Iron Butterfly - Butterfly Bleu (live TV 1970)
Courtesy of the Clark Santee archives, here's one of progenitors of heavy rock in America with Iron Butterfly performing their theme song Butterfly Bleu, no doubt causing raised eyebrows across living rooms in 1970 with this impassioned performance. Best known for their classic In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida smash hit in 1968 and plagued with lineup changes, this is one of the first examples of a guitar solo with talk-box, a sound popularised some years later by Peter Frampton. This clip of Iron Butterfly live proves well worth the price of admission!
About Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly is an American rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1966. They are best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", providing a dramatic sound that led the way towards the development of hard rock and heavy metal music. Although their heyday was the late 1960s, the band has been reformed with various members with varying levels of success with no new recordings since 1975. Their second album, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), remains a best-seller, and Iron Butterfly was the fi...
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