Interesting, the EB 1 didn't have the Schaller behemoth bridge yet back then. I thought BBM were underrated and suffered unjust backlash for the obvious Cream connotations. Gary Moore could be grating most of the time (be it solo or with Thin Lizzy), but I found him relatively pleasant with BBM. Funny seeing that vid now, I bet poor Gary did not envisage that he'd be the first to go among those three.
I have a friend who is a big fan of both Cream and BBM. He seems totally convinced that it was Gary Moore's looks which kept BBM down. When it comes to matters such as these, he can make a convincing case, since he is convinced that rock stars should always look the part. The point being, of course, that the public cares very much how someone looks. Somebody, I suppose, might try to argue that Ginger Baker doesn't look so good, either. My answer to that would be that he is too much of a living legend now for that to make much difference. In fact, during Cream, I think Ginger may have looked the coolest of all, kind of like a pirate/rock star combination.
