After debuting The Electric Flag to much fanfare at the Monterey Pop Festival, Mike Bloomfield's Electric Flag seemed poised for instant success. It doesn't always work out that way. Their debut album, released the following year in 1968 was a critical success, but did not achieve much in the way of sales. Shortly after the release of that album, A Long Time Comin', Bloomfield quit the band.
Drummer Buddy Miles would go on to join Jimi Hendrix' Band of Gypsies. Nick Gravenites would join up with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Bloomfield would become one of the best studio musicians playing for many of the major rock stars of the day. By 1974, the Flag got together again and recorded one more album after which they quickly disbanded again. Still, I'm glad they did pull it together one more time as that album, The Band Kept Playin', left us with a few gems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vEej-lEH5s
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