Reference Number
ARC-0572
Level of description
collection
Title
Gabriel and Elizabeth Butterfield Collection on Paul Butterfield
Date
1960-1980, undated
Size
2.71 (Linear feet)
Scope and Contents
The Gabriel and Elizabeth Butterfield Collection on Paul Butterfield is dated 1960 to 1980 and contains undated materials. The collection consists of photographs, flyers, handbills, advertisements, publications, and posters. Posters include an Elektra Records promo poster for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Butterfield and Sons of Champlin concert poster from Paramount Northwest, and Paul Butterfield's Better Days at Convocation Hall. The photographs consist of promotional photographs, a black and white photograph of Butterfield possibly at the Seattle Pop Festival in 1969, and two printed photographs of Butterfield with Muddy Waters. The collection provides insight into the career of Paul Butterfield and 1960s and 1970s blues-rock.
Biography / Administrative History
Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and bandleader. Butterfield originally trained on classical flute and then guitar, but was known for his skills on the blues harmonica. Exploring the blues in Chicago introduced Butterfield to Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Little Walter, and James Cotton. Butterfield began performing with Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop and in 1963, he formed the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. The band was one of the first integrated blues bands with mass appeal. After the breakup of the group in 1971, Butterfield continued to tour and record with the band Paul Butterfield's Better Days, with his mentor Muddy Waters, and with members of the roots-rock group the Band. Butterfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 2015.
Notes
Acquisition Note: The Gabriel and Elizabeth Collection on Paul Butterfield was received by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a gift from Gabriel and Elizabeth Butterfield on March 31, 2015.
Citation: [Identification of Item], Gabriel and Elizabeth Butterfield Collection on Paul Butterfield, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Language Note: Materials are in English.
Processing Information: Processed by Crystal Matjasic, Project Archivist. Completed June 28, 2019. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual. Collection processed through an Access to Historical Records grant from the NHPRC.
Access
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Use
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. For more information, please consult the staff of the Library and Archives.
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