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No group ever produced more greatness per year of existence. They lasted less than three years but there are probably only a half-dozen other rock acts that were as important.
Try ELP as well. People forget they were 3 piece. Keith Emerson (keys) Greg Lake (bass, Vocal) and Carl Palmer (drums) Keith was called the Jimi Hendrix of the keys and Carl Palmer was the Drummer who was credited for creating the drum solo in Rock.
Rock wasn't "getting harder" at this time my friend. IT WAS BEING INVENTED! 18 months before this, the genre didn't exist. It was created by bands like Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple and Cream. They created the sound and the blueprints for ALL that would come after them.
Actually you are more than right. If you literally notate what was going on as far as scales, harmony and rhythm etc.the only difference since then is these bands did what they did intuitively. We can now break it down into what time signature, scale or mode etc. The trouble is even the best craftsman which there are many are seldomly good architects. We know have music brilliantly constructed but unfortunately craft is not art so we do not get get better music.
@@patrickholt2270 an interesting thought though, was Rumble, by Link Wray and released about the same time, the first attempt at heavy music? It wasn't rock, it didn't fit any other description.
I saw Cream in 67 in Santa Monica, 68 in Inglewood. The following year somebody loaned me an acoustic guitar and I began to learn blues and Cream and Hendrix and Doors and Buffalo Springfield and Neil Young...Cream recorded three excellent studio albums (forget "Goodbye") and they are transcendent.
The late 60's was a time where many musicians were trying to play with folks from other bands, there was a lot of moving around and interplay. Good for the listeners, not always good for a band's stability. But, hey, that's the 60's. Cream was one of the first bands to be called a "Supergroup", there were a lot later, but they were among the first. Only about three years and then they all moved on. But it was great while it lasted. The album "Desraeli Gears" is probably their peak work, but as they say "It's ALL good." Enjoy your exploration.
Yes. I've read that Bruce got the song writing credits (future income), but Baker thought the song would not have been a hit without his unique drumming. And I agree. It's unusual and distinctive and in a sense makes the song.
They are known for their improvisation live, they are dead on precise in the studio. For studio try Tales of Brave Ulysses, for another live classic do Spoonful. Enjoy! 🎸
Lesser known, but had some moderate success in the mid 80s was a 3-piece called Zebra. Huge sound, high vocals, and rocked hard. Songs to check out: "Who's Behind The Door?", "Bears", "Tell Me What You Want", "As I Said Before".
I don't think this is the best Cream recording of "Sunshine. . . . ". Cream also has "White Room" and the cover "Spoonful", both of which I consider astronomically great. Ginger Baker was so skilled that he could reputedly keep 4 different beats: different ones with each hand and two other different ones with each foot. . . .Totally Legendary. Beware of Mr.Baker!
This was revelatory when I first heard it in grade 7. Love Clapton's quoting 'Blue Moon' to begin his solo, the monster riff, Ginger's unorthodox rhythmic approach, Jack's impassioned vocal, though I didn't know for years Eric took the middle two lines of each verse. Jack and lyricist partner Pete Brown wrote it one morning, go figure!! lol.
Roger plays guitar and harmonica on some songs. Let’s not forget “Rabbit” who played keyboards for The Who on various tours, and the other keyboardists who came before and after him.
3 piece???? Emmmm ever heard of a guy called PETE TOWNSEND? You know, the guitarist WHO WROTE THE SONGS??? What a moronic thing to say. Roger also played rhythm guitar on many of the songs you know. 🤦♂️
In concert, I've never seen Daltry play an instrument and in the multiple concerts I've seen, I never seen additional musician. My time period is 1968 through 1974. Listen to Live at Leeds, Randy is right.
The drum beat was suggested by legendary music engineer Tom Dowd. It originally had a totally different beat and it wasn't working when they first recorded it in the studio, so Tom suggested 'use an Indian (native American) drum beat' and there you have it!
I was 13/14 when this was released in 1967, by a pal one year older than me who had older sisters who probably introduced him to certain forms of music, and their Disraeli Gears album, this was taken from, just lit up my tiny mind. My interest in music really blossomed as a result of listening to this and the follow up album Wheels of Fire, especially the live L.P. of the double album.
