FADE OUT FOR A WESTERN MOVIE
two weary
horses carry
empty
saddles into sunset
Saturday, 25 October 2014
FADE OUT FOR A WESTERN MOVIE: A POEM
FADE OUT FOR A WESTERN MOVIE
two weary
horses carry
empty
saddles into sunset
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Very nice, Mike. It is underappreciated that 'jazz rock' began with Graham Bond's various bands, with Bruce playing a significant role. Bruce once said that Cream was the Ornette Coleman trio (presumably the one that played at Ronnie Scott's circa 1965 and did the Blue Note LP) with Eric Clapton in the role of Ornette - only he and Ginger didn't tell Eric.
And there's the paradox of Cream: as an improviser Clapton was the weakest of the three (no jazz background) but his wonderful guitar sound made them popular. People like me, growing up with jazz and blues rock in parallel, yearned for a rock guitarist sound with jazz technique - and we eventually got John McLaughlin. The pity is that McLaughin never settled on a decent sound for his guitar and his recordings are frequently marred by the unpleasant sounds emerging from his amp.
Listening again to some Bruce it occurs that he never again played with a guitarist who had as much taste as Clapton...Clempson, for example, in the JB&Friends, makes the Cream tunes sound simpler
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