Grahm Bond Organization

Barklessdog · January 13, 2010, 05:33:07 AM

- Graham Bond: organ
- John McLaughlin: guitar
- Jack Bruce: bass
- Ginger Baker: drums.
- Dick Heckstall-Smith on sax

Highlander · January 13, 2010, 05:56:32 AM

I miss the sixties...

gweimer · January 13, 2010, 06:49:48 AM

Funny stuff. That was posted on the FDP last year. "Turn up your amplifier." My kinda video.

Dave W · January 13, 2010, 08:03:58 AM

Gonks Go Beat, one of those movies that must have been made by someone with money to burn.

nofi · January 13, 2010, 08:14:18 AM

quite a line up that was. mayall, bond and alexis koener were the british godheads of the blues that just about everybody played with. i think bond later commited suicide by jumping in front of a subway train.

Highlander · January 13, 2010, 08:31:26 AM

... in North London in 1974; RIP

Pilgrim · January 13, 2010, 10:31:07 AM

Bond....Graham Bond.

Rhythm N. Bliss · January 13, 2010, 04:01:31 PM

Damn~ They look like muppets!!!!

Glad I never saw this before CREAM! hahaaa

PhilT · January 13, 2010, 04:42:59 PM

If you're interested in this period of British musical history, I really recommend you get hold of a copy of Dick Heckstall-Smith's book ...

UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blowing-Blues-Personal-History-British/dp/1904555047/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263425566&sr=8-1
US http://www.amazon.com/Blowing-Blues-Personal-History-British/dp/1904555047/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263425595&sr=8-1

DHS also RIP, sadly. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/dec/22/guardianobituaries.arts

And if you want to know what GBO could have become if Bond hadn't self-destructed, try Colosseum.

Pilgrim · January 13, 2010, 04:55:08 PM

Even with the lack of video/audio sync, I can see that was the worst lip-sync job EVER. Cool music, tho.

gweimer · January 13, 2010, 05:01:27 PM

Don't forget that Bruce recorded Things We Like with Heckstall-Smith and McLaughlin. I never knew that he started out with Graham Bond.

Dave W · January 13, 2010, 10:12:34 PM

The story is that Ginger Baker got Jack fired from GBO. Don't know if it's actually been confirmed by either of them, but there was a lot of hostility between them and Jack left.

rahock · January 15, 2010, 06:02:58 AM

If I remember correctly, there are some Graham Bond cuts that are a bit more jazzy with Jack Bruce on an upright and Ginger Baker really working that small kit. Particularly a lot of real old school snare and high hat work......very different from the Ginger Baker multi tom tom stuff we are familiar with. I haven't heard any of that stuff since pre 1970 so the memory may be a bit fogged

Rick

PhilT · January 19, 2010, 05:49:52 PM

Quote from: Dave W on January 13, 2010, 10:12:34 PM
The story is that Ginger Baker got Jack fired from GBO. Don't know if it's actually been confirmed by either of them, but there was a lot of hostility between them and Jack left.

According to Heckstall-Smith "... it was Ginger alone who had sacked Jack, and it was over a personal matter ..."

PhilT · January 19, 2010, 05:52:08 PM

Quote from: rahock on January 15, 2010, 06:02:58 AM
If I remember correctly, there are some Graham Bond cuts that are a bit more jazzy with Jack Bruce on an upright and Ginger Baker really working that small kit. Particularly a lot of real old school snare and high hat work......very different from the Ginger Baker multi tom tom stuff we are familiar with. I haven't heard any of that stuff since pre 1970 so the memory may be a bit fogged
Rick

Maybe "Live at Klooks Kleek"?

Grahm Bond Organization

nofi