Mick Taylor & Jack Bruce - Morning Story

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Thanks for uploading. But ..Mick Taylor? Mick Taylor is a sideman here. This is a Jack Bruce band playing a Jack Bruce song. Let's be clear on who's who.

[triptoheaveandho]

in 1975... M T may well have thought hje would like to do something mre creative andf orignal than beiong ina Band that was moslty still doing basic blues and rock stuff =Jack was opne and had the guyt to push the envelop furthher than almost anyone of that era. such a hjelluav musican compaoser ands inger..id have jumped a the hance to make some really unique music

[69zenos1]

Kinda like an actor leaving a hit sitcom because he THINKS he can do better!!!

BUY!!!!! Think about it. The personalities clashed. They had to have ben MAJOR MAOR Assholes!!!! Mick and Keef, that is.

[garygomesg]

As if the Stonnes did anything interesting after 1969....Taylor was going crazy with boredom with the Stones.

[triptoheaveandho]

@garygomesg i agree

[BassFever74]

it's not that important...but I was wondering what kind of bass that is??? anyone? creative piece of music

[TheSkyUnderneath]

I've got his anthology Willpower on cassette and have to wonder what Jack would sound like paired with David Gilmour.

[2010BitsaTalent]

I used to love playing this song. Check out Rat Race Choir performing Morning Story. I had the pleasure of performing with Jack live. One of a kind!

[43lochness]

total pish, i mean....seriously.junkie shite !!

[DMac1712]

your beloved mick taylor was more fucked up than jack was in this video becau se even if the song aint that good, jack st ill playing the fu ck out of that bass and singing his ass off. micks just standing there like a dope

[orson54]

This song sucks. Even brilliant musicians turn them out every now and then. After Mick left the Stones, I'm not aware of anything he did that was up to his early promise. This certainly doesn't make the cut.

[janeythebrit]

ye know when i hear Jack's voice and bass i can't help but physically go weak...and all i want to do is wax lyrical about how much his voice , playing and his music seriously touches a wee part of me that i didn't know existed ...WTF is up with THAT ??!!!

[hugatag]

@janeythebrit Because you have an ear for the words Jack writes along with his fantastic voice and bass playing. I know the problem and its all about chemistry and without Clapton and Baker there ain't NO chemistry and its a shame because I know this song along with many other JB songs would have sounded huge with Cream performing. Look at their reunion performance in 2005 it was like they had been playing together for 40 years non stop. I rest my case

[triptoheaveandho]

@hugatag well i think Jack played with many better guitarists than Clapton..

his work with Leslie West was astounding

[hugatag]

@triptoheaveandho Agreed

[VIDJACK]

this is not only one of my favorite Bruce songs - but one of my favorite songs of all time. The version on Harmony Row is simply staggering. They sound a bit under-rehearsed here - but still do an excellent job on a not-so-easy song. Yes, the Stones were great (at least up until Taylor left) but their music was so rudimentary compared to this. Taylor made a good decision to try something far more demanding that what he was previously playing. Too bad it imploded.

[silverandgold0129]

I think Mick Taylor was too young and probably regretted his decision to leave the Stones....I like Jack Bruce, but he's a bit pretentious at times. I love Mick and still think the Stones were at their best with him as lead.

[ApollosRevival]

Sounds like Mick is using some sort of phaser.

[gittahfiend]

I think spiritually for his soul Mick taylor did the right thing.but career wise,quitting the stones to do this was a HUGE mistake.oh, and bruce gary coudn't play jazz to save his life.neither could Mick taylor

[junkdrum]

Mick Taylor should have considered himself lucky to have gigged with the Stones and then to get a chance to play Jack Bruce's incredible music. If I were him I would have done the same thing. Too bad his career took a nose dive, but he made his own decisions. In those days drugs took their toll on everyone.

[sirenofstorms]

It was the other Stones who should have felt fortunate to have Mick Taylor, not the other way around. Taylor was a Stone above Stones.

[McMinnManiac]

Jack goes right over ppls heads . It changes keys too much for the average listener Reminds me of the band Chicago for some reason

[TumbrelJockey]

Boy oh boy every where I turn down in Tube land there is street fight going down re ; music..The oil business can take a page from the Arts & related debates when it comes to going for the jugular.I've seen Jack post- Cream w/ Larry Coryell,Pat(?) Thrall,Leslie West ,Saraceno.ALL were excellent though Coryell may have been the most able to match Jack's improv skills.Since it was a revolving door lineup ,time to really jell .w/ Mick was too brief .But I sure would liked to have been there.

[hugatag]

@TumbrelJockey I call them internet bullies,they are much more cowardly then the real bullies because most of them online are pussy whipped unhappy turds that need an outlet to take their anger and frustrations out at. Most of them are wearing adult depends. :)

[TumbrelJockey]

@hugatag ROTFL! Thanks for that" hugtag". .Life is too short.The beauty & power of the music gets obscured by this BS.Guess this would gone on between Salieiri & Mozart camps if they'd had the net...

