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Anything with Ginger Baker especially live, be it Cream, Blind Faith, Bakers Airforce/GBO, Baker Gurvitz Army or whatever else you can find, would be greatly appreciated! :) It may be annoying to find the "right" versions, but so worth it! Love the albums and this, but Crossroads is just a hint of what Cream could do, NSU, I'm so Glad, Sweet Wine, Spoonful, etc etc LIVE is what they really are about 🤘👹❤
Three absolute geniuses! ❤ I think you could enjoy Bakers stuff with Fela Kuti as well :) That dude was just different, pretty obviously my all time favorite drummer 😅
Even if it doesnt end up here, if you enjoyed this like that, you have to get into their catalog :) So much good stuff! Such great energy! And like i said, for me, especially LIVE
This was one of the super groups of the 60's. Everyone of the 3 guys (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton) was super talented but they also had big egos. So they didn't always get a long. They all came from previous successful bands. But in the few short years they were together they produced some classic songs such as "White Room", "Badge", "Born Under A Bad Sign", "Tales Of Brave Ulysses", "Strange Brew", "Sunshine Of Your Love", "SWLABR" etc.
You are right, This was an old blues song. They sped up and then displayed their own musicianship. Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Ginger Baker on drums, and Jack Bruce on bass and singing. They were all recognized as leaders in their specialties at the time and ever since. They were all so good it was said by critics that they all seemed to try to outdo each other on every song and that drove the excellence. They didn't stay together very long, but several of their songs are classic rock greats.
This song was inspired by the legend of Robert Johnson the great Blues man who made a deal with the Devil to make him a great guitarist at the Crossroads.
If you’ve never heard it, Sunshine of your Love is amazing. As a guitar fan, if you’ve never heard it, George Harrison’s While my Guitar Gently Weeps will blow you away. God’s blessings 👩🏻✝️💙🐕🖤🎸
@@louisrondone1332 Actually it was a Gibson EBO the SG was the six string guitar with the same body style. The Humbucking pickups and the heavy guage flat wound strings along with the tube driven amplifier he used gave him the thick tone he got.
Thanks. I was just trying to keep things simple by referring to it as an SG. I figured the bass might have a different name than the guitar. I played a Gibson Thunderbird, which was the bass version of the Firebird guitar.😺
Ginger Baker was famous as a jazz drummer before he was brought into Rock and Roll music. He later migrated to Africa to learn more about rethemes from different cultures. He and Jack Bruce, the bassist knew one another from the Jazz, Classical side of music and Eric Clapton consciously searched for a rhythm section with such a background to bounce his blues rock style off of. Jack Bruce was not only a classical bass player from Scotland but was a great vocalist on much of the Cream material.
Saw them play this in Detroit in 67. Then I realized this was the best band ever. You had to see them live to understand. They changed everything. IMHO.
For the love of God, someone with deep pockets please request... "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by the Spencer Davis Group. I want to see Polo's face when he hears 16 year old Steve Winwood's voice.
ALL of the Crossroads Guitar Festival videos are incredible. Such an amazing group of talent from pretty much EVERY genre of music came together to benefit Clapton's Crossroads Recovery Centre. Hundreds of artists, thousands of fans, millions of smiles and TONS of help for those in need of addiction recovery.
These live recordings of Cream at Royal Albert Hall I've always said and told my son that this was one of the greatest nights in Rock and Roll history. And at 71 I stand by that. This will be played at my funeral.
I’ve seen you react to a few blues songs that are popular covers. “When the Levee Breaks”, and “Crossroads (blues)” were both cover songs, the originals were written in 1929 by Memphis Minnie, and 1936 by Robert Johnson, respectively. I know it’s not popular with the TH-cam crowd, but I think you should at least hear the originals. These blues artists created the foundation for blues, and rock n roll that the British popularized and became rich off of, while the original artists died penniless. I’m not telling you how to live your life, but I hope you can pay homage to the original creators of the blues we love so much. ✌🏽❤
+1 for this! would love to see you go back and listen to some of the original blues greats, now that you've heard the generation that got rich bringing their work into the mainstream!
The gen that got rich off, hung up much? You gotta let it go these are great musicians and songwriters that just happened to pay homage to someone they liked. I'll leave it at that.
@@Zak_Nike no, not hung up on it, I think the Stones, Zeppelin, the Animals, Bob Dylan, and many, many others, are great artists in their own right, I'm just saying I'd ALSO like to see people acknowledge some of the folk and blues greats that preceded them. 👍
@@Zak_Nike Yes, they paid homage, but that is about it. Let’s be real, Eric Clapton would shit his pants if someone got rich off of his songs and he never saw a penny. Or more accurately, Clapton’s label. Wouldn’t be the first time someone was uncredited, and unpaid. I think now, a lot of the wrongs are being corrected, and a lot of these blues artist’s estates are being paid for their songs. Unfortunately, for many blues originators in the south, that was just the way it was back then. They were just poor black artists from the south. They couldn’t call up their lawyers, because they didn’t have any.
