Paul Butterfield (1942–1987) was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and one of the earliest Caucasian exponents of the Chicago-originated electric blues style. After studying classical flute as a teen, he developed a love for the blues harmonica, and hooked up with white, blues-loving, University of Chicago physics student Elvin Bishop. The two started hanging around great black blues players like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Junior Wells. With the release of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, in an instant, the image of blues as 'old time music' was gone. Butterfield's band introduced modern Can't Trust Your Neighbor 'Chicago-style' blues to mainstream white audiences. It alerted the music scene to what was coming, taught American rockers the blues and how to play an improvised, extended solo. The late 1970s and early 1980s saw Butterfield as a solo act and a session musician, releasing a couple of albums to a small and devoted cult following.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Driftin' Blues (Monterey 1967).
Can't Trust Your Neighbor (Atlanta, 2006) - Taylor Hicks & Wynn Christian lead the blues groove in a style reminiscent of Paul Butterfield.
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