[hugatag]

@TumbrelJockey Your absolutely right on there TumbrelJockey,life is much too short. Remember one thing,music is from the spirit and no body can destroy what we love in music. Did Mick Taylor make a mistake by quitting the Rolling Stones? Well in several interviews Mick Taylor said it was a huge mistake,He was only 26 at the time at an age where mistakes are common. He is still a musical genius and nobody can ever take that away from him.

Peace to you

[garygomesg]

Whatever....like the stuff the Stones put out after 1969 was inspired! This is a stupid exchange; we are engaged in a debate both of us should have forgotten about AT LEAST 30 years ago. I can clearly state (without insulting you) that the last Stones music I found inspired was produced in 1969. After they signed with Atlantic, they kept on repeating themselves. What I admire about Bruce was that he could have easily kept on doing what he did in Cream; and he chose to try something different.

[garygomesg]

Listen, you like what you like and I like what I like. We're not going to convince each other either is right. This is one of my favorite Bruce songs, though.

[garygomesg]

I don't think this is shite; I think this is very good music. You are entitled to your opinion. My point is, I don't think Lydon started the Sex Pistols with any aesthetic ambitions, which you seem to imply and I don't think this, in particular, would have made anyone say: "This music is horrible; I have to start a band to correct this." Although truly, I DID feel that way when punk emerged. What a horror show-rehashed Who licks! Give me a break.

[smallhandff]

did this band fall apart so readily due to the music or did Keith Richards put the word out that this band should not be given a recording contract?

[kweniwastada]

increadible it takes a year in line before it takes on youtube a person to notice nobody is interested in both history and uncertain presence...4 some of us living people it is a statement though...thanks J bruce and others

[STEVEFINNERTY]

potentialy happening though strangely misses , odd how mick Taylor gets his dress sense together 'after' he leaves the stones !!..

i think it was probably this broadcast that a young john Lydon caught...and thought 'fuck this'...englands dreaming..

[garygomesg]

@STEVEFINNERTY Young John Lydon was convinced to enter the music business by Malcolm McClaren, a promoter who noticed Lydon coming into a bondage clothing shop. The Pistols were as manufactured as the Monkees.Lydon said he liked Keith Emerson, Genesis, Magma. He's not ideological.The politics/image associated with the advent of punk is largely ignorant of its antecedents in the 60's and 70's --not the Velvets, by the way, but the Who, Seeds, the Stooges, The New York Dolls, the Ramones.

[STEVEFINNERTY]

@garygomesg~ your point being ?. John was and still is into lots of music , anyone who loves music knows theres really only two kinds 'good' and shite',, im afraid this falls into the latter no matter how you look at it, limp,self indulgent,introspective,nonsen­se

[cerdes0]

Mindbending greatness. Simply superb.

[hugatag]

Thing you learn on UTUBE. Never knew Mick Taylor joined Jack Bruce after he left the Stones. This is really very sweet stuff ! I like lots! Thanks for posting.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@hugatag Carla Bley on keyboards outstanding, too bad this particular group of Jack's did not stay together too long, only did the one album, Out of the Storm

[ClitDoris]

Now hang on a min... Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones for this? Well, that was a clever move, wasn't it, Mick? (Note to Mick Taylor: you really must make an effort to stay way from the sort of drugs that caused you make this ever so DOPEY decision!)

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@ClitDoris by leaving the Stones to pursue other music and play with a talent like Jack Bruce reflects that Mick was not in the music business strictly for money, which is unforunately why most musicians these days are not as good. too many are making records just for the money, and that is part of the reason the music doesn't have as much heart or soul.

[ClitDoris]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO

Your response (that Mick Taylor left the Stones to join Bruce in order to pursue brighter musical horizons) is a load of rubbish. For the fact of the matter is that Bruce's management at the time lured Taylor away from the Stones because they thought that his pairing with Bruce would result in a magical (read commercially successful) venture. Thus, money was clearly the motivating factor. Sadly, Mick's decision to leave the Stones was ill thought-out and most impulsive!

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@ClitDoris honestly did not know that he was lured into it, comes as a surprise to me because i had always thought that Jack was never that into being a commercial success, i guess his managers loved the idea of making him commercially sucessful so they could reap the benefits, but i appreciate the feedback, Thanks.

[ClitDoris]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO

Mick's a lovely guy and a fabulous guitarist. However, as previously indicated, he exercised very poor judgement when he decided to leave the Stones in order to join Bruce. As well, his poor judgement was encouraged and instigated not only by Bruce's management (who clearly thought they were hearing the clattering sound of cash registers) but also by Andy Johns (the Stones recording engineer), who all but pushed Mick to leave the Stones and join Bruce. Urgh what a balls-up!

