Bernie Landry

Sometimes it’s hard to move forward and I find myself relying on old licks and grooves.

But pushing when you don’t feel like it, can be frustrating.

I was thinking about Jack Bruce who passed away last October Cream Bassist Jack Bruce Dies

A very unique bass sound in ’67 when I first heard Sunshine of Your Love.

And the bass melodies and grooves he created were more than the boring Tonic and 5th licks that seemed to dominate the air waves of rock in the day.

One journalist referred to hios bass sound as “elastic”, but it was much more…

So uninspired, I listened to Disraeli Gears and jammed away on “Tales of Brave Ulysses”. (On the stick the bass is cool and I put the WahWah on the treble)

Jamming with the best is always inspiring.

It’s colder than I like it (-20 to -30). None the less I do ski but, you have to bundle up.

Some how, I can’t help but think of back to last December in Chicago.

Marta and I took a tour of the old chess records studio Very, very cool environment and Willie Dixon’s grand son gave us the tour.

Talk about history… This tour is much better if you have viewed the movie Cadillac Records. (I had watched about 3 times over the past few years.

What was great fun, was playing Willie Dixon’s Bass.

While in Chicago, checked out the House of Blues and saw Lisa Fischer at the Winery. (She is Fantastic live)

Here’s a cool live version of a Zeppelin Fave.

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