[Slowhand] Jack and Ginger... at it again

[jpdonoh at adelphia.net]

 From the June issue of Music Mart magazine:

SOURED CREAM
[MM]:  Were you shocked that things hadn¹t changed with [Jack Bruce] 
after
all these years?

[GB]:  I was absolutely amazed. I mean, he demonstrated why he got the 
sack
from Graham Bond and why Cream didn¹t last very long on stage in New 
York. I
didn¹t want to do it in the first place simply because of how Jack was.

I have worked with him several times since Cream, and I promised myself
that I would never work with him again. When Eric first came up with the
idea, I said no, and then he phoned me up and eventually convinced me 
to do
it. I was on my best behaviour and I did everything I could to make 
things
go as smooth as possible, and I was really pleasant to Jack.

[MM]:  What were last year¹s shows like?

[GB]:  The Albert Hall gig was like 1966. Wonderful. And the first 
night in
New York, Jack became Mr. Hyde and metamorphosed into Bruce 
Springsteen. He
sort of took over, and he played so loud it was fucking ridiculous. My 
first
reaction was I wanted to throw a fucking stick at him, which is what I 
used
to do with the Graham Bond band. It ruined the gig, and ruined the next 
two
gigs as well. Anyway, we¹re not supposed to be talking about this.