Fender Japan Billy Sheehan tribute bass?

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uwe

#30
August 23, 2011, 01:15:11 PM
Maybe not all music of Cream had aged that well?  8) They were never Lennon/McCartney or Bob Dylan you know  :mrgreen:.  I think it is telling that Clapton became disenchanted with Cream after he heard an album by The Band in 1969 or so!

Speaking of which: He's all over the new Robbie Robertson album. Recommended.
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Freuds_Cat

#31
August 23, 2011, 06:01:48 PM
Quote from: dadagoboi on August 23, 2011, 10:58:22 AM
Well, something was missing from that 'Reunion' IMO...maybe the correct vintage drugs would have helped.

There were a few things missing. I cant watch it without Ginger Bakers drumming making me cringe. Better not to have done it at all IMO. When did Clapton change to Musicman amps? was that during or post Cream?
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Dave W

#32
August 23, 2011, 06:22:20 PM
Quote from: uwe on August 23, 2011, 01:15:11 PM
Maybe not all music of Cream had aged that well?  8) They were never Lennon/McCartney or Bob Dylan you know  :mrgreen:.  I think it is telling that Clapton became disenchanted with Cream after he heard an album by The Band in 1969 or so!


It seemed groundbreaking at the time, not so much now.

Quote from: uwe on August 23, 2011, 01:15:11 PM

Speaking of which: He's all over the new Robbie Robertson album. Recommended.

He's also trying something new and daring: Eric Clapton To Release New Album Inspired By Blues Music  :mrgreen:

(note to the humor-impaired: it's satire)

uwe

#33
August 23, 2011, 06:37:32 PM Last Edit: August 24, 2011, 03:55:46 AM by uwe
Cream was both cursed and blessed with being the hard rock prototype even though much of their material wasn't. I bow to their legacy, we probably all do. But what Clapton sincerely wanted, that singer/songwriter thing with his very English take of American blues guitar, he could not do with Cream.

In defense of ole Ginger: I loved his drumming on the reunion. If many drummers today are a recorded phone message, he is a slightly hypheractive real person talking to you animatedly about something that actually is interesting. And, thankfully, he doesn't have the Bonham disease and drags on the beat. This with all due respect to Led Zeppelin and the vast impact of their thoughtful lyrics on American youth culture. I also liked their horn section a lot.
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Freuds_Cat

#34
August 23, 2011, 10:58:33 PM
On that reunion Baker gives me the sense that he is not quite sure what flourish to put where and just lets things almost randomly fly. His years of experience (subconcious programming) get him over the line but the constant fractional hesitancy is what makes me cringe. I have friends on both sides of this. Half (even musicians), dont hear it, half do.
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uwe

#35
August 24, 2011, 04:02:19 AM
He's not disciplined. Not - thank God - "in the pocket". Below, above, behind and in front of the music at various times, but it all flows. I just find him interesting to watch and listen to (and I don't watch many drummers!) because he defies expectations. His drumming is both original and archaic in its old-school jazziness (when did drummers collectively decide to stop swinging when providing the beat, was it the 80ies?). But then Jack Bruce is no rock-solid foundation bassist either. Funny how both always thought that "the other guy plays to much", yet both sound best together as a rhythm section team.
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Chris P.

#37
October 28, 2011, 05:03:00 AM
Clapton even moved to Woodstock, were The Band lived, tryin' to join them. I think the Band changed a lot. Even The Beatles and The Small Faces.

hieronymous

#38
October 30, 2011, 06:06:44 PM
Quote from: Chris P. on October 28, 2011, 05:03:00 AM
Clapton even moved to Woodstock, were The Band lived, tryin' to join them. I think the Band changed a lot. Even The Beatles and The Small Faces.

???  - posted in wrong thread?

Dave W

#39
October 30, 2011, 11:17:37 PM
Quote from: hieronymous on October 30, 2011, 06:06:44 PM
???  - posted in wrong thread?

I wondered about that too.  :)

Chris P.

#40
October 31, 2011, 04:10:13 AM
Hmm.. I have to try to find a link between Sheehan and Clapton quick!

Yep. I dunno how this happened. Sorry!

Highlander

#41
October 31, 2011, 01:34:22 PM
Quote from: uwe on August 23, 2011, 01:15:11 PM
... I think it is telling that Clapton became disenchanted with Cream after he heard an album by The Band in 1969 or so!

Speaking of which: He's all over the new Robbie Robertson album. Recommended.

Chris, you might have got it subliminally from this post by Uwe (preparation for the forth blues Reich, I think... either that or an acid flashback)
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#42
November 01, 2011, 04:02:14 AM
That's right Kenny! But I can't find were he posted that:D

Dave W

#43
November 01, 2011, 11:00:32 AM
Right at the top of this page! How did we miss that? And why has Uwe popped into the thread twice to post about Clapton and The Band?

Chris P.

#44
November 01, 2011, 12:49:44 PM
Okay, so I am not crazy:D
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