop Festival 1967 If I'm not mistaken it was right after this performance that Mike Bloomfield joined them. Right at the end of the vid you can see an appreciative Mike Bloomfield on stage-side applauding the band he was about to join... I have a recreation of an original concert bill advertising for The Doors at The Cow Palace with Elvin Bishop and Lonnie Mack opening for them... Imagine that show!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Always liked Elvin Bishop... He was an instrumental piece of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band for many years back in the day. Often taking a back-seat to Michael Bloomfield, he was never a slouch! Here's a vid of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band featuring Elvin Biship at The Monterey Pop Festival 1967 If I'm not mistaken it was right after this performance that Mike Bloomfield joined them. Right at the end of the vid you can see an appreciative Mike Bloomfield on stage-side applauding the band he was about to join... I have a recreation of an original concert bill advertising for The Doors at The Cow Palace with Elvin Bishop and Lonnie Mack opening for them... Imagine that show!!! Would loved to have seen that , he's always been a favorite of mine Jimi Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoByte Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ah yes, Alvin and my whisky headed buddies lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ah yes, Alvin and my whisky headed buddies lol What the hell does that mean?!? Please explain... By Alvin are you referring to Elvin? What that a side project band he was in? Where they known as hard-core whiskey drinkers? I don't get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Some interesting information on him in Wiki... Bishop was born in Glendale, California , and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa . His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma , when Bishop was ten. There he attended Will Rogers High School , winning a full scholarship to the University of Chicago as a National Merit Scholar finalist. He moved to Chicago in 1960 to attend the university, where he majored in physics . In 1963, he met harmonica player Paul Butterfield in the neighborhood of Hyde Park and joined Butterfield's blues band, and remained with them for five years. Their third album, The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw , takes its name from Bishop's nickname. [1] During his time with the Butterfield Blues Band, Bishop met blues guitarist Louis Meyers at a show. Bishop convinced Meyers to trade his Gibson ES-345 for Bishop's Telecaster. Bishop liked the Gibson so much he never gave it back and has used it throughout his career. Bishop has nicknamed his Gibson ES-345 "Red Dog," a name he got from a roadie for the Allman Brothers Band. [2] In 1968 he went solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group, also performing with Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper on their album titled The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper . The group signed with Fillmore Records, which was owned by Bill Graham , who also owned the Fillmore music venues. [3] In March 1971, The Elvin Bishop Group and The Allman Brothers Band co-billed a series of concerts at the Fillmore East . Bishop joined The Allman Brothers Band onstage for a rendition of his own song, Drunken Hearted Boy . Over the years, Bishop has recorded with many other blues artists including Clifton Chenier and John Lee Hooker . In late 1975, he played guitar for a couple of tracks on Bo Diddley 's The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll album, and in 1995, he toured with B.B. King . [1] Bishop made an impression on album-oriented rock FM radio stations with Travelin' Shoes in 1975, [4] but a year later, in 1976, Bishop released his most memorable single, Fooled Around and Fell in Love , which peaked at #3 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (and #34 in the UK charts). The recording featured vocalist Mickey Thomas and drummer Donny Baldwin who both later joined Jefferson Starship . Bishop feels that the limitations of his voice have helped his songwriting. [5] Bishop appeared at the 1984 Long Beach Blues Festival . In 1988, he signed with Alligator Records and released Big Fun featuring Whit Lehnberg & The Carptones, 1991's Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down , 1995's Ace in the Hole , 1998's The Skin I'm In and That's My Partner (2000), on which he paired with an early Chicago blues teacher, Little Smokey Smothers . He later revisited Smothers in the studio, where the two recorded another album in 2009; Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop: Chicago Blues Buddies . In 2005, Bishop released his first new CD in five years, Gettin' My Groove Back . [6] In 2008, Bishop released The Blues Roles On , on September 23, 2008, switching labels to Delta Groove Music . He was supported by Tommy Castro , James Cotton , Warren Haynes , B.B. King, Derek Trucks , George Thorogood , Kim Wilson , John Németh and Angela Strehli . The album was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album . In 2010, Bishop released Red Dog Speaks . Bishop sat in with the Grateful Dead on June 8, 1969 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. He opened the second set with the lengthy blues jam, Turn on Your Lovelight without Pigpen or Jerry. He played two more songs with the Dead, The Things I Used to Do and Who's Lovin' You Tonight . [7] Bishop was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998. His first live