Free opened at the fabulous Forum for Blind Faith in '69.
I thought who are these cocky little ba$tard$, bring on EC & company.
Then it dawned on me; this might be the highlight of the night. It was!
Paul was a damn fine guitarist, and paired with arguably one of the best of the Brit vocalists.
Well, the rest is/was history; eh?
No tampering with this thread, just the state of the forum/CH these days.
All is quite on the western front...
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batsbrew
i hear a LOT of kossoff's style in Joe Bonamassa's playing.

Heard an interview with JB where he cited Kossoff and other British blues players like Peter Green & Rory Gallagher as his earliest influences. Said he then went back and discovered their influences, Muddy Waters, BB King etc etc.
 
Bonamassa gets a lot of flak about being a 'rich kid' who got one on one tuition from Danny Gatton, but I don't share that view, he's a superb player, very melodic even when he's 'shredding'.