I once read of where that album title, "Disraeli Gears" came from. Apparently, the band and some of their road crew were in a limo, going thru London and were stopped at some traffic lights. Stopped next to the limo was a bloke on a racing bicycle with multiple gears, something that most of them had never seen. While they were wondering what all of that stuff was, one of the roadies, a Cockney from the East end of London, told them, with great confidence, "Them's what you call your disraeli gears." What he really meant was "derailleur gears"! 🤣 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailleur
Used to be that I was so focused on the amazing guitar in this song it couldnt hear anything else, now though Baker's slapping those skins so confidently it just absorbs all of my sense of the song and everything else is just background to that percussion.
Missed the opening of the song. I found out later Cream had come to South Bend Indiana where I grew up as part of their getting used to each other tour. They played a small venue, unannounced. I was only about 14 so would not have known what I was seeing but have always wished somehow, someway, I'd been there.
I really don't think this particular performance was one of the better one's I've seen/heard. They seem tired or really stoned. Still, bad Cream (sour Cream?) is still pretty damn good.
Got to see them in 2005 at Madison Square Gardens on their reunion - Ginger Baker was in poor health but you’d never have known . Seeing them was my Super Bowl
I like how this vid has the Bassist as lead vocal, whilst playing up a storm. the Drummer as most physically "showing off", and the Guitarist as just playing away with physically unshowy brilliance.
You gotta Check out MOUNTAIN 1. "Nantucket Sleighride" 2. "Mississippi Queen" 3. "Theme for an imaginary Western" 4. Yasgurs Farm They were created by Felix Papalardi, the producer for Cream, after they split up.He wanted tp keep that successful formula going, and he succeded! Papalardi became the Bassist along with the amazing Lelie West, on guitar, and Corky Lang on Drums. Papalardi's song writing was amazing! They were very big back in the day, and quite underrated, but were very heavy, and melodic as well. Mostly known for their song : Misssissippi Queen. They were also at Woodstock.
Well heck! I'm 70 and I've been listening to cream for 55 years and know every drop of this song. But you added something new. I never connected the nuance of Jack's bass playing versus his singing and how difficult that would be. Intriguing thought. And like you I'm going to have to go back and listen to music with a front man bass player / singer. That's a good thought. I'm a fan of yours.
Growing up in London as a teenager in the 60's was something very special. These three came together from different musical backgrounds and really turned everything upside down. Incredibly talented musicians who had served their apprenticeships during the British Blues explosion playing with the likes of Alexis Korner and John Mayall, the Yardbirds, etc. Cream were shortlived but what they did in terms of output has stood the test of time. When they came together a few years ago for three nights at The Albert Hall they buried their differences and went on to re-create something truly amazing. Baker one of the very finest drummers. Bruce outstanding as a writer and player. Clapton......wonderful. Everyone should have some Cream in their life!
Cream: 2 jazz musicians telling a blues guitarist he was playing blues, when all along the were playing jazz. This was the big joke. Baker (drums) and Bruce (bass) were super jazz musicians, they were starting a jazz band and needed a guitarist, they convinced Clapton that he would be joining a blues band. Mwaaahahahahahahaha. That's the story as told by Bruce and Baker. Clapton, to this day, still thinks he joined a blues band. Check out some of their live albums, with their extended improvisations, and you'll see what I mean. (Wheels OF Fire, Live Cream). Check the beautiful and sad, "We're Going Wrong". You'll hear Jack's vocal at it's superb best. Bruce with his writing partner Pete Brown (of Piblokto fame) penned most of Cream's catalogue: including much covered songs such as "Sunshine of Your Love", !I Feel Free", and the epic "Theme For An Imaginary Western" (most famously covered by Leslie West of Mountain fame).
Jazz obviously had a bunch of sounds but still only 2 percent of the country listened and still don't listen, though, of course, i could be wrong. If this is jazz, why does it sound like rock or even hard rock and become so popular. I think the Beatles may have invented pop rock, but then again I'm just surmising here.
@@kensilverstone1656 Because it's jazz in a blues/rock framework. Jazz is not restricted to a framework of minor chords, That's just what we imagine when someone say jazz. Jazz is basically extended improvisations around a theme.
@@happilyeggs4627 : Thanks, i think of Coltrane and Parker with great sounds but it's not I Can't Get no Satisfaction or Like a Rolling Stone. Jazz and rock--not the same, right.
