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That BAP album came out in ‘83 and is apparently one of the best selling “German”
rock albums ever. Who knew??
Silly Wizard was a Scottish “folk” band that played ‘70’s’-mid ‘80’s.
Looks like you found a neat stash!!

Chuck - you don't have to be an expert guitar player to recognise expertise in others. In fact, sometimes, if you play yourself it can get in the way. I once knew a man who played guitar, who didn't like Muddy Waters because some of his songs only had one chord in them

I have just been watching the "Nothing But The Blues" film of Eric Clapton playing in 1995. A tour de force of electric blues - my favourite post 1960's music by him. Incredible - if you saw him play around this time you are a lucky man.

Found a stash of factory recorded tapes and I have no clue where they came from. Maybe somebody gave them away after tapes died. Started with a Yardbirds compilation, then on to Celtic Cross - Richard Searles which couldn't be more suited to today's holiday. (A journey into the heart of the Gaels) But I need some help with two of these others, maybe our Continental and UK posters can tell me what I have here.
1) BAP - can't even read it, looks German (vun driune noh drusse)?
2) Silly Wizard - A Glint of Silver
And the rest I can figure out but why do I have Sergio Mendez, The Pointer Sisters, Men At Work, and a radio recording of W.C. Fields - The Day I Drank a Glass of Water?
Some of the rest of the stash is my oldest teenage tapes that I played in the '68 Bug on an under-the-dash mounted deck with one of those slide out brackets 'cause you know they want that crappy deck so you better take it inside at night. But the SCORE is about a dozen of the finest jazz recordings I have from the likes of Stanley Clark, Return To Forever, Mahavishnu Orch., Freddie Hubbard, Eric Weber, Gary Burton, John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette, and two I don't even remember recording: Luis Gasca with Carlos Santana, Joe Henderson, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, and others. And Clive Stevens with J. Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, Steve Kahn, and Billy Cobham. Wow! A who's who of jazz mostly from the ECM record label. So all of those would have to be from pre-1979 when I had a roomy with a lot of jazz. Looks like I'll be busy for a while. Another benefit of having senior memory loss. (like where did I put all those tapes I used to have)
Cheers

Hi All! So I definitely have not logged as many concert hours as most of of you. Part of that is that along with getting on the bus at the 11th hour, I was also late bloomer when it came to seeing live shows in general. Yet in 1994 I saw Pink Floyd and Traffic who opened for Grateful Dead's summer tour. For Traffic they were opening at my first ever Dead show, so I will admit I didn't focus on them much and don't recall too much. I vaguely remember them jamming on Dr. Mr Fantasy. Several years later I had a now long lost buddy who was very much into Traffic as his #1 band. That really turned my attention to their music and I have managed to pick up all of their live releases (there are not that many). There is an unofficial release from a Santa Monica show in 1972 on CD and DVD. The whole show is on YouTube and if you haven't seen it is worth checking out. Traffic was short lived but they were a very talented band.

A quick note on Pink Floyd - it was nice to seem then even if it was sans Roger Waters. I have also seen Roger Waters solo act.

Anyway, I will always look back to 1994 very fondly as I got to see my first Dead show but these other 2 bands as well. Not too shabby for what it was back then.

Saw them at last day of Woodstock 94 along with ABB, Santana, and Jimmy Cliff among others.
Low Spark, Barelycorn good sheet Mon!
Dug Higher love a lot and was glad to see him back in the limelight again, when was that…the eighties?

Saw Dave Mason in a brewpub late eighties. Knew of him but didn’t know him so that was a nice mind melter.
Had forgotten about that until y’all jogged my memory. Fun night, me and four hot chicks!

Bluesbreakers, there’s another blast from the past I haven’t listened to in forever…
Clapton is a great guitarist but seems the more I learn about him, the more he seems like a douche?

Floyd: one of my first albums I bought in the mid seventies was DSOTM. Didn’t have Animals until recently so don’t “know” it, but like it. Never was a huge fan of the Wall. Like some of the cuts and I’m sure it was cool to see it live but thought it was too “pop”, local radio station played it too much etc. Thought it was lame they didn’t do more shows. As a kid HTF was I gonna go to NY or LA?
Early stuff is cool, just don’t know it so well as it seems a bit esoteric to me, but that’s probably because I haven’t put the time in?
Don’t know the newer stuff well either, though do like some of the more spacey and instrumental stuff, like that last album is good drifting and dreaming music.
Welcome to the Machine and Shine on You Crazy Diamond has always been the shit for moi.

It must now officially be hockey season as VGUY is representing again!

Never saw Traffic but did see Steve Winwood at Tower theatre in Phila. He spent most of the show behind the keyboards but stepped out to play guitar on Dear Mr Fantasy and blew the house down. Just excellent.

I don't post much and have never done a last 5 so I'll break the seal.

Marcus King - Carolina Confessions
Gary Clark Jr - Black and Blu
Dixie Dregs - Dregs of the Earth
Zappa - Joe's Garage
GD 11-14-73
7-1-78 ( i forgot how good this show is)
Daves 43 and 44

Daverock your comment about Clapton on John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, album is spot on. that really stopped me in my tracks. Eric left the Yardbirds for better things. I have seen Clapton in 7 different Decades and to me he is the best. Just my Opinion and I am not an Expert in Guitar playing.

Had a sticker that said "caught dead 'n traffic 94. Saw Traffic as headliner in 94, great band, had a guy named Randall Bramblett taking the reigns on Sax and Flute that was previously held by the late, great Chris Wood. Very good to almost perfect. Opened with Pearly Queen and ended with Gimme Some Lovin.
First time I was fortunate enough to catch Traffic was in 1973 in Orlando, Fl. quite foggy on that one, if my memory serves me right, we dosed pretty heavy that nite.

You know, Dave, often when retailers can't sell merchandise and have it laying around, they put it on sale to clear it out. Just a thought. Maybe you should discuss it with Rhino.

For pure tone, energy and innovation my favourite guitar playing on record by Eric Clapton may be the one he cut with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, referred to as The Beano album. That was a real game changer, taking the blues of the three Kings, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush etc into realms it had never been before. The sound rips out of the speakers like no other white guitarist of the time. The birth of rock, you might say. He got a similar tone on the first Cream album, "Fresh Cream", so I am guessing he used the same guitar and amp as on the Bluesbreakers one. It never appeared again after 1966.