Christopher Cross Interview

[sprint]

Great Interview - though I'm a fan since the first album in the late 70s and I knew he played that buried solo in "Ride Like the Wind" I never knew he was so much a guitar guy till seeing this vid (had pigeon holed him as a singer/songwriter who played guitar but watching this - sounds like he's a guitarist who sings / writes.

 

[PSea]

loved this interview....but was a bit let down they didnt play the Run Like The Wind solo as an isolated track so all could really here/appreciate.

 

[sprint]

loved this interview....but was a bit let down they didnt play the Run Like The Wind solo as an isolated track so all could really here/appreciate.

Here's the vid where RB analyses that "Ride Like the Wind" solo (he demos a bunch of it isolated here).

 

[PSea]

thanks!

 

[Freds55]

Great Interview - though I'm a fan since the first album in the late 70s and I knew he played that buried solo in "Ride Like the Wind" I never knew he was so much a guitar guy till seeing this vid (had pigeon holed him as a singer/songwriter who played guitar but watching this - sounds like he's a guitarist who sings / writes.

Really cool stuff… Enjoyed that great interview.

 

[unix-guy]

Watched both today. Good stuff!

I knew EJ had played on some of his stuff but no idea it was all the way back. Some cool stories/trivia in there, too.

 

[AtomicJeff]

Great interview with Beato. I'm not a huge fan of CC but I like him because he plays Tom Anderson guitars almost exclusively.
I saw him in 1980 at the 3rd annual Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl. Unfortunately, he wasn't that well received by the crowd since he was put within a lineup that featured The Eagles, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, April Wine, and Sammy Hagar. The Texas/June heat didn't sit well with him either, as he threw up on stage and cut his set short. I felt sorry for him.

 

[sprint]

Great interview with Beato. I'm not a huge fan of CC but I like him because he plays Tom Anderson guitars almost exclusively.
I saw him in 1980 at the 3rd annual Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl. Unfortunately, he wasn't that well received by the crowd since he was put within a lineup that featured The Eagles, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, April Wine, and Sammy Hagar. The Texas/June heat didn't sit well with him either, as he threw up on stage and cut his set short. I felt sorry for him.

Interesting - he's not an artist I've had interest in to see live - for me, it's more that those early hits are branded into my brain. Semi unrelated side note: I started playing guitar as a winter hobby in the mid 2000s (summer was reserved for golf) and after a year or so was frustrated with what I considered only terrible sounds I could get from my hands and the amps I had tried - I had no clue what modelling was at the time but was watching the vid below and noticed the Pod (bean version) in the rack case behind him (there was a closeup of it in whatever segment I had watched then). I recognized the Pod from the guitar store and thought - wow that sounds really good - maybe I need to try that. So began a long succession of modeller purchases leading to Axfx and a great hobby in my life - though my playing skills are still shit, what I can play sounds great. So I guess I can thank CC a little for that.

 

[AtomicJeff]

Interesting - he's not an artist I've had interest in to see live - for me, it's more that those early hits are branded into my brain. Semi unrelated side note: I started playing guitar as a winter hobby in the mid 2000s (summer was reserved for golf) and after a year or so was frustrated with what I considered only terrible sounds I could get from my hands and the amps I had tried - I had no clue what modelling was at the time but was watching the vid below and noticed the Pod in the rack case behind him (there was a closeup of it in whatever segment I had watched then). I recognized the Pod from the guitar store and thought - wow that sounds really good - maybe I need to try that. So began a long succession of modeller purchases leading to Axfx and a great hobby in my life - though my playing skills are still shit, what I can play sounds great. So I guess I can thank CC a little for that.

Hey, it sure is a POD! Good eye. The first band I saw use a POD onstage was The Bullet Boys (can't stand 'em, but they were a warmup band) back in around 2001. Their guitarist had a POD on a stand and I remember him manually turning knobs in between songs. Little did I know that modeling would become what it is today...

 

[ProfEmerald]

Just stopping in to express my appreciation that we started with Christopher Cross and made our way to Bullet Boys in fewer than 10 posts.

Bravo.

 

[sprint]

Just stopping in to express my appreciation that we started with Christopher Cross and made our way to Bullet Boys in fewer than 10 posts.

Bravo.

Rock and Roll works in mysterious ways - ie: in the interview above Christopher Cross mentions that he once played with Deep Purple subbing in for Ritchie Blackmore - go figure

 

[CodePoet]

Yeah, that's a great interview. So many little stories uncovered in that. Never really knew much about CC, but I enjoyed that interview a lot. Rick always does great stuff.

 

[Rich5150]

Finally got around to watching it, great interview. was blown away that he's 72, I had to look it up after he said it, doesn't look anywhere close to his age. Great singer/songwriter and guitarist.

 

[scottp]

Great interview! He is a gear guy!!

 

[CodePoet]

Finally got around to watching it, great interview. was blown away that he's 72, I had to look it up after he said it, doesn't look anywhere close to his age. Great singer/songwriter and guitarist.

Yes, he looks and sounds amazing - couldn't believe he's 72!