East-West

by The Butterfield Blues Band

East-West cover art

The addition of guitarist Elvin Bishop alongside Michael Bloomfield pushes this Chicago blues outfit into extended, cross-cultural improvisation. The thirteen-minute title track incorporates Indian raga scales and jazz timing into an electric blues framework, heavily influencing the future trajectory of San Francisco jam bands.

Genres

  • Blues Rock

Tracklist

  1. Walkin' Blues
  2. Get Out Of My Life, Woman
  3. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
  4. All These Blues
  5. Work Song
  6. Mary, Mary
  7. Two Trains Running
  8. Never Say No
  9. East-West