British guitarist analyses Cream playing Sunshine of Your Love in 2005!

Tonight I'm taking a look at Cream back in 2005 at the Royal Albert Hall jamming out Sunshine of Your Love!
Original video - • Cream - Sunshine of yo...
For more, check out my other sites!
/ wingsofpegasus
www.wingsofpeg...
/ wingsofpegasus
Twitter - @wingsofpegasus
Insta - @wingsofpegasusofficial

[@davebrown3230]

All of a sudden my Lava Lamp , from the 1960's started working .

[@jamesharris9029]

Hahaha👍

[@jenniferholden3575]

You think you have a problem, my ovaries have started working again, it was only temporary though.

[@franmellor9843]

Hahahahahahaha

[@mell682]

Dave Brown hahahahaha ! Good one !

[@debishaw9355]

Jennifer Holden , you all are killing me....... 😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@sewing1243]

Even an old Eric Clapton is still a great guitarist.

[@stratman7810]

I'm sitting here in lockdown in the Canaries and chanced upon your channel which I have found enjoyable as I have been a guitarist most of my life. I have just watched this video and it's a long story not worth telling here, but I was paid to go and see Cream live in 1967 at the Wellington Club, Dereham in Norfolk. Two support bands were on first, one of which were a superb Beach Boys cover band. Obviously Cream were the finale and wow, they were just magic. I can still feel their presence to this day. What disapointed me about this video is Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce were at loggerheads at the time and Eric Clapton stuck in the middle. I asked my wife, who is quite a bit younger than me and has never seen them live, what she thought of the performance. She said although she like some of Eric's performances having heard his playing often enough, they looked like a bunch of sad old men just going through the motions. Unfortunately and sadly I have to agree. I had seen Clapton quite often before Cream when he was playing with other bands, at the Orford Cellar in Norwich. He was good then but, as I said before, live with Cream back in 1967 he was something else. Interestingly though he had that strange cold back then that you see mentioned in the Farewell Cream Concert from the Albert Hall. I am still playing guitar to this day but mainly stick to playing and writing slow numbers as I have carpal tunnel and arthritis in my hands which cuts my speed down.

[@pablojose4890]

RIP Jack Bruce. Still sounds pretty darned good 38 years after its release.

[@theblytonian3906]

Like the original The Kinks "You Really Got Me" in '64 regardless all its tech of the time limitations, "Sunshine Of Your Love" sounded even better to young ears in its '68 heyday. Both are epic. Timeless.

[@wingsofpegasus]

Amen.

[@brucereed4297]

Jack was still recovering from his surgery during these shows, so it was amazing that he did as well as he did. It was just so amazing to see them at all after all this time. This song was pretty weak, but they had a lot to live up to.

[@brucereed4297]

I really meant constrained, not weak.

[@rexskiles6896]

@@wingsofpegasus All three kings in their own right.

[@danielerickson5175]

So thankful that these gentlemen reunited to give us these final performances at the Royal Albert Hall and short tours there after! Brilliant!

[@tdunster2011]

Jack Bruce was the issue. He treated Ginger Baker like shit. Clapton probably spent more time keeping the peace between them than actually playing guitar.

[@robmorrison1043]

There was no short tour, there were these shows and 3 at Madison Square Garden. EC said that they were only going to do the RAH shows, but the $ offer to do the Garden shows was tough not to do. He has said that he wishes that they would have left it at the RAH as he thought they sounded thin in a bigger building like the Garden, and the old bad habits and disagreements between JB and GB started again. He did say that he was glad that both GB and JB would be $ solvent due to the extra shows.

[@craigmarks7217]

I saw them play this live on October 14, 1967, in Detroit at the Grande Ballroom. What a show!

[@drew2370]

Such a massive loss to music this year...the genius drummer Ginger Baker sadly left us...damn there must be some serious badass jamming going down beyond the veil these days...beats the crap we have to listen to here!!

[@patmccoy8758]

I remember dancing to this song during The Summer of Love 1969!!! WOO-HOO!!!! ROCK!!!!!

