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Post by tom on Nov 26, 2022 23:13:47 GMT
No matter how much I liked prog rock. my heart was with Blues, be it raw blues, electric blues, electric folk and not forgetting Birmingham Blues of course.
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Post by will on Nov 27, 2022 8:40:20 GMT
No need to apologise TOM.
Chacun à son goût, and all that.
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Post by anglais on Nov 27, 2022 10:44:16 GMT
I like most forms of music. I'm even coming round to a bit of occasional country.
A few months ago I played some old Amon Duul II off YouTube as I was intrigued to hear how it stood up after 20 odd years of not hearing it. Apart from a few bits and pieces it really was a load of rubbish. I'm embarrassed to say that I have several of their albums, along with Faust, Neu and Tangerine Dream. I was so disappointed that I decided not to invest in a new stylus and dust them off. My Can albums which I am doubling up on CD still sound great.
I'm like Tom, my first love is the Blues. But Will and Mulv have got me interested in Yes, and I still play King Crimson once in a while.
I have seen the Sky Arts story of Cream a couple of times. Its a great watch if you see it. Ginger Baker reckoned that Mitch Mitchell was rubbish which is clearly a nonsense. But Ginger was a total arsehole who didnt rate anyone except himself. I hadn't heard that rumour and I cannot see Hendrix fitting into that format. Mitchell was a very proficient jazz drummer and would have fitted the bill.
Its strange how our tastes change. I could never get Bob Dylan or Led Zeppelin but now I own pretty much all the recordings of both of them. Dylans work in the last 10 years or so is excellent.
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Post by anglais on Nov 27, 2022 10:57:15 GMT
Hey Tom,
Did you ever get yourself up to Henry's Blueshouse above the Crown in Station Street. We used to have some good nights in there. They occasionally used to get some of the ole Mississippi Blues players like the Reverend Gary Davis, James Cotton and Little Walter over.
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Post by tom on Nov 27, 2022 11:12:56 GMT
Hey Tom, Did you ever get yourself up to Henry's Blueshouse above the Crown in Station Street. We used to have some good nights in there. They occasionally used to get some of the ole Mississippi Blues players like the Reverend Gary Davis, James Cotton and Little Walter over. After Mothers closed, Henry's was a refuge for us hairy lot. Bit of dive though, the Crown, that is. |
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Post by mulv on Nov 27, 2022 23:56:55 GMT
Did Baker used to ping drumsticks at Mitchell by whacking them on a drum to fire them across the stage, or is that just an urban myth?
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