What did Paul Butterfield die of?
Drug overdose
Paul Butterfield/Cause of death
While still recording and performing, Butterfield died in 1987 at age 44 of an accidental drug overdose.
What year did Paul Butterfield die?
May 4, 1987
Paul Butterfield/Date of death
Paul Butterfield, who died 30 years ago, was born on December 17, 1942. Most of us who had any connection with Butterfield back then were more saddened than surprised when we learned of his death on May 4, 1987, at 44.
Who played with Paul Butterfield at Woodstock?
Day Three, Performer 8: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Paul Butterfield blows the harp while Gene Dinwiddie and David Sanborn join in on tenor and alto saxophone on the Woodstock stage. Screengrab from the Woodstock documentary (1970).
Where was Paul Butterfield born?
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Paul Butterfield/Place of birth
What happened to Mike Bloomfield?
15, 1981, his body was found slumped in a beat up 1971 Mercury Marquis parked on the street in the affluent Forest Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. The coroner concluded he died of cocaine and methamphetamine poisoning, drugs that Bloomfield, being a hot-wired insomniac, had never been known to use.
How old is Paul Butterfield?
44 years (1942–1987)
Paul Butterfield/Age at death
Did Elvin Bishop play at Woodstock?
Bishop played with the band at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and went solo that same year (a Bishop-less Paul Butterfield Blues Band played Woodstock in 1969). As a solo act he had a hit in 1975 with “Fooled Around and Fell In Love.” Over the summer the song was featured in the hit film “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
How did Mike Bloomfield die?
Mike Bloomfield/Cause of death
A reluctant rock star, Bloomfield was living in a hilltop house on Mill Valley’s Reed Street when he died mysteriously of a drug overdose in 1981 at the age of 37.
What killed Mike Bloomfield?