[@mariorabottini5687]

Amazing after so long that Cream can still deliver such a brilliant show! And with Eric’s guitar mastery...well that’s the icing on the cake! Awesome Fil!😀🤘🤘🤘

[@paulsimmons5726]

Two observations: 1 - there probably aren't any people watching this video who haven't played this at some point, 2 - it seems like Phil got caught up in the moment and almost forgot to stop the video to discuss the band. Great review and discussion of a really incredible performance.

[@dianaallison6110]

So sad we've lost both Ginger & Jack now. Eric still remains..& we all hope for many yrs yet to come. Cream was one of the best classic bands ever. Thx 4 this one, Fil. 🙂🙂💕💕

[@robertdavidson9393]

Ah Cream I was a kid listening to them those where the days if great music and musicians unique and somewhat extraordinary 👌

[@jojoz]

whoa lol this was the ultimate 'get high' and make love not war song in the olden days... Brings back such memories this was a classic well arranged song by three great talents.. another great review Fil look forward to them

[@heidig.230]

They are happy on stage - always a good sign

[@51Dss]

easily one of the top 10 most recognizable riffs of all time.

[@theblytonian3906]

Yes. Instantly recognisable and appealing to the ear. Stood then and stands out now In what was a world of such creative talent at that time. Eclipsed rather than forgotten only because, within the space of just a few short years it was followed by such monumental rock genius mega hits with legendary riffs as "Whole Lotta Love" from Led Zeppelin, "Alright Now" from Free - though for me, simple par scale though it is though I didn't know it at the time, in the delivery their really memorable instantly recognisable riff is from "Wishing Well", and "Paranoid" from Black Sabbath to name just a few before the epic, unforgettable "Smoke On The Water" riff in '74 and although probably lesser known, the anchoring, driving base riff by Golden Earring from "Radar Love". But in '68, "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Disraeli Gears" really stood out against all comers, including The Beatles who were then still together and active, releasing what was really another double A single with "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" in '68.

[@merthur88]

Jack Bruce was my favorite bassist and I got to see him some years before he passed. I knew if I didn't see him then I wouldn't get a chance. Bass is my fav instrument. Love me some Jack Bruce.

[@merthur88]

he was just grit and dynamics as an individual, him and Ginger always in fighting. feisty Scot.

[@foxandscout]

And a great singer.

[@roberthorn333]

Baker and Moon are so unique as drummers. Jack Bruce was likewise a unique and special bassist and vocalist. Clapton so smooth with the vibrato and moving along the neck, and he became a great vocalist, too. All that together created the first supergroup. What a fantastic band they were!

[@danielcobbins9050]

John Bonham was unique as well.

[@roberthorn333]

@@danielcobbins9050 John Bonham was unique, and widely considered to be the best. That's why I didn't give him mention, as it's assumed that he was the best.

[@arthurc1971]

Keith Moon was not a fully formed musician like Ginger Baker. Lumping those two together is idiotic but that’s my personal opinion of course.

[@jysmtl]

Arthur C couldn’t disagree more. They belong together. As do Bruce and Entwistle.

[@arthurc1971]

jysmtl Actually I got that line from Eric Clapton. He said that even though Ginger was antisocial and slightly mad he could not be compared to most drummers because he was a musician and not a drummer. He was a fully formed musician in every way and that he knew no one that had his talent. Eric’s words not mine. But maybe I’m wrong. That’s why having lively conversations is so much fun.

[@brucebenderman7577]

One of the few songs from the 60's that featured the bass player.

[@adksherm]

Thank you so much for actually giving the song a play before you jump in. Excellent form mate. The few minutes of laying The vibe down before the commentary begins makes this not just watchable but enjoyable

[@WildflowerNJ1]

Oh, man, I tried to get tickets to this show! But then they came over here to NYC...Madison Square Garden! Had seats right behind the stage! I know there was a lot of discord between them all but they sounded amazing on that stage. Rest in Peace, Jack.....thank you for the music. And thank you, Fil, for this!!

