In the early 1970s he was a band member (piano, keyboards, organ) and the main songwriter in the music group, Kindred.[17] They toured nationally and shared the stage with Three Dog Night and Badfinger, among others. They released two albums on Warner Bros., "Kindred" and "Next of Kin."[18][19][20]
In 1977, Bluefield played the keyboard in Close Encounters of the Third Kind when the humans tried to communicate with the aliens in the spacecraft.[4]
In 1978, Bluefield's co-write, "Memories," recorded by Mary MacGregor, was selected as one of Billboard's "Top Single Picks" and was included on her "Greatest Hits" album release in 1979.[21][22] His co-write, "What's the Use," recorded by Mary MacGregor, was the "International Grand Prix Winner" as well as winning the "Most Outstanding Performance Award" at the World Popular Song Festival in 1980.[1][2][23] Both singles were co-written with Marty Rodgers, whom Bluefield wrote and performed with for 10 years.[1] Bluefield also toured with Mary Macgregor, playing keyboards and organ.[24]
In 1995, he released albums, "Clazzual Sax" and "Reclassified" which received favorable reviews.[27] In 1996, Bluefield released "Rolling Over the Classics." (album) and in 2020 released "Munchtime" (album).
Bluefield filmed his 103 year old musician father, (Leo Pearlstein) playing drums on "All of Me". (Bluefield played the piano)[28] In 2024, he wrote, produced, and directed, Music Has His Back: Leo Pearlstein, the 104-year-old Drummer,[29] which won an Audience Award at the Under 5 Minutes Film Festival for "Best Documentary" and was nominated for "Best Documentary" at the Couch Film Festival.[11][10][30]
