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Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: bracheen on December 27, 2004, 10:56:46 AM: One just never knows where an Alembic will show up. These photos are from the Black Oak Arkansas web site. The musician's name is Dave Cochran.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/15419.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/15420.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/15421.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/15422.jpg)
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: palembic on December 27, 2004, 11:42:22 AM: It's a funny model. It seems a Series I with a Standard point body but with an extended upper horn.
Are these pictures recent or old??

Paul the bad one
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: bracheen on December 27, 2004, 12:40:20 PM: I think the show was in 2002 but I have no idea how old the bass is.

Sam
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: hollis on December 27, 2004, 12:57:33 PM: So THAT'S why they call him Mr. Fancy......

Thanks for the memory jog..... I haven't thought about those guys for longer then I care to admit..
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: dadabass2001 on December 27, 2004, 04:21:08 PM: ... Jim Dandy to the rescue...
... Jim Dandy to the rescue...

go Jim Dandy!

Mike
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: lbpesq on December 27, 2004, 05:42:23 PM: Didn't they have a female member with really big hair who looked like she just came over from the trailer park? (A VERY vague memory).

Bill, tgo
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: rraymond on December 27, 2004, 06:37:45 PM: If you look under Showcase -> Series 1 -> Ernie's Bubinga, you'll see another Series 1 with that body style. Ernie's is an '85.

Reid, oottpi

(One of those that posts infrequently)
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: richbass939 on December 27, 2004, 08:11:20 PM: Bill TGO, yes, I think they did. Wasn't her name something like Cousin Ruby?
I'll dig out my 8 tracks and let you know. Just kidding. I think I threw them out. Sniff, sniff.
Rich
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: dadabass2001 on December 28, 2004, 05:03:58 AM: Ruby Starr was her name, oh

(Sorry , my granddaughter's 4th birthday party was last night.)
Mike

P.S. I saw Ruby touring with her band, Grey Ghost in Iowa in the 70s just before she hooked up with BOA (who I also saw at the University of Dubuque with Iron Butterfly with Pinera and Rhino in 1970.
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Post by: palembic on December 28, 2004, 05:14:31 AM: Mike Pinera ? Alice Cooper band???
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Post by: lbpesq on December 28, 2004, 07:52:52 AM: Iron Butterfly?

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby!

Along with Ginger Baker & Toad, the formative drum solos of my misspent youth.

Bill, tgo (& maybe soon to be drum one? - Got the wife a drum kit for x-mas).
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: bracheen on December 28, 2004, 08:48:33 AM: You're refering to the live Toad from Wheels of Fire, right? Brilliant! His solo from Blind Faith is good also. I have a cd of the Graham Bond Organization with Ginger & Jack. His solo on that has a lot of the elements from Toad predating Cream by a few years. Good stuff with Jack on the upright bass. I always wanted to be a drummer but couldn't get all four hands and feet doing different things at the same time.

Sam
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: marcm on December 28, 2004, 09:44:43 AM: ginger was still doing great work, much more recently. if you haven't heard these discs already, consider checking out 'going back home' and 'falling off the roof', with bill frisell and charlie hayden. also delightful is 'coward of the county' by ginger and the denver jazz quintet, with a few guests that include the terrific james carter on bass clarinet & bari sax (cousin-instruments from the world of wind, for us bass-types!)

these cds are from the late '90s, after ginger had, in fact, fallen off the roof of his house and messed up his right (i think) shoulder

marc
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: bracheen on December 28, 2004, 10:50:54 AM: Two other recent recordings worth checking out are Masters of Reality's Riding on the Sufferbus (not sure of the spelling) and Public Image Limited's CD. Ginger proves he still has it on both.

Sam
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: lbpesq on December 28, 2004, 11:26:52 AM: All this from a guy who already looked dead 30 years ago!

Here's to Ginger Baker, the only musician who makes Keith Richards look downright healthy!

