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Gee Musician's cover story listed one of the good reasons to be Eric Clapton as
"no reunion tour" I guess one show is ok...

dbii

I heard Jack Bruce was disgusted by the "hypocricy" of Eric Clapton, a
recovering alcoholic, doing beer commercials.

Surely they recorded this event!  It would obviously sell millions.


				Mark

>	I heard Jack Bruce was disgusted by the "hypocricy" of Eric Clapton, a
>	recovering alcoholic, doing beer commercials.

	I'll drink to that!  *8')  But seriously, if you're familiar
	with AA and/or the 12 step programs, you know that the problem
	isn't that alcohol is merchandised like crazy...

	I wonder if anybody mentioned the contents of the Rolling Stone
	interview with Jack Bruce to Eric.  That should have been enough
	to stop the show, right there.

    Last weekend, there was a special on E.C. (PBS) and they had a segment
    of Clapton jamming with Jack Bruce circa 1986, or 1987. If there
    was bad blood between them, you'd never know it. And if it was *that*
    bad, why did Bruce do the segment with Eric at all? 
    
    Just food for thought and that's all, besides you know what they
    say... "time heals all". Well...  except for broken instruments
    that is.  ;^)
    
    Fred

    
    I talked to a NAMM attendee today, he said the show turned out to be
    Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and guitarist "Blues" Saraceno, who was
    holding down the git-chores on the recent Bruce tour.  I also heard
    from a UK noter that Clapton did a set of shows in London last weekend,
    that makes it tought to get to LA  8^)  8^)  8^)
    
    							Brian

    I'm sorry I missed it. Cream was my original fave band, but I was a
    terribly un-hip teenager and only discovered them post-breakup, so I
    never had the pleasure. However, I have caught both Jack Bruce and
    Ginger Baker, on separate occasions, both in the thirty-by-fifty foot
    Swifts (Harvard Square, now 8^( a comedy club).
    
    Jack Bruce was fantastic. He did great vocals for Cream, and injected a
    tremendous amount of energy with his six-string bass. He did a few of
    the old Cream tunes at Swifts and they were great. He's also an
    excellent song-writer, in my opinion. He must be around fifty, but he
    was perfectly fit and really rocked.
    
    Ginger, on the other hand, looked like he was going to ask you for
    spare change, when he tottered onto the stage. Allegedly: booze,
    according to my friend the Swifts waitress. On the other other hand, he
    sat down in front of the drum kit, and was totally awesome. (I already
    used up "great" and "excellent" - some vocabulary, huh?) I'm not a big
    fan of drummers, and drum solos tend to sound the same to my ears, but
    Baker was something else. Great. Excellent.
    
    From this distance in time and space, I give Clapton relatively little
    credit for the wonder of Cream, despite all those "Clapton is God"
    scribblings on the walls of the lav at the University of Michigan. Jack
    Bruce did most of the singing and nearly all the writing. I'd probably
    credit Ginger Baker, however, with contributing that which made Cream
    so special.
    
    Let's all go back to the dorm and argue about the greatest rock
    musicians. Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes "Prodigal Man" is the best
    rock song of all time.
    
    ...as long as I was waxing long-winded on non-MIDI type info...
    
    - Hoyt 

        According to Jack Bruce, while he has his problems with Eric,
        they are best pals next to how Ginger feels. I wouldn't hold
        my breath for this one to ever happen.
        
                bs