Cream bassist Jack Bruce ran his mouth off in an anti- Led Zeppelin tirade in an interview with the music Web site Classic Rock. Bruce, who reunited Cream - Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker - for several concerts back in 2005, threw the word "crap" around in and interview, referencing Led Zeppelin and Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.Bruce first positively answered a questio...
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Jack Bruce said that himself, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker have designs to reunite the rock band Cream, according to Yahoo.No specific details were given, but Bruce explained that it would not be the seven-continent Live Earth shows on July 7: "It's a bit later than that."Cream were originally based out of London and were active only two years (1966-1968) with two reunions in 1993 and 2005. T...
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..After last Friday evening-till-right-at-this-second, I've been embroiled in a forced march through the world of editing, I JUST FINISHED!! Woooo! (truth be told, most of the writers I know would rather write the shit and hand it off as opposed to tightening shit up within the boundaries and constraints and guidelines, etc-- BADGES? We don't need no stinkin' badges!) I won't break my arm patt...
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Yesterday, we listened to Breakfast with The Beatles on the radio, on the way home from Malibu. This is a show that many have mentioned to me about but never heard it till the drive home on Sunday. It reminded me of Richard Turner's Sunday Morning Beatles show on KSYM in San Antonio. That was the radio show that I listened to during my teens and through my early thirties before I moved away fro...
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One of my resolutions this year is to organize my CD collection. I started out all gung-ho about it, but my project is losing inertia. I've been swimming in stacks of mix CDs for the past few weeks, trying to listen to them & re-label them. Tonight, I came across a great mix I made back in 2001. "I Feel Free":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_Free was the first track. I remember playing ...
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I love this song. it's so wistful. Kind of the way I am thinking about my 401k that is now worth about $1.49. But seriously, I do love this song. And here's the charming backstory of it's title from George Harrson's autobiography "I, Me, Mine":"While writing the words we got to the middle part which I call the 'bridge', so I put that on the paper with the words. Eric was sitting opposite me and...
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~2JoBouS7yuu.mp3 ~ by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown Upon this street where time has died. The golden treat you never tried. In times of old, in days gone by. If I could catch your dancing eye. It was on the way, On the road to dreams, yeah. Now my he...
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What are the greatest rock riffs? Disraeli Gears has got to be one of the greatest albums, and Sunshine Of Your Love has THE riff. It's a perfect demonstration of the power of Cream as a trio, the heaviness they could put across with just 3 instruments, the beauty of the melody, the artistry of Pete Brown's words, and great singing. Here's the story of the song:Give us a few more suggestions.
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The forward-to-new and back-to-basics infection continues to grow in the cubs... So, my son (Kennon) asks the other day "I didn't know Clapton did so much music with so many people?" (Yes, that's a question.)I didn't say much... just whipped out the music and played some:YardbirdsJohn Mayall and the BluesbreakersCreamBlind FaithDerek and the DominosUnpluggedEnding with Sunshine of your Love.He ...
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Alright, so I am in an oldies mood right now. So far I have some songs, but i need more inspiration! i am asking my fellow moggsters to contribute to the sweetest oldies mixtape, ever.so far...breakfast in america...supertrampbennie and the jets...elton johnbohemian raphsody...queen (a queen song is a must, period.)[and]white room...creami'm also thinking some steve miller band is in need...mog...
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More from Rolling Stone: Clapton has created an all-star line-up to close out his most recent tour in July. He is having a rock star super fest at chicago's toyota park in july. so far he has everyone lined up from blues to rock and he plans on jamming with as many of them as possible. BB king, i think dylan (maybe), john mayer, sheryl crow, the blind faith guys (YES he IS going to play bli...
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During an impromptu interview conducted by journalist Dave Ling of Classic Rock Magazine at the magazine's annual Classic Rock Honours awards celebration held November 3rd in London, England, legendary bassist Jack Bruce of Cream launched into an anti Led Zeppelin tirade, stating of the band, "You're crap. You've always been crap and you'll never be anything else," in a diatribe laced with ...
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First post!Thanks to Snyder for refering me here.Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger causes me great joy... it just makes me want to dance around my room. Also, just listened to IN DEFENCE OF THE GENRE by Say Anything that someone was kind enough to loan me. It's pretty sweet, you should check it out. Lastly befor I get some well deserved rest, Cocaine by Eric Clapton is possibly one of my favorit...
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