布魯斯鋼琴家和歌曲作者Barry Goldberg于50年代后期在芝加哥開始了他的音樂生涯,與諸如OTIS RUSH、MUDDY WATERS和BUDDY GUY這樣的布魯斯大師合作,在SOUTH SIDE俱樂部中建立了良好的聲譽(yù)。1965年,他在“紐波特民歌節(jié)“上為BOB DYLAN伴奏。在那里他被MIKE BLOOMFIELD所賞識,時(shí)常激情他與“巴特菲爾德布魯斯樂隊(duì)”合作。他回到芝加哥后,與STEVE MILLER組建了“戈德堡-米勒布魯斯樂隊(duì)”(常被稱為“第三次世界大戰(zhàn)布魯斯樂隊(duì)”)。1966年,他們錄制了一張唱片《BLOWING MY MIND》(喚醒我的頭腦)。作為一個(gè)備受尊敬的音樂家,Barry Goldberg除了與許多天才藝人如DUANE ALLMAN、HARVEY MANDEL等合作外,沒有出版過真正引人注目的專輯。 1968年,當(dāng)MIKE BLOOMFIELD在加利福尼亞組建ELECTRIC FLAG(電旗)樂隊(duì)時(shí),力權(quán)他前往加洲。他終于從一個(gè)純鍵盤手發(fā)展成一個(gè)歌手和歌曲作者。1973年,他錄制了第一張討人喜歡的個(gè)人專輯《Barry Goldberg》,并在GERRY GOFFIN的個(gè)人專輯《IT AIN‘T EXACTLY ENTERTAINMENT》(不完全的娛樂)中出現(xiàn)。1976年現(xiàn)場專輯《Barry Goldberg And Friends》發(fā)行。 Barry Goldberg was a regular fixture in the white blues firmament of the mid-'60s that seemed to stretch from Chicago to New York. A keyboardist (organ seemed to be his specialty), Barry was an in-demand session man — he appears with Michael Bloomfield on a Mitch Ryder album, for instance — along with Al Kooper and his blues-playing contemporary from the original Butterfield band, Mark Naftalin. Goldberg was a member of Charlie Musselwhite's first band, contributing great piano and organ lines to the Stand Back! album (his work on "Cristo Redentor" is moody and introspective, with a strong jazz-inflected feel, while still retaining strong blues roots) and a handful of others throughout the decade 更多>>