ELVIN BISHOP

Elvin Bishop was born in Glendale, California, and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was ten years old. There he attended Will Rogers High School, winning a full scholarship to the University of Chicago as a National Merit Scholar finalist. Upon graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1960 to attend school, where he majored in physics. In 1963, he met harmonica player Paul Butterfield in the neighborhood of Hyde Park and joined Butterfield's blues band, with whom he remained for five years. Their third album, The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw, takes its name from Bishop's nickname.^[1] In 1968 he went solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group, also performing with Bloomfield and Al Kooper on their album titled The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper. The group signed with Fillmore Records, which was owned by Bill Graham, who also owned the music venues of the same name.^[2]

Photo of the group in 1975.

In March 1971, The Elvin Bishop Group and The Allman Brothers Band co-billed a series of concerts at the Fillmore East. Bishop joined The Allman Brothers Band onstage for a rendition of his own song, "Drunken Hearted Boy".
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Rock My Soul Live at The Winterland 1973 Click link for video!

                                                                        Elvin Bishop
                                                                       Fillmore West
                                                                San Francisco,Ca_USA
                                                                        July 1, 1971

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                                                Elvin with B.B. King and Eric Clapton

Elvin Bishop 07/08/73

                                                     The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA

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Elvin Bishop

                                                                      Ivanhoe Theater
                                                                       Chicago,IL
                                                               1977-Aug.-08 ( 2nd set )

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Elvin with Dickey Betts,Bonnie Bramlet and Charlie Daniels



Listen to more Elvin Bishop Group at Wolfgang's Vault. This fourth and final night at Keystone Korner on 03-20-1971 is the most interesting show of the run and features the core band in full jam mode throughout the night. Like the previous two nights, the show begins with Bishop welcoming the audience and promising that a few guest musicians will be dropping by later in the evening. The first and second sets feature much of the rare material they had resurrected on the previous two nights, but the X factor has increased on this night, bringing out many spectacular performances.Listen using link
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