cians, but we had the orchestra behind us. He told me, “Me and me dad used to watch that TV show and listen for your songs.” I said, “Oh really?” I mean, it was a four-hour TV show and they had commercials like every ten minutes. They must have played part of that song for a gazillion times. It was good. I didn’t have to bring any money over there. I had royalties over there, you know, and everybody knew that song. We started playing all the open-air rock festivals over there in Europe and especially England and couldn’t figure out how everybody knew this song? “Nan- tucket Sleigh Ride.” We’re an American group! And sure enough - the power of TV!
Yeah, the power of television. And all through the years, with my friends, I’d say something about Mountain and they’d always say, “Yeah! “Mississippi Queen!” And I’d go, well, what about “Tired Angels,” that’s my favorite and “Theme From an Imaginary Western” too. I just love that stuff. Oh yeah. Jack Bruce. And unfortunately he passed away last year.
Yeah. That was a heart- breaker. That’s why I put that tribute to him on the new album. “Spoonful” was recorded for an album 15 years ago or so, and Jack came over and played bass. I guess there was a club near where we were recording and the owner had called the studio. He heard that Jack was there, and that we were recording in that small town. He wanted to know if we’d come and do an impromptu set. No advertis- ing, no nothing. I called my friend Joe Franko, a really great drummer and we went
and did the show and my engineer happened to be smart enough to record it. So Jack passed and I thought this would be great to put that on there. I get chills when I listen to it, even now.
I know man, I’m the same way, I played this new album about ten times since I got it about four days ago and every time I get to that it’s like “Ah, there’s Jack.” I mean, you can’t mistake his bass. It’s one of a kind. I know. It’s a bark. I used to call it… a bark. His bass had a bark, and he played with his fingers and with precision. He played a Gib- son fretless bass. He’s probably my favorite musician and playing with him was just like a thrill because Cream was my favorite band, and all of a sudden I’m playing in a band with him and it was far out. So I tried to put some things on there besides the new songs. “Left By the Roadside to Die.” I sort of felt like that when I lost my leg around three or four years ago, you know. I just sort of felt that and my wife Jenny came up with some really great
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