Re: Cream

[Electric Thing]

Oui, Rory Gallagher ?

Et YES ... surtout !

[kjp]

Un peu de lecture :

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ginger-baker-cream-will-never-reunite-183407

[Garbage Man]

Cream: The Lost Scottish Tour



J'ai acheté ce livre à Londres dans une librairie faisant face à la British Library où tous les livres sont à 2£.
A l'interieur du livre de magnifiques cliché de Clapton,Baker,Bruce en Ecosse prise par Robert Whitaker à qui l'on doit la conception de la pochette du célèbre album Disraeli Gears.

[Ayler]

You really thought Eric Clapton, the very singer and song writer who's still remembered for numbers like cocaine, the beautiful lady and a lot others, would re unite with his former bands. For those who expected a powerful concert by Eric and his former band members have to take some bad news. Eric Clapton has turned down the possibility of another reunion with his former band Cream, insisting the British blues-rock band had gone their separate ways amicably.

The incredible guitarist had pleased fans when he came together again with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce for gigs in London and New York four years ago. But the 64-year-old said chances of a repeat reunion were bleak. "I think I was clear that I don't think we need to go there again... I think we've gone as far as we could with that," the Daily Express quoted him, as telling Rolling Stone magazine.

The rocker, however, insisted he would 'never say never, a comment which could go down well with Bruce, who told Billboard.com magazine last year, "I think there might be a chance of some more (gigs). I would like to do some more because I enjoyed it. It was very emotional. I would like another shot at it."

Source : http://living.oneindia.in/insync/2009/eric-clapton-former-band-280509.html

[Ayler]

Pour les amateurs, un Tribute (pas écouté) :

ONESKO BOGERT CEO PROJECT - Big Electric Cream Jam (2009)



01. Crossroads
02. Politician
03. Sitting On Top Of The World
04. Outside Woman Blues
05. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
06. I'm So Glad
07. Spoonful
08. Toad
09. We're Going Wrong
10. Sunshine Of Your Love

[Ayler]

Exclusive: Legend Jack Bruce defies doctors to beat killer drugs and bugs
Jul 19 2009 Billy Sloan

MUSIC legend Jack Bruce has broken his silence to reveal how his wild rock'n'roll lifestyle almost killed him.

The 66-year-old bass player cheated death twice after going into a coma after a liver transplant - and then being struck down by a killer bug.

Now Jack, who shot to fame with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker in supergroup Cream in 1966, has fought his way back to good health.

Jack told how he had to learn to walk, talk and sing again to save his career and his life.

He said: "I overdid it with too much of everything ... drugs in my case. I was really bad, taking speedballs - a mix of heroin and cocaine - which I mainlined into my veins.

"This is the first time I've talked about it because I don't want to romanticise drug-taking. There's nothing good about it at all."

In August, Jack hits the road again on his latest concert tour. And earlier this month, the Bishopbriggs, Glasgow-born musician was honoured by Glasgow Caledonian University when they presented him with an honorary Doctorate of Letters.

But in 2003 Jack faced death when doctors told him his liver was so ravaged by years of drug abuse there was virtually no hope.

Jack, who was brought up in the tough Pollok area of Glasgow, said: 'I was taking too many illegal drugs. It's a very Glasgow thing. We're not known for our abstemious nature.

"When I tried to stop, I went on to a methadone programme but I was taking such vast doses it affected my liver very badly. It turned into liver cancer. I thought I was going to die.

"I was told by doctors I was too far gone to be helped. That scared me, more because of the effect it would have on my family. In a strange way, it helped me straighten out."

Jack received his transplant at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. The operation was a success but complications arose and he lapsed into a coma.

His wife Margrit and children Natasha, 26, Kyla, 23, and Corin, 16, were at his bedside.

Jack said: "I got bad infections, which is normal in those situations. "I had a tracheotomy in my throat to help me breathe. When I came round, I had to relearn how to talk and sing.

"I had no damage to my vocal chords but I feared I might never be able to do it."

In an incredible 50-year career, Jack has never done things by half. And so it proved the first time he had to sing again.