concert DVD, That's My Thing': Elvin Bishop Live in Concert , was recorded live at the Club Fox in Redwood City, CA on December 17, 2011. It was released on the Delta Groove label in October 2012. The DVD was nominated for Best Blues DVD of 2012 by the Blues Foundation . The same organisation announced that Bishop had six nominations for the 36th Blues Music Awards set to be held in May 2015. [8] Charlie Daniels mentions Bishop in his 1975 song " The South's Gonna Do It ", with the lyric, "Elvin Bishop sittin' on a bale of hay; he ain't good lookin', but he sure can play." Molly Hatchet also references Bishop in their 1978 song " Gator Country ", with the lyrics, "Elvin Bishop out struttin' his stuff with little Miss Slick Titty Boom, I'm goin' back to the Gator Country and get me some elbow room." "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" was included in the soundtrack album for Guardians of the Galaxy titled Awesome Mix Vol. 1 . And on a strange and sad note in his life... Bishop's daughter Selina, and ex-wife Jennifer Villarin, were murdered in August 2000 [9] by Glenn Taylor Helzer, his brother Justin Helzer, and accomplice Dawn Godman. According to The Point Reyes Light , "Bishop, her mother Jenny Villarin, and a friend of Villarin, James Gamble, were murdered as part of an elaborate scheme to extort $100,000 from elderly Concord, California residents Ivan and Annette Stineman." [10] [11] Both killers were sentenced to death for the murders; Justin Helzer committed suicide in San Quentin prison. Clearly Elvin's paid his dues and is a living persona that defines The Blues... This information suggests that Michael Bloomfield replaced Elvin Bishop in The Paul Butterfield Blues Band instead of joining Elvin in that band for a season before Elvin went solo. I could swear they both played on some Butterfield albums in the 60's and possibly into the 70's, but this appears to contradict that understanding (misunderstanding) on my part... This Album cover seems to corroborate part of my own understanding... It shows both Elvin Bishop (far right) and Michael Bloomfield (2nd from left) on their 1966 East-West Album, suggesting they played together for some time even before the Montery Pop festival of 1967... Maybe Bloomfield simply had other projects going at the time and didn't expect to make that gig or something... It's a bit odd to me... In reading the Wiki Boomfield info, It appears to me that Bloomfield was at The Monterey Pop Festival with his stint in short-lived Electric Flag with Buddy Miles. He had already left The Paul Butterfield Blues band due to rejecting their rigorous touring schedule at that time and had moved to San Francisco... So my original understanding of Bloomfield's period w/Butterfield is skewed. He may have been with them since the beginning, I'm just not sure. But he was with them on and off and played with them and Elvin Bishop alot in the 1960's and appeared on several albums together with Elvin Bishop also in and out of sessions and different bands... I apologize for passing along the original misinformation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoByte Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 What the hell does that mean?!? Please explain... By Alvin are you referring to Elvin? What that a side project band he was in? Where they known as hard-core whiskey drinkers? I don't get it... Haha sorry for the typo, I don't think it means too much in "the hell". Great Squank from that 345 ! Want me to explain that too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Some interesting information on him in Wiki... Bishop was born in Glendale, California , and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa . His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma , when Bishop was ten. There he attended Will Rogers High School , winning a full scholarship to the University of Chicago as a National Merit Scholar finalist. He moved to Chicago in 1960 to attend the university, where he majored in physics . In 1963, he met harmonica player Paul Butterfield in the neighborhood of Hyde Park and joined Butterfield's blues band, and remained with them for five years. Their third album, The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw , takes its name from Bishop's nickname. [1] During his time with the Butterfield Blues Band, Bishop met blues guitarist Louis Meyers at a show. Bishop convinced Meyers to trade his Gibson ES-345 for Bishop's Telecaster. Bishop liked the Gibson so much he never gave it back and has used it throughout his career. Bishop has nicknamed his Gibson ES-345 "Red Dog," a name he got from a roadie for the Allman Brothers Band. [2] In 1968 he went solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group, also performing with Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper on their album titled The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper . The group signed with Fillmore Records, which was owned by Bill Graham , who also owned the Fillmore music venues. [3] In March 1971, The Elvin Bishop Group and The Allman Brothers Band co-billed a series of concerts at the Fillmore East . Bishop joined The Allman Brothers Band onstage for a rendition of his own song, Drunken Hearted Boy . Over the years, Bishop has recorded with many other blues artists including Clifton Chenier and John Lee Hooker . In late 1975, he played guitar for a couple of tracks on Bo Diddley 's The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll album, and in 1995, he toured with B.B. King . [1] Bishop made an impression on album-oriented rock FM radio stations with Travelin' Shoes in 