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Very interesting thread. I found this forum through Googling for info on a Cream Reunion. I am a working musician(bassist) since 1966 (not a misprint, I was 15) was heavily influenced by seeing Cream in 1968. They combined elements of blues, rock and jazz the world had never heard before. With Marshall amps stacked to the ceiling, which was a new idea, only Jimi Hendrix had done it. Now a reunion is interesting to me because they were far more than just a rock band, they were very improvisational, like jazz.

I have been more of a jazz fan for years, but it all blends together. I like classic rock because many of the musicians could really play their instruments, and some of the best songs have lots of staying power. I just KNEW that acts like the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin and the Who and Cream and of course Jimi Hendrix, would be listened to for many, many years, which was an absurd idea at the time, because Rock was just for teenagers then. But that music had a quality I knew would last, and I was right.

Hendrix is still the best electric guitarist who ever lived, though clearly Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck were all incredible. Strange and unexpected that all but Jimi are still alive and reasonably well. And i really learned to love jazz because of classic rock. See, Jack Bruce from Cream was a a jazz player, played with the drummer from the best Miles Davis quintet (Tony Williams), Tony also played with John McLaughlin, who Miles Davis introduced when he practically practically invented jazz-rock fusion. From there I learned about the real Miles Davis music, then learned about John Coltrane, who played even before my time.Its all connected, Cream is not substantially different in quality from john Coltrane, the greatest of the jazz musicians.

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Sweet :thumb: Nice to have you here :).

Awesome man, an honest-to-god Bonefide musician from the psychedelic period. Fuc[B]k[/B]in A. :thumb:

Come on man, give me a break. CCR played at woodstock, so did the Dead. Also, I believe CCR played the filmore several times, and you know the Dead was almost like the house band there.

I'm a jazz fan.

I love jazz, but I'm a jazz noob in terms of knowledge about it. All I know is it sounds really good.

[QUOTE=DeusExMachina]I love jazz, but I'm a jazz noob in terms of knowledge about it. All I know is it sounds really good.[/QUOTE]
Same here, I like it, but I have no where near the knoledge I should have.

Oh wow, way to keep it semi-on topic for 3 pages :mad:

I'm not much into jazz though I do like some of it. Jeff Healey's jazz stuff is awesome. So is Hendrix's.

:p [QUOTE=Bluesman522]Come on man, give me a break. CCR played at woodstock, so did the Dead. Also, I believe CCR played the filmore several times, and you know the Dead was almost like the house band there.[/QUOTE]

Well yes, but no interms of being easy as possible.

Tom Fogerty played in the Merl Saunder/Jerry Garcia band :p

I got the Bob Dylan Unplugged DVD

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It any good?

I not much of a Jazz fan, but I do like Wes Montgomery a lot.

[QUOTE=Yppolitia]^^
It any good?[/QUOTE]
Its awesome, I'm gonna watch it when I get home from work. See you guys in a few. :wave:

I opened the rest of my presents. I got Yes - Fragile, Houses of the Holy, clothes and stuff, a cell phone, and gift cards for more cds.

I got for Xmas mostly repeats of Cds for my car:

Allman Bros. - Eat A Peach, Live At Fillmore East
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping

New ones:
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited, great CD
Derek and the Dominos - Layla and other assorted love songs, way better then I thought, I like it a lot and want to get their Fillmore one
CCR- Greatest Hits Volume 1, nice since I'm not into them a whole lot although I have Green River
Pearl Jam - Greatest Hits, pretty darn good

My mom couldn't find the Jam Band section in our local Cd store so I got none....it's labled in big letters JAM BANDS :( She also got me a Marshall Tucker Band Cd but it's the wrong one so I'll have to get their s/t she got their newest one which kinda sucks.

And speaking of like older people from the 60's/70's three teachers in my school went to Woodstock, one of them is now a deacon lol.

does anyone know of a tab for the i wanna rock solo by twisted sister i can't find one anywhere

[QUOTE=d_rock]does anyone know of a tab for the i wanna rock solo by twisted sister i can't find one anywhere[/QUOTE]

My advice- Do not learn that song.

Plus this is the classic rock thread. Not the ****ty hair metal thread.

kthx

I got Dylan's Unplugged Album, Santana's "Divine Light" and The Band's "The Last Waltz" DVD.

Speaking of which, does anyone have the track "It Makes No Difference" that they could send me via AIM or MSN?

AIM: Capt Kei
MSN: [email]iamreflrefl@hotmail.com[/email]

[QUOTE=Humor99]I got Dylan's Unplugged Album, Santana's "Divine Light" and The Band's "The Last Waltz" DVD.

Speaking of which, does anyone have the track "It Makes No Difference" that they could send me via AIM or MSN?

AIM: Capt Kei
MSN: [email]iamreflrefl@hotmail.com[/email][/QUOTE]

I wish I had it, that's one of my favorite songs of theirs, next to "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". How you like The Last Waltz? I watched it 9 times in the first week I discovered it. :thumb:

[QUOTE=magicbus]I wish I had it, that's one of my favorite songs of theirs, next to "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". How you like The Last Waltz? I watched it 9 times in the first week I discovered it. :thumb:[/QUOTE]
It's awesome. I kept playing "It Makes No Difference", "Helpless", "Further on Down the Road", the two Dylan songs, and the finale over and over. I love 'em. Robbie Robertson is amazing.

