Originally Posted by
qcpmsame
"(“You know how the title came about - Disraeli Gears - yeah? We had this Austin Westminster, and Mick Turner was one of the roadies who’d been with me a long time, and he was driving along and Eric (Clapton) was talking about getting a racing bicycle. Mick, driving, went ‘Oh yeah - Disraeli gears!’ meaning derailleur gears... We all just fell over... We said that’s got to be the album title”
Ginger Baker remembering 1967)"
Taken from The Disraeli Gears website, home page introduction. Fantastic album, too. I am a Cream and
Slow Hand fan in all his iterations and various bands.
Bill
We pretty much binged on that album until driving my buddy's family crazy with it when I lived with them in Dallas in '68 - '69. I'd always wondered if the name meant anything but never knew the story until a few months ago. Yeah Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Blind Faith, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers......all good. We used to go to a teen nightspot in Dallas called the Cellar to listen to a very good guitarist named Bugs Henderson cover much of what Eric had done up to then......Couldn't get enough of Eric Clapton even when well covered.
And I just learned that Robbin Williams was also influenced by the pre Lemond American cycling scene same as I. Never realized what a really long time fan he's been.
OK ladies Brad Pitt is now qualified as 50 years young and he rides.