1975, [4] but a year later, in 1976, Bishop released his most memorable single, Fooled Around and Fell in Love , which peaked at #3 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (and #34 in the UK charts). The recording featured vocalist Mickey Thomas and drummer Donny Baldwin who both later joined Jefferson Starship . Bishop feels that the limitations of his voice have helped his songwriting. [5] Bishop appeared at the 1984 Long Beach Blues Festival . In 1988, he signed with Alligator Records and released Big Fun featuring Whit Lehnberg & The Carptones, 1991's Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down , 1995's Ace in the Hole , 1998's The Skin I'm In and That's My Partner (2000), on which he paired with an early Chicago blues teacher, Little Smokey Smothers . He later revisited Smothers in the studio, where the two recorded another album in 2009; Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop: Chicago Blues Buddies . In 2005, Bishop released his first new CD in five years, Gettin' My Groove Back . [6] In 2008, Bishop released The Blues Roles On , on September 23, 2008, switching labels to Delta Groove Music . He was supported by Tommy Castro , James Cotton , Warren Haynes , B.B. King, Derek Trucks , George Thorogood , Kim Wilson , John Németh and Angela Strehli . The album was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album . In 2010, Bishop released Red Dog Speaks . Bishop sat in with the Grateful Dead on June 8, 1969 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. He opened the second set with the lengthy blues jam, Turn on Your Lovelight without Pigpen or Jerry. He played two more songs with the Dead, The Things I Used to Do and Who's Lovin' You Tonight . [7] Bishop was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998. His first live concert DVD, That's My Thing': Elvin Bishop Live in Concert , was recorded live at the Club Fox in Redwood City, CA on December 17, 2011. It was released on the Delta Groove label in October 2012. The DVD was nominated for Best Blues DVD of 2012 by the Blues Foundation . The same organisation announced that Bishop had six nominations for the 36th Blues Music Awards set to be held in May 2015. [8] Charlie Daniels mentions Bishop in his 1975 song " The South's Gonna Do It ", with the lyric, "Elvin Bishop sittin' on a bale of hay; he ain't good lookin', but he sure can play." Molly Hatchet also references Bishop in their 1978 song " Gator Country ", with the lyrics, "Elvin Bishop out struttin' his stuff with little Miss Slick Titty Boom, I'm goin' back to the Gator Country and get me some elbow room." "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" was included in the soundtrack album for Guardians of the Galaxy titled Awesome Mix Vol. 1 . And on a strange and sad note in his life... Bishop's daughter Selina, and ex-wife Jennifer Villarin, were murdered in August 2000 [9] by Glenn Taylor Helzer, his brother Justin Helzer, and accomplice Dawn Godman. According to The Point Reyes Light , "Bishop, her mother Jenny Villarin, and a friend of Villarin, James Gamble, were murdered as part of an elaborate scheme to extort $100,000 from elderly Concord, California residents Ivan and Annette Stineman." [10] [11] Both killers were sentenced to death for the murders; Justin Helzer committed suicide in San Quentin prison. Clearly Elvin's paid his dues and is a living persona that defines The Blues... This information suggests that Michael Bloomfield replaced Elvin Bishop in The Paul Butterfield Blues Band instead of joining Elvin in that band for a season before Elvin went solo. I could swear they both played on some Butterfield albums in the 60's and possibly into the 70's, but this appears to contradict that understanding (misunderstanding) on my part... This Album cover seems to corroborate part of my own understanding... It shows both Elvin Bishop (far right) and Michael Bloomfield (2nd from left) on their 1966 East-West Album, suggesting they played together for some time even before the Montery Pop festival of 1967... Maybe Bloomfield simply had other projects going at the time and didn't expect to make that gig or something... It's a bit odd to me... In reading the Wiki Boomfield info, It appears to me that Bloomfield was at The Monterey Pop Festival with his stint in short-lived Electric Flag with Buddy Miles. He had already left The Paul Butterfield Blues band due to rejecting their rigorous touring schedule at that time and had moved to San Francisco... So my original understanding of Bloomfield's period w/Butterfield is skewed. He may have been with them since the beginning, I'm just not sure. But he was with them on and off and played with them and Elvin Bishop alot in the 1960's and appeared on several albums together with Elvin Bishop also in and out of sessions and different bands... I apologize for passing along the original misinformation! Good read ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10K-DB Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 A band I was in in Ca yrs ago,,did a few warmup gigs w/him in Sonoma County,,he wore farmer overalls on stage,,cool gigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Haha sorry for the typo, I don't think it means too much in "the hell". Great Squank from that 345 ! Want me to explain that too ? I was hoping you'd explain when I responded with my exclamation... I'd never heard that before and was hoping it referred to some recording... Thanks for sharing!!! I like expanding my knowledge and understanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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