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http://www.youtube.c...e&v=rayaEkdzEwA ALLAN HOLDSWORTH NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT COPYING CORRECTLY... WORTH CHECKING OUT...

I agree .. Cream are a very important and influential band... Eric Clapton's songwriting doesn't usually knock me out, but a couple of his solos I've heard were gut wrenching.. Layla at Live Aid for one. Ginger Baker did say it .. I still have the magazine... To be fair though, he was ripping many drummers apart. I respect his playing and his influence and all that .... but he's still an idiot. Absolutely.. I've only heard the "New Lifetime" with Allan Holdsworth. Believe it and Million Dollar Legs..... But I'm going to look into it. One thing Jack Bruce did that was very cool was he played and sang on 2 songs on Bill Ward's solo album "Ward One: Along The Way". Bill Ward was thrilled and Bruce was very respectful towards him. He also is one of the few musicians that received a composer's credit on a Frank Zappa release ... besides Frank Zappa.. He played Bass on the track Apostrophe'... great song. BLT - Bruce Lorden Trower -- also a great album He's an amazing Bassist and a great singer.... I just don't get why he has such jealousy or animosity towards Zeppelin. He's had more than enough success over the years.

When he was on, Keith Moon was brilliant... Daltrey and Townsend have a ton of talent too. Pete Townsend speaks before he thinks... always did, but he's a major songwriting talent. John Entwistle was one of the greatest Bassists to pick up the instrument. There always seemed to be some mutual respect between The Who and Zeppelin too. Ginger Baker's my least favorite member of Cream by far.. he's arrogant as hell John Bonham admired him always spoke very highly of Baker... and he recently rated Bonham a 3-4 on a scale of 1 - 10... I usually don't mind this stuff but he's just being an ass .... a bitter old man ... and if he really meant it ... he's stupid. John Bonham could have mopped the floor with this guy. edit found this quote from a Jack Bruce biography.. "Composing Himself" In the late 60s and early 70s very few musicians other than Miles Davis were blending jazz improv with the fire and fury of rock. Alongside Miles’s seminal Bitches Brew, the music Jack Bruce was making at that time with John McLaughlin and Tony Williams is considered one of the progenitors of fusion. This after Jack turned down an offer from John Paul Jones to join Led Zeppelin. Stephen Stills invited Jack to join CSNY, but only as a bass player and not as a contributing songwriter. Another polite pass from Jack. -- Not sure if JPJ was leaving and setting up a replacement or was going to stay on as Keyboardist .... or imagine 2 Bassists! Interesting that it was Jones who supposedly approached him. also found this....... Was asked to join Led Zeppelin as second bassist during the 1970s, but declined.

Kashmir ... perfect timing

Nope ... I'm guilty as well. I love Songs From The Wood and Minstrel In The Gallery Sabbath were much bigger than Yes in the States at the time... Rick Wakeman got along better with the members of Sabbath and used to travel with them instead of Yes. He also guested on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. I think the whole "Van Halen blew Sabbath off the stage" in 78 is blown out of proportion... I'm sure there were some nights they were better.. some nights not... I saw the Black and Blue tour in 1980 and BOC was better than Sabbath at the show I was at.. it happens.

the late Lou Miami.. Boston underground.

Almost exactly what I would have picked. Not sure which Crimson lineup I'd pick though. Bruford and Wetton or Bruford Levin. Giles and Lake were pretty awesome too. I'd probably throw Aerosmith in for good measure too.

A classy man and an amazing Guitarist. Best wishes Tony. Hang in there. Millions around the world are rooting and praying for you.

The end result is what counts... However a musician gets out their thoughts. I think criticizing a player for not knowing scales is as crazy as knocking someone for knowing them... It's like knocking a Drummer who plays a 45 pc kit... which is as dumb as knocking a drummer that plays a 4pc kit. It doesn't matter either way as long as they use it well. I would think knowing scales would help... but it could also hurt.. depending on the individual. I was recently playing with a brilliant musician. This guy is classically trained... He plays Bass, Cello, Double Bass. Guitar, Mandolin, Keys, Church Organ... you name it.. anything with Strings or Keys... He could play really well. He can also read anything you put in front of him and can even conduct... He couldn't jam or write though. I'm sure he could if he worked on it... but hadn't. So all that knowledge was great in some ways and hurt him in others. Because he was schooled, in his case it took the spontanity out of it... But I'm sure there are also schooled musicians that rip and jam like there's no tomorrow...

