At the time, Butterfield was the most important blues band to me because their music was so deeply rooted with Little Walter and Chicago and the Delta (Carlos Santana, recalling his beginnings in San Francisco in and around the Fillmore, Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out p. 212).
James Cotton remembered one night at Smitty's Corner when in walks Paul Butterfield, Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop. Muddy Waters thought they was the tax people. He owed some taxes, said, 'Goddamn, they've come to get me. That's got to be them.' Muddy hid in the office between sets. (Robert Gordon Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters pp. 165-6)
Which, I guess sort of underlines the significance of a major figure whose personality, health and substance issues pushed towards the sidelines.
Significant. File under: Chicago Blues (Initially) An introduction
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