I've heard Steve Morrell tell me stories about him countless times, and I've listened and practiced along with his music for ten years. But for some reason this is the first time it's occurred to me to look up Paul Butterfield on YouTube and actually get a sense of what it was like to see him perform.
Good lord is he good.
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Check out that technique starting at about 2:30 in the video. Again, I've heard it over and over again before, but the visuals there are breathtaking. Look at all that hand work. And his stage presence--all that movement.
Dang.