It's Not Killing Me is the first solo album by American

United States

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 blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield

Mike Bloomfield

Michael Bernard "Mike" Bloomfield was an American musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, since he rarely sang before 1969–70...

 and was released in 1969

1969 in music

-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...

. Following his success with Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player, who founded the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the early 1960s and performed at the original Woodstock Festival...

, The Electric Flag and in the Super Session

Super Session

-Personnel:* Al Kooper — vocals, piano, organ, ondioline, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar* Mike Bloomfield — guitars on side one, reissue tracks 10, 12, 13* Stephen Stills — guitars on side two, reissue track 11...

 recordings with Al Kooper

Al Kooper

Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...

, Bloomfield teamed up with former colleagues to record this largely self-written album. It was not well-received, AllMusic criticising its "lack of a powerful vocalist", and the under-use of Bloomfield's guitar, going so far as to say "It makes about as much sense as Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

 having Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

 sing lead while Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

 played tambourine!"

Side One

1. "If You See My Baby" - 3:07
2. "For Anyone You Meet" – 4:07
3. "Good Old Guy" – 3:21
4. "Far Too Many Nights" – 5:07
5. "It's Not Killing Me" - 3:14

Side Two

1. "Next Time You See Me
   Next Time You See Me
   "Next Time You See Me" is a blues song recorded in 1956 by Junior Parker . The song was Parker's first record chart appearance after joining Duke Records and one of his most successful singles in both the R&B and pop charts...
   
   " (Ben Tucker) – 2:57
2. "Michael's Lament" - 4:22
3. "Why Must My Baby" – 2:38
4. "The Ones I Loved Are Gone" – 3:07
5. "Don't Think About It Baby" – 3:33
6. "Goofers" – 1:50

Personnel

• Mike Bloomfield – Lead Guitar. Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar
• Bob Jones – Drums, Vocals
• John Kahn
  John Kahn
  John Kahn was an American rock bass player. For a period of about twenty five years Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead.-Biography:...
  
   – Bass
• Fred Olsen – Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
• Ira Kamin – Organ, Piano, Banjo
• Mark Naftalin
  Mark Naftalin
  Mark Naftalin is an American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer.-Life:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, Naftalin is the son of former Minneapolis mayor Arthur Naftalin; he is married to third wife Ellen Naftalin...
  
   – Organ, Piano
• Roy Ruby – Organ
• Michael Melford – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
• Nick Gravenites
  Nick Gravenites
  Nicholas George Gravenites , with stage names like Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy, is a blues, rock and folk singer–songwriter, and is best known for his work with Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield and several influential bands and names of the generation springing from the 1960s and 1970s...
  
   – Vocals
• Orville "Red" Rhodes
  Red Rhodes
  Rhodes played pedal steel on many country rock, pop and rock albums with The Monkees, James Taylor, Seals and Crofts, The Byrds, The Carpenters and many other groups. He is most often remembered for his work with former Monkee Michael Nesmith on Nesmith's first solo albums in the early 1970s...
  
   – Steel Guitar
• Ron Stallings – Tenor Saxophone
• Mark Teel – Baritone Saxophone
• Gerald Oshita
  Gerald Oshita
  Gerald Oshita was an American musician, composer, and sound recordist.Oshita, who was of Japanese ancestry, lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and specialized in unusual wind instruments, particularly those of especially low register...
  
   – Baritone and Tenor Saxophone
• Noel Jewkis – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
• John Wilmeth – Trumpet
• Marcus Doubleday – Trumpet
• Richard Santi – Accordion
• The Ace of Cups
  The Ace of Cups
  The Ace of Cups was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1967. It has been described as one of the first all-female rock bands.The members of the Ace of Cups were Mary Gannon , Marla Hunt , Denise Kaufman , Mary Ellen Simpson , and Diane Vitalich...
  
   – Vocals
• Diane Tribuno - Vocals

• Cover design : Daily Planet
• Cover illustration : Don Wilson
• Cover photo : Peter Amft
• Back Cover photo : Jim Marshall
  Jim Marshall (photographer)
  James Joseph Marshall was a photographer, often of rock stars...