Mike Bloomfield
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American blues guitarist (1943-1981)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943-07-28
- Active to
- 1981-02-15
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Mike Bloomfield (born Michael Bernard Bloomfield in Chicago, Il, on 28 July 1943; died 15 February 1981) was an American guitarist and composer who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969. Respected for his guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues musicians before achieving his own fame and was instrumental in popularizing blues music in the mi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- mikebloomfield.com
- Image
- Mike Bloomfield ad 1969 cropped.jpg
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- place of burial
- Hillside Memorial Park
- ethnic group
- American Jews
- date of birth
- 1944-07-28
- date of death
- 1981-02-15
- cause of death
- drug overdose
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- end of work period
- 1981-00-00
- Commons category
- Mike Bloomfield (guitarist)
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