[@stinkboneorien1270]

It's really about time you feature Eric Clapton as he was and how he shook the guitar word with the original 1966-68 Cream not the watered-down reunion of 2005. I saw Clapton with Cream in 1968 and you cannot imagine the power of hearing him soar on his Gibson SG "Fool" through a dual Marshall Stack at FULL volume from 10 feet away. It was like the iconic Winterland "Crossroads" recording at 100 times the volume and far more visceral effect. The sound was unlike anything ever heard before, and his guitar during the late 60s, along with Hendrix, literally redefined the entire electric guitar landscape. More so, Clapton, even though the Hendrix industry hypes JH as a supernatural deity who still wins every guitar poll by default as if he was somehow the greatest guitarist in the galaxy 49 years after his unfortunate demise but if the truth ever surfaces in this planet which is rare, it was Cream era Clapton that was far more emulated & admired by guitar players and hopefully history will show that his style and tone, using Gibson guitars and Marshall stacks, has endured as one of the primary influences.....it was the gold standard of electric blues modeling and fluid vocal solos and most copied to this day although young guitarists have no idea the stylings and tone they are still using, come from Cream and Bluesbreaker era Clapton.

[@paulfavour7790]

Indeed, one of the very best EC solos, and pretty much the gold standard for everybody else at the time.

[@dougpotosky4102]

I was at the first Cream tour and the Farewell tour. Only feet from Clapton. I ran on the stage and took a Ginger Baker drum stick. Security chased me. Never caught me!

[@paulacorreira3943]

@@dougpotosky4102 Nice story :)

[@parallaxcontinuum7898]

@Stinkbone Orien Thank you .Eric's solo on the 1966 studio version of Spoonful , literally ,made time stand still.Not to omit the legendary live WOF recording that is like the most intense Indian raga.And as for "the industry" ,deifying Jimi ? it's because there is STILL, money to be made.In truth ,I've seen bar band Hendrixes , from Helsinki to Corpus Christi ,Texas , that play Experience's material note for note and eclipse what Jimi was doing at his zenith.

[@petersclafani4370]

I to saw cream in newyork city fillmore east in the village. The 2nd time was a disaster when ginger baker collapse off the seat. The crowd booed and thru garbage at them.

[@Black_Swan777]

Ginger Baker isn’t just playing ‘outside the box’: He lit the box on fire, then later pissed on its smoldering ashes to prevent a wildfire...

[@lakenneth374]

So cool when Ginger Baker would beat the back of his head with his drum sticks.

[@knawl]

@MorbidManMusic yeah Ginger's personality leaves something to be desired but he was a great drummer

[@paulyb-englishmaninhangzho3609]

Black Swan splendid!

[@knawl]

@Lebo leigh Leigh well he was violent with an extremely bad temper, even attacked Jack Bruce with a knife at a Graham Bond concert, David Fricke, a Rolling stone reporter was quoted as saying that, even at old age, " you get close to Ginger Baker at your peril" had a reputation for not getting along with anybody, known for having a very self destructive lifestyle, pretty much somebody best to stay away from.

[@paulacorreira3943]

@@knawl wow, had no idea.

[@markmcknight9601]

Ah, Cream. Such a short-lived trio of exceptional talents. This track became one of the go-tos for every garage band in the late 60s and early 70s. All junior high dances had bands that played this song.

[@lindamcnelis6374]

I saw Cream way back in 1969 here in Philly. Everyone went wild, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce awesome!!!!

[@alanhandleman6513]

The trio is the perfect sized group, because it allows all three musicians to be heard and appreciated. Jack was an aggressive bassist, Ginger was an eclectic drummer, and they both brought the best out of Eric that he had to give. Their music was a conversation, each of them playing off of the others. It was marvelous; they were THE CREAM.

[@AceMoonshot]

The 60s were wild. Paradigms ebbing and flowing everywhere. With just enough musical technology to really give people options. Musical creativity was really flourishing. Cream was aptly named, too. They were the gold standard. Good vid. thanks.