I was impressed that you gave props to the bass and drums before you even made mention of the guitar. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were the backbone of this group.
Polo comes from a hip hop and r&b background and tends to lock in on bass and drums more than guitar. Luckily in this case there was a lot there. I hope he gets to hear the bass line for "badge"... the song might be less to his liking but the bass work is tasty.
He has turned into a horrible human being. But I was blessed to see him once, and he is that rarified air of the truly great guitarists. God’s blessings 👩🏻✝️💙🐕🖤🎸
@@randi_godspeed2063you must be a Christian. Running down someone you don't know while virtue signaling with your false blessings. Knock it off judgemental judy.
@@randi_godspeed2063 , sorry to hear about the ugliness, wow. I also seen him too in St. Louis, I actually won 2 tickets from a radio station. The radio station shuttled a bus for all the winners and provided a lunch for us all. We were able to bring our own alcohol, we were 1 hour on the road and had to make a stop to get more alcohol. His album Pilgrim was released at that time, we had a great time. I bought a tee shirt at the concert and never wore it because I decided to frame it along with the ticket and photo that was taken there.
Cream was so popular during their time in the Rock spotlight that people seemed to not get enough of them, yet Eric Clapton wanted to try many different bands and Ginger Baker (drums) and Jack Bruce (bass) knew they could play with anybody so they also moved on. The public finally got their wish when in 2005 they reassembled and played 3 nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London for a reported $15 Million. Why don't you get the TH-cam video of that reunion of a great band and enjoy that performance. It was a mammoth success with people from America buying tickets for all 3 nights and flying in for their memory and dream reunion. You will love it too,
Nobody could make a bass sing and sound as lyrical as Jack Bruce could. He did most of the singing, too. His ashes are buried about ten feet from my family's, so whenever I pay them a visit I always say hi to Jack too. I saw their reunion concert at the Albert Hall in 2005 and it was unforgettable. When I was a teenager back in the 70s I used to smoke a j, put the headphones on and listen to Crossroads so I could hear the incredible guitar in one ear and the amazing bass in the other. Amazing !
I listened to the album with crossroads on it at 2:00 in the morning on FM radio. I waited all night for the record store to open. I bought the album the next morning when the record store owner unlocked the door. A very special group.
This is a cover of literally one of the first Blues musicians ever recorded in the 1920s by Robert Johnson. 1) This was the Sound of Rock Music in the Mid 70s when I was 10. The verses are among the 5 most iconic Guitar Riffs ever. 2) Cocaine is a helluva drug... especially when Clapton is involved. 3) Eric Clapton the person has, in recent years, become a detestable ass, but as a musician in the 1960s and 70s he was a natural. 4) The best improvisers are able to speak in complete sentences. 5) This is one of the 5 greatest Live Rock Recordings of all time.
This song is cover of one of the original blues guitarist and singer from the 1920's to the 1930's and his name is Robert Johnson . So awesome !!!! 🤘🔥🎸💯....
Eric Clapton has an annual Crossroads Guitar Festival to benefit the Crossroads drug rehab center in Aruba. There are some great live performances available on youtube. The one with BB King is a great clip.
Funny you should mention dancing to old blues tunes in Cleveland, this is likely one of those songs you remember. This track is a cover of an old blues tune (indeed, sped up a lot) written by a hugely prolific blues man, Robert Johnson. Google him, he wrote some of the best music of the 20th century and all before he died in 1938 at age 27!
I was 15 when this song first appeared. Had just bought my first "component stereo" system. Found myself immediately turning the treble way down and the bass all the way up. It's still how I like listening to this incredible track!
“This reminds me of the blues.” That’s funny, considering a lot of early classic rock music was a bunch of white guys (often British) playing electrified, amplified, and distorted classic blues songs.
Jack Bruce's bass playing is legendary. How can you go wrong with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.....it's delicious... you are really getting into great stuff Polo
Someone also mentioned Eric Clapton’s “Layla”. Great guitar in that. The backstory is that Layla is Patty Boyd, who was married to his good friend George Harrison of the Beatles. Then Eric fell in love with her and married her. Quite the scandal. “I tried to give you consolation When your old man had let you down Like a fool, I fell in love with you You turned my whole world upside down” Also, Eric wrote the hit song “wonderful tonight” about her, AND George Harrison wrote the classic song “Something” and a couple of others for her as well.
