This slide guitarist’s recording career lasted less than a decade, but he changed the world by influencing the likes of Robert Johnson and Elmore James.
Plus: The Why? Records crew releases a compilation to benefit the Chicago Community Bond Fund, and Naked Raygun singer Jeff Pezzati makes his solo debut with a new EP.
From Glencoe to Monterey Pop to oblivion: Bloomfield’s huge talent and unique style changed the instrument forever, but while Clapton and Hendrix entered the canon, he faded away.
Jason McNinch's band Lick put out just two albums in the mid-90s, but he lent his touch to dozens of other projects, including Pigface, Sister Machine Gun, Die Warzau, and KMFDM.