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Mike Bloomfield: The Sad Chicago Blues Scene

uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 29 October 1966

NODDING A shock of dark curly hair, and gesticulating madly as he puts a point over, Mike Bloomfield, young lead guitarist with Chicago's Paul Butterfield Blues Band, couldn't be described as anything much short of dynamic. Which also goes for his guitar playing.

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