Various Artists : I Blueskvarter Vol. 1-2-3 (1999 & 2004)

[Bloomers]

Various Artists - CD - I Blueskvarter vol. 1 (Jefferson Records 1999)

CD 1:

01. Michelle - Willie Mabon
02. I'm Hungry - Willie Mabon
03. I Don't Know - Willie Mabon
04. New Orleans Blues - Willie Mabon
05. I'm The Fixer - Willie Mabon
06. I Know A Woman... - Jim Brewer
07. Big Road Blues - Jim Brewer
08. Blues In the Morning - Jim Brewer
09. Poor Keely's Blues - Jim Brewer
10. I Don't Want No Woman - Jim Brewer

Eddie Boyd : Piano, Vocals
Mike Bloomfield : Acoustic Guitar
Recorded 16 May 1964 At Sutherland Lounge, Chicago
11. Five Long Years (2.48)
12. Her Picture In The Frame (4.09)
13. Early Grave (3.54)
14. The Big Question (3.07)
15. Look Over Yonder Wall (2.47)

Yank Rachell : Vocals, Mandolin
John Lee Granderson : Acoustic Guitar
Mike Bloomfield : Piano
Recorded 16 May 1964 At Sutherland Lounge, Chicago
16. Going To Pack Up My Thing (4.03)
17. Every Night & Every Day... (4.06)
18. Me Baby Rocks Me (4.36)
19. My Baby's Gone... (4.43)

Sunnyland Slim & Mike

CD 2:

01. Why Did You Break My Heart - Johnny Young
02. Better Cut It Out - Johnny Young
03. Baby Walk Out & Left Me - Johnny Young
04. Step By, Baby - Johnny Young
05. Monkey-Face Woman - Johnny Young

Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew : Vocals, Piano
Mike Bloomfield : Acoustic Guitar
Recorded 19 May 1964 At Sutherland Lounge, Chicago
06. Brownskin Woman (3.17)
07. It's You Baby (2.35)
08. One Room Country Shack (3.18)
09. Sunnyland Jump (2.55)
10. Rock Me (3.24)

11. Let's Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
12. Mean Mistrater - Big Walter Horton
13. I'm In the Mood - Big Walter Horton
14. Louise, Louise - Big Walter Horton
15. You Don't Mistreat Me - Big Walter Horton
16. Trouble In Mind - Big Walter Horton
17. Willie Mabon (interview with Olle Holander)
18. James Brewer (interview with Olle Holander)
19. Eddie Boyd (interview with Olle Holander)
20. Yank Rachell (interview with Olle Holander)

Various Artist - CD - I Blueskvarter vol. 2 (Jefferson Records 1999)

CD 1:

01. Help Me - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
02. Going Back Home - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
03. Everything Gonna Be Alright - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
04. Poor Boy - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
05. Last Night - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
06. Got My Mojo Working - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
07. Mountain Blues - Washboard Sam
08. All By Myself - Washboard Sam
09. Booker T Blues - Washboard Sam
10. I'm A Lonely Man - Washboard Sam
11. I've Been Treating Wrong - Washboard Sam
12. Death Valley Blues - John Lee Granderson
13. Easy Street - John Lee Granderson
14. Bumble Bee Blues - John Lee Granderson
15. That's All Right - John Lee Granderson
16. Minglewood Blues - John Lee Granderson
17. Bas Weather - John Lee Granderson
18. City Of New Orleans - John Lee Granderson
19. Gangster Blues - John Lee Granderson
20. I Have A Woman - John Lee Granderson

CD 2:

Eureal "Little Brother" Montgomery : Vocals, Piano
Mike Bloomfield : Acoustic Guitar
Recorded 21 May 1964 At Sutherland Lounge, Chicago
01. West Texas Blues (3.16)
02. Up The Country Blues (3.08)
03. Cow Cow Blues (2.56)
04. Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good (4.02)
05. Suitcase Blues (4.09)

06. John Henry - Arvella Gray
07. Corrine, Corrina - Arvella Gray
08. Have Mercy, Mister Percy - Arvella Gray
09. Captains A Hollering - Arvella Gray

James "St.louis Jimmy" Oden : Vocals
Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew : Piano
Robert "Washboard Sam" Brown : Washboard
Mike Bloomfield : Acoustic Guitar
Recorded 19 May 1964 At Sutherland Lounge, Chicago
10. Can't Stand Your Evil Ways
11. Complete This Order
12. Poor Boy Blues
13. The Girl I Love

