Jack Bruce says Cream is over

eb2 · April 15, 2010, 08:30:26 PM

I think Clapton has blown since the Blues Breakers lp. Jack Bruce was more interesting before and after Cream, during which he made the bass excruciating. But now I think I will pull out Things We Like, which I love.

Dave W · April 15, 2010, 11:28:46 PM

I don't blame any of these guys for anything. Cream was a moment in time that's long gone, despite the 2005 reunion shows. I enjoy it for what it was.

Freuds_Cat · April 15, 2010, 11:40:40 PM

During the whole Cream thing all 3 members were by their own admissions completely drug f***ed. Trying to re-create anything like that even in a different era is never gonna happen. The reunion concert was painfull to watch, especially the drumming IMO.

Back in the late 70's I became a musical devotee of JJ Cale. For me, listening to anything from Clapton since Derek and the Dominoes is like listening to a very talented guitar player trying to emulate JJ Cale but not quite making the grade. With a few brighter points like Edge of Darkness and the Journeyman album most of the rest I find pretty tedious.

Of the 3 members of Cream I think Bruce has been more musically interesting to me regardless of his motivations.

Highlander · April 16, 2010, 03:08:02 PM

Ritchie who...?

(already in the shelter)

lowend1 · April 16, 2010, 03:28:12 PM

Quote from: uwe on April 15, 2010, 05:10:55 PM

Grown-ups and other in the meantime listen to Eric.

Or Jeff Beck.

Or CC DeVille

Highlander · April 16, 2010, 06:04:27 PM

(plenty of room in the shelter...

)

Dave W · April 16, 2010, 11:39:54 PM

Eric Clapton mellowed out. Take him or leave him, just don't expect him to be the Eric Clapton of the 60s.

gweimer · April 17, 2010, 01:21:14 AM

There's a lot of Clapton's catalog that I don't care for, but one thing I've always liked is that he never abandoned the blues, and he's never been shy about bringing on some stellar journeymen (Duane Allman and Albert Lee come to mind).

Highlander · April 18, 2010, 05:41:15 AM

Nearly 39 years since Duane Allman's light went out...

Albert Lee's no youngester now...

I was never a great fan of EC and have only seen him once, back in the eighties, but my lasting memory of the gig (Hammersmith Odeon - standing room only - and Lee was in the lineup) was Lee's "Country Boy" and the support act joing EC's band and doing an impromptu version of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" - the line has always been stuck in my mind since reading Ken Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion" ...

Rhythm N. Bliss · April 30, 2010, 03:24:08 PM

CREAM is the first band I ever saw & I'm still LOVIN' 'em!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8hLc_nqx8g

Rock On! (At least with their great recordings)

LOVE this painting on Full Screen!!! wow