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Mike Bloomfield Radio Tribute 2008-07-27
WJFF 90.5 FM, Jeffersonville, NY
Set 1
*PART I • THE EARLY YEARS
Introduction
Beginnings: Allen Bloomfield / “Roy’s Blues”
Meeting Mike: Norman Dayron / “Bullet Rag”
John Hammond: Norman Dayron / The Group /
“I’ve Got You in the Palm of My Hand”
Butterfield: Mark Naftalin / “Nut Popper #1” / “Thank You Mr. Poobah”
Dylan: Michael on Bob Dylan / “It Takes a Train to Laugh”
Newport: “Born in Chicago” / “Like a Rolling Stone”
Joining Butter: “I’ve Got a Mind to Give Up Living”



*PART II • BUTTERFIELD & THE FLAG
Introduction
Creating East-West: Mark Naftalin / “East-West”
Michael on East-West: Michael Bloomfield / Toby Byron
San Francisco: Toby Byron / “Willow Tree”
Leaving Butterfield: Forming the Electric Flag
The Flag: Norman Dayron / “Peter’s Trip”
Monterey: Norman Dayron / “The Night Time Is the Right Time” / Toby Byron
A Long Time Comin’: Toby Byron / “Texas”




Set 2
*PART III • GUITAR GOD NO MORE
Introduction
Another Country: “Another Country”
Super Session: Toby Byron / “Albert’s Shuffle”
Leaving the Flag: Toby Byron / Michael Bloomfield
Fillmore: Forming & Friends / “Born in Chicago”
Fathers & Sons: “Blow Wind Blow” / “The Ones I Loved Are Gone”
Getting Rusty: Michael Bloomfield / Mark Naftalin
MB & Friends: “Sweet Little Angel”




Set 3
*PART IV • THE LAST YEARS

Introduction
Side Projects: Triumvirate / Flag Reunion
Try It Before You Buy It: Toby Byron / “When It All Comes Down”
Duets: Mark Naftalin / “At the Cross”
If You Love These Blues: Michael Bloomfield / “Death in My Family” /
“Thrift Shop Rag”
Takoma Sessions: Norman Dayron / “Mr. Johnson & Mr. Dunn”
Old Waldorf: Michael Bloomfield / Norman Dayron / “Kid Man Blues”
Acoustic Playing: “I’m Glad I’m Jewish” / “Greatest Gifts from Heaven”
Bloomfield / Harris: “Have Thine Own Way”
Dylan Calls: “Like a Rolling Stone”
Farewell: “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” / Allen Bloomfield


Comment
This series was a four-hour radio broadcast originally heard over WJFF 90.5 FM, Jeffersonville, NY, on July 27, 2008, in celebration of Michael Bloomfield's 65th birthday anniversary. The program was produced and hosted by David Dann and featured the voices of Allen Bloomfield, Toby Byron, Norman Dayron, Mark Naftalin and others, plus hard-to-find performances by Bloomfield, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Dylan and others.


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