Posted on 07/10/2025 5:22:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I saw that video. Is Fripp even playing lead?
Holy carp, that is something else! And yes, she does pull it off.
Pete Townshend does a great job with the ukulele on “Blue Red and Grey”
“I confess I can’t recall a single King Crimson song at all.”
IMHO, “Starless” and “Epitaph” are two of the best songs in rock history.
This is the best version of “Here Comes The Flood”
Robert Fripp & Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wS8V8vCUqw
Absolute lunacy. I saw Cream maybe 10 times including taking my vacation to NY to see the start of their first tour of the US there.
And saw Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar.
I would hate this guy and his slanders but I want to husband my hate energy to use against the MSNBC, CNN and anti ICE protesters someday.
Absolute lunacy. I saw Cream maybe 10 times including taking my vacation to NY to see the start of their first tour of the US there.
And saw Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar.
I would hate this guy and his slanders but I want to husband my hate energy to use against the MSNBC, CNN and anti ICE protesters someday.
Fridd’ered his life away on this?
“A feeble instrument”? Not in the hands of El Kabong.
King Crimson “Red” is in my top ten faves, and imho is the best of KC’s output by quite a bit.
Mark K? AFAIC his reputation is due to a runaway train of critical drama queens. Also, his two best known hits are both on my “never want to hear again, and if I had a time machine, never wanted to hear them in the first place” list.
Clapton — he thought his early work is best, but he also so admired some of Cream’s opening acts so much that he sat in with them before Cream came on. Most of his best work was as a solo artist, and he had a great deal of success, some of it due to real crap (e.g. “Lay Down Sally”? What a POS), which is ironic because he quit The Yardbirds (so he said) because he thought their recording of “For Your Love” was too commercial. One of my favorite guitar solos of all time is Clapton’s on the YB’s recording of “A Certain Girl” — it’s not some pyrotechnic thing, it’s just very simple, basic, and perfect. Nearly the only other things I listen to once in a while are “The Core”, “Let It Rain”, and “Let It Flow”. “Layla” just gets tedious.
Hendrix wasn’t well thought of by plenty of people, some of it sour grapes. A former coworker who grew up in Chicago knew a lot about music I’ve never much cared for, but one group I’ve been a fan of for a long time is The Isley Brothers — the coworker once said that playing with the Isley guitarist is where Hendrix really learned to play, and one can hear that. There’s probably old footage of Jimi’s time in the Isleys on YouTube.
Zappa was pretty dismissive of Hendrix, pointing out just one great song (in his opinion), “Manic Depression”.
This is Fripp’s wife’s channel, they just have fun. I don’t think he’s distinguishing himself in a good way with this, but it is fun.
https://www.youtube.com/@Toyah/videos
Where were you playing?
Oh, just one of our local bars... No huge venue. Just a couple of hundred maximum. I’m too close to Nashville to think I’m a big shot star. I do a lot of SRV, Chris Stapleton, Eagles, and Zack Brown Band, along with a bunch of other older country stuff and blues covers. I sing a couple of times a week.
If you get down to Chattanooga ping me. We get up there from N. GA some. It’s about the same as driving to Eddie’s Attic in Decatur for us.
Where in N. Georgia are you located? I’ve got family in Kennesaw...
Ditto
Stevie Ray played a couple of Hendrix songs. One of the best was “Little Wing”. Both versions were great.
One of Jimi Hendrix’s best to me was Red House.
The theme of that song is universal!
We have all felt that way before.
Mark Knofler makes magic just like Carlos Santana.
The rest are good but not even close.
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