Re: Eric Burden or Paul McCartney?

by CanuckBob April 26th 2013, 3:04 pm

I never really considered Eric Burden to be a "Blues" artist either. No more than Jimmy Morrison anyways.

by Pedro April 26th 2013, 3:16 pm

actually the stones is/and has been good at blues tagether and seperate. but burden did lotsa blues type stough.

by ComputerGuy April 26th 2013, 4:50 pm

Macca tickets sell out in record time:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Paul+McCartney+tickets+show+Scotiabank+sell+record+time/8300943/story.html

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by ComputerGuy April 26th 2013, 4:59 pm

Knob is a Canadian term of endearment meaning "hoser". "Hoser" is someone who kvetches endlessly with no provocation about others on webboards, generally for no apparent reason.

by Pedro April 26th 2013, 6:02 pm

go see the beatle which is a scotia concert. i looked at the lineup fer the 10 day blues fest and bb king is on the last day. who is the promoter. there ain't hardly any true blue i done heard of. even booked los lobos?

by slainte39 April 26th 2013, 8:41 pm

Sounds like somebody is getting close to "dropping a dime".
Chill out guys....it's just an insignificant web board.

by conbtrarian April 28th 2013, 6:17 pm

HelperGuy wrote:Uninspired? The man who made a huge rock hit out of an old folk tune of uncertain origin? Who was one of the very first in the sixties to write and sing about social issues, when most of the Invasion bands were singing silly love songs? And used rock as a format instead of folk to do it? Mixing blues and rock in the early days, much to the disdain of purists on both sides? Who was an example for so many other bands? Who had one of the most memorable and powerful voices of any of the British bands, outside of Long John? Who brought us War?

Really.

Forget comparisons with Paul McCartney. I would gladly trade 10 Eric Burdons for one Paul Rodgers.

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