Bill, tgo
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: richbass939 on December 28, 2004, 05:33:08 PM: Speaking of Ginger Baker, et al, I half-heard on the radio a few days ago that Cream (all 3 of course) is doing a tour in 2005. I haven't verified this but that's what I think I heard.
Rich
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Post by: David Houck on December 28, 2004, 05:56:37 PM: http://www.whereseric.com/clapton/news/2004/12/cream_reunion_its_official.htm
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: bracheen on December 29, 2004, 03:01:04 AM: OK, I'm at work, I can't be jumping up and down going wooo hoooo! Calm down take a deep breath.

On reading the article it would seem the chances of them playing anywhere near me would be remote. Durn!
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: palembic on December 29, 2004, 06:11:21 AM: Ok ...if you saw my little story in the 'bass giants' thead you'll understand I'm wooo-hoo-ing and jumping up and down since than.
I will not be qble to make Albert Hall but since there will be DVD ...

the wooo-hoo-ing goes on!!!

Paul the bad one
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: David Houck on December 29, 2004, 06:20:46 AM: Yes, the DVD could be interesting!
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: bracheen on December 29, 2004, 09:06:30 AM: I'm sure the DVD will be very good but to see them live, that would be great. I've seen EC and GB seperatly. I've not had the pleasure of seeing Jack live. I don't know if there is a Cream version of the Dead Head but if there is that would be me.
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: palembic on December 29, 2004, 09:38:30 AM: Brother Sam ...count me in ...that make two Cream Heads ...or is Cream Toppings better.

Paul the bad one

or Cream Feets??? Or Cream Screams???
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: the_mule on December 29, 2004, 10:08:59 AM: Sam, that would be the 1993 Masters of Reality recording called 'Sunrise on the Sufferbus'. It's one of my favourite rock albums of all time. Highly recommended, and not only because of Ginger's excellent drumming!

Wilfred
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: bigredbass on January 14, 2005, 11:31:42 PM: Well here's where I drive it off into the ditch:

I can't stand Jack Bruce ! ! !

There, I said it. I can't believe Eric's gonna let himself in for this misery, but I can believe easily that it took him thirty years and sobriety to get over it where he can play with these 2 clowns again. I just hope he doesn't need to check himself in at Crossroads after these four gigs. Boy is he gonna miss Nate and Steve Ferrone !

OK, let me have it . . . .

J o e y
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: palembic on January 15, 2005, 12:50:13 AM: Brother Joey ...
why should we???
It's your opnion.
I ithink that -in it's time wrap- Cream was for me amazing and the show in London COULD be special for me I think. To revive good memories, but when you talk the Nathan /Eric combination I completeley agree ...in THIS time wrap.
I am reluctant to compare in time.
BTW it's why I said that the concert COULD be interesting. I can only hope they add something new to what was.

Paul TBO

Mmmmm ...I don't know if I gave it to you now??
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: richbass939 on January 15, 2005, 05:31:02 AM: I have to get a good laugh in here. I can't think of a time I saw someone get blasted (well a both-barrels blast, anyway) here that didn't deserve it. Joey, having an opinion doesn't warrant a blast. I doubt any one of the three is so poor that they had to do a buck-raising gig. Maybe they're doing it for the fans. You know, giving us geezers one more nostangic thrill before we croak. Pure speculation here, but maybe they liked being on stage together but couldn't stand the tour bus. Four nights in the same venue might not be too bad.
Rich
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Post by: bracheen on January 15, 2005, 07:10:24 AM: Come on Joey, don't hold back, tell us what you really think.

I've always suspected there were musical tastes out there other than mine, odd as that may seem. That's what makes the world go 'round.

Sam
Title: Black Oak Arkansas??
Post by: exploiterplayer on May 06, 2005, 08:06:13 AM: Well Cream was a great group and I'm glad to see a reunion but I have to laugh when I think back to the infamous on stage fist fight between Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. I hope they are all grown up now.