First, I'm from Cleveland. I was born in Berea lots of years ago. Lived in California, Michigan and Illinois for about 30 yrs, and have been back here for 10 yrs. I live about 25 minutes from downtown.Second, the drummer is Ginger Baker. He's so good when Queen was forming their band, they advertised for "Ginger Baker-like drummer".
eric clapton was on guitar, and he was huge. HYYUUUUUGE. one of his nicknames was "slow-hand," although i never really understood it because the notes in those solos weren't slow at all. he put in a couple of years (at least) in the early through mid-60s with the yardbirds (which also produced jimmy page), a group that combined the blues and psychedelic rock. he went on to play for john mayall and the blues breakers, where he met jack bruce. bruce, the bassist and ginger baker, the drummer, had both previously been in "blues incorporated," as well as at least one other band, where they clashed horribly. why they elected to work together again is a mystery, but cream was formed 1966 and broke up just two years later in 1968, mostly because they were at each other's throats, quelle surprise! baker had a reputation as a wild man, and he lived up to it but he was considered one of that era's best drummers. bruce, a scots guy, ranks #8 on a list of best bass players of all time compiled by "rolling stone magazine." he was also the main vocalist and writer of many songs for the group, although i think the one you just reacted to was all clapto. and that concludes our lesson for today.
Mr.Robert Johnson would be happy if he´d listen to this version of this song he recorded in the 1930es.The three members of Cream playing at their best.As I told you in my comments to your Sunshine of your love reaction this is the Cream I would pour in my coffee!
after 55 years I still cannot believe 3 guys can make this much music. The driver not mentioned was Ginger Baker getting more frenetic from 5.35 onwards. He does it even more pronounced fashion in the latter half of "White Room" with his double kicks on the bass drum
Absolutely love that Cleveland Story man. I played in so many different kinds of venues including so many dive bars in so many different situations and somehow that totally resonates with me. Especially as kids man I could just see it.
An article I read back then described the best Cream songs as “dueling solos” by all 3 of the musicians, and you definitely hear that in this live track. Another of the greatest live tracks ever is Spoonful off the Wheels of Fire album. It’s this quality but 3x longer. Brilliant improvisation where they play off each other to perfection. It’s also an old blues tune, like Crossroads.
ERIC CLAPTON🎼 Second to none. Clapton named his island rehab in Antigua 1998 after this song..☮️ I’ve had the distinct pleasure to see him twice. First time when he walked on to Paul McCarthy with Wings and Linda back In San Francisco 1970’s. Eric with BB King album ❤️
This was first released on the Wheels of Fire double album and I can remember the day I bought it. For me, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and Fleetwood Mac (the original blues band with the guitar virtuoso Peter Green and not the later more commercial band) were my favourites in the 60s. Just about the three best guitarists at the time. Great to be in London then - no place like it…….unlike now!
Jack Bruce, the bass player, also worked with another great guitarist in the early 80s and in the last years before his death, Robin Trower. Trower, like SRV and others is a Hendrix-esque guitarist, who plays a down-tuned Fender Stratocaster. He down-tunes it a whole note (all D-based, not E) so he can bend the strings to get more guitar effects. He is one of the early proponents of "drop-down" bending, in that he would bend the string up to start a note then drop it down to its original tuning.
I’d say you know a lot, this is an epic classic song and performance. The whole band was fire. One of my favorite Clapton solos. Ginger Baker was one of the most influential rock drummers and one of my personal favorites. His drum solo Toad from the Wheels of Fire album is just incredible
@@geoffbuck6890 That’s a very solid take. I listened to this solo a lot when I first started playing drums over 40 years ago. I hadn’t listened to it again until recently and I was blown away not only by rhythmic and melodic it was but also by how much of it found it’s way into my playing.
A superb trio I saw many times, live or on vinyl there are many tunes to check out. Jack Bruce on bass & vocals, Eric Clapton guitar, Ginger baker drums. "Strange Brew" & "Sunshine Of Your Love," are great tracks also "White Room".
Saw them twice. First tour in St. Louis at the "late" Kiel Auditorium and their Farewell Tour in Chicago, where familiar Cream music morphed into a psychedelic free-for-all with each player fighting for fearless dominance. Those were the days.
Hi Mr. Polo, That is Mr. Jack Bruce on the bass, I think he wrote that bass line,, Mr. Ginger Baker on Drums and of course Mr. Eric Clapton on Guitar and Vocals.. ♠Mr.G.. (W.G.)
Was one of my favorite bands..Didn't get to see them..I saw Eric in 69 in Seattle with Blind Faith...Was a so so concert. Clapton was going through changes...
Got to see them in 2005 at Madison Square Gardens-- they played only 2 shows east coast and 2 west coast . Trekked from Arkansas to see them. Was my Super Bowl
Jack Bruce, singing lead on this one, is also the bass player. And Ginger Baker, the drummer, is arguably the best rock drummer ever. And then there's Eric Clapton, doing Eric Clapton.
