Paul Butterfield Blues Band – “Driftin’ Blues” – Live at Monterey, 1967

Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Driftin’ Blues (Monterey 1967)

The harmonica solo. The fender rhodes. The guitarist’s hair. The guy playing trumpet and smoking a cig at the same time. The sunglasses. The girls. The blues. Everything in this video is so awesome!

Butterfield had it all! The voice, that harp tone. Muddy Waters said, “he was the 2nd best harp player next to Little Walter.”

Great live footage ever of an incredible musical talent!

Lyrics:
I’m driftin’ and driftin’, like a ship out on the sea
I’m driftin’ and driftin’, like a ship out on the sea
Nobody seems to want me
Except the wide and open sea

My ship ain’t got no captain, my ship ain’t got no crew
My ship ain’t got no captain, my ship ain’t got no crew
Doin’ that tide dare blow me and my past and future too

I look around for a savior to search me from the hungry sea
I look around for a savior to search me from the hungry sea
Maybe he’s down at the bottom, waiting patiently for me