Cream (was Re: YES orchestration thread)

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From: "Kraig Grady" <kraiggrady@...>

> As long as we are digging in the gutter , i personally
>found ( and still do) consider Cream far more innovative
>and the live version of Spoonful off the wheels of fire album ,
>well shows ground that was possibly never really equaled
>or followed afterwards. The blues treated as a raga.
>Bruces counterpoint to clapton (it was not the other way
>around) remains some of the unique bass playing.

Quite an amazing band. Another example of a band that
burned out in a few years.

Cream BBC Sessions came out recently. It has some
tunes I've never heard live versions of: Four Until Late,
We're Going Worng, Born under a Bad Sign,
Out Side Woman Blues, Take It Back, Swlabr.

I'm probably more likely to listen to Cream or some blues
(Delta, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Capt. Beefheart)
or jazz (Ornette, Dolphy, post '64 Coltrane, Pharoah) then
listen to any progrock or fusion these days. Or at least this week.

* David Beardsley
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