Cream, hailed as rock's first supergroup, split after a landmark concert at the Royal Albert Hill in London in 1968.

But in 2005 he'd agreed to a moneyspinning Cream reunion with old friends guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker. The trio got together again for gigs at the Albert Hill and Mdison Square Garden in New York.

"The first time I had to sing again was when I went to rehearsals with Eric and Ginger," said Jack.

"It was an amazing feeling to open my mouth and hear that sound come out again. It was great not only to be alive but also back with my mates."

"We are good friends.-.despite all the stories you may have heard.

"It was very emotional playing with Eric and Ginger again. I' m so glad we did. The Albert Hill has a lot of history for this band.

"We'd got lots of big money offers over the years to reform. But there was always one of us who didn't want to do it.

"In 2005, it felt right. We wanted to come back, have a little play and say goodbye again.

"Tor me, it was like a miracle. In the months before the gigs, I couldn't walk, talk or do anything. The Cream reunion gave me something to aim for. I'd said I'd do it, but never thought I'd actually get there.

"So from a selfish point of view it was really important to me. It was making up for lost time."

But Jack received another health setback earlier this year during a solo tour of Japan.

He said: "I got an e-coli infection and, as I'm on immune and suppressant drugs, I can't fight these things off.

"A normal person would just get a bit ill but I nearly died again. I was completely wiped out and everything stopped working. I thought, 'This is it.' But I didn't want to leave my family just yet. They are what makes life worthwhile. I seem to have a streak of luck which has kept me alive. Music is the drug for me now."

Jack has won Grammy Awards for his songs and in 1993 Cream were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hill of Fame.

But being presented with an honorary doctorate by Glasgow Caledonian University for his services to music and the arts outshone all his previous accolades.

Jack said: "This one is very special and touching because it's being given by my home city.

"When awards come up, I find it difficult to accept them. This is different.

"I miss the people of Glasgow and it's always nice to come home."

Jack will perform Seven Mons Live, his new music project with Robin Trower and Qiry Hisband, at the 02 Academy, Qasgow, on August 6 and Edinburgh Queen's Hill on Auguest 8.

Source : http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tv-showbiz-news/music-news/2009/07/19/exclusive-legend-jack-bruce-defies-doctors-to-beat-killer-drugs-and-bugs-78057-21532050/

[Purple Jim]

J'ai écouté une compile perso des lives de Cream aujourd'hui. Finalement je le trouvait assez insupportable. Des compos très moyen, la voix affreux et mélodramatique de Jack Bruce et les solos qui tournent en rond d'Eric.C'est n'est pas surprenant qu'ils ont été écrasé par The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[thefrenchowl]

Jim, tu me rassures, je pensais etre le seul a ne pas faire dans la dentelle!!!

Patrick

[Ayler]

Jack Bruce, ce héros :
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/151080/Supergroup-Scot-saved-Jack-Bruce-s-life

[Purple Jim]

Jack Bruce serait invité sur "Later Live With Jools Holland" ce soir (BBC 2).

[Bloomers]

J'ai écouté une compile perso des lives de Cream aujourd'hui. Finalement je le trouvait assez insupportable. Des compos très moyen, la voix affreux et mélodramatique de Jack Bruce et les solos qui tournent en rond d'Eric.C'est n'est pas surprenant qu'ils ont été écrasé par The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

qui n'a pas été écrasé par Hendrix ?...ce n'est pas Cream qui a lancé les power trio ? Ils avaient au moins le mérite de proposer quelque chose de nouveau...en ce qui me concerne il y a certains concerts du voodoo chile qui sont fatiguant, j'avoue même être incapable de les entendre en entier...surtout les titres qui reviennent tout le temps dans leur formats single (très court) fire, purple haze, hey joe...qui s'extasie encore en écoutant ça ?

