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The first time I’d really heard the name Otis Rush was when I went to see The Paladins around the ‘84/‘85 mark and they did a cover of I’m Satisfied and gave him a shout out from the stage.
It’s a curious thing as when I went looking for an album by Rush in the weeks after it turned out I recognised a lot of the tracks I just hadn’t known who he was, to be honest. Turns out that was the fate of a lot of the pioneers and innovators, they exerted a massive influence on a lot of acts that came along subsequently but never saw a penny for their efforts.
A tremendous player who deserves a wider audience.
An idea isn't responsible for those who believe in it.
The first time I’d really heard the name Otis Rush was when I went to see The Paladins around the ‘84/‘85 mark and they did a cover of I’m Satisfied and gave him a shout out from the stage.
It’s a curious thing as when I went looking for an album by Rush in the weeks after it turned out I recognised a lot of the tracks I just hadn’t known who he was, to be honest. Turns out that was the fate of a lot of the pioneers and innovators, they exerted a massive influence on a lot of acts that came along subsequently but never saw a penny for their efforts.
A tremendous player who deserves a wider audience.
I think Otis did OK - Clapton and Mayall were meticulous about crediting and paying royalties. No so Led Zep...
Cream famously tracked down Skip James' widow to pay her considerable royalties for I'm So Glad.
You covered some old blues musicians, but they did get song-writing credits and, presumably, royalties.
JB: If you’ve been in a band like Cream, sometimes you do cover songs by blues singers like Robert Johnson [Crossroads]. We also did I’m So Glad, a great song by Skip James. When I was playing with West, Bruce and Laing in the ‘70s, at Philadelphia’s Spectrum I think, I went into the dressing room and there was this little old lady sitting very uncomfortably with all the really loud music. It was Ms. Skip James. She’d come along to thank me for recording that song. She said her family made more money from the version Cream did than in her late husband’s whole life as a musician. The money enabled him to have decent medical care at the end of his life. So you have to put it all into perspective.
I liked some of Led Zep but innovative they were not. Page 's riffs were derivatives of countless bluesman down the ages. All music evolves . There are only 12 fookn notes to play with .
I don't like musical snobbery . If somebody likes a tune or a specific band ,then that is good.
Grest musicians often make bad records and poor musicians great .
I liked some of Led Zep but innovative they were not. Page 's riffs were derivatives of countless bluesman down the ages. All music evolves . There are only 12 fookn notes to play with .
I don't like musical snobbery . If somebody likes a tune or a specific band ,then that is good.
Grest musicians often make bad records and poor musicians great .
Different to copying an old song and claiming the writing credits.