@@kensilverstone1656 Not the same but not so different. Like I say we are used to hearing jazz as minor chords. diminished chords, blue notes, sour notes. Sometimes it just comes without that wrapping. Listen to the Wheels Of Fire studio sides. You can hear tunes that are more nearly jazz but without the extended improvisations. Listen to Bruce's beautiful, "We're Going Wrong", a jazz classic, from Cream's Disraeli Gears album.
For me the absolute best Cream song is Those Were The Days off Wheels of Fire. It's the only song I know where the solo consists of all the instruments in the band having their own solo at the same time. Absolutely awesome. The fusion of jazz and rock really shines in that song.
Its a shame that most people seem to have forgotten how influencial and important Cream really was for music And you cant even blame them, i guess without my fathers influence on me i wouldnt have ever known as well
3 piece on the American side of the pond. Buddy holly in late 50’s early 60’s and zz top middle 60’s early to mid 70’s billy gibbons on guitar ginger baker was an awsome drummer. There was also Creedence clearwater revival (ccr) and a band i think got overshadowed a little was “the guess who” both are american bands from the time. You also can’t leave out lynyrd skynyrd, bad company, grand funk railroad, santana and janis joplin.
Oh yes I remember buying albums with this band ,the yard birds ,you name it .. Growing up in San Francisco in those days was a cool time and you couldn't go anywhere without at least hitting up tower records which of course is long gone.. Thank you for the video
In 1966 Cream was the first "Power Trio" to arrive. Three months later the "Jimi Hendrix Experience" took shape. These groups had an enormous impact on rock music from that point on. If you really want to get into the bedrock of where it started check out "The Yardbirds". This was a early 60's group that at one time had Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck as their guitarist. (Side note: The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck as guitarist, were the first group to have a hit with fuzz tone distortion on the guitar - the song was "Over Under Sideways Down".) I'm old as dirt and I was a musician back in the day so I heard this stuff unfold during the 60's & early 70's. It was an amazing time.
They ain't cooking in this song... Live Version of "I'm So Glad" or "Crossroads"- I was heard it live and nothing, NOTHING can compare. And remember, this was 1968 with 1968 sound systems.
You probably only heard the studio recording… this was WAY before all the effects pedals and the beginnings of stacking amps… remember, this band broke up by 1968. Zeppilin came out a year later… Rush had the advantage of all the advances in technology by the time they hit big.
For anybody who hasn't seen it on YT, you should watch that 40th year Reunion concert Cream had over four days at Prince Albert Hall in 2005. They just kept getting better over the years. I've read Ginger Baker's biography and I've seen "Beware Mr. Baker." Ginger was an SOB but when he got going on his drums he was in nirvana. They were the very first "Super Group" if my memory serves me right.
Have you checked out Triumph? They are 3 piece Prog Rock band from Canada (just like Rush) Triumph - Lay it on the Line and Magic Power 1983 US Festival in Southern CA
The first power trio was Rory Gallagher's band Taste. He is in lots of videos, including the Isle of Wight & Montreux. Jerry McAvoy was Rory's bass player for over 20 years. RIP Rory Gallagher.
The best era for music in human history, artists made it on their own talent and sales, not an artificial tv show that shoves the talent THEY want down your throat.
My favourite 3 piece is the band Morphine and a very unique one at that consisting of a drummer, saxophone and two string slide bass and what they achieve is surprisingly full sound and groovy as hell
Cream has several fantastic songs..."Tales of Brave Ulysses" is my favorite...but they have this other song under a lot of people's radar...."Deserted Cities of the Heart"....if you're looking for a full sound...check that one out!
Buddy Holly And the Crickets, early Elvis (with only Scotty Moore and Bill Black), The Stray Cats, The James Gang, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Violent Femmes.... lots of great 3-piece bands out there.
Probably not that many decent film clips of Cream back then, however do listen to the live Wheels of Fire album (one studio, one live) in particular the tracks Crossroads, the old blues standard, and Willie Dixon’s Spoonful (15 minutes long). The latter really explores how great an improvisational band they were; I’ve been listening to it since 1968 and it is still amazing to me. Have fun.
Early in his career Eric didn't think he was going to be a singer. He didn't care for his own singing voice. It took him a while to gain the confidence he eventually accomplished.