[@kensod6034]

Good time's... Watching cream live ... In Philly in the 60's... Ginger scarecrow paradiddle. Roller. Jack perfect timing with ginger than Eric can let loose. Three. This was when No one was experimenting like this... They were the best musicians in the business... We live cream... My mom's favorite was Eric... Thanks teach ... Brotherrrrrr

[@beatlessteve1010]

Huge Clapton fan here...very happy with your analysis. Waiting for a Traffic or Blind Faith analasys with the great Steve Winwood.

[@SandraHof]

I would love to see Fil analyse "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys".

[@azredhead9666]

OH! I remember the first time I heard this...CHILLS! yeah, "simple" but SENSUAL! ...THANK YOU! ☮️

[@stevenwhite2086]

I was barely 15 when I remember being outside a school dance and this tune was blasting from inside the auditorium... Every body was playing it and I immediately got 2 8 track tape of Cream.... Disraeli Gears and Best of Cream..... after I learn to drive I cruised with those albums for hours....

[@boum62]

However good the other two are when I hear cream I just get blown away the drumming which is sometimes almost a lead in itself

[@mikebunner3498]

The guitar riff at the beginning is known worldwide. These three are rock gods... Each one of them a MASTER of his instrument. That is one of the reasons Eric is in the Rock Roll Hall of Fame three (3) times. I enjoy how Eric and Bruce give each other these I know what you are thinking. God given talent combined with lots of time spent working together. Fil once again you are right on the money in how creative they were. Rock GODS. Excellent observations!!!!!!!!! Best of luck to you young man. Jack's fret less bass impressed me. Rock ON man!!!!

[@pdcoates]

"The tendacy for bands to be playing to backing tracks" and there you have it, the real problem with music today, no spontenaiety, no real passion for the raw joy of playing live.

[@larryredburn8688]

HI FIL VERY GOOD JOB YOU DO. THANKYOU FOR ALL YOU DO LOVE YOU GUYS . KEEP ON WHAT YOU DO PEACE AND LOVE. ERIC ROCKS

[@troyalcorn1184]

I wish people would always be fair when they hear the music and take the time to go back into the time period of when this music was created. The context and technology that was then matters when you listen today.

[@Lee.Higginbotham]

Slow hand! Cream set the bar for hard rock!!! My favorite Cream tracks are White Room and Crossroads! And of course Sunshine of Your Love!

[@williamgraber6683]

Badge!

[@Lee.Higginbotham]

@@williamgraber6683 Oh yea! Badge!

[@nickyl9040]

Tales of Brave Ulysses

[@joe22589]

Please explain what about Cream is or was "Hard Rock". This is blues and "Badge" is a pop song. Brilliant - but never Hard Rock

[@lindadote]

Nicky L ......I really struggle with choosing a “best” but “Tales Of Brave Ulysses” is certainly up there for me.

[@fredgien]

One of the best riffs ever!!

[@adamfox9651]

I love Cream. I saw them later that year when they played MSG. I had to forego eating for a week to afford the pricey ticket, but it was worth every penny. I'm so glad, I'm so glad I went to see that show, so glad, so glad, so glad. It's such a shame they didn't stay together longer and realize their full potential. Cream could have been as big and legendary as Zep became, if only Jack and Ginger could have learned to get along with eachother and/or if Eric could have stomached his bandmates' constant bickering.

[@sduncan6694]

Adam Fox I don’t think so. They had little of the funk, soul, swing or rock’n’roll Zep had. Nor the melody and outright creativity.

[@kenhughes009]

I think that there were some songs that were so new in concept that it took the general public some time to get it. Ginger's drum playing was awesome.

[@johnrogers9481]

I was so fortunate to be alive in 1968 when Sunshine first came out! This song, drums and guitar totally grabbed me and woke up the drummer inside me and it never let go of me! Ohhh, my very first concert was experiencing Humble Pie opening for Derek and the Dominoes at The Fillmore East! Frampton and Clapton in one night…ahhhh what an introduction to real musicians!!

