Paul Blues Band Butterfield EAST-WEST

Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Paul Butterfield (vocals, harmonica); Mike Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop (guitar); Mark Naftalin (piano, organ); Jerome Arnold (bass); Billy Davenport (drums). Producers: Paul A. Rothchild, Mark Abramson, Barry Friedman. Includes liner notes by Paul Nelson. Personnel: Paul Butterfield (vocals, harmonica); Elvin Bishop (vocals, guitar); Michael Bloomfield (guitar); Mark Naftalin (piano, organ, keyboards); Nick Gravenites (piano, organ); Billy Davenport (drums). Liner Note Author: Paul Nelson. Photographer: William S. Harvey . The raw immediacy and tight instrumental attack of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band's self-titled debut album were startling and impressive in 1965, but the following year, the group significantly upped the ante with its second LP, East-West. The debut showed that Butterfield and his bandmates could cut tough, authentic blues (not a given for an integrated band during the era in which fans were still debating if a white boy could play the blu