Paul Butterfield and Amos Garrett “Better Days” Boston, March 1974.
One of the best bands Paul put together. Featuring Geoff Muldaur and Amos Garrett who played with Jim Kweskin, Bonnie Raitt and many other Boston and Cambridge music legends.
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“Paul Butterfield, Better Days, Boston, MA 1974”
For many of us endeared with rock and roll in the late 60’s and 70’s, discovering the “blues” was a great revelation. And for many of us the Paul Butterfield Blues Band was our introduction. It was through him that led us to discover his roots, that being the sweet sound of the Mississippi Delta bluesmen before him. His music changed forms in the years to come. This performance from his “Better Days” tour featured Geoff Muldaur on vocals and Amos Garett on guitar.
The promoters I was working for told me Paul loved Coors beer and at that time it was a bit of a rarity on the East Coast as it was unavailable east of the Mississippi. Prior to the show I had just returned from a trip out west and brought some Coors back with me. I’ll never forget the way he lit up when I presented him with a case back stage.
Sadly, Paul died in 1987 as a result of drug use. A mutual friend got together with him in Greenwich Village shortly before his death and told me how heart broken she was at the condition he let himself get in. His influence on the music scene of the time cannot be understated. He was the one that brought the blues to surface for so many of us who at that time were unaware of it’s deep tradition and influence on the rock and roll we were enjoying at the time. I cannot recommend enough his music to those who haven’t experienced it. His album “East West”, is still in my mind, one of the greatest albums ever. He was ahead of his time and sadly the times got ahead of him.