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Jack Bruce was a phenomenally talented musician. He could write, play charts on sight and sing like nobody else.
One the very greatest rock drummers ever, Ginger Baker, now that’s drumming.
Kofi,His son,carries on His Dad's tradition Today,while Netti mods Her Dad's Facebook site,now a memorial site.
Crazy thing.... Ginger cut his teeth on Jazz drumming!
Ginger got pissed off if you called him a rock drummer, he thought of himself as a jazz drummer
ginger baker very good drummer but no bonzo or pert or wackerman
Accent on the "one". very unique.
Cream is my favorite band. That's why I'm here.
No group ever produced more greatness per year of existence. They lasted less than three years but there are probably only a half-dozen other rock acts that were as important.
*One of the best guitarists of all time playing a shredding solo*
Cameraman: "Let's focus on everyone else."
I think camerawork was being invented as well
But it's good to see Jack Bruce's talent who was easily Clapton's equal on the bass but is often ignored.
Try ELP as well. People forget they were 3 piece. Keith Emerson (keys) Greg Lake (bass, Vocal) and Carl Palmer (drums) Keith was called the Jimi Hendrix of the keys and Carl Palmer was the Drummer who was credited for creating the drum solo in Rock.
@mags jay I saw them for the Brain Salad Surgery tour. It was a great concert.
Yes ELP!!!
ELP and Bad Company are just a couple of groups where the bands from which they developed were far better.
Hendrix, 3 piece.
DID YOU KNOW HENDRIX WANTED TO DO AN ALBUM WITH ELP SO THEY COULD CALL IT HELP.
Rock wasn't "getting harder" at this time my friend. IT WAS BEING INVENTED! 18 months before this, the genre didn't exist. It was created by bands like Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple and Cream. They created the sound and the blueprints for ALL that would come after them.
Rock was invented by Chuck Berry. This is the invention of Hard Rock. When it comes to Rock you'd also have to reference The Who and The Kinks.
Actually you are more than right. If you literally notate what was going on as far as scales, harmony and rhythm etc.the only difference since then is these bands did what they did intuitively. We can now break it down into what time signature, scale or mode etc. The trouble is even the best craftsman which there are many are seldomly good architects. We know have music brilliantly constructed but unfortunately craft is not art so we do not get get better music.
@@patrickholt2270 an interesting thought though, was Rumble, by Link Wray and released about the same time, the first attempt at heavy music? It wasn't rock, it didn't fit any other description.
@@Quinctili That's a really good point. It's definitely a landmark.
@@patrickholt2270 What Chuck Berry played was PURE Rock n Roll.
The late Jack Bruce: "I thought of Cream as sort of a jazz band, only we never told Eric he was really Ornette Coleman. Kept quiet about that..."
Ginger Baker and Keith Moon revolutionized rock drumming with their blues/jazz backgrounds.
A lot of drummers wanted to be Ginger Baker.
Nah
Grand Funk Railroad. They started as a three piece and were huge. Inside Looking Out live from 1969 is a great live performance.
Good call! I’ll add them to the list. Thanks!
The pride of Flint Michigan..Mark Mel and Don
Yes to this
The fact that GFR isn't in the RRHOF is criminal!!!
They can’t even touch cream tho
The drums are even more important on "White Room." The drums sound like the lead instrument.
Yeahhh! Especially those rolls!
3 guys all playing lead. 😎🖐🎵🎶hi from Australia.
The most polished performances from Cream are in the Farewell Concert video from the Albert Hall in 1968. Top track is the legendary Crossroads.
Interesting to note that both Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were accomplished Jazz musicians that brought that element to the rhythm section of Cream.
You realize just how tight this trio is. I like the rawness of this, actually.
Ginger Baker started & was in more super groups than anyone, Cream was one of the high water marks of the 60's!
I saw Cream in 67 in Santa Monica, 68 in Inglewood. The following year somebody loaned me an acoustic guitar and I began to learn blues and Cream and Hendrix and Doors and Buffalo Springfield and Neil Young...Cream recorded three excellent studio albums (forget "Goodbye") and they are transcendent.
Clapton's "Crossroads" solo is an essential rock lead study.
Overrated. It's so "essential" because it got FM radio airplay for a quarter century.
