Barry Goldberg

Barry Goldberg was a normal fixture within the white blues firmament from the mid-’60s that appeared to stretch out from Chicago to NY. A keyboardist (body organ appeared to be his area of expertise), Barry was an in-demand program guy — he shows up with Michael Bloomfield on the Mitch Ryder record, for example — alongside Al Kooper and his blues-playing modern from the initial Butterfield band, Tag Naftalin. Goldberg was an associate of Charlie Musselwhite’s initial band, adding great piano and body organ lines towards the Stand Back again! album (his focus on “Cristo Redentor” is certainly moody and introspective, with a solid jazz-inflected experience, while still keeping strong blues root base) and a small number of others through the entire decade.