Bloomfield, Michael

Bloomfield, Michael 28 July 1944; Chicago, IL – 15 February 1981; San Francisco, CA Mike Bloomfield began playing guitar at age thirteen, and later frequented the blues clubs on Chicago’s South Side, befriending older blues musicians and sitting in wherever anyone would let him. He linked up with other young white musicians hanging around the predominantly black clubs, and played with singer Nick Gravenites and harmonica player Charley Musselwhite before joining the Paul Butterfield Blues Band…