@oroborus Haters gonna hate, but you picked a bad example. That live performance is anything but overrated.
@@OroborusFMA Yeah, overrated by overrated players like Vai and VanHalen, hah... /s
it's also plagiarized note-for-note from Albert King solo on Crosscut saw.
It's two performances edited together, doesn't sound plagiarized to me, let alone "note for note".
The late 60's was a time where many musicians were trying to play with folks from other bands, there was a lot of moving around and interplay. Good for the listeners, not always good for a band's stability. But, hey, that's the 60's. Cream was one of the first bands to be called a "Supergroup", there were a lot later, but they were among the first. Only about three years and then they all moved on. But it was great while it lasted. The album "Desraeli Gears" is probably their peak work, but as they say "It's ALL good." Enjoy your exploration.
My dad was convinced one of his friends stole his copy of Gears..but it was me..I was like 7
Also, King's X.... as for Cream, listen to the live version of Spoonful for a ride that will take your breath away.
The one from this same recording was killer
Yes. I've read that Bruce got the song writing credits (future income), but Baker thought the song would not have been a hit without his unique drumming. And I agree. It's unusual and distinctive and in a sense makes the song.
Find and watch the documentary, "Beware of Mr. Baker" -- excellent!
Jimi Hendrix Experience. ELP. The Doors. (The Who w Roger Daltrey on vocals and harmonica)
Hearing this stuff when it first came out as an 18 yr. old was mind blowing.....even without doing drugs. What a time it be alive!
Check out Emerson, Lake and Palmer for an amazing keyboard trio....
They are known for their improvisation live, they are dead on precise in the studio. For studio try Tales of Brave Ulysses, for another live classic do Spoonful. Enjoy! 🎸
This was back when pedals and effects were rare, plus amps were not vey reliable. They were immense.
When it comes to 3 piece bands let's not forget "The Jimi Hendrix Experience"
I was lucky to attend their last concert. It was amazing. Ginger pounding the drums, Jack making the bass sing and thump and EC riffing and rocking.
Lesser known, but had some moderate success in the mid 80s was a 3-piece called Zebra. Huge sound, high vocals, and rocked hard. Songs to check out: "Who's Behind The Door?", "Bears", "Tell Me What You Want", "As I Said Before".
Great group that just disappeared
Check out the Irish band from the same era “Taste” and their song catfish or “blister on the moon”
I don't think this is the best Cream recording of "Sunshine. . . . ". Cream also has "White Room" and the cover "Spoonful", both of which I consider astronomically great. Ginger Baker was so skilled that he could reputedly keep 4 different beats: different ones with each hand and two other different ones with each foot. . . .Totally Legendary. Beware of Mr.Baker!
Agree the live album was better
Spoonful from this live recording was off the hook
@@stevebengel1346yup 16 minutes version in the best performance ever live
This was revelatory when I first heard it in grade 7.
Love Clapton's quoting 'Blue Moon' to begin his solo, the monster riff, Ginger's unorthodox rhythmic approach, Jack's impassioned vocal, though I didn't know for years Eric took the middle two lines of each verse. Jack and lyricist partner Pete Brown wrote it one morning, go figure!! lol.
The Who are essentially a 3 piece instrumental group since Roger Daltry only sings and no one fills up more space than John Entwistle and Keith Moon.
Thee best Rock and Roll band of all time Long Live The Who
Roger plays guitar and harmonica on some songs.
Let’s not forget “Rabbit” who played keyboards for The Who on various tours, and the other keyboardists who came before and after him.
3 piece???? Emmmm ever heard of a guy called PETE TOWNSEND? You know, the guitarist WHO WROTE THE SONGS??? What a moronic thing to say. Roger also played rhythm guitar on many of the songs you know. 🤦♂️
In concert, I've never seen Daltry play an instrument and in the multiple concerts I've seen, I never seen additional musician. My time period is 1968 through 1974. Listen to Live at Leeds, Randy is right.
This track was from their most famous album Disreali Gears.
ELP (Emerson, lake and palmer)
Groundhogs
Two more three piece bands worth a listen
The drum beat was suggested by legendary music engineer Tom Dowd. It originally had a totally different beat and it wasn't working when they first recorded it in the studio, so Tom suggested 'use an Indian (native American) drum beat' and there you have it!
