“[Mike] Bloomfield became a major rock star when he joined the Butterfield Blues Band…Their appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in the summer of 1965, in particular their backing of Bob Dylan’s electric set, stirred up heated debates over authenticity and folk” (Ulrich Adelt, Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White, 2010).
“At the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Bloomfield, plus Butterfield's rhythm section, was recruited at short notice to provide the controversial electric accompaniment for Dylan … That performance and his contributions to Butterfield's first two albums established Bloomfield as the American guitar hero and a rival for such players as Eric Clapton” (Phil Hardy, The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 2001).
Paul Butterfield Blues Band “Shake Your Money Maker”
