Seldom Seen Old Pics of Famous Musicians

[brookdalebill]

So which one of these is THE Bloomfield Les Paul?

Bloomfield traded his gold top to Dan Erlewine in exchange for his sunburst.
The sunburst is Bloomfield’s most famous guitar, IMO.

 

[Geoff738]

Bloomfield traded his gold top to Dan Erlewine for the sunburst.
The sunburst is his most famous guitar, IMO.

And it supposedly wound up in Toronto. I knew a guy who claimed to know where it was. Who knows?

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[brookdalebill]

And it supposedly wound up in Toronto. I knew a guy who claimed to know where it was. Who knows?

Cheers,
Geoff

The legend goes that Bloomfield forfeited the ‘burst for a gig he bailed on in Canada.
Was it in Vancouver?
It has a distinctive mineral streak and a “Les Paul” engraved truss Rod cover like an early 60’s SG/Les Paul.
You probably know that.

 

[Geoff738]

Yeah, I think it was Vancouver.

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[Esquire Jones]

Red Hot Chili Peppers backstage circa 88.

 

[TeleBluesMan]

Lots of great research into Bloomfield's sunburst Les Paul here:

The Mysterious Tale of Mike Bloomfield's Burst

The blues-rock great died 40 years ago this month. The mystery of one of his iconic instruments lives on.

reverb.com

 

[uriah1]

Actually Oct 30

 

[IMMusicRulz]

I know plenty of people who hate Nickelback, but at least Chad Kroeger had the good sense to play a Les Paul.

 

[IMMusicRulz]

Blondie Chaplin playing a black Gibson Les Paul

 

[fendrguitplayr]

Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger:

 

[fendrguitplayr]

Buddy and Waylon:

 

[IMMusicRulz]

Tommy Lee

 

[warrent]

Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
November 30, 1965​

 

[warrent]

Dizzy Gillespie
Juan les Pins
Sep 1958

 

[warrent]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Paris, March 1958.

 

[warrent]

Mick Taylor
Summer STP tour 1972

 

[uriah1]

 

[EllroyJames]

The Kinks

 

[acoustic rob]

Forget the band, I want to see more of that car.

 

[fendrguitplayr]

1968