Blues brothers born in chicago
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Born in Chicago
1965 song by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band
"Born in Chicago" is a blues song written by Nick Gravenites.
Born In Chicago Lyrics: I was born in chicago in / I was born in chicago in / Well My father told me / Son you had better get a gun / Well my.
It was the opening track on the self-titled debut album by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1965 and has since become a blues standard.
Gravenites, who was born in Chicago, first performed the song when in a duo with guitarist Mike Bloomfield, playing in clubs in the city in the early 1960s.
When Bloomfield joined the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, he insisted that the band record it.[1] Although Butterfield was at first reluctant to sing the song, the initial recording took place in the Mastertone Studio in New York City in April 1965, produced by Paul Rothchild for Elektra Records.[2] The track was included on an Elektra Records sampler album, Folksong '65.[3]
The popularity of the track led to Rothchild requiring a revised version, for inclusion on the band's debut album.
The second recording, with additional organ by