After much speculation, this May, the Royal Albert Hall will host a four concert reunion of the band Cream. While Clapton has become a household name, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker have also had influential and well-reviewed careers in music. All three have move far from their 1968 sound, the latter two establishing a respectable jazz presence. What do you think, is there any psychedelia left in these granddads 37 years later?
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This discussion belongs in the Woodshed Tavern folder as General Discussion is intended for various trade related concerns.
But to answer the question,
rock and roll will never die.
be ever living
"Live Free,
not Die"
sorry, my bad.
Since the thread is still here, yes, they will definitely be rockin' when they get together. Maybe not quite as hard, but they all can still play their a$$es off. Bruce and Baker have done more in the jazzy area but Clapton did a record awhile back and wasn't credited as EC, Slowhand or anything else that would have identified him as who he is. I think he was listed as Xhibit(or something like that). Seriously cool fusiony guitar stuff. Didn't recall it sounding like his playing since it was in such a different style.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
The rumours of Claptons fading or demise have come around many times, but all indications are he is way more talented than he was 35 years ago, and will rock the house down...
I haven't seen him live in a few years, but I will never forget watching the talent that flew from his fingertips.Jake Gulick
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I don't like when he plays repeating triplets, but that's about the only complaint I have about his playing. I've seen him a couple of times, although it has been about 20 years since the last time. Great shows, and this was when he was drinking a lot. The night after he played Summerfest, they were supposed to play in Madison, WI and he ended up in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer. Then he went to Hazelden, MN for rehab. Still, it was a great show. If I remember, he had Albert Lee playing backup.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
I've never seen Clapton in concert (lived in the sticks for 25 yrs). I remember getting in a really big fight with my mom when I was about 15. I wanted to go to a concert in Pittsburgh after the release of Derek and the Dominos, around 1970 or so, she said no way. I did see Ginger Baker once with Bill Frisell. Can't remember where, NYC maybe...
Hey----isn't that Cream reunion---limmited to Great Britain?---I heard they wern't comming to the States. Am I wrong????
I am just a young pup of 42------but I took my youngest son to see Clapton live a few years ago( he is a HUGE fan)
Check out the Crossroads DVD---from a festival in Texas
Also check out Claptons' DVD " Sessions for Robert Johnson"
dudes a freaking genius----but he tells ya he is not that good compared to Robert J.
He also talks about how he never considered himself a singer------but since nobody ELSE would handle the vocals---he HAD to.
Stephen
Sorry Steve, you'll have to go to London to see Cream. They're playing 4 dates, May 2,3,5,6 at the Royal Albert Hall, their last venue before breaking up. I wonder what a scalped ticket will go for?
Albert Hall is a great venue, the closest I came to meeting a member of Cream was in 69 somewhere down on the coast of Morocco. Stopped in at a little place for a bite to eat, the owner, who spoke no English, brought out a guest book and had me sign it. I went through it and a few days previously there was Ginger's and some gal's signature. I think he said he liked the food. Great band should be interesting concert.
I listened to the entire Sessions W Robt Johnson CD today in fact. Great stuff.
Unfortunately, I have heard that it's only in GB, but had originally heard about 6 gigs. They better put out a DVD!I heard Crossroads when I was about 11. My head spun around and I thought I was gonna start spewing green stuff. Talk about a musical wakeup call!A friend of mine does clinics for Fender and he did one at the Crossroads Festival, then had a 6:00 PM gig that Saturday night at the fest. If you look for a really tall guy,~shoulder length hair, glasses and beard/moustache in a Hendrix flame shirt near one of the stages, that's him. His website is http://www.gregkoch.com and he's insane! There are a couple of tunes on the site to give you an idea of his playing if you look in the "buy my CDs/DVDs area. He and his band do some Cream/Clapton/Derek & The Dominos, John Mayall, tunes. Check out his version of Red House.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."