Bob Dylan

“The guy that I always miss, and I think he’d still be around if he stayed with me, actually, was Mike Bloomfield,”

Bob Dylan · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-06

Dylan told Rolling Stone in 2009 about missing Mike Bloomfield, who played with him at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

“He could play like Willie Brown or Charlie Patton. He could play like Robert Johnson way back then in the Sixties. The only other guy who could do that in those days was Brian Jones, who played in the Rolling Stones.”

Bob Dylan · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-06

Dylan told Rolling Stone in 2009 about Mike Bloomfield's guitar abilities, comparing him to legendary blues musicians.