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The son of a wealthy restaurant supply manufacturer, Michael Bloomfield was meant to go into the family business.

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But it was the music of his Chicago neighborhood that caught his attention. Given a guitar at age 13, he became the country's first great blues-rock master. Michael Bloomfield with his paternal grandmother, Ida, at his bar mitzvah in Photo courtesy of Allen Bloomfield. The Electric Flag rehearses at the Heliport in Sausalito in the fall of Photo by Bob Cato.

Bloomfield relaxes with a book and his dog Harry on the porch of his Wellesley Court home in Mill Valley in He had recently quit the Electric Flag and was recuperating from three years of constant touring.

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Alice Ochs photo. The band would record for the label that had successfully marketed Grossman's star client, Bob Dylan. Michael and the group were surprised by the choice — they thought their music was better suited for Jerry Wexler and the Atlantic label. After all, much of the music they admired have been released on Atlantic. But Grossman was able to get more money from Columbia, and that sealed the deal.

The Heliport in Sausalito. Photo by Kim Rush The Flag rented rehearsal space at Sausalito's Heliport, an old helicopter hanger used by local bands as a place to practice, and began working up material.