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This articles needs sections, preferably based on chronology[edit]

Not an easy read at present. It's just a solid block of text without logical subdivisions. It could benefit from being split into, I'd suggest three sections (a) Early years (b)Heyday & (c) Decline. Have put this into my TODO list. --Rodhullandemu 03:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the article is rife with original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.244.137.86 (talk) 04:08, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Some Info if there's ever a discography[edit]

Mike Bloomfield – It 's Not Killing Me. [Colombia Records] 1969. <snipped>

This album now has its own page, where this info now resides. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 19:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At Newport with Dylan[edit]

The sentences that discuss his work with Bob Dylan are confusing. It makes it sound like history contradicts that fact that Mike passed on touring with Dylan, because he played at Newport. It is my understanding that he played, impromptu, at Newport with Dylan and then declined to play on Dylan’s upcoming tour. Jared s 22 (talk) 19:25, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Style section[edit]

I am concerned that the entire section about Bloomfield losing his guitar after a gig, although interesting to fans like myself, is really too particular to interest someone new to Bloomfield. It seems like this space could contain more essential biographical information important to someone reading about Bloomfield for the first time. However, if the guitar losing story is to stay, it should have a reliable reference or two to support it since, if it isn't accurate, it doesn't paint Bloomfield in the most positive light.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robot433 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Changed wording for Bloomfield's resting place[edit]

The original text was worded bizarrely, and I rewrote it. Original wording said to the effect his "tombstone resides in the Hillside Memorial Park" in California, which would mislead people into thinking it is a cenotaph. However, it is not. I reworded it to indicate his remains are interred in a crypt there, which is true. --SN 2020 May 8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.58.51.190 (talk) 00:54, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Death section[edit]

Previously in Michael's death section it stated he was found in his Mercedes. Changed it to Mercury. ZumaDangerBird (talk) 22:41, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is an error in the Death section. It says "No drugs were found in his system." This is incorrect. The coroner found Cocaine and Methamphetamine. The mystery is that those were drugs he was not known to use. He was a chronic insomniac and avoided uppers.

Someone is white-washing Mike's death by claiming no drugs were found. It was cocaine poisoning. I read a few online article that claim no drugs were found in his system - that was false. I happen know from the time of his death. Here's an article that correctly states it. It's from the local paper in Marin, where Mike lived:

https://www.marinij.com/2016/08/25/michael-bloomfields-mill-valley-lifestyle-detailed-in-new-bio/

"Nevertheless, on Feb. 15, 1981, his body was found slumped in a beat up 1971 Mercury Marquis parked on the street in the affluent Forest Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. The coroner concluded he died of cocaine and methamphetamine poisoning, drugs that Bloomfield, being a hot-wired insomniac, had never been known to use."

If this is changed back to "no drugs", it's false and the editor should be called out.

Early years section[edit]

Shortened the first paragraph in the early years section. Cleared up the confusion of Harold starting his business career at such a young age. Switched the description of his mother from being an actor to an actress.ZumaDangerBird (talk) 23:57, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wrote that Michael married Susan Smith.ZumaDangerBird (talk) 23:16, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Fickle Pickle[edit]

In The Butterfield Blues Band section it previously said the Fickle Pickle was Michael's club. Corrected it by saying he ran a weekly showcase. The club was actually owned by Herman Fleishman.ZumaDangerBird (talk) 02:44, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Butterfield Blues Band & The Electric Flag sections.[edit]

Added the years that Michael was in the groups to the headings of both sections.ZumaDangerBird (talk) 23:42, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Between A/The Hard Place and the Ground[edit]

The discography lists a posthumous album titled "Between the Hard Place and the Ground" and says this is different from the 1979 album titled "Between a Hard Place and the Ground". I'm pretty sure this is backward -- I have the 1979 album and it's titled "Between the Hard Place and the Ground" (not "... a Hard ..._). But it has a _song_ called "Between a Hard Place and the Ground". Maybe there are other pressings of this album where the song and title name match and the album is really supposed to be called " ... a Hard", but I don't think so. Anybody else have any thoughts about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Psychlist (talk • contribs) 15:56, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Additional influence?[edit]

Was Son House also an influence on Mike Bloomfield? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIrx3M5aLL0 76.190.213.189 (talk) 22:19, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]