14. John Lee Granderson (interview with Olle Holander)
15. Avery Brady (interview with Olle Holander)
16. Little Brother Montgomery (interview with Olle Holander)
17. Arvella Gray  

Various Artist - I Blueskvarter vol. 3 (Jefferson Records 2004)

CD 1:

01. Yours Truly - Snooks Eaglin
02. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Snooks Eaglin
03. My Babe - Snooks Eaglin
04. Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Snooks Eaglin
05. Careless Love - Snooks Eaglin
06. Rock Island Line - Snooks Eaglin
07. CC Rider - Snooks Eaglin
08. I'm Looking For A Woman - Snooks Eaglin
09. Hello Dolly - Snooks Eaglin
10. Lonesome Road - Snooks Eaglin
11. Good Morning Blues - Babe Stoval
12. Candy Man - Babe Stoval
13. Fo' Day Blues - Babe Stoval
14. Gonna Move To Kansas City - Babe Stoval
15. Keep Our Business To Yourself - Johnny Moment
16. You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else - Johnny Moment
17. I Got The Blues So Bad - Will Shade
18. I Can't Stand It - Will Shade
19. Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me - Fury Lewis
20. Travellin' Man - Earl Bell
21. Terraplane Blues - Earl Bell
22. Mother Keep Your Light... - Moose Williams

CD 2:

01. Somebody Got To Pay - Willie Mabon
02. West Side Blues - Big Walter Horton
03. Tin Pan Alley - Big Walter Horton
04. This Is It - Big Walter Horton

Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew : Vocals, Piano
Mike Bloomfield : Acoustic Guitar
Recorded 19 May 1964 At Sutherland Lounge, Chicago
05. Prison Bound (3.26)

06. Hot Potatoes - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
07. One Room Country Shack -  Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Eureal "Little Brother" Montgomery : Vocals, Piano
Mike Bloomfield : Acoustic Guitar
Recorded 21 May 1964 At Sutherland Lounge, Chicago
08. Vicksburg Blues (3.15)

09. You Got Bad Blood... - Johnny Young
10. Mama Don't Allow - Washboard Sam
11. Rootin Groundhog - Big Joe Williams
12. Southern Blues
13. King's Highway Blues
14. Champion Jack Dupree (interview with Olle Holander)
15. Drive em Down Special - Champion Jack Dupree
16. Champion Jack Dupree (interview with Olle Holander)
17. I Feel Like A Millionaire - Champion Jack Dupree
18. Champion Jack Dupree (interview with Olle Holander)
19. Barrelhouse Woman - Champion Jack Dupree
20. Champion Jack Dupree (interview with Olle Holander)


Introduction de Mike Bloomfield par Olle Hollander :
"Mike Bloomfield is the real burning soul, when it comes to this form of music. I have never met anybody, being so enthusiastic with the blues as he is. Why that is, he even really can't explain himself. He is only 20 years old, white, and you can say he comes from a "good" family. He has never had any direct contact with the sorroundings or conditions, where the blues is the obvious forms of music, and nothing says he ever will. His everyday routines can under no circumstances be compared to the poor quarters of the Southside. But anyway he has a rare feeling for just this kind of music.
To me he said :

"If I had my way, I would not do nothing else than play the blues. I would live down there, learn from those who know and can everything about the blues. I can nothing, I know nothing, I think, except the blues is all my life."

Maybe expressed a little naive, but said in dead earnest by a very young man. But he was a bit humble when he said that he can nothing. Most of the Southside's Blues men gladly choose this guy from the garden city of the North Side, when they are in need of accompaniment"....

Plusieurs extraits des 3 volumes sont disponibles:
http://www.jeffersonbluesmag.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,50/lang,sv/

il s'agit en fait d'enregistrements réalisés à chicago par le Suèdois Olle Olander pour son émission radio "I Blueskvarter"
Comme ses toutes premiers participations, Bloomfield accompagne dans la plus pure tradition acoustique quelques grands bluesmen...
Bloomfield ne fait pas encore parti du Paul Butterfield Blues Band, les titres présentés permettent donc de se faire une idée du groupe à ses débuts.

[Bloomers]