The Knuckledragger 3rd Memorial Slow Forum Post

*mikeymad* · July 25, 2020

Dusty Chalk · July 27, 2020

Beer Pong, isolation edition.

https://www.gif-vif.com/gifs/Weekend-goals

*Craig Sawyers* · July 30, 2020

Cream's first gig in 1966. In some poky club in Manchester. Bruce on left, Baker of course on drums, and an impossibly young looking Clapton on right.

And in 2011, Baker in full flight in Toad

*Knuckledragger* · August 1, 2020

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

Secretary of Education Betsy Devos after falling off one of her 8 yachts.

That's Elijah Cummings, but A for effort there Marco.

Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge.

Edited August 1, 2020 by Knuckledragger

*Knuckledragger* · August 2, 2020

*skullguise* · August 3, 2020

I hate to laugh as he just passed, but that WAS funny.....

*ironbut* · August 3, 2020

New to me!

Dusty Chalk · August 4, 2020

That’s pretty freakin cool!

*Grahame* · August 4, 2020

*Augsburger* · August 5, 2020

Been there, done that... 😉

anyone notice that that pink thing in the middle is a sex toy? Not that I have experience with sex toys or anything.

*skullguise* · August 5, 2020

Another FB find.

*Craig Sawyers* · August 6, 2020

20 hours ago, Augsburger said:

Been there, done that... 😉

anyone notice that that pink thing in the middle is a sex toy? Not that I have experience with sex toys or anything.

When your life is under threat, you'd better be careful what you grab :blink:

Dusty Chalk · August 6, 2020

“Comfort grip”

*Knuckledragger* · August 9, 2020

Dusty Chalk · August 9, 2020

*Craig Sawyers* · August 10, 2020

*Craig Sawyers* · August 10, 2020

*ironbut* · August 11, 2020

I've got a Cream booklet that I got at their concert with lots of cool pictures in it but that one is not among the promotional photos in it!

Kinda looks like an advert for personal drug choices?

Edited August 11, 2020 by ironbut

Dusty Chalk · August 11, 2020

Backgammon is not a drug!

*Fitz* · August 11, 2020

Backgammon is a hell of a drug.

*Craig Sawyers* · August 11, 2020

Baker looks like the crazy guy he was. He and Bruce hated each other, to the extent that Baker attacked him with a knife at one point. When, post Cream, Baker went to set up a recording studio and live in Lagos (in Nigeria), Bruce said that the best place for Baker was on another continent to him, but Africa was not far enough.

But they were often off their heads on dope. Clapton disappeared for several years into his house and got lost on a cocktail of Class A drugs. Then he got off drugs and turned to alcohol. To the extent he couldn't play and sing, and often just staggered off stage after one mumbled number. It is a wonder he is still alive.

Unlike the bass player they brought in for Blind Faith, Ric Grech. After playing bass with a wide selection of bands, he retired at 31 and died at 43 from kidney failure as a result of alcohol abuse.

Was lucky enough to see Clapton and Winwood with my son maybe five years ago in Birmingham. They did pretty much everything on Blind Faith's single album, and then some Cream stuff.

Factoid - Crosby, Stills and Nash approached Winwood to join the band. But because of other band commitments he turned them down. So instead they approached Neil Young....