I bought quite a few albums today:

Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
Doors - LA Woman
The Byrds - Essential Byrds
Blues Traveler - Travelers and Thieves
Widespread Panic - Jackassolantern
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather
and the Crossroads DVD

[QUOTE=Humor99]It's awesome. I kept playing "It Makes No Difference", "Helpless", "Further on Down the Road", the two Dylan songs, and the finale over and over. I love 'em. Robbie Robertson is amazing.[/QUOTE]

Oh man I know, Robbie Robertson is one of the coolest cats I've ever seen play guitar. I also love the Neil Young and Clapton songs (my two favorite songs that aren't just The Band LOL WACKY) Seriously though, I can't get over how cool Robbie is. I think I can seriously say I've watched it everyday for the last week and a half.

And to Phishin, nice cd choices man. I got the Crossroads DVD for christmas. Its awesome. :thumb:

[QUOTE=magicbus]Oh man I know, Robbie Robertson is one of the coolest cats I've ever seen play guitar. I also love the Neil Young and Clapton songs (my two favorite songs that aren't just The Band LOL WACKY) Seriously though, I can't get over how cool Robbie is. I think I can seriously say I've watched it everyday for the last week and a half.

And to Phishin, nice cd choices man. I got the Crossroads DVD for christmas. Its awesome. :thumb:[/QUOTE]
Robertson is probably the only guitarist that night that could really keep up with Clapton, and it's pretty awesome to watch them trade solos back and forth.

Yay for The Last Waltz. I watch that many times a week :D

[QUOTE=Humor99]Robertson is probably the only guitarist that night that could really keep up with Clapton, and it's pretty awesome to watch them trade solos back and forth.[/QUOTE]

Clapton is amazing.

I need to find this Last Waltz movie, you keep driving me crazy talking about it all the time.

I thought Clapton showed up Robbie :p. But Robbie was the closest to keeping up.

i agree with most things people are saying here....classic rock is still the best....even though it may be 30 years old. how can someone deny that the classics like led zeppelin, the who, the beatles, the doors, pink floyd, the guess who, eric clapton and all the others isnt good, talent filled music. all of these bands have great musicians (guitarists) and are good to listen to unless your britney spears' number 1 fan. classic rock is by far the best music out there....and the excuse that the music is old and the guys are washed up isnt a good excuse.

oh and check out the james gang if you havent already....theyve got some good stuff

[QUOTE=rock not roll]I thought Clapton showed up Robbie :p. But Robbie was the closest to keeping up.[/QUOTE]
Oh there's no doubt that Clapton was the best there, but Robbie is probably the only one on that stage that night who is comparative to Clapton as a guitarist.

Danko's voice sucked on "The Weight", during The Last Waltz.

[QUOTE=Badmoon]Danko's voice sucked on "The Weight", during The Last Waltz.[/QUOTE]
I have to agree.

Do you have "It Makes No Difference" that you could send me?

No, sorry :(

[QUOTE=Badmoon]No, sorry :([/QUOTE]
There goes my best hope :(

I'm going to the mall tomorrow, I hope they have The Last Waltz. I can't stand all this talk about how good it is.

hello
 

hi
i'm from argentina, i love classic rock, but my heart is in Pink Floyd.I think that the way gilmour has to play the guitar is just perfect, he makes it speak in the most wonderful way! anyone who want to chat: [email]lechu_sebas@hotmail.com[/email] .......i like this about sharing likes in music, specially in what is classic rock, music is all I need. "all you need is love", I think love is found in music, specially in Pnk Floyd, among other artist, classic's, etc.

great forum man!!!

hey whats up everyone im at my cousins in calgary.

we went to the chinook mall today (it's boxing day) and it was busy as hell. you couldn't even move it was so packed, but in one hour i managed to find a cd store, and i bought Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Everybody knows this is nowhere, The Doors - The Soft Parade, and Bob Dylan - Freewheelin, and Times are a Changin.

i got all four cds for 25 bucks canadian, which is very good. considering i dropped that much on one crappy country cd for my friend as well.

^Well I may catch a Bluegrass theory clinic and a Peter Rowan and Tony Rice concert.

[QUOTE=thickasabrick]hey whats up everyone im at my cousins in calgary.

we went to the chinook mall today (it's boxing day) and it was busy as hell. you couldn't even move it was so packed, but in one hour i managed to find a cd store, and i bought Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Everybody knows this is nowhere, The Doors - The Soft Parade, and Bob Dylan - Freewheelin, and Times are a Changin.

i got all four cds for 25 bucks canadian, which is very good. considering i dropped that much on one crappy country cd for my friend as well.[/QUOTE]

Yay for Calgary. Haha, you came here right when it's at its coldest :thumb:. Nice cds. Hehe, country really is bigger here than rock :(

it was funny cuz there was a wall of cds for 20 bucks each and i got all excited, after i picked a few, i noticed the next shelf had 2 cds for twenty, so grabbed from that shelf instead, AND THEN! i noticed the 3 for twenty, and i was ecstatic.

do you live in Calgary Rock?