(27-09-2009, 22:44)napman Wrote: I'm a HUGE fan of these 3 guys, especially Jack Bruce (I've stole a lot of his licks), always love his composition and his singing style.
So here we are again, same craziness
Speaking of Jack Bruce.
When I was young I was surrounded by my Dad's old, melodic Italian music records then it evolved to Elvis,The Shadows,The Ventures, Duane Eddy,The Beatles, and so on. I was also a closet lover of
Indian music for no other reason except it seemed easy on the ears.
When the Cream came into the scene I didn't care much about the guitar work I just loved the rhythm section. I used to get stoned and listen to the early Cream album laughing every time, thinking, "Wow, the bass player & the drummer were something else, like good jazz players trying to run away from each other rather than going the same way to create unity. They just left the guitar player behind confused and trying to keep up with them." That was my personal thought back in those days...I don't mean to hurt anyone's feeling OK?
Anyway, when I first heard Jack Bruce's voice I thought " Wow he sings the
Indian notes!" and I liked it. "Indian Notes" to me then...I guess it's now called
semi-tone,
quarter-tone,
micro-tone, or what the hell you want to call it 'cause I don't care but
I CAN HEAR IT. For example when the note is not quite a C note and it's not quite a B note either but it's in between the spectrum of the two notes. Those notes are common in
Indian music, Arabic music, Gypsy music, and that's what I heard in Jack Bruce singing in those days. Who would believe me then, I didn't have the knowledge nor skill to explain what I heard back then. I still love Jack Bruce and it's not because he's a brilliant bass player but he is MUSICAL. That's the way aha aha I like it!
JACK BRUCE RULES!!!