I have requested that this song be played at my funeral in 30 years or so. Of course the people that would play it will all be dead! I love it when you hear the things that I love about a song. Clapton was God but Jack Bruce was his equal on the bass and I consider him the greatest singer in rock history. There are so many good ones but Jack's voice gets me every time. You need to listen to the Blues! Thank you for this song!
The guitarist is Eric Clapton. His nickname was slow hand, even though it’s faster than the original, black, blues artist he did play each note individually, and that he got that name, Sloan, slow hand.
u right, Polo! this tune, all aspects, is a phenom! Eric Clapton has huge accolades as one of the best all around guitarist, including lead, and even specifically, the Blues. it’s like u said; pick a part. Bass line - fire; drums - great; vocals - amazing; lead guitar - momma’s fried chicken… together, they give us a sound that bands all over would do well to aspire to create. just ol’ time, feelin’ low down, hearing feel good, foot stompin,’ booty shakin’ - Blues. don’t get much better. btw, just a footnote: Clapton was kinda struck by the story of Robert Johnson. Rob’t. supposedly went to the crossroads, and made a bargain with a demon / the Devil, that in exchange for his soul, he would be given the ability to play the guitar skillfully, and so well that everyone would extoll his name and his prowess on the guitar. actually, it’s believed anyway, that during one of Rob’t’s absences, he visited, and was tutored by Ike Zimmerman. afterwards, everyone was amazed at how well he played, and coupled with the fact that many of Johnson’s songs referenced the Devil, Hell hounds, or Hell generally, and it was like he was absent for a while, then showed up one day with this new ability to shred the guitar… then came the legend of Johnson’s “Crossroads Deal with the Devil.” so sonny… just how bad u wanna learn to play that thang?
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Anything with Ginger Baker especially live, be it Cream, Blind Faith, Bakers Airforce/GBO, Baker Gurvitz Army or whatever else you can find, would be greatly appreciated! :)
It may be annoying to find the "right" versions, but so worth it!
Love the albums and this, but Crossroads is just a hint of what Cream could do, NSU, I'm so Glad, Sweet Wine, Spoonful, etc etc LIVE is what they really are about 🤘👹❤
This sounded like old school blues because it was a cover of Robert Johnson's Crossroad, just sped up and rockified.
Three absolute geniuses! ❤
I think you could enjoy Bakers stuff with Fela Kuti as well :)
That dude was just different, pretty obviously my all time favorite drummer 😅
Shotout to the supporter that send that one in indeed
Even if it doesnt end up here, if you enjoyed this like that, you have to get into their catalog :)
So much good stuff! Such great energy! And like i said, for me, especially LIVE
This was one of the super groups of the 60's. Everyone of the 3 guys (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton) was super talented but they also had big egos. So they didn't always get a long. They all came from previous successful bands. But in the few short years they were together they produced some classic songs such as "White Room", "Badge", "Born Under A Bad Sign", "Tales Of Brave Ulysses", "Strange Brew", "Sunshine Of Your Love", "SWLABR" etc.
Artists want to see their vision produced. When you have three, will always clash.
Nailed it!
I approve of this message! 😉♥
Agreed, though BADGE should be capitalized, given that it's the chord progression.
You are right, This was an old blues song. They sped up and then displayed their own musicianship. Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Ginger Baker on drums, and Jack Bruce on bass and singing. They were all recognized as leaders in their specialties at the time and ever since. They were all so good it was said by critics that they all seemed to try to outdo each other on every song and that drove the excellence.
They didn't stay together very long, but several of their songs are classic rock greats.
This song was inspired by the legend of Robert Johnson the great Blues man who made a deal with the Devil to make him a great guitarist at the Crossroads.
It's a cover of a Robert Johnson song.
There's an 80's movie about that legend.
Yeah it was originally by Robert Johnson. It was called Cross Road Blues when he did it.
Isnt ry cooder the original? If not i think its the best one
Jack Bruce is off the fuckin charts incredible bass player Scotland is extremely proud
This IS an old school blues song, by the great Robert Johnson. It's a modern interpretation of one of Johnson's masterpieces.
If you’ve never heard it, Sunshine of your Love is amazing. As a guitar fan, if you’ve never heard it, George Harrison’s While my Guitar Gently Weeps will blow you away. God’s blessings 👩🏻✝️💙🐕🖤🎸
Baker, Bruce, and Clapton. The cream of the crop.
An amzing band...first super group. Jack Bruce is a monster bass player. Fretless bass, at that.
Later he did play a fretless bass but back then he played a Gibson SG.
@@louisrondone1332 Actually it was a Gibson EBO the SG was the six string guitar with the same body style. The Humbucking pickups and the heavy guage flat wound strings along with the tube driven amplifier he used gave him the thick tone he got.
