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Paul Butterfield (Rock Singer) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Paul Butterfield
Paul Vaughn Butterfield is an American harmonica player, singer and conductor. After his initial training as a classical flute player, he became interested in blues harmonica. He explored the blues scene in his hometown of Chicago, where he met Muddy Waters and other big names of blues, who encouraged him and the opportunity to participate in social gatherings. He soon started performing with blues passionate colleagues Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop. In 1963, he formed the Blues Paul Butterfield Band, recording several successful and famous albums at concerts and festivals in the late 1960s, with performances in Fillmore West, San Francisco; Fillmore East, New York; Monterey Pop Festival; and Woodstock. The group is known for combining Chicago blues with emergency rock and their avant-garde jazz mix concerts and performances.
Birth namePaul Vaughn Butterfield
BornDecember 17, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 1987, North Hollywood, California
GenresBlues rock, Chicago blues, blue-eyed soul
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsHarmonica, vocals, guitar
Years active1963–1987
LabelsElektra, Bearsville
Associated actsThe Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Butterfield's Better Days

About Paul Butterfield

Rock Singer Paul Butterfield was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on December 17, 1942. He dies at the age of 44, on May 4, 1987.

This blues, rock, soul, and jazz fusion singer and harmonica player is most known for his work with The Rock Singer Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which issued albums like East-West, Keep On Moving, and The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw. Rock Singer Paul Butterfield's Better Days, his second band, recorded numerous additional albums.

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Paul Butterfield before becoming famous

Paul Butterfield was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1942 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was a high school track star as well as a classical flautist in his early years. He attended the University of Chicago throughout the early years of his musical career.

Achievement of Paul Butterfield

His painkiller addiction developed as a result of a series of surgeries for peritonitis. At the age of forty-four, he died of a heroin overdose.

Paul Butterfield's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, to an Irish Catholic family. Later, he and his wife Kathy, as well as their son Lee, lived in Woodstock, New York.

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Paul Butterfield Collabed with

Folk Singer Maria Muldaur, a fellow blues singer, was a friend and musical colleague of his.

Paul Butterfield Income & Net worth

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Paul Butterfield Height and Weight

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Latest information about Paul Butterfield updated on March 15 2023.