Tuesday (Wednesday) Tunes with the Pig Roaster

Two day-late posts in two weeks! I'll blame sickness this time around.

So lets get in to it. This week, I've been listening to a lot of Cream - Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. This right here, along with his work with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers is what would have forever cemented Clapton's name as legendary even if he had disappeared from the Earth shortly thereafter. This is the stuff that prompted English fans to scrawl the now famous "Clapton is God" graffiti all over London. This stuff is that good.

What is probably overlooked these days is just how damn good both Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce were. In fact, one of the major (if not "the" major) reasons this group imploded is because they were all just THAT good - there wasn't really one star, there were three. Just listening to them makes my head hurt because I'm trying to listen to all three of them at once - no one is laying back and just holding the groove, they all want to be front and center and try their best to get there. I even heard they once got into a fist fight on state. Luckily, it is tension like that which produces the best music. Enjoy.

Politician:


Crossroads:


Spoonful:


Strange Brew: