Paul Butterfield / Paul Butterfield Blues Band

The Salt and Pepper Shakers / The South Side Olympic Blues Team
  • Paul Butterfield - vocals/harmonica - b. December 17, 1942, Chicago, Illinois; d. May 4, 1987, North Hollywood, California.
  • Elvin Bishop - guitar - b. October 21, 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band I (1963 - 1965)
  • Paul Butterfield - vocals/harmonica
  • Jerome Arnold - bass
  • Sam Lay - drums
  • Elvin Bishop - guitar
  • Mark Naftalin - keyboards
  • Michael Bloomfield - guitar - b. July 28, 1944, Chicago, Illinois; d. February 15, 1981, San Francisco, California.
Album:
  1. "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band" (1965)
  2. "The Original Lost Elektra Sessions" (1995, recorded in 1964)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band II (1965 - 1966)
  • Paul Butterfield - vocals/harmonica
  • Jerome Arnold - bass
  • Elvin Bishop - guitar
  • Mark Naftalin - keyboards
  • Michael Bloomfield - guitar
  • Billy Davenport - drums
Album:
  1. "East-West" (1966)
  2. "East-West Live" (1996)
Michael Bloomfield leaves to form The Electric Flag.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band III (1966 - 1967)
  • Paul Butterfield - vocals/harmonica
  • Jerome Arnold - bass
  • Elvin Bishop - guitar
  • Mark Naftalin - keyboards
  • Billy Davenport - drums
Album:
  1. "The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw" (1967)
Elvin Bishop forms The Elvin Bishop Group.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band IV (1967 - 1972)
  • Paul Butterfield - vocals/harmonica
  • Jerome Arnold - bass
  • Mark Naftalin - keyboards
  • Billy Davenport - drums
  • ...others
Albums:
  1. "In My Own Dream" (1968)
  2. "Keep On Moving" (1969)
  3. "Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin'" (1971)
  4. "Live" (1971)
  5. "Offer You Can't Refuse" (1972)
Paul Butterfield's Better Days(1972 - 1981)
  • Paul Butterfield - vocals/harmonica
  • Billy Rich - bass
  • Amos Garrett - guitar
  • Geoff Muldaur - vocals
  • Christopher Parker - drums
  • Ronnie Barron - keyboards
Albums:
  1. "Better Days" (1973)
  2. "It All Comes Back" (1973)
  3. "Put It In Your Ear" (1976)
  4. "North-South" (1981)
Paul Butterfield solo:
  1. "The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again" (1986)
Compilations:
  1. "Golden Butter - The Best of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band" (1972)
  2. "An Anthology: The Elektra Years" (2-CD box set) (1998)
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Last Revised:  January 5, 1999