Less than a week after Mike Bloomfield's extravagantly painted 1966 Fender Telecaster made its way to the second-hand market, the Tele he played during Bob Dylan's infamous Newport Folk Festival set ...

CHICAGO — A few days ago was a perfect day to see a movie in a movie theater: steady rain falling, temperatures dipping into the 30s and a movie diving into the past, specifically the early 1960s and ...

In August 1963, a yellow Telecaster emerged from Fender's original California factory, ending up two years later in the hands of a gifted young guitarist named Michael Bloomfield - who bought it after ...

Michael Bloomfield began playing in Chicago blues clubs while still in high school. By 1968 he was considered one of the best guitarists in the world along with Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. By that ...

At one point in the mid/late ‘60s, Michael Bloomfield was considered by many as the country’s premiere blues-rock guitarist, seamlessly meshing the traditions of the genre’s past with the louder ...

Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues David Dann 776 Pages ISBN: #978-1477318775 University of Texas Press 2019 Through a combination of journalistic objectivity, scholarly attention to ...

Defensive end Michael Bloomfield of Winston-Salem State was not drafted by an NFL team but he’ll get his chance with the Oakland Raiders. Bloomfield said he’s been offered to tryout with the Raiders ...

Veteran astronaut Michael Bloomfield, a three-time space flier and senior manager in the agency’s flight crew operations, is leaving NASA. Bloomfield has served as deputy director of flight crew ...

In the green room before Los Lobos’ Memorial Day concert at West Marin’s Rancho Nicasio, everyone’s attention was focused on the band’s guest for the day: 84-year-old bluesman Nick Gravenites. Wearing ...

At the University of Chicago, he had been part of a circle of young White blues musicians that included Butterfield, Bloomfield, guitarist Elvin Bishop and keyboardist Mark Naftalin, all members of ...