Michael Bloomfield - The Best Of Michael Bloomfield '1997

Tracks list

       By the time the majority of these 12 tracks from various solo projects
were recorded, Michael Bloomfield was already well-established as America's
first official guitar slinger of the baby boomer generation. The selections on
Best of Michael Bloomfield come from the later stages of his career, and as such
are a marvelous showcase for his wide-ranging versatility. They run the gamut
from Mississippi John Hurt-style fingerpicking ("Frankie and Johnny"), Scrapper
Blackwell-acoustic style flat-picking, and Lonnie Johnson-like slide playing
(with "Mr. Johnson and Mr. Dunn," "Effinona Rag," "See That My Grave Is Kept
Clean" featuring him on acoustic slide, piano, accordion, and tipple), and two
duets with Little Brother Montgomery ("Pleading Blues" and "Michigan Water
Blues") to the red-hot electric solo work he's best noted for. Other highlights
include "Between the Hard Place and the Ground," and a stray track with the
Woody Herman big band, "Hitch-Hike On the Possum Trot Line."



1.01 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Michigan Water Blues (3:34)
1.02 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Frankie And Johnny (4:10)
1.03 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Mr. Johnson And Mr. Dunn (2:55)
1.04 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Your Friends (6:52)
1.05 - Woody Herman - Hitch Hike On The Possum Trot Line (Instrumental) (7:06)
1.06 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Between The Hard Place And The Ground (3:41)
1.07 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Pleading Blues (4:19)
1.08 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Papa-Mama-Rompah-Stompah (3:28)
1.09 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Effinonna Rag (4:34)
1.10 - Michael B. Bloomfield - Orphan's Blues (5:11)
1.11 - Michael B. Bloomfield - The Gospel Truth (4:41)
1.12 - Michael B. Bloomfield - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (4:52) 

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