I'm with You Always
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{{Infobox album
| name = I'm with You Always
| type = live
| artist = Mike Bloomfield
| cover = im-with-you.jpg
| released = 2008
| recorded = McCabe's Guitar Shop via Takoma Studios, 1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Blues-rock
| length =
| label = Benchmark Recordings
| producer = Denny Bruce
| year = 1977
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Select
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{Cite magazine |last=Perry |first=Neil |date=August 1990 |title=Mike Bloomfield: I'm With You Always |magazine=Select |issue=2 |page=116}}
}}
I'm with You Always is a live album by Mike Bloomfield. It was recorded in 1977 at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. It was originally released as a CD on Demon Records in Europe and finally released in the US in 2008 on the Benchmark Recordings label. Bloomfield shows off his ability to master all forms of blues, from acoustic delta blues, to Chicago electric blues, to full-out blues-rock.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r176764|pure_url=yes}} Review of album in All Music Guide]
Track listing
All Songs Traditional, unless otherwise noted
- "Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
- "Men's Room"
- "Frankie and Johnny"
- "I'm with You Always"
- "Jockey Blues/Old Folks Boogie"
- "Some of These Days"
- "Don't You Lie to Me"
- "Hymn Time"
- "Darktown Strutter's Ball"
- "Stagger Lee"
- "I'm Glad I'm Jewish" (Mike Bloomfield)
- "A-Flat Boogaloo"
Personnel
- Mike Bloomfield – vocals, guitar
- Mark Naftalin – piano
- Buell Neidlinger – bass
- Buddy Helm – drums