Well that and their 2 previous high profle reunions were held in the States. Live Aid and the Atlantic Records 40th. The only squabbling I've ever heard about those 2 shows from pretty much everyone was that both shows were pretty rusty.

He did. Hendrix also gave gave major props to the late Terry Kath, the great Guitarist from the band Chicago.

Agree 100%. My subjective truly great list would include the above plus Robin Trower, Buddy Guy, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, EVH, Rod Price, FZ, Brian May, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Hillage, Steve Howe, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Frank Marino and many others. Hell.... there are a few friends of mine I consider to be truly great players. I've been fan of of Rory Gallagher since I saw him on Don Kirshner's rock concert in 1975. Amazing player. I'm a bigger Page fan but I certainly can see why The Major could prefer Rory... not a big deal... he's not wrong and neither am I. There is no best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This aint the Olympics. This isn't Bird vs Magic Happy New Year.

Houses was released in 1973... March I believe PG - Feb 1975 Presence - April 1976 Kashmir was written and recorded in 1974

Kashmir was played in 1975. So wasn't Trampled Underfoot, IMTOD, and Sick Again. The Song Remains The Same was footage from their 1973 tour.. not 1975.

He has the right to take it easy if he chooses to. He owes us nothing.... I've stopped waiting for anything new at this point... If something does happen, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

1 The Godfather 1 and 2 (they go so well together, counting them as 1) 2 Goodfellas 3 King Kong (1933) 4 The Sting 5 Jaws plus a handful of favorites. Ed Wood Pulp Fiction Modern Times Planet Of The Apes (1968) Get Shorty Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind Magnolia The Fugitive Ben Hur Ray Boogie Nights

I'll be 49 in March - I've been a diehard fan since I was 12 (1975). I've been a member here since 2001 and have always used the same name. I took a break from posting anything for a few years, I would check in once in a while though. I started visiting again more often this past March-April. I never got to see the band. They last played Boston in 1973. I did see Robert 4 times, Jimmy 3 times and JPJ twice...

Almost as surprising as someone thinking they can improve Carouselambra by chopping it up... to each his own I guess....

Gene has always said they wanted to be the "Heavy Metal Beatles" with 4 distinct personalities.

sounds very promising. i woinder who will fill out the rest of the band.

I thought the contrast in styles worked really well.... You have Jack White who wouldn't use The Edge's effects rack if you put a gun to his head, He'd rather play a 20 dollar guitar he found at a Flea Market over the nicest Les Paul.... Then you have The Edge whose sound is completely processed and lives for effects ... and makes no bones about it. ... and Jimmy Page who is somewhere in the middle... the Jack of all trades. Mutual respect for what they have in common ..... and their differences.. The Edge sounded very out of place on IMTOD though....

Bono can certainly come across as being full of himself... But he's also a Great Humanitarian, He knows how to use use his celebrity power to do very important things.. He's in the same league as John Lennon and Elton John in that regard..

At exactly the same second I read this thread title, I looked up at the TV screen and Jon Bon Jovi was right there on an Advil commercial. The timing was uncanny. "singer, songwriter, philanthropist, father". Yes that's the order he called them off.... (Kind of like when Darien Taylor on Wall Street listed "World Peace" right after a "Perfect Canary Diamond" on her list of wants.) There's others I dislike more .... in fact I don't really even dislike Mr Jovi all that much... but I don't think I'd cross the street to see him perform. But he's Patriots Coach Bill Belichick's friend so he can't be all that bad. Let's see who else... Marilyn Manson made a complete idiot out of himself on That Metal Show last night. "Time to bring Satan back" yeah whatever. Why don't you shut the F**** up and let Biff Byford talk for half a minute. Not a big Ginger Baker fan... great influential drummer and all that, but a complete horses ass who rated John Bonham a 3-4 on a a scale of 1-10... Ratt's Steven Pearcy drives me nuts... But it's rather impressive how someone with such a monotone mediocre voice can make a living in music for so long. That's enough for now.

That is wonderful news. Very well deserved. He's had the most varied musical career of any professional musican I can think of.. Congratulations John Paul.