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Cast

Mike Bloomfield

Mike Bloomfield

Self

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Self

Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

Self

John Hammond

John Hammond

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Bob Sarles

Bob Sarles

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Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield

20130.0 / 1057 min
Documentary

Overview

You know, I like sweet blues... I want to be singing. I want to be sweet," said music legend Mike Bloomfield of his searing, lyrical guitar playing. His awesome instrumental prowess is on full display in this raucous documentary celebrating the legacy of a hard-living, finger-fretting renegade. Described by fellow icon Al Kooper as "not just another white boy [but] someone who truly knew what the blues were about," Bloomfield drew on African American tradition while burnishing his licks with a radical compositional approach reflecting the social and cultural upheaval of the 1960s.