Grand Funk Railroad (Mark, Don and Mel) Inside Looking Out
I was 13/14 when this was released in 1967, by a pal one year older than me who had older sisters who probably introduced him to certain forms of music, and their Disraeli Gears album, this was taken from, just lit up my tiny mind. My interest in music really blossomed as a result of listening to this and the follow up album Wheels of Fire, especially the live L.P. of the double album.
I once read of where that album title, "Disraeli Gears" came from. Apparently, the band and some of their road crew were in a limo, going thru London and were stopped at some traffic lights. Stopped next to the limo was a bloke on a racing bicycle with multiple gears, something that most of them had never seen. While they were wondering what all of that stuff was, one of the roadies, a Cockney from the East end of London, told them, with great confidence, "Them's what you call your disraeli gears." What he really meant was "derailleur gears"! 🤣
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The whole guitar solo the cameraman is focused on everything but Clapton's guitar LOL.
I think it was Jack's girlfriend lol.
they had the right drummer, still amazing after all these years.
An Edited single was issued of this with SWLABR as its flip.
Used to be that I was so focused on the amazing guitar in this song it couldnt hear anything else, now though Baker's slapping those skins so confidently it just absorbs all of my sense of the song and everything else is just background to that percussion.
Missed the opening of the song. I found out later Cream had come to South Bend Indiana where I grew up as part of their getting used to each other tour. They played a small venue, unannounced. I was only about 14 so would not have known what I was seeing but have always wished somehow, someway, I'd been there.
I really don't think this particular performance was one of the better one's I've seen/heard. They seem tired or really stoned. Still, bad Cream (sour Cream?) is still pretty damn good.
I'm not hearing Jimi Hendrix Experience mentioned when it comes to power trios.
Got to see them in 2005 at Madison Square Gardens on their reunion - Ginger Baker was in poor health but you’d never have known . Seeing them was my Super Bowl
Me too. Tuesday night Oct 25th, 2005. 12th row on the floor. Tix were $375. I would have paid $1000.....
@@jeffreymalack3723 same here. I don’t think we have our ticket stubs but I still have the t shirt. Such a great time!!
@@nancysmith38 by the way, Billy Joel and his daughter and Leslie West were sitting in the front row.
ZZ, ELP, Motor Head, Beasty Boys, Green Day, to name a few. Enjoying your take on things man, will sub :) Cheers from Canada!
I like how this vid has the Bassist as lead vocal, whilst playing up a storm. the Drummer as most physically "showing off", and the Guitarist as just playing away with physically unshowy brilliance.
You gotta Check out MOUNTAIN
1. "Nantucket Sleighride"
2. "Mississippi Queen"
3. "Theme for an imaginary
Western"
4. Yasgurs Farm
They were created by Felix Papalardi, the producer for Cream, after they split up.He wanted tp keep that successful formula going, and he succeded!
Papalardi became the Bassist along with the amazing Lelie West, on guitar, and Corky Lang on Drums. Papalardi's song writing was amazing!
They were very big back in the day, and quite underrated, but were very heavy, and melodic as well.
Mostly known for their song : Misssissippi Queen.
They were also at Woodstock.
also the irish band "thin lizzy" who's lead singer "phil lynott" was bass player & singer
ELP was a 3 piece. However, there were tons of three piece rock bands + singer that provided a full sound - the Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc.
Well heck! I'm 70 and I've been listening to cream for 55 years and know every drop of this song. But you added something new. I never connected the nuance of Jack's bass playing versus his singing and how difficult that would be. Intriguing thought. And like you I'm going to have to go back and listen to music with a front man bass player / singer. That's a good thought. I'm a fan of yours.
Rush. for me-nope.
try the Warning. 3 sisters from Mexico. they rock real darn hard. song: Choke.
Another bass-playing lead singer was Phil Lynott of Irish band Thin Lizzy
Growing up in London as a teenager in the 60's was something very special. These three came together from different musical backgrounds and really turned everything upside down. Incredibly talented musicians who had served their apprenticeships during the British Blues explosion playing with the likes of Alexis Korner and John Mayall, the Yardbirds, etc. Cream were shortlived but what they did in terms of output has stood the test of time. When they came together a few years ago for three nights at The Albert Hall they buried their differences and went on to re-create something truly amazing. Baker one of the very finest drummers. Bruce outstanding as a writer and player. Clapton......wonderful. Everyone should have some Cream in their life!
