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The Guest Book We're so happy you're here and would love to hear from you! Please note all submissions subject to review. Spammers and rude language will not be tolerated. Thank you for stopping by! Submit your comments HERE. Your message will be reflected within 24 hrs.
December 10, 2008 Yes, to me Mike was the best dang guitar player. I have heard just about every album /song he recorded and every note that ever came out of his guitar was one of pure clarity and pleasure to the ears. He was a master of any style he played. He will always be missed but never forgotten as long as I have his tapes, records, CD's and even some films. - Blindowl 8 from Dallas, Texas
December 6, 2008 I just want to thank you for this site and keeping Mike's memory and music alive. Like a lot of people, I first heard him on the Butterfield Blues first album. I was swept away with the blues-rock of Clapton and Hendrix, but looking back Mike's playing was responsible for exposing me to pure blues. Even now after hearing all the greats that influenced him, he was my favorite player. No one had a style like his. To my ears he had the sweetness of B.B. King, big string bends of Albert King, could build a solo like no one else and had an intense sharp edgy rock attack in his playing. He had enormous technique but never played fast for speed's sake but only to get a musical idea across. He also had a jazz sensibility to his playing. It wouldn't surprise me if he listened to Kenny Burrell or Wes Montgomery. For me the partnership of Mike with Nick Gravenites produced Mike's best playing especially live. Nobody played with the intensity he did. His playing on It Takes Time is incredible as well as Blues on a Westside. Albert's Shuffle is probably my favorite studio cut. 300 cd's and 2,000 albums later, some of the best American music ever made was Mike with Nick, Al Kooper and The Electric Flag. To my shame, I haven't yet read the book about Mike. I want to know more about him as a person. - Chuck from Queens, NY
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 Michael demonstrates his fire-breathing trick, a stunt he often performed while playing "East-West" with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1966. Photo courtesy of |
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