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@ClitDoris just another example of how money ruins the music business, Jack wrote a song called 52nd street, (shadows in the Air album) which talked about how the record company executives only care about how many units are sold. check out the song, it's cool.

[ClitDoris]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO To say that "money ruins the music the business" is simplistic and silly in the extreme. For the music business is a "business"; it cannot exist , much less thrive, without money. As such, record company executives should and must care "about how many units are sold"; that's their job! The job of the artist, on the other hand, is to craft music that is genuine, resonant and, above all, well and truly inspired. In that respect, the Bruce & Taylor project fell quite short.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@ClitDoris i should perhaps qualify my statement a bit more. Yes, money needs to be made obviously, but what Jack means to say in 52nd st is that the record executives don't really care about the quality of the music, as long as it sells. Today, sadly i must say, the music does not have the quality it once had, nor are they as many true musicians who care more about their music than the success

and status they may attain. I'm glad that most of the legends from 60's and 70's are still around

[ClitDoris]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO "record executives don't really care about the quality of the music, as long as it sells"? Well, of course! They're businessmen; their task is to marketize and earn money. Conversely, the task of exercising artistic, cultural or musical quality control belongs exclusively to the artist! As such, the proclivities of record execs aside, it is the task of the artist to produce work that is inspired; and when their work is uninspired, artists have only themselves to blame!

[ClitDoris]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO A factor that further reflects how deluded Bruce's management were at that time, is the fact that they were having a deal of a time finding a suitable (as in famous) drummer to join Bruce and company. Thus, an ironic and quite amusing aside to this saga occurred when they approached Bill Bruford to join the band. At first, Bill was intrigued by the idea of playing with Bruce and Carla Bley. However, he quickly abandoned that idea once he heard the music they were producing.

[garygomesg]

@ClitDoris

i heard that Taylor was getting very tired of touring with the Stones--basically touring wit a band that could not even tune its own instruments, is the way it was expressed. Perhaps Jack's managers did pursue him, but he was playing well below his level of talent in the Stones, and I think that started to wear on him.

[garygomesg]

@ClitDoris Tastes differ; this is a lot more exciting and interesting to me than anything the Stones ever did.

[ClitDoris]

@garygomesg "Tastes differ," you say? Quite! And if you're the sort of person who has a taste for the type of music that the Bruce & Taylor project produced, then your taste is clearly for uninspired music.

[WadeMacKinnon]

@ClitDoris I bet you don't like jazz, or progressive rock either.

[ClitDoris]

@WadeMacKinnon You're right! I "don't like jazz, or progressive rock." I also don't care a monkey's arse about country, blues, classical, folk, pop, rock-and-roll, reggae or soul music. I only ever appreciate a musical statement -- played in whatever genre -- that is well and truly inspired!

[WadeMacKinnon]

@ClitDoris I agree with you wholeheartedly, but not on what you consider inspired.  Why don't you give us your definition of "inspired"

[ClitDoris]

@WadeMacKinnon You write that you don't agree with I "consider inspired" but, at the same time, you request that I provide you with my definition of "inspired"? Wot?????????? Tell me: Are you actually attempting to make sense? Or do you always operate under the influence of PRETZEL LOGIC?

[ApollosRevival]

@ClitDoris

Well seeing as how Taylor said himself he would have died if he stayed with the group it probably was a good decision. Plus, he never got writing credit for certain songs. I guess there were more important things to Mr. Taylor than money. Funny, isn't it?

[zenphil]

@ClitDoris Mick didn't quit the stones. Mick and Keith were sick of him upstaging them and getting the women.

[ClitDoris]

@zenphil So you reckon that "Mick didn't quit the stones" but, rather, that "Mick and Keith were sick of him upstaging them and getting the women"?

Hmmm...the only sensible observation that one can make about your comments is that you are either using too many drugs or. more likely, that you should be medicated with a lot of drugs!!

[zenphil]

@ClitDoris Read the Rolling Stone interview in 1974 and you can have Mick tell you the reasons for his leaving. Which is what I already stated. Do your homework clit, or shut the f up!

[ClitDoris]

@zenphil Thanks for recommending that I read Rolling Stone to the get facts as to why Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones. However, I must reject your suggestion on the grounds that, if I were to follow your suggestion, I'd only become an IGNORANT MORON just like YOU!!!

[garygomesg]

@hugatag I heard Taylor was going to form his own group but was invited to join Bruce's group.

[arnaudkip]

oui ce type est vraiment doué! en france aussi on aime les grands musiciens!!!

[timminananda]

the Harmony Row album is still a favorite of mine and shows what kind of talent Jack has. people who think only of Cream don't know from shinola.

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@timminananda You got that right, Pete Brown's lyrics and Jack's great and varied songwriting skills very much evidenced on Harmony Row, Victoria Sage and Consul at Sunset are two of my faves, but whole album "RULES"

[Pudsy440]

the way he sings while playing the bass .. quite amazing... he can really separate his mind/brain into two parts quite readily... really coool~

[jsilence418]

Ampeg made Dan Armstrongs I think usually you see them in see through plexiglass, but Bill Wyman also used one identical to this one Jack is playing.

[halloweenfiend666]

Anyone know what kinda bass Jack is playing here? Is it some kind of Gibson?

[rodsguitars]

Hello,

Jack is playing a Dan Armstrong wood body bass with a sliding pickup. Bill Wyman used one like with the Stones for a while.

Thanks,

Rod

[halloweenfiend666]

Thanks! I shoulda caught that, I'm a big Bill fan.

[sticko7]

I have it on good authority that the poster that calls himself "Rod" is a known methadone user and was also a 'narc" in the early 70's. So you might take what he posts with a grain or two of salt.

[rodsguitars]

I'm no cop, man, don't ever call me a cop.

[proferic]

I have it on pretty good authority that YOU are an idiot.

[x2mars]

taylor missed his only chance to solo there at the end.

[janicewilsonify]

Hey bobgure

I agree. When we find it we should take the news of talent to the Queen and tell her...but the world is run like the fairy tales...on jealousy. Small men unite to bring down big men, someone once said.

[janicewilsonify]

So dear to my heart.

Why has this been kept from me for all these years?

At last...Jack Bruce!

[ArtComs]

Where can I get the DVD?

[janeythebrit]

i love Jack....and ive got this on DVD !!

[mloaks]

carla bley on organ!

[losttribedreams]

Wonderful, wonderful stuff. I can't thank you enough for the posts. Bruce is probably the single most important musical influence I ever had . . . Harmony Row and Out of the Storm being some sort of twin Rosetta Stones in my musical education. Thank you, thank you. Oh, is that an ES 355 Mick is playing? Can't tell in the light but reminds me a bit of the old stereo behemoth I used to own.

[micktaylor49]

Yes I think it's an ES-335. He uses it from time to time.

[losttribedreams]

Ah, a 335. I thought it was a 355, the wild stereo version of the 335. I used to have one. The 335, on the other hand, is a natural for a bluesman like Mick. Great guitar.

[louie2able]

@micktaylor49  looks like a 347

[ebaydisease]

@micktaylor49 - I believe it's an ES 355 (i.e. Lucille).

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@losttribedreams cool to hear that someone loves jack as much as i do, he has been an influence on my musical education, and being a harmonica player, always love to hear him play tunes like rollin and tumblin, and traintime

[losttribedreams]

@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO There are a handful of us out there, thank god. I don't know if you're old enough to remember a professor I knew from Chicago, Barry Pearson. I real student of blues.

[Indymirage]

wow...really enjoyed this. what a great band this was.....terrific version of this great song.

[beatlejase]

I've got the 'Spirit-Live BBC' sessions CDs, where this performance is from. Where did you find the video? Incredible! I've got the 'OGWT' collection DVDs (Vlm1-3) and there's no Jack on there all. Please advise! This is just amazing! Thanks for posting!!

[bobgure]

Thanks so much for posting this. Any more?

This band was so short lived and under documented.

It's astounding how many people have never even heard of this multi-faceted genius! I can't imagine my life without "Golden Days", "Can you Follow", 'Victoria Sage'..., 'Songs for a Taylor', CREAM(!)...

I'm breathless.

[BeverlyHills666]

yeah yeah, taylor made a big mistake by leavin' the stones

[mcddtlc]

BH666 -No he didn't, just ask him. He was getting screwed out of writing credits and

might have ended up like B.Jones if he would

have kept around Keith and his drug habits.

wouldn't hurt to have Taylor sit-in with the Stones for one night now though!!! MLC

[007zz]

no no,he should have continued this kind of music!!

[hugatag]

that's what he said in an interview I saw on TV

[janeythebrit]

ive got this too...you beat me to it..uploading , I mean !! THIS IS SUCH amazin MUSIC , EH ?! long live wee Jack

[mecormany]

I'm starting to think you've invented a time machine with some of the clips you're coming up with. However you're getting them, thanks man.

[proferic]

Thanks for posting this. This song is from Harmony Row, which is a great album. One of his best.

[fleigle9]

What a great performance and what a spectacular band. I wonder why this band was not better known?

[VIDJACK]

WOW! Incredible footage. Had no idea this existed! The great jazz pianist Carla Bley was in this band as well. You can see her barely behind her hair. Great band. Thanks a hell of lot for finding this and posting it!

[ArtComs]

This is something I thought I would never ever see - Thanks