Song of the Day: Theme For An Imaginary Western

"Theme for an imaginary western"

Jack Bruce, 1969, Songs for A Tailor (lyrics by Pete Brown)
Felix Pappalardi took it to the Mountain !
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When the wagons leave the city
For the forest, and further on
Painted wagons of the morning
Dusty roads where they have gone
Sometimes traveling through the darkness
Met the summer coming home
Fallen faces by the wayside
Looked as if they might have known
Oh the sun was in their eyes
And the desert that dries
In the country towns
Where the laughter sounds

Oh the dancing and the singing
Oh the music when they played
Oh the fires that they started
Oh the girls with no regret
Sometimes they found it
Sometimes they kept it
Often lost it on the way
Fought each other to possess it
Sometimes died in sight of day

3 versions 2 be-hold:
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Jack Bruce cu Peter Frampton la chiatra (Ringo Starr All-Band, 1997)

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Mountain cu Leslie West "From"

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Colosseum (cu Chris Farlowe)

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si cea de ieri:
Jack Bruce & His Big Blues Band 17 sept. 2012 Bucuresti

clip nou din Prometheus

un clip nou din Prometheus, cu Idris Elba, capitanul Janek, fan de Stephen Stills, in ceea ce parea fi o proba de costum, mentine campania virala al celui mai controversat (? poate), film al anului. Filmul lui Ridley Scott iese pe dvd, blu-ray si blu-ray3D pe 8 octombrie, nu stiu despre lansarea in Romania, dar stiu ca va avea in editia director's cut pina in 20 de minute de scene inedite reinserate in film si numerose scene taiate.
Pin atunci mai aveti ocazia sa-l (re)vedeti la Grand Cinema Digiplex Baneasa sau Cinema City Cotroceni (un 3D ok, cu ochelari cumparati ad-hoc sau adusi, daca-ti aduci aminte :). Mai e doar o proiectie zilnica, so, act accordingly :>
Cronica mea aici. . Si pentru ca veni vorba, pina cum, e no doubt, unul din cele 2 filme ale anului, alaturi de TDKR, vazute la cinema in Romania, desigur.

Jack Bruce & His Big Blues Band !!!

Jack Bruce & His Big Blues Band, Bucuresti, Sala Radio, 17 septembrie 2012, end of Dracula Bass festival.
Jack Bruce - Vocals / Bass / Piano
Tony Remy - Guitar
Frank Tontoh - Drums
Paddy Milner - Piano / Keys
Nick Cohen - Bass
Winston Rollins - Trombone
Derek Nash - Tenor Sax
Paul Newton - Trumpet
from the 1st row, songs for a tailor & more :)

A fost in 1993 la Mamaia, a improvizat cu Larry Coryell. Acum, 19 ani mai tirziu si la virsta de 69 de ani, a revenit, la Bucuresti alaturi de 6 instrumentisti excelenti, anume Jack Bruce & His Big Blues Band. Double bill la Dracula Bass cu Anthony Jackson, virtuos contrabasist de jazz.
Scotianul, care acum seamana cu Trevor Howard si Richard Burton, zice ca are un simt al umorului aparte, pe care zice ca nu si-l intelege nici el. Lasa ca l-am inteles noi, cind a cintat de pe Songs for A Tailor, primul sau album solo, post Cream, din 1969, Weird of Hermiston. Tot de aici, piesa sa legendara, Theme From an Imaginary Western, cantata acum la pian alaturi de tinarul keyboardist Paddy Milner. Un concert emotionant, pe care l-ati ratat cu brio (sala jumatate goala, or fi prea multe lucruri de facut luni seara in Bucuresti, sau biletele prea scumpe (asta da, desi s-au redus pe ultima suta de metri)? Sau va pastrati pentru Anathema :) ?

Setlist:

Sunshine of your love

You Burned the Tables On Me
Neighbour Neighbour
Theme From an Imaginary Western (on piano)

Weird of Hermiston (on piano)
White Room


Solo drums Frank Tontoh
Spoonful
Sunshine of Your Love (reprise w bass solo)

Encore: Politician

LMA Mickey Rourke !

astazi Micksterul implineste 60 de ani !!! A fost in Romania in primavara citeva zile pentru a deveni Satana in westernul VOD Dead in Tombstone (trailer aici) si pentru a salva un maidanez (prilej cu care a vorbit si cu presa romana intr-o conferinta ad-hoc). Trebuia sa joace in filmul lui Tony Scott, Potsdamer Platz, si in remakeul la Mona Lisa, deocamdata ambele as dead as Tony :( Nu apare nici in Expendables 2 (poate mai bine, avind in vedere ca in primul el a fost singura prezenta placuta) iar la drama Motor City de fratii Hughes tocmai a fost inchisa productia :( dar e confirmat pentru noul Sin City- (A Dame to Kill) as Marv...LMA Mickey !

aici la filmarile la Domino (2005) alaturi de regretatul Tony Scott, care l-a ajutat sa-si relanseze cariera prin rolurile din Man on Fire si Domino.