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Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and bandleader. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He explored the blues scene in his native Chicago, where he met Muddy Waters and other blues greats, who provided encouragement and opportunities for him to join in jam sessions. He soon began performing with fellow blues enthusiasts Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop. In 1963, he formed the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which recorded several successful albums and was popular on the late-1960s concert and festival circuit, with performances at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, the Fillmore East in New York City, the Monterey Pop Festival, and Woodstock. The band was known for combining electric Chicago blues with a rock urgency and for their pioneering jazz fusion performances and recordings. After the breakup of the group in 1971, Butterfield continued to tour and record with the band Paul Butterfield's Better Days, with his mentor Muddy Waters, and with members of the roots-rock group the Band. While still recording and performing, Butterfield died in 1987 at age 44 of an accidental drug overdose. Music critics have acknowledged his development of an original approach that places him among the best-known blues harp players. In 2006, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Butterfield and the early members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Both panels noted his harmonica skills and his contributions to bringing blues music to a younger and broader audience.
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Born in Chicago: The Best of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Spoonful | 3:22 |
Born in Chicago | 3:11 |
Mellow Down Easy | 2:53 |
Drowned in My Own Tears | 5:20 |
Got a Mind to Give Up Living: Live 1966 [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago [#] | 4:12 |
Get Out of My Life, Woman [#] | 3:24 |
One More Heartache [#] | 3:42 |
I Got a Mind to Give Up Living [#] | 6:35 |
A&R Studios, NYC, December 14th 1970 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Love March | 5:49 |
Complete Albums 1965-1980 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:09 |
Walkin' Blues | 3:19 |
Shake Your Money-Maker | 2:28 |
Get Out of My Life, Woman | 3:15 |
Blues with a Feeling | 4:25 |
I Got a Mind to Give Up Living | 4:59 |
All These Blues | 2:24 |
Mary, Mary | 2:52 |
East-West | 13:13 |
Last Night | 4:19 |
Thank You Mr.Poobah | 4:07 |
Mellow Down Easy | 3:05 |
Mystery Train | 2:36 |
Driftin' and Driftin' | 9:11 |
Drivin' Wheel | 5:59 |
Tollin' Bells | 5:25 |
Get Yourself Together | 4:10 |
Drowned in My Own Tears | 5:18 |
Spoonful | 3:20 |
Nobody's Fault But Mine | 3:37 |
Small Town Talk | 5:37 |
Baby Blue | 5:07 |
The Studio Album Collection, 1965-1971 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:09 |
Shake Your Money-Maker | 2:28 |
Blues With a Feeling | 4:25 |
Mellow Down Easy | 3:06 |
Mystery Train | 2:36 |
Last Night | 4:19 |
Get Out of My Life, Woman | 3:15 |
I Got a Mind to Give Up Living | 4:59 |
All These Blues | 2:24 |
Driftin' and Driftin' | 9:09 |
Pity the Fool | 6:06 |
Born Under a Bad Sign | 4:10 |
Double Trouble | 5:42 |
Drivin' Wheel | 5:58 |
Tollin' Bells | 5:22 |
Get Yourself Together | 4:10 |
Love March | 2:58 |
Drowned in My Own Tears | 5:19 |
From His Head to His Heart to His Hands [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:05 |
Blues with a Feeling | 4:22 |
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, Vol. 1 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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At the Hop | 2:35 |
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes | 8:23 |
Wooden Ships | 5:59 |
Volunteers | 3:46 |
Love March | 10:23 |
Live, Vol. 2 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Nobody's Fault But Mine | |
Love March |
Make It Your Sound, Make It Your Scene: Vanguard Records & the 1960s Musical Revolution [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 4:07 |
Original Album Series [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Born In Chicago | 3:09 |
Shake Your Money-Maker | 2:28 |
Blues With a Feeling | 4:25 |
Mellow Down Easy | 3:06 |
Mystery Train | 2:36 |
Last Night | 4:19 |
Look Over Yonders Wall | 2:27 |
Get Out of My Life, Woman | 3:15 |
I Got a Mind To Give Up Living | 4:59 |
All These Blues | 2:24 |
Pity the Fool | 6:06 |
Born Under a Bad Sign | 4:10 |
Double Trouble | 5:42 |
Drivin' Wheel | 5:58 |
Tollin' Bells | 5:22 |
Get Yourself Together | 4:10 |
Love March | 2:58 |
Losing Hand | 3:36 |
Love Disease | 3:30 |
Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection, Pt. 3: 1960-1969 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:08 |
The Old Grey Whistle Test: Blues [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:05 |
Rockpalast: Blues Rock Legends, Vol. 2 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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One More Heartache | 4:14 |
Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Love March | 9:02 |
Janis Joplin [Madacy] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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One Night Stand | 3:07 |
When Blues Met Rock: The Electric Sound From the '50s to the '80s [2008]
Song | Duration |
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One More Heartache | 3:40 |
Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra 1963-1973 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Blues with a Feeling | 4:24 |
I Got a Mind to Give Up Living | 5:00 |
Born in Chicago | 3:20 |
Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra 1963-1973 [Deluxe Edition] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Blues with a Feeling | 4:24 |
I Got a Mind to Give Up Living | 5:00 |
Born in Chicago | 3:20 |
Monterey International Pop Festival [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:57 |
Baptism in Blue [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:36 |
Blues Gold [Hip O] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:27 |
All the Beer Songs [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Money Maker |
Live [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Love Disease | 4:01 |
Live [Bonus Disc] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Love Disease | 4:01 |
Nobody's Fault but Mine [#] | 6:58 |
Love March [#] | 12:25 |
Hippie: Music from the '60s Generation [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:28 |
The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw/In My Own Dream [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Drivin' Wheel | |
Tollin' Bells | |
Get Yourself Together |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Mind To Give Up Living | 4:57 |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Godfathers and Sons [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:07 |
Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:28 |
Vanguard: Roots of Folk [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Blues With a Feeling | 3:56 |
Vanguard: Roots of the Blues [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Blues With a Feeling | 4:21 |
Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Blues With a Feeling | 3:58 |
Born in Chicago | 4:06 |
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band/East West [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:09 |
Shake Your Money-Maker | 2:28 |
Blues With a Feeling | 4:24 |
Mellow Down Easy | 2:53 |
Mystery Train | 2:37 |
Last Night | 4:20 |
Look Over Yonders Wall | 2:27 |
Get Out of My Life, Woman | |
I Got a Mind to Give up Living | 5:01 |
All These Blues | 2:24 |
Get out of My Life Woman | 3:16 |
Blow'n the Blues: Best of the Great Harp Players [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Blues With a Feeling | 3:57 |
Super Hits [2000]
Song | Duration |
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One Night Stand | 3:02 |
Blues Brothers 2000 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:05 |
Blues Masters, Vol. 16: More Harmonica Classics [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:06 |
Generations of Blues, Vol. 2: Born in Chicago [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 4:01 |
Hard Rock Cafe: Modern Blues [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:27 |
Modern Blues [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker |
No. 1 Blues Album [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 3:09 |
Safe House: A Collection of Blues [1998]
Song | Duration |
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I Got a Mind to Give Up Living | 4:57 |
An Anthology: The Elektra Years [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Born in Chicago | 3:16 |
Lovin' Cup | 2:43 |
Shake Your Money Maker | 2:26 |
Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:25 |
Blues with a Feeling | 4:22 |
Mystery Train | 2:35 |
Last Knight | 4:18 |
Last Night | 4:17 |
I Got a Mind to Give Up Living | 4:59 |
All These Blues | 2:22 |
Double Trouble | 5:40 |
Get Yourself Together | 4:10 |
Love March | 2:58 |
Love Disease | 3:30 |
One More Heartache | 3:20 |
Blues Giants [K-Tel] [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | 2:55 |
Blues with a Feeling, Pt. 2 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blues With a Feeling | 4:12 |
Born in Chicago | 4:07 |
The Monterey International Pop Festival, June 16-17-18, 1967 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mystery Train | 4:17 |
Born in Chicago | 4:04 |
Vanguard Collector's Edition [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Born in Chicago | 4:01 |
Strawberry Jam [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Mystery Train | 3:52 |
Tollin' Bells | 3:22 |
One More Heartache | 3:56 |
Born in Chicago | 4:06 |
Blues Masters, Vols. 1-5 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blues With a Feeling | 4:24 |
The Original Lost Elektra Sessions [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Help Me | 2:17 |
Mellow Down Easy | 3:06 |
Spoonful | 3:20 |
Goin' Down Slow | 6:02 |
Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music [25th Anniversary] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Love March | 9:43 |
Blues Masters Sampler [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:28 |
Don't Say That I Ain't Your Man: Essential Blues 1964-1969 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Born in Chicago | 3:10 |
Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:27 |
Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Born in Chicago | 3:08 |
Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blues with a Feeling | 4:24 |
Blues Masters: Essential Blues Collection [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker |
North South [1981]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Baby Blue | 5:08 |
Golden Butter: The Best of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band [1972]
Song | Duration |
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Born In Chicago | |
Shake Your Money-Maker | |
Mellow Down Easy | |
Mystery Train | |
Get Out of My Life, Woman | |
One More Heartache | |
Spoonful | |
Love March |
Live: New York, 1970 [1971]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love March | 5:46 |
Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin' [1971]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Drowned in My Own Tears | 5:18 |
Woodstock [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love March | 10:22 |
Woodstock/Woodstock 2 (Mobile Fidelity) [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Love March |
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love March | 8:58 |
Keep on Moving [1969]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love March | 2:58 |
Losing Hand | 3:36 |
Love Disease | 3:30 |
In My Own Dream [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Get Yourself Together | 4:10 |
In My Own Dream [Limited Edition] [Remastered] [1968]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Get Yourself Together | 4:08 |
The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw [1967]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
One More Heartache | 3:40 |
Pity the Fool | 6:07 |
Born Under a Bad Sign | 4:10 |
Double Trouble | 5:42 |
Drivin' Wheel | 5:59 |
Tollin' Bells | 5:23 |
East-West [1966]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Get Out of My Life, Woman | 3:15 |
I Got a Mind to Give Up Living | 4:59 |
All These Blues | 2:23 |
East-West [SACD] [1966]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Get Out of My Life, Woman | 3:16 |
I Got a Mind To Give Up Living | 5:01 |
All These Blues | 2:25 |
What's Shakin' [1966]
Song | Duration |
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Spoonful | 3:30 |
Folksong '65 [1965]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band [SACD] [1965]
Song | Duration |
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Born in Chicago | |
Shake Your Money-Maker | |
Blues with a Feeling | |
Mellow Down Easy | |
Mystery Train | |
Last Night |
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band [1965]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Born in Chicago | 3:09 |
Shake Your Money-Maker | 2:28 |
Blues With a Feeling | 4:25 |
Mellow Down Easy | 3:40 |
Mystery Train | 2:45 |
Last Night | 4:19 |
Look Over Yonders Wall | 2:27 |
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band [1965]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker | 2:27 |
Complete Albums 1965-1980
Song | Duration |
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Love March | 12:25 |
Monterey International Pop Festival: June 16, 17, 18, 1967
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mystery Train | 4:17 |
Born In Chicago | 4:04 |
Ultimate Blues Collection
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Moneymaker |
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