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Also, kudos to Lulu for doing Sunshine Of Your Love the right way.

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I'm curious. Any reviews from yesterday's concert with Mick Taylor?

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I was there, very good concert. MT played his arse off on White Room, Keep
It Down and jammed on Crossroads. Very good musical tribute to Jack.

Ginger Baker, recovering from heart surgery, said some lovely words and gave a high intensity 5 minute drum solo.

EC was a no show and was a sore topic with the artists. I met Pete Brown and Malcolm Bruce, they didn't say too much about EC but it appears he was invited, said he would come and then didn't with no explanation.

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Did Billy Cobham show up?

I was really looking forward to seeing him, but sadly no, he did not appear.

Clapton was one of the big talking points in the ticket queue. Pretty much everyone assumed he was going to appear at the end of the show, and quite a few people were visibly annoyed when it became clear that he wasn't there. The latter half of the set had more of an impromptu blues jam feel to it and (presumably to adjust for EC's no-show) they had to alter the running order a bit - Pete Brown and Malcolm Bruce initially said there was going to be an interval, then announced there wouldn't be one after all.



Anyway, that aside, it was a very good show and lots of fun. As Rollin92 said, MT was excellent on White Room and Crossroads and (despite his Les Paul going missing beforehand) added some nice slide licks on Keep It Down as well. One of my personal highlights was a totally insane version of Politician with Bernie Marsden on guitar and Pete Brown rapping the lyrics. Also, kudos to Lulu for doing Sunshine Of Your Love the right way.

Obviously the overall highlight was Ginger's appearance and (brief) drum solo. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house, and the affection with which he spoke of Jack Bruce was remarkable given their personal history and the fact that Ginger isn't exactly known for his diplomacy. His playing was excellent too - all the more so since his health is obviously not good these days.

I spoke with Malcolm Bruce before the show and it appears Eric gave no explanation as to not turning up when he was set to appear. Malcolm his his annoyance well but made the point that Ginger is very ill but still showed up...

The truth is EC, for some reason, has tried to distance himself from Cream and their legacy. It's sad that for one night in remembrance of a former band mate and for charity he could not put his own interests aside. EC is not a nice man I don't think.