[@jamesharris9029]

Very well diagnosed. Now you've done both my favourite players. Eric / Knopler. Both never overplay. Glad you picked up on the Eric vibrato. When he first cranked up the Les Paul through the Marshall, the sound of Rock / Blues was reborn. Eric is one of few people who sing in the same way as they play. Louis Armstrong was the king of this style, who Eric admired. Your point on the vocal also relevant because people like Beck / Santana, have to bring people in to sing on their records. Plenty of much better technically players. But, IT'S ALL IN THE FEEL MAN.😎 I'm stopping now or ill go on all day.🤗

[@amjrpain919]

PETER FRAMPTON WAS MY FIRST CONCERT... COMES ALIVE!

[@bekind6763]

Another expert analysis on a great video and band. Thanks! Rock on!!!^m^😎

[@jamesgordonakacrazylegs8222]

I think I'm going to start calling him The Professor and send him a pipe

[@wingsofpegasus]

Thanks Kathy!

[@shatner99]

10:06 Like a great comedian: they do what they think is funny to them-not the low hanging fruit, obvious jokes the masses will eat up without thinking. Another great vid! Cheers

[@PsionicMonk]

"I've been waiting so long, to be where I'm going, in the sunshine of your loooooove!" Absolute classic

[@sallynielsen8150]

WOW, WHAT A FANTASTIC JAM!!!! I loved Cream "back in the day"!! Great to see they still have it and enjoy what they do! Thanks for the analysis, Fil....GREAT job!!

[@williamjc7195]

I saw these boys back in 1967, Seattle's Eagles auditorium. 3 days later i went out and bought a gibson e-b3. Been playin' bass ever since. Jack Bruce=my hero, RIP.

[@stevo7730]

Plays a fretless Warwick these days 👍

[@stevo7730]

oops, until he passed that is

[@jojoz]

we were lucky to have survived the sixties and to this day, such fantastic memories!

[@williamjc7195]

@@jojoz ;very true,jojo z;very true.

[@karendahlquist2629]

always loved their instrumention

[@MrSadsack56]

Watch the live 67/68 vid. They were heavier and this version has less of a grungy feel. Please find them doin 12min version of steppin out!! Thanks for the analysys Fil. You were spot on.

[@brianmcnellis5512]

Thanks again for making the world a better place

[@onthe1481]

I love the neck pick up. I use it when i play leads. I go to neck pick up with the tone slightly down. Its called the women tone. One day i will post, not ready for criticism. Great analysis Fil, they played well.🤙🙂🤙

[@derekclacton]

On the 1 woman tone = Eric Clapton 👍

[@philiptownsend8651]

I used to play this song in a band in the mid-seventies - I was one of the guitarists. We played it at a private party in a marquee in Ewhurst, Surrey - when I found afterwards that one of the neighbours, Eric Clapton, was in the bloody audience.... So, I've never been to see Eric Clapton live, but he's been to see me!!

[@timgelder4263]

Beware of Mr.Baker! This is one of the first 45's that I bought with my own money. B side was SWABLR. Excellent job Fil

[@paulyb-englishmaninhangzho3609]

Tim Gelder but the picture has a moustache!

[@davewells1350]

The song that got me started on the guitar. 50 yrs ago.

[@paulferdyn1738]

Great video Fil, As usual.. thanks

[@lynette.]

Old but still gold.

[@ShutTheMuckUp]

Ginger Baker is a beast. Talk about someone who knows how to use the dynamics of a drumset to his advantage...

[@heraclitusblacking1293]

That ending jam is so damn driving, I love how Jack and Ginger interact to create this flourishing rhythmical sound, and Clapton's pedal tone and phrasing are the aural equivalent of solar flares.

[@midnightrambler7837]

Jack Bruce is amazing. RIP Jack you are missed - The magical music of Cream will live on forever. Nice review Fil !

[@sammy2840]

Loved this group while in high school!