Thanks. I was just trying to keep things simple by referring to it as an SG. I figured the bass might have a different name than the guitar. I played a Gibson Thunderbird, which was the bass version of the Firebird guitar.😺
Ginger Baker was famous as a jazz drummer before he was brought into Rock and Roll music. He later migrated to Africa to learn more about rethemes from different cultures. He and Jack Bruce, the bassist knew one another from the Jazz, Classical side of music and Eric Clapton consciously searched for a rhythm section with such a background to bounce his blues rock style off of. Jack Bruce was not only a classical bass player from Scotland but was a great vocalist on much of the Cream material.
Saw them play this in Detroit in 67. Then I realized this was the best band ever. You had to see them live to understand. They changed everything. IMHO.
Changed my life too back in 1967 !!!! I can never forget listening to this for the first time...out of this world and still is.
Grande Ballroom with Uncle Russ!
Same, in 67. I cried they were so Otherworldly , never to be duplicated
This an old Robert Johnson delta blues tune from WAY back in the day that Clapton, Baker, and Bruce made a rock classic.
Strange Brew and White Room next if you can please! So glad you enjoyed this! ❤
White room is always the first to come to mind when I think of Cream
@@DMB088…and their best song too.
@@DMB088 It and "Sunshine of Your Love" both do for me.
Love White Room
We’re going wrong old version
I knew Eric then and was lucky enough to get to see most of their gigs. My friends and I were enjoying life to the full…
HIGHLY recommend Cream's "White Room". Great wah-wah guitar soloing by Clapton
That's three people. Three. They all play extraordinary music.
For the love of God, someone with deep pockets please request...
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by the Spencer Davis Group.
I want to see Polo's face when he hears 16 year old Steve Winwood's voice.
I remember dancing to 'Sunshine of Your Love' at my grade 8 graduation in 1969 - I still have my original album! So many classics on it!
Crossroads is also the name of the drug and alcohol treatment clinic that Eric founded to pay it forward
ALL of the Crossroads Guitar Festival videos are incredible. Such an amazing group of talent from pretty much EVERY genre of music came together to benefit Clapton's Crossroads Recovery Centre. Hundreds of artists, thousands of fans, millions of smiles and TONS of help for those in need of addiction recovery.
These live recordings of Cream at Royal Albert Hall I've always said and told my son that this
was one of the greatest nights in Rock and Roll history. And at 71 I stand by that. This will be played at my funeral.
It seems that their instruments were only created for them... and no one before and after !!!Those 3 guys are unbelievable !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’ve seen you react to a few blues songs that are popular covers. “When the Levee Breaks”, and “Crossroads (blues)” were both cover songs, the originals were written in 1929 by Memphis Minnie, and 1936 by Robert Johnson, respectively. I know it’s not popular with the TH-cam crowd, but I think you should at least hear the originals. These blues artists created the foundation for blues, and rock n roll that the British popularized and became rich off of, while the original artists died penniless. I’m not telling you how to live your life, but I hope you can pay homage to the original creators of the blues we love so much. ✌🏽❤
Ronert Johnson's recordings are unearthly.
+1 for this! would love to see you go back and listen to some of the original blues greats, now that you've heard the generation that got rich bringing their work into the mainstream!
The gen that got rich off, hung up much? You gotta let it go these are great musicians and songwriters that just happened to pay homage to someone they liked. I'll leave it at that.
@@Zak_Nike no, not hung up on it, I think the Stones, Zeppelin, the Animals, Bob Dylan, and many, many others, are great artists in their own right, I'm just saying I'd ALSO like to see people acknowledge some of the folk and blues greats that preceded them. 👍
@@Zak_Nike Yes, they paid homage, but that is about it. Let’s be real, Eric Clapton would shit his pants if someone got rich off of his songs and he never saw a penny. Or more accurately, Clapton’s label. Wouldn’t be the first time someone was uncredited, and unpaid. I think now, a lot of the wrongs are being corrected, and a lot of these blues artist’s estates are being paid for their songs. Unfortunately, for many blues originators in the south, that was just the way it was back then. They were just poor black artists from the south. They couldn’t call up their lawyers, because they didn’t have any.
I was impressed that you gave props to the bass and drums before you even made mention of the guitar. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were the backbone of this group.
Polo comes from a hip hop and r&b background and tends to lock in on bass and drums more than guitar. Luckily in this case there was a lot there. I hope he gets to hear the bass line for "badge"... the song might be less to his liking but the bass work is tasty.
"Beware of Mr. Baker" on Netflix was awesome good watch
Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were awesome..Baker one if not the best rock drummer...
Oh yeah, this is going to be great ENJOY! Clapton is just one of my favorite guitarists, love him!
He has turned into a horrible human being. But I was blessed to see him once, and he is that rarified air of the truly great guitarists. God’s blessings 👩🏻✝️💙🐕🖤🎸
@@randi_godspeed2063you must be a Christian. Running down someone you don't know while virtue signaling with your false blessings. Knock it off judgemental judy.