Cream: 2 jazz musicians telling a blues guitarist he was playing blues, when all along the were playing jazz. This was the big joke. Baker (drums) and Bruce (bass) were super jazz musicians, they were starting a jazz band and needed a guitarist, they convinced Clapton that he would be joining a blues band. Mwaaahahahahahahaha. That's the story as told by Bruce and Baker. Clapton, to this day, still thinks he joined a blues band.
Check out some of their live albums, with their extended improvisations, and you'll see what I mean. (Wheels OF Fire, Live Cream). Check the beautiful and sad, "We're Going Wrong". You'll hear Jack's vocal at it's superb best. Bruce with his writing partner Pete Brown (of Piblokto fame) penned most of Cream's catalogue: including much covered songs such as "Sunshine of Your Love", !I Feel Free", and the epic "Theme For An Imaginary Western" (most famously covered by Leslie West of Mountain fame).
Jazz obviously had a bunch of sounds but still only 2 percent of the country listened and still don't listen, though, of course, i could be wrong. If this is jazz, why does it sound like rock or even hard rock and become so popular. I think the Beatles may have invented pop rock, but then again I'm just surmising here.
@@kensilverstone1656 Because it's jazz in a blues/rock framework. Jazz is not restricted to a framework of minor chords, That's just what we imagine when someone say jazz. Jazz is basically extended improvisations around a theme.
@@happilyeggs4627 : Thanks, i think of Coltrane and Parker with great sounds but it's not I Can't Get no Satisfaction or Like a Rolling Stone. Jazz and rock--not the same, right.
@@kensilverstone1656 Not the same but not so different. Like I say we are used to hearing jazz as minor chords. diminished chords, blue notes, sour notes. Sometimes it just comes without that wrapping. Listen to the Wheels Of Fire studio sides. You can hear tunes that are more nearly jazz but without the extended improvisations. Listen to Bruce's beautiful, "We're Going Wrong", a jazz classic, from Cream's Disraeli Gears album.
You should see these guys doing their version of "Crossroads". That was killer.
For me the absolute best Cream song is Those Were The Days off Wheels of Fire. It's the only song I know where the solo consists of all the instruments in the band having their own solo at the same time. Absolutely awesome. The fusion of jazz and rock really shines in that song.
Some of the best Cream songs is "White Room" or "Crossroads" on the "Wheels of Fire" album.
Its a shame that most people seem to have forgotten how influencial and important Cream really was for music
And you cant even blame them, i guess without my fathers influence on me i wouldnt have ever known as well
Please play Deep Purple’s “Black Night” just to seethe drum styles of that time, Ian Paice was amazing as well.
Still is
3 piece on the American side of the pond. Buddy holly in late 50’s early 60’s and zz top middle 60’s early to mid 70’s billy gibbons on guitar
ginger baker was an awsome drummer.
There was also Creedence clearwater revival (ccr) and a band i think got overshadowed a little was “the guess who” both are american bands from the time. You also can’t leave out lynyrd skynyrd, bad company, grand funk railroad, santana and janis joplin.
My favorite 3 peice bands, Cream, Rush, Primus, Prong. All very different and all very good
Oh yes I remember buying albums with this band ,the yard birds ,you name it .. Growing up in San Francisco in those days was a cool time and you couldn't go anywhere without at least hitting up tower records which of course is long gone.. Thank you for the video
I got to see Baker and Brice play in a small club in PA in the 90's. Baker's drums sounded just like a freight train a comin'.
Anybody notice that at the start of the guitar solo he's playing Blue Moon?
I was in high school in late 60's when this came out. We wore out our Wheels of Fire vinyl.
Strange Brew is one of my Favorite Songs By Cream. Oh, and White Room Too !!!!
In 1966 Cream was the first "Power Trio" to arrive. Three months later the "Jimi Hendrix Experience" took shape. These groups had an enormous impact on rock music from that point on. If you really want to get into the bedrock of where it started check out "The Yardbirds". This was a early 60's group that at one time had Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck as their guitarist. (Side note: The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck as guitarist, were the first group to have a hit with fuzz tone distortion on the guitar - the song was "Over Under Sideways Down".) I'm old as dirt and I was a musician back in the day so I heard this stuff unfold during the 60's & early 70's. It was an amazing time.