[@ChrisDIYerOklahoma]

Ginger Baker is a God on drums...so much passion and pure feeling. Thanks Fil...awesome perspective and video!

[@charlesmcgrother9785]

I find it very cool that people of all ages are enjoying music that is 50+ years old. I never even knew what kind of music that my father liked. Cream was a great band that lasted @2-3 years but there music lives on. It just comes down to the fact that this music will live forever for greatness takes on a life of its own.

[@mitchellweiner4990]

These guys prove when you’re good you’re good! This is a master class in musicianship!

[@oneconsciousman1942]

and then there was one. The fathers of heavy and hard blues rock. Cream is one of my bucket list bands which would never be realised. However, I did get to see Jack during the Hippie Fest tour through Toronto many years back. I have a feeling I did see Ginger one time but age has washed that memory away. then again maybe I never saw him. Clapton never happened for me. At least I have the music. so I will just rock on.

[@duaneatkinson3604]

Clapton in my opinion is one of the greatest guitarist ever....great video fil

[@alansturgess1324]

EC and Jeff Beck. Both brilliant and still with us.That tone EC gets is instantly recognisable - nobody else quite seems to get it.

[@joe22589]

Never heard of Eric Clapton. But I am sure he will be well known in the future

[@GeorgeSmith-np2hw]

joe22589 I think he may have almost gotten to where we might hear a tune or two out of him if he keeps at it.

[@detroitlady9282]

@@joe22589 He's been well known since the 60's. Clapton is god! Don't know your age but even my 3 teenage grandsons know and listen to him. Can't even tell how many guitarist's he's inspired!

[@joe22589]

@@detroitlady9282 this joke flew right over your head!

[@monaj2971]

The acoustics in Royal Albert Hall were perfect for this reunion and this song.

[@loripond1839]

My Cream of Clapton CD is WORN OUT!!!!!!!!! Eric and Jimi have been my rock god icons for years!!! Always learning something new from you even on a track I have heard countless times!....Thanks Fil!...✌❤🤘

[@jamesgordonakacrazylegs8222]

I think The Professor would be a great nickname for Fil. At least better than that dude who knows a lot and smiles all the time

[@wingsofpegasus]

No problem Lori!

[@wickedb.2586]

I guess, Eric Clapton plays his best Guitar during his CREAM-ERA. Absolutely psychadelic the Record DISRAELI GEARS and one of the underrated UK-Records.

[@wickedb.2586]

@Chris Manzi Clapton's Guitar in the Harmony with Winwood's Voice: Stunning and marvelous. Peace Brother.

[@Derry_Aire]

I've seen Cream live - just never on stage together! Both Clapton and Bruce as solo performers and Ginger Baker's Airforce.

[@WhiteCamry]

2005 was a great performance , given their then ages, but the 1968 live rendition of this same song (also at RAH) remains for me the standard.

[@randyinghram5550]

Many don't know or remember that this is a duet...including Jack Bruce at the beginning of this performance! All karaoke has this as a solo. Whenever I've sung this, I get another friend to sing the other half anyway. :)

[@bil230660]

It's a subbbdued performance,, which was probably intentional. Haha.. Incredible Incredible Incredible music they made. Blind Faith too. Is that a Warwick fretless bass he's playing??

[@wingsofpegasus]

Looks like it!

[@tompantaleo9441]

nice! clapton! I remember when I first learned the pentatonic scales I had no idea how to use them. then one night the SRV tribute concert came on pins and I put it on. I learned so much from Claptons version of "ain't gone and gave up on love". watching him play that was a huge eye opener for me. I could see and hear everything he was doing so clearly that was able to copy him pretty closely. when I showed my guitar teacher he laughed but in a good way. That concert was a beginners dream for me. I'm still using those licks today. good one fil. rock on!

[@carolynt7787]

Now you're playing my jam! Favorite Cream song: Crossroads. Don't care for this particular rendition, though. Sounds a bit off to me. As usual, your analysis is very informