What does Scott Seward think of Jack Bruce's "Songs for a Tailor"?

Seemms she had had a relationship with Jack before that as well.

When we reached the classroom that was serving as a dressing room, she introduced herself as Jeannie, producing a card that said “Genie the Tailor.” “Do I call you Jeannie or Genie?” I said. “Either will do,” she replied. She was from Los Angeles and had a shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, where she catered to the sartorial needs of bands including Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Buckinghams and hipper clients like Cream. She spoke unabashedly about a previous liaison with Jack Bruce, from which I concluded that she went for pale Celtic men with dodgy teeth, but she had also lived with the American comedian Lenny Bruce for a couple of years. She mentioned, early on in our conversation, that she had been featured in a Rolling Stone issue on groupies—she was in there along with Cynthia Plaster Caster and Pamela Des Barres.

Timberg, Scott; Thompson, Richard. Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 (p. 85). Algonquin Books.

Probably this band, Jack Bruce & Friends but maybe not the same exact performance. The one on 5 Live sounds a little better, either because a different night or cleaned up and sweetened but this one is not bad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCinPQEHvnw

Here’s yet another live version from the same band at a place I used to go to in another lifetime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9Lo6OOddU

In Beeswing Richard Thompson also tells his survivor’s account of the fatal van accident which, as expected, is riveting.

What I'm taking from this is that Richard Thompson had (maybe still has) bad teeth.

Which part of that is surprising?

What I’m talking about is David Sancious going full-on “Maggot Brain” for every single solo on whatever I’ve listened to from that band today.

I hadn't really ever thought about Richard Thompson's teeth before. No part of that particular sentence is surprising.

The Lorri Zimmerman version is interesting; sonically, it reminds me a little of Lou Reed's debut record. But this is a song that's difficult for me to separate from its original recording and arrangement. Like approximately 98% of UK musicians at the time, Cream suddenly decided they wanted to the Band, and Bruce's recording on Songs is a pretty impressive approximation that is more homage than emulation.

Yes, excellent points. Also Jack Bruce at his best is a really good, distinctive singer, so its kind of difficult to outdo him.

Another thing that shouldn’t be surprising is GISing “Genie the Tailor” and seeing images of her and a tape measure with the likes of David Crosby, Micky Dolenz and The Cowsills.

Also one of those sites tried to send me a dodgy calendar invite so keep your eyes wide open.

Forgot to mention Mark Lindsay.

Micky’s sister Coco as well:
https://monkees.coolcherrycream.com/articles/1968/06/tiger-beat/genies-adventures-in-groovyland
https://monkees.coolcherrycream.com/images/magazines/1968/06/tiger-beat/pages/thumbnails/56.jpg

No mention of Beaver & Krause though. #onethread

I really first knew the song by the Mountain cover, which was the one I had heard on the radio as a kid. It was later that I really knew it was a Jack Bruce original. Probably would have been the next 'White Room'/'Sunshine of Your Love' if Cream would have cut it going out the door.

That Bottom Line comp is a good listen. I had a thread about that calendar that was in the liner notes a couple years back.

This thread: The Bottom Line show calendar March 1980

Look like I was the only one to vote for Jack Bruce on that thread, even though he is the one who prompted you to start it, assuming I read correctly.

Also, those Bottom Line calendars always make me a little nostalgic, particularly today for some reason. For one thing I noticed that my high school friend’s band was listed, although I’m not sure we discussed it the next day in bio class.

Even then I am not sure if that is the real reason or just the MacGufnstuf.

The crash happened on May 12. Jack said that Jeannie had written him a letter saying something about her wanting him to "sing the high notes" which he received on his birthday two days after the crash, May 14, which is what inspired him with regard to the album title. Here is an RS except from Beeswing with Richard Thompson's description of the events: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/richard-thompson-memoir-excerpt-1140633/

There is a video version of the song in question associated with The Bottom Line Archive which is solo Jack on piano that is worth watching. Also, is there a canonical Fairport thread here? Couldn’t quite make that out.

Rope Ladder to the Moon seems like the model for a lot of later day Michael Gira

Richard Thompson and Jack Bruce both played on the Golden Palominos song "Silver Bullet" in 1985. I don't suppose any of their shared history came up, if they even met.

Forgot about that, thanks!