Drum solos

[Martyn Lawrence]

>
> In-Reply-To: <199511092136.QAA17610 at dogberry>
>
> I think I upset Steve:
>
> > > were a chance to go to the bar.  Case in point, Ginger Baker's solo in
> > > the middle of "Brainstorm" (on the HW _Levitation '80_ tour).  All
> > > very
> > > clever, and all very pointless.
> >
> > Right, now you're going to get it, some things just can't escape comment
> > however busy I am.
>
> Cor, I don't think I've taken this much stick since I slagged _Live
> Chronicles_! :)
>
> I dunno, it's fifteen years ago, memories fade, so I honestly don't know
> which of these scenarios is most accurate:
>
> (a) it just went over my head (entirely possible)
>
> (b) up till then, I'd associated "Brainstorm" with approx. 10 minutes of
> BLANGA with strobes, and I was resistant to change
>
> (c) he really did go on and bloody on :)

I totally agree with andy on this,Brainstorm was totally messed up,and the drum solo went on wayyy tooo long.I also am a bit biased since I was expecting Blake
to be at the gig ,but he had left :-( so wasn't to happy. However I must admit
to changing my tune re ginger baker's drumming after I watched the special on
cream,but the fact is/was Baker + Hawkwind = Not too good.
Ginger also lost brownie points giving Harvey so much stick,ok he maybe not the
worlds best bass player,but I liked the way he hit the ivories ,and pressed the
sequencer go button.

regards

Marty