@@randi_godspeed2063 , sorry to hear about the ugliness, wow. I also seen him too in St. Louis, I actually won 2 tickets from a radio station. The radio station shuttled a bus for all the winners and provided a lunch for us all. We were able to bring our own alcohol, we were 1 hour on the road and had to make a stop to get more alcohol. His album Pilgrim was released at that time, we had a great time. I bought a tee shirt at the concert and never wore it because I decided to frame it along with the ticket and photo that was taken there.
the original version of this song is Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson in 1936 for sure a blues song
Wow I will look up Robert Johnson Crossroad Blues 1936! Thanks for the comment.✌🏼🌻
That beautiful solo is Mr Eric Clapton,
Cream was so popular during their time in the Rock spotlight that people seemed to not get enough of them, yet Eric Clapton wanted to try many different bands and Ginger Baker (drums) and Jack Bruce (bass) knew they could play with anybody so they also moved on. The public finally got their wish when in 2005 they reassembled and played 3 nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London for a reported $15 Million. Why don't you get the TH-cam video of that reunion of a great band and enjoy that performance. It was a mammoth success with people from America buying tickets for all 3 nights and flying in for their memory and dream reunion. You will love it too,
Nobody could make a bass sing and sound as lyrical as Jack Bruce could. He did most of the singing, too. His ashes are buried about ten feet from my family's, so whenever I pay them a visit I always say hi to Jack too. I saw their reunion concert at the Albert Hall in 2005 and it was unforgettable. When I was a teenager back in the 70s I used to smoke a j, put the headphones on and listen to Crossroads so I could hear the incredible guitar in one ear and the amazing bass in the other. Amazing !
Best bass and lead solo combo in music history? Yes for my money. Proper good.
Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos full lp, Traffic's John Barleycorn Must Die lp also
Oh wow, I got lucky and came across this one minute before it starts! You will love Clapton on guitar.
I listened to the album with crossroads on it at 2:00 in the morning on FM radio. I waited all night for the record store to open. I bought the album the next morning when the record store owner unlocked the door. A very special group.
The bass line ruled every Cream song.
This was not just inspired by the story of Robert Johnson. It is a cover of the Robert Johnson song, with Cream's interpretation.
This is a cover of literally one of the first Blues musicians ever recorded in the 1920s by Robert Johnson.
1) This was the Sound of Rock Music in the Mid 70s when I was 10. The verses are among the 5 most iconic Guitar Riffs ever.
2) Cocaine is a helluva drug... especially when Clapton is involved.
3) Eric Clapton the person has, in recent years, become a detestable ass, but as a musician in the 1960s and 70s he was a natural.
4) The best improvisers are able to speak in complete sentences.
5) This is one of the 5 greatest Live Rock Recordings of all time.
This song is cover of one of the original blues guitarist and singer from the 1920's to the 1930's and his name is Robert Johnson . So awesome !!!! 🤘🔥🎸💯....
Eric Clapton has an annual Crossroads Guitar Festival to benefit the Crossroads drug rehab center in Aruba. There are some great live performances available on youtube. The one with BB King is a great clip.
Other amazing Cream songs are Strange Brew and Tales of Brave Ulysses
Funny you should mention dancing to old blues tunes in Cleveland, this is likely one of those songs you remember. This track is a cover of an old blues tune (indeed, sped up a lot) written by a hugely prolific blues man, Robert Johnson. Google him, he wrote some of the best music of the 20th century and all before he died in 1938 at age 27!
I was 15 when this song first appeared. Had just bought my first "component stereo" system. Found myself immediately turning the treble way down and the bass all the way up. It's still how I like listening to this incredible track!
It’s as time bluesy, because it’s a Robert Johnson song!
Good find. 'Badge' is a seldom mentioned song of theirs. All 3 players were way above talent, though Clapton was not the same after his 'comeback'.
“This reminds me of the blues.”
That’s funny, considering a lot of early classic rock music was a bunch of white guys (often British) playing electrified, amplified, and distorted classic blues songs.
3 stellar musicians all soloing at the same time!
Jack Bruce's bass playing is legendary. How can you go wrong with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.....it's delicious... you are really getting into great stuff Polo
A song from my youth,great stuff
Someone also mentioned Eric Clapton’s “Layla”. Great guitar in that. The backstory is that Layla is Patty Boyd, who was married to his good friend George Harrison of the Beatles. Then Eric fell in love with her and married her. Quite the scandal.
“I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down
Like a fool, I fell in love with you
You turned my whole world upside down”
Also, Eric wrote the hit song “wonderful tonight” about her, AND George Harrison wrote the classic song “Something” and a couple of others for her as well.
First, I'm from Cleveland. I was born in Berea lots of years ago. Lived in California, Michigan and Illinois for about 30 yrs, and have been back here for 10 yrs. I live about 25 minutes from downtown.Second, the drummer is Ginger Baker. He's so good when Queen was forming their band, they advertised for "Ginger Baker-like drummer".
