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...five horns, and piano augmenting the standard rhythm section with a rhythm guitarist as icing. Upshot? I've never heard him any better, and I've heard that repertoire numberless times. But if you listen closely, you can hear B B playing the same hybrid licks that Clapton and Bloomfield developed, and used to make themselves famous, with just enough humility left over to remember to mention where they heard the originals. It's clear that B B does his homework; there's just as much hybridized rock in his playing as blues, and since his licks were the foundation...
...bullpen came to the rescue again as O'Malley served up a double-play pitch to Jim Hughes and struck out first baseman Colin Clapton. Bornstein scored the Crusaders' only run while Ed Durson, Larry Barbiaux and Hogan were reeling off the double play...
Traffic. I marvel at the things Steve Winwood did before the age of twenty. Total artistic control of Spencer Davis's group at sixteen, Dear Mr. Fantasy at seventeen, playing with Clapton at nineteen, it goes on. Winwood may be the most talented person making music today, his virtuosity on keyboards, bass and guitar makes me think Stills has a lotta gall trying to play those three instruments. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory is a shade better than Low Spark. It's one of the few albums I can listen to, in its entirety, at one sitting. And what...
...always been with Junior Wells, it's just that he's also come into his own as a solo performer in the last few years. So they share billing now. They're just off the obligatory album with adoring white rockers, which includes Eric Clapton, whose idea of a good time lately has been playing rhythm guitar behind bluesmen looking to widen their appeal. The album's not too bad, although several of Buddy's solos come off sounding distressingly like Alvin Lee. This should be Junior's South Side Chicago Blues Band at Joe's Place, and, while that...
...complete attention; you have to watch him even when he's playing rhythm because of his unique approach even then. He picks the riffs to lead off each song, and he guides the whole band's attack. He is not interested in Hendrix's wall of sound, or Clapton's trio virtuosity. Again, Beck is primarily interested in hearing himself play. In fact, my theory is that he tends to surround himself with relative mediocrities just in order to emphasize his own talents. Bogart and Appice are perfect examples: Rod Stewart and Ron Wood were not. His songs are thus...