[Garbage Man]

J'ai écouté une compile perso des lives de Cream aujourd'hui. Finalement je le trouvait assez insupportable. Des compos très moyen, la voix affreux et mélodramatique de Jack Bruce et les solos qui tournent en rond d'Eric.C'est n'est pas surprenant qu'ils ont été écrasé par The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

qui n'a pas été écrasé par Hendrix ?...ce n'est pas Cream qui a lancé les power trio ? Ils avaient au moins le mérite de proposer quelque chose de nouveau...en ce qui me concerne il y a certains concerts du voodoo chile qui sont fatiguant, j'avoue même être incapable de les entendre en entier...surtout les titres qui reviennent tout le temps dans leur formats single (très court) fire, purple haze, hey joe...qui s'extasie encore en écoutant ça ?

J'ai pas la culture hendrixienne de Ayler ou de Electric Thing et bien que j'adore Hendrix, je te rejoins un peu. En fait je suis pas fana des bootlegs (bien qu'ils apprennent un lot de choses sur un artiste), comme je n'ai pas assimilé toute la chronologie (Concerts, tournées, temps passé en studio etc...) j'arrive moins à rentrer dans le truc et si certains titres reviennent (au format single comme tu dit) j'éprouve de la lassitude et cela peu importe les variations d'une date à l'autre.
En ce qui concerne Cream tu as tout dit, malheureusement je trouves que les anglais ont un peu trop vite tournée la page sur ce groupe, pour passer à la suite. D'ailleurs ça semble être une constante chez eux.

[leptilou]

A replacer néanmoins dans le contexte fin sixties... mais c'est dur pour les plus jeunes... C'est un peu comme comprendre la guerre de 14 sans avoir fait le chemin des dames...

par ailleurs, le Live cela a toujours été fait pour les gens qui ont assisté aux concerts sinon c'est dur de rentrer dans l'ambiance... Et c'était un gourpe très "live"...

[Garbage Man]

A replacer néanmoins dans le contexte fin sixties... mais c'est dur pour les plus jeunes... C'est un peu comme comprendre la guerre de 14 sans avoir fait le chemin des dames...

par ailleurs, le Live cela a toujours été fait pour les gens qui ont assisté aux concerts sinon c'est dur de rentrer dans l'ambiance... Et c'était un gourpe très "live"...

Honnêtement je ne vois pas bien le rapport. Ayler n'a semble t-il pas non plus connu cette époque et Yazid Manou non plus d'ailleurs. Pourtant ils parlent tous les deux mieux d'Hendrix que certain qui ont vécu les choses en direct.

La musique d'Hendrix soit on la capte directement ou on l'apprivoise au fil du temps. J'ai du entendre Hendrix pour la première fois à l'âge de 7 ans, je n'avais pas été marqué plus que ça. Mais c'est finalement vers 13 ans (alors que je commençais vraiment à m'intéresser au Rock et la musique en général) que Hendrix a capté mon attention. Mais cela fait vraiment 2 ans (depuis que j'ai approfondis la chose) que j'ai eu un début de conscience sur la musique d'Hendrix. Et il me reste encore un tas de chose chez lui à comprendre et à apprivoiser.

[Tontonjimi]

Pour la musique de Jimi en générale il y a une période d'incubation plus ou moins longue suivant les personnes, pour moi depuis la première fois à l'explosion, il c'est bien passé quelques années, mais c'est définitif

[Chino]

[Tontonjimi]

Merci Chino "Madison Square Garden" pour ces beaux clichés d' Eric "Jimi" Clapton avec Ginger!!!

[Garbage Man]

Ces photos ont été prise par Robert Whitaker (l'auteur de la pochette de Disraeli Gears) à Edimbourg lors de la tournée écossaise (la dernière me semble t-il ?) de Cream.

D'ailleurs les photos de cette tournée sont toutes regroupées dans cet ouvrage:



Je l'avais acheté à Londres pour 2£ !!!

[Ayler]

[Purple Jim]

Génial.

[Tontonjimi]

Vas-y Eric!!!! C'est comme ça qu'on t'aime

[Purple Jim]

[Garbage Man]

Excellent !!!

Merci Jim

[Purple Jim]

Une page intéressante - Cream recording sessions :
http://gpatt.customer.netspace.net.au/cream/sessions.htm

[vincent]

Superbe travail d'archive!!

[leptilou]

Ah oui ! sunshine of your love par Ella ! elle y est top !

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