To me, these solos by Clapton are among the best in rock. Just superb guitar work!
Cream is absolutely amazing band and there is another song by cream that is called train time that has the most amazing harmonica
eric clapton was on guitar, and he was huge. HYYUUUUUGE. one of his nicknames was "slow-hand," although i never really understood it because the notes in those solos weren't slow at all. he put in a couple of years (at least) in the early through mid-60s with the yardbirds (which also produced jimmy page), a group that combined the blues and psychedelic rock. he went on to play for john mayall and the blues breakers, where he met jack bruce. bruce, the bassist and ginger baker, the drummer, had both previously been in "blues incorporated," as well as at least one other band, where they clashed horribly. why they elected to work together again is a mystery, but cream was formed 1966 and broke up just two years later in 1968, mostly because they were at each other's throats, quelle surprise! baker had a reputation as a wild man, and he lived up to it but he was considered one of that era's best drummers. bruce, a scots guy, ranks #8 on a list of best bass players of all time compiled by "rolling stone magazine." he was also the main vocalist and writer of many songs for the group, although i think the one you just reacted to was all clapto. and that concludes our lesson for today.
What you know is that you like it and that's what matters.
Yeah …. Genius.
Mr.Robert Johnson would be happy if he´d listen to this version of this song he recorded in the 1930es.The three members of Cream playing at their best.As I told you in my comments to your Sunshine of your love reaction this is the Cream I would pour in my coffee!
This band has been my #1 favorite since 1967 and continues to be my favorite. Great reaction, nice that you appreciated that talent .
RIP Jack Bruce. Amazing artist. RIP Ginger Baker,. Definitely the Cream of the Crop.
after 55 years I still cannot believe 3 guys can make this much music. The driver not mentioned was Ginger Baker getting more frenetic from 5.35 onwards. He does it even more pronounced fashion in the latter half of "White Room" with his double kicks on the bass drum
Reference to the crossroads where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical genius.
Yes! Clarksdale Mississippi plus Rosedale Mississippi- down by the river side!
Absolutely love that Cleveland Story man. I played in so many different kinds of venues including so many dive bars in so many different situations and somehow that totally resonates with me. Especially as kids man I could just see it.
Oh boy as said before me many🎸 songs 🎸listed, waiting for the NEXT!💯
An article I read back then described the best Cream songs as “dueling solos” by all 3 of the musicians, and you definitely hear that in this live track.
Another of the greatest live tracks ever is Spoonful off the Wheels of Fire album. It’s this quality but 3x longer. Brilliant improvisation where they play off each other to perfection. It’s also an old blues tune, like Crossroads.
Agreed.
There are many groups from my time of youth that were great musicians and/or still are. I loved them all. Cream and many other are among these groups,
All three of these guys in the group were great in all their talents.
Clapton plays on George Harrison's "While my guitar Gently Weeps" A MUST LISTEN.
Ooh yes... seconded 😊
Old school blues sped up….. that’s exactly what this is.
Ah what great memories-
ERIC CLAPTON🎼 Second to none. Clapton named his island rehab in Antigua 1998 after this song..☮️ I’ve had the distinct pleasure to see him twice. First time when he walked on to Paul McCarthy with Wings and Linda back In San Francisco 1970’s. Eric with BB King album ❤️
LOVE CREAM!!! Ugh - Bruce, Baker, & Clapton: CANNOT BEAT THAT COMBO!!!
Rest in power Jack Bruce and Ginger baker. A rhythm section of doom.
There is a reason they called their band Cream, Clapton, Baker, and Bruce were the cream of the crop.
I never this song (going on 60 years now) and just hear the guitar.
These 3 guys cooked!
Gotta love Eric Clapton
This was first released on the Wheels of Fire double album and I can remember the day I bought it. For me, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and Fleetwood Mac (the original blues band with the guitar virtuoso Peter Green and not the later more commercial band) were my favourites in the 60s. Just about the three best guitarists at the time. Great to be in London then - no place like it…….unlike now!
Saw Ginger Baker at The Paradise in Boston late 70s. I was a teenager with no conception of how legendary he was. Wish I could revisit that night...
I saw them do this live in my home town, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. Great show.
Jack Bruce, the bass player, also worked with another great guitarist in the early 80s and in the last years before his death, Robin Trower. Trower, like SRV and others is a Hendrix-esque guitarist, who plays a down-tuned Fender Stratocaster. He down-tunes it a whole note (all D-based, not E) so he can bend the strings to get more guitar effects. He is one of the early proponents of "drop-down" bending, in that he would bend the string up to start a note then drop it down to its original tuning.
