Happy 72nd birthday Ginger Baker!!

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If it wasn't for recognizing his voice, I never would have known that was Eric Clapton.

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Check Clapton out with the Yardbirds in '63~~

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Baker, Clapton, & Winwood in Blind Faith, '69~~

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Whenever I hear a classic song like Sunshine Of Your Love in it's early ... sort of raw ... state, I always try to put my self back between the ears of what I imagine to be one of the fathers (or mothers) of these kids as they hear the song for the first time in their basement or garage and wonder if this kind of music could possibly be popular. There is genius here, of course, but the unsung genius is that of the record producer who first heard this stuff and saw how it could sell millions of records.

BTW, whoever shot the tape didn't like Eric. During his entire solo, the camera was on the drummer and the bass player. It's possible the cameraman didn't know he was on the bass, because he actually zoomed in a couple times on the fingering.

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The Louise video is great. And the Can't Find My Home is interesting, but I really like this version from CrossRoads. Clapton and Winwood, whose voice is now weaker but more controlled. With Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall II filling in with licks. I like the Clapton-Winwood duet on this, in which I think Clapton is being impromptu.

If you've got good speakers on your PC, definitely turn this one up.
And don't you love backup singers who look like they're having fun?




I put the video of everyone soloing on Brother Jesse's Morning Music.

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Great stuff Dave!! That just shows how far technology has come in 40+ years.

[And yes, I cranked it... ]

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I'd say it's more than technology. It's also the building of professional musicianship. These guys kept working on their music. And that raised the bar among all musicians which in turn drove it up even higher in a spiral. Today, you have to be damned good to play in front of audiences in a venue of that caliber. And you can't be hung over or stoned any more.

When I think of the new class of pro s like Derek Trucks and Joe Bonamassa from Utica/New Hartford, I'm amazed at their level of skill. But they really WORK at it.

Here's Joe doing Stop! at the Royal Albert in London.



And here's Joe with his idol, Clapton, doing Further On Down the Road. I think his pronunciation of "Geogularphy" is a neat gimmick!




Turn up the speakers on this one, too. As one of the commenters said, "oe could rap 6 rubberbands around a tissue box and still make it sound good."

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I remember seeing Joe at Captain Tripp's on Genesee St. about 16 years ago. What a prodigy!!