So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

Is that an original or a cover?

Original. He's the drummer and occasional vocalist for the Gear Daddies, and it appeared on their Billy's Live Bait album from 1990. They stopped touring 30 years ago but still do a couple of shows locally every year.

Two months ago at Buck Hill ski area in the southern suburbs.

[uwe]

Good songwriting then!

[Dave W]

[Dave W]

Posted to the Jack Bruce channel earlier today.

[uwe]

Gary Moore seems to be enjoying himself and I've certainly heard him worse OTT, but it still sounds forced in comparison to Slowhand's original. The thing with Clapton is not so much what he plays, but how he does it.

[Dave W]

Ahhhh, balance has been restored to the universe!

I need to point out that Carolyn Hax used "harrumphant" as an adjective in her Sunday WaPo column. I'll have to use that.

[Dave W]

Gary Moore seems to be enjoying himself and I've certainly heard him worse OTT, but it still sounds forced in comparison to Slowhand's original. The thing with Clapton is not so much what he plays, but how he does it.

Clapton's detractors don't understand that. Not that I expect everyone to like his playing, but try to understand what makes him who he is.

[Basvarken]

Gary Moore seems to be enjoying himself and I've certainly heard him worse OTT, but it still sounds forced in comparison to Slowhand's original. The thing with Clapton is not so much what he plays, but how he does it.

Gary Moore sounds a bit stiff/square in this performance. Or maybe it's just that he's too loud in the mix?
But in my opinion it doesn't work with the busy and loose playing of Jack Bruce.
That's the probleem with almost all of Gary Moore's performances; he was just so hyper, he never sounded relaxed.
I used to be a fan when I was a teenager (corridors of power, victims of the future era). But these days I find it hard to listen to his guitar playing that is (almost) obnoxious to my ears...

[uwe]

Same with me, each note of equal importance and intensity across the board. No real dynamics, always clamoring for rapt attention. Interestingly, Gary Moore fans don't seem to hear that at all, they think his ADHD guitar playing was a sincere emotional outpouring when in fact he couldn't help himself.

Clapton's guitar playing is gentlemanly in comparison. He's like the person in the (not only white ...) room who doesn't have the loudest voice, but still has you listen.



Clapton at his most mundane can be boring at times, but he's never offensive. And you're right, Rob, his style of playing and groove lets Baker's bass "bubble" more.

[uwe]

The drummer isn't a bad singer.



They were quite jazzy still back then!

[gearHed289]

The drummer isn't a bad singer.



They were quite jazzy still back then!

Fancy playing all around there! Who's the bass player?

[uwe]

Good question. Not Bob Messenger (who did a lot of their live work on bass) nor Joe Osborn of the Wrecking Crew (who played on most of their studio tracks).

Ah, I got it! Wes(ley) Jacobs ...



https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/biography-2.htm

... who later on became a tuba player with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra:

https://encoremusicpublishers.wordpress.com/about/

I knew that they were jazzy before they turned middle of the road, but I had no idea they were THIS JAZZY (and Karen doesn't even sing, just swings ...):



If only she had eaten properly, darn.

[Ken]

Good question. Not Bob Messenger (who did a lot of their live work on bass) nor Joe Osborn of the Wrecking Crew (who played on most of their studio tracks).

I hope Bob never got shot.

[uwe]

Ouch - that took a while, but realization was blissful!

[westen44]

Same with me, each note of equal importance and intensity across the board. No real dynamics, always clamoring for rapt attention. Interestingly, Gary Moore fans don't seem to hear that at all, they think his ADHD guitar playing was a sincere emotional outpouring when in fact he couldn't help himself.

Clapton's guitar playing is gentlemanly in comparison. He's like the person in the (not only white ...) room who doesn't have the loudest voice, but still has you listen.



Clapton at his most mundane can be boring at times, but he's never offensive. And you're right, Rob, his style of playing and groove lets Baker's bass "bubble" more.

I see what you're saying about Gary Moore.  I have a bassist friend who doesn't much like him at all.  However, I think I remember reading that Jack Bruce said GM was his favorite guitarist to play with.  Supposedly because of their Celtic connection.  I think I may have mentioned this in another thread long ago.  Also, I may have heard Jack say this in an interview instead of reading it.  It was years ago, and I just can't remember.  Uncovering old Jack Bruce interviews can sometimes get tricky.  Personally, I don't dislike Moore, but I like Clapton much better. 

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For what it's worth, and since the Gary Moore topic has already been brought up, here is a video on how he may have gotten his scars.