I’d say you know a lot, this is an epic classic song and performance. The whole band was fire. One of my favorite Clapton solos. Ginger Baker was one of the most influential rock drummers and one of my personal favorites. His drum solo Toad from the Wheels of Fire album is just incredible
IMHO Ginger Baker’s Toad is the greatest drum solo ever providing rhythm and melody without simply resorting to thrash…
@@geoffbuck6890 That’s a very solid take. I listened to this solo a lot when I first started playing drums over 40 years ago. I hadn’t listened to it again until recently and I was blown away not only by rhythmic and melodic it was but also by how much of it found it’s way into my playing.
A superb trio I saw many times, live or on vinyl there are many tunes to check out. Jack Bruce on bass & vocals, Eric Clapton guitar, Ginger baker drums. "Strange Brew" & "Sunshine Of Your Love," are great tracks also "White Room".
Another great rendition of this song was done as the All Star Jam the night Rush and Heart were inducted (indicted) into the RRHOF
The Supergroup of all Supergroups.
Saw them twice. First tour in St. Louis at the "late" Kiel Auditorium and their Farewell Tour in Chicago, where familiar Cream music morphed into a psychedelic free-for-all with each player fighting for fearless dominance. Those were the days.
You should also check out White Room. That one really shows off Ginger Baker on drums.
as others have suggested sunshine of your love, and white room. the later having some of the most amazing mind numbing guitar playing in rock
Ginger Baker was an incredible drummer with a very strong jazz background.
Spoonful is the one.............on "Wheels of Fire",.......…. Only Claptón is alive,.... Tremendóus blues hippy band....... Get dvd..
It’s an old blues song recorded by Robert Johnson recorded 11-27-36. Released in ‘37.
Hi Mr. Polo, That is Mr. Jack Bruce on the bass, I think he wrote that bass line,, Mr. Ginger Baker on Drums
and of course Mr. Eric Clapton on Guitar and Vocals.. ♠Mr.G.. (W.G.)
Great band.
I found a good story-telling country song, It's called "Hells coming with me" By poor man's poison.
It's CREAM in their hayday. Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker - late 60's super band.
CREAM! What can I say, jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and guitar God himself Eric Clapton!!!! Does not get any better- Tyler
Old Robert Johnson song about going to the crossroads (Hwy 61 and Hwy 49) in Clarksville Mississippi
Was one of my favorite bands..Didn't get to see them..I saw Eric in 69 in Seattle with Blind Faith...Was a so so concert. Clapton was going through changes...
Jack Bruce is killing it.
Got to see them in 2005 at Madison Square Gardens-- they played only 2 shows east coast and 2 west coast . Trekked from Arkansas to see them. Was my Super Bowl
In the’60’s I thought I could play the guitar, then I heard Eric Clanton and Cream.
I was amazed.
Jack Bruce, singing lead on this one, is also the bass player. And Ginger Baker, the drummer, is arguably the best rock drummer ever. And then there's Eric Clapton, doing Eric Clapton.
This is actually Eric Clapton singing lead on this song
I have requested that this song be played at my funeral in 30 years or so. Of course the people that would play it will all be dead! I love it when you hear the things that I love about a song. Clapton was God but Jack Bruce was his equal on the bass and I consider him the greatest singer in rock history. There are so many good ones but Jack's voice gets me every time. You need to listen to the Blues! Thank you for this song!
This song was my introduction to Eric Clapton, who is still my all time favorite rock guitarist. Thanks, Polo!
The guitarist is Eric Clapton. His nickname was slow hand, even though it’s faster than the original, black, blues artist he did play each note individually, and that he got that name, Sloan, slow hand.
u right, Polo!
this tune, all aspects, is a phenom! Eric Clapton has huge accolades as one of the best all around guitarist, including lead, and even specifically, the Blues.
it’s like u said; pick a part. Bass line - fire; drums - great; vocals - amazing; lead guitar - momma’s fried chicken… together, they give us a sound that bands all over would do well to aspire to create.
just ol’ time, feelin’ low down, hearing feel good, foot stompin,’ booty shakin’ - Blues.
don’t get much better.
btw, just a footnote: Clapton was kinda struck by the story of Robert Johnson. Rob’t. supposedly went to the crossroads, and made a bargain with a demon / the Devil, that in exchange for his soul, he would be given the ability to play the guitar skillfully, and so well that everyone would extoll his name and his prowess on the guitar. actually, it’s believed anyway, that during one of Rob’t’s absences, he visited, and was tutored by Ike Zimmerman. afterwards, everyone was amazed at how well he played, and coupled with the fact that many of Johnson’s songs referenced the Devil, Hell hounds, or Hell generally, and it was like he was absent for a while, then showed up one day with this new ability to shred the guitar… then came the legend of Johnson’s “Crossroads Deal with the Devil.”
so sonny… just how bad u wanna learn to play that thang?
Yeah Man, I've been waiting for this!