Bonus Episode – The Heart of Markness Classic Rock Podcast
This recording was liberated by the Dogs of Doom back in the day, and boy oh boy is it cool! Cream playing Dallas State Fair Music Hall just 7 months before they called it a day.
The recording is rough. The bass is super loud and overloaded. The vocals are buried behind the music, but that because that’s how they sounded, basically. PA systems hadn’t yet been developed to keep up with cranked Marshall stacks. That would be a year later.
I play a blistering Sunshine of Your Love, and and even more blistering I’m so Glad. Jack Bruce’s sick bass chording during Sunshine foreshadows the evil Dio era Black Sabbath sound by more than a decade. All three of these musicians are absolute virtuosos and amazing with every measure played.
Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and More to benefit Ronnie Lane
We hear songs from every featured artist on the ARMS tour, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Ronnie Lane. From Dec. 1, 1983 at the Cow Palace, SF, we have one of the biggest lineups ever for a benefit for Ronnie Lane. Great music by great artists for a sick friend, and the return of Jimmy Page to public life.
November 26, 1970 Cincinatti OH – The Heart of Markness Clasic Rock Podcast
This is a great performance by Derek & The Dominos in Cinci Ohio 11/26/70. Eric Clapton plays brilliantly on Got To Get Better In A Little While before jamming with BB King on Everyday I Have The Blues. Amazing show.
We listen to Eric Clapton playing Long Beach, CA on July 19, 1974. This is a Mike Millard master recording, and Eric plays Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominoes, as well as his solo material. A great set.
Clapton, Beck, Page, Cocker, and More. December 6, 1983 Millard 1st Gen
An incredible recording of the ARMS tour from the LA Forum, December 6, 1983. We hear Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page playing individual sets, as well as together, to benefit Ronnie Lane. A legendary tour.
We listen to tracks from Cream’s farewell tour, Oct. 25, 1968 in San Jose, California. It’s an excellent audience recording from reel to reel and we hear White Room, Sunshine of Your Love, and Crossroads. Amazing band.
This is a very mellow, Grateful Dead/Allman Brothers-esque jam From February 8. 1970 at the Boston Tea Party. Jim Gordon from Derek and the Dominos plays drums. The connection between Peter Green (rest in peace) and Eric Clapton borders on telepathic. It’s uncanny.
This is an incredible sounding recording, another Mike Millard master recording, from August 14, 1975 at the LA Forum. Eric is joined by Keith Moon, Carlos Santana, and Joe Cocker.
I don’t think this is from this show, because that’s the doubleneck.
Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, & Phil Collins
May, 1983, Guildford
If you are a listener of my podcast you already know that in September of 1983, the ARMS Concerts were held in London. They featured sets from Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. This show, from May of that year, is the first live appearance of Jimmy Page since he jammed (along with Robert Plant), with Foreigner on May 12, 1982.
This Eric Clapton concert was the last show of the Money and Cigarettes tour, and it took place in the UK, at the Guildford Town Hall. After performing his set, Eric brought out some friends for a bit of a jam. Albert Lee was playing in Clapton’s band, but Jimmy Page, Phil Collins (who was just about the biggest star in the world in 1983), and Chas & Dave, came out to play. Irish singer Paul Brady comes out to close out the proceedings with Goodnight Irene.
It’s a fun set. Jimmy is, as you probably know having followed my podcasts, not in the best shape here, but he’s not as bad as I had recalled. This YouTube recording is better than the bootleg I’ve had for years. There’s a lot more definition and clarity here, and it does Jimmy credit.
The songs on which Jimmy plays are:
1:20:53 Further On Up The Road (*)
1:29:12 Cocaine (*)
1:36:13 Roll Over Beethoven (*) (**)
1:43:04 You Win Again (*) (**) (***)
1:46:59 Matchbox (*) (**) (***)
1:53:11 Goodnight Irene (*) (**) (***)
* = Jimmy Page
** = Phil Collins
*** = Chas and Dave
**** = Paul Brady
One thing that’s delightful is that this isn’t just one song. It’s a nice set. You’ll be able tell which guitar is Jimmy’s because he’s using his b-bender telecaster, and nothing else sounds like that.
It’s a delightful artifact of Jimmy’s career post-Zeppelin, but before the Firm was even an idea. This show is also just before Eric Clapton’s career had its resurgence with Forever Man. I hope you enjoy this.
