1968 Butterfield Blues & Charles Lloyd Quartet Concert Poster | FIRST PRINTING | Designed by Jon Stahl | Fillmore East Shows

Vintage concert poster "Bill Graham presents in New York: Butterfield Blues and Charles Lloyd Quartet"
For the Fillmore East in New York, this poster advertises the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Charles Lloyd Quartet, and Tom Rush as Graham began expanding more into the blues and folk shows. The show took place on April 12 and 13, 1968.

Artist: Jon Stahl

Year: 1968

Condition: Very good.

ABOUT THE MUSIC:
According to Allmusic, "One of the most influential blues acts of their time, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band introduced a gritty and authentic brand of electric blues to the white rock audience, and evolved into a group that could incorporate jazz, world music, R&B, and psychedelia into their performances while staying true to their roots. The Butterfield Blues Band featured three musicians who would put a srtong, highly individual stamp on the music -- harmonica player Paul Butterfield and guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop -- and the tough but fluid sound they conjured on 1965's The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the more exploratory approach of 1966's East-West carved out a path dozens of blues-rock acts would follow in the years to come. The group would evolve into a sound more beholden to soul and contemporary R&B on 1968's In My Own Dream and 1969's Keep On Moving, though the strength of their instrumental attack and the sincerity of their vision remained unchanged."

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
John Stahl was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1937. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University have featured John Stahl's work in the past. The artist died in 2017. His work ranges from large, bold abstract canvases, to intimate, atmospheric watercolors; from solid, sensuous, hand-shaped Wilson River stones, to intriguingly collaged ephemera and mono prints.

BIXLEY NOTES
• John Stahl Artist
• Butterfield Blues Band Concert Poster
• 1968 first printing
• Sold Unframed
• Measures 14x22"

VINTAGE NOTES
• Has been stored rolled, edges and corners in excellent condition
• Oils from fingers have left marks on the black portion of the poster near the top

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