One of my favorite rock groups of the 70’s, Cactus, had that problem. They fought all of the time but on stage they were very tight. Their fighting is why they broke up. Still, they managed to put out three studio albums. Appice and Bogert reformed the group with a different guitar player and singer and they put out one album.
I’ve just finished reading Clapton’s autobiography. *Highly recommended.*
Hard to believe that one person could consume two bottles of booze a day, plus copious amounts of coke, heroin & assorted other mind-bending substances and still be alive today, let alone produce such, well, mind-bending sounds from a mere 6-stringed instrument.
His best song from Disraeli Gears? Hands down, it’s ‘Dance the Night Away’:
Gonna build myself a castle
High up in the clouds
There’ll be skies outside my window
Lose these streets and crowds
Dance the night away
Will find myself an ocean
Sail into the blue
Live with golden swordfish
Forget the time of you
Dance the night away
Dance myself to nothing
Vanish from this place
Gonna turn myself to shadow
So I can’t see your face
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Play it, turn it up LOUD, and get lost in his manic playing (and Ginger’s manic drumming).
Clapron was great with JJ Cale, too.
It wasn’t until later that I learned of past British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
Since a little guy, my son has been a Cream fan. He wouldn’t leave the grand parents house till grandpa played some of the live at Albert Hall DVD.
Cream was great, to bad Jack and Ginger could not stand each other and fought constantly with Clapton playing peacemaker all the time.
That EDGE might have been the cause of their greatness.
Fair point sir.
One of my favorite rock groups of the 70’s, Cactus, had that problem. They fought all of the time but on stage they were very tight. Their fighting is why they broke up. Still, they managed to put out three studio albums. Appice and Bogert reformed the group with a different guitar player and singer and they put out one album.
I’ve just finished reading Clapton’s autobiography. *Highly recommended.*
Hard to believe that one person could consume two bottles of booze a day, plus copious amounts of coke, heroin & assorted other mind-bending substances and still be alive today, let alone produce such, well, mind-bending sounds from a mere 6-stringed instrument.
His best song from Disraeli Gears? Hands down, it’s ‘Dance the Night Away’:
Gonna build myself a castle
High up in the clouds
There’ll be skies outside my window
Lose these streets and crowds
Dance the night away
Will find myself an ocean
Sail into the blue
Live with golden swordfish
Forget the time of you
Dance the night away
Dance myself to nothing
Vanish from this place
Gonna turn myself to shadow
So I can’t see your face
—————————————————
Play it, turn it up LOUD, and get lost in his manic playing (and Ginger’s manic drumming).
Live version of Spoonful on Wheels of Fire is probably the song I would most like to have seen live.