Most videos focus on Jack and Eric's playing. Ginger is banging the living hell out of his drums and keeping the rhythm going the whole time.
They ain't cooking in this song... Live Version of "I'm So Glad" or "Crossroads"-
I was heard it live and nothing, NOTHING can compare.
And remember, this was 1968 with 1968 sound systems.
You probably only heard the studio recording… this was WAY before all the effects pedals and the beginnings of stacking amps… remember, this band broke up by 1968. Zeppilin came out a year later… Rush had the advantage of all the advances in technology by the time they hit big.
Kings X (From Houston TX). 3-part vocal harmonies.
You might want to check out Bruce Baker And Moore... which is this rhythm section but with the amazing Gary Moore on Guitar
For anybody who hasn't seen it on YT, you should watch that 40th year Reunion concert Cream had over four days at Prince Albert Hall in 2005. They just kept getting better over the years. I've read Ginger Baker's biography and I've seen "Beware Mr. Baker." Ginger was an SOB but when he got going on his drums he was in nirvana. They were the very first "Super Group" if my memory serves me right.
Have you checked out Triumph? They are 3 piece Prog Rock band from Canada (just like Rush) Triumph - Lay it on the Line and Magic Power 1983 US Festival in Southern CA
Check out the Farewell Concert at The Royal Albert Hall.
If you haven't seen the documentary "Beware of Mr. Baker" you're missing out. I've watched it 5 times at least.
jack was such a mouth breather.
Amazingly a modern band The Warning has potential to be on the 3 piece list if they keep getting better.
Heh heh, all the various comments about groups from my younger life. Cruisin' in my 72 Mustang with the radio and 8track blastin'.
Can't believe no one mentioned The Jam!
Li amo entrambi, ma onestamente i Cream erano a un livello molto superiore. JAM piacevolissimi ma un'altra cosa❤
I've never seen this video. Thanks for that.
The first power trio was Rory Gallagher's band Taste. He is in lots of videos, including the Isle of Wight & Montreux. Jerry McAvoy was Rory's bass player for over 20 years. RIP Rory Gallagher.
The best era for music in human history, artists made it on their own talent and sales, not an artificial tv show that shoves the talent THEY want down your throat.
My favourite 3 piece is the band Morphine and a very unique one at that consisting of a drummer, saxophone and two string slide bass and what they achieve is surprisingly full sound and groovy as hell
Listen to the album wheels of fire,live at the fillmore,one of creams greatest albums,toad 16 minutes of drum solo by ginger baker,EPIC
ELP (Emerson Lake and Palmer) Fanfare for the common man in the Olympic stadium Canada I think it was like -5c when they recorded it, no audience.
Cream has several fantastic songs..."Tales of Brave Ulysses" is my favorite...but they have this other song under a lot of people's radar...."Deserted Cities of the Heart"....if you're looking for a full sound...check that one out!
It’s my favorite Cream song. Insanely great drive, Jack’s killer vocals and Peter Brown’s amazing lyrics.
I’m still waiting to see a country artist here.
Buddy Holly And the Crickets, early Elvis (with only Scotty Moore and Bill Black), The Stray Cats, The James Gang, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Violent Femmes.... lots of great 3-piece bands out there.
Probably not that many decent film clips of Cream back then, however do listen to the live Wheels of Fire album (one studio, one live) in particular the tracks Crossroads, the old blues standard, and Willie Dixon’s Spoonful (15 minutes long). The latter really explores how great an improvisational band they were; I’ve been listening to it since 1968 and it is still amazing to me. Have fun.
Early in his career Eric didn't think he was going to be a singer. He didn't care for his own singing voice. It took him a while to gain the confidence he eventually accomplished.
Grand Funk Railroad, Flint Mi 3 piece band their sound was thunderous, Mark, Don and Mel
Trapeze. Glen Hughes, Mel Galley and Dave Holland were a British 3 piece from the '70s.
Check out the Medusa album.
Jack was the soul of the band. Tom Dowd suggested Ginger to try that sort of doing the toms and bass. I think they were at a roadblock with the tune
Always listen to the studio album version first. ZZTop is an excellent 3 piece band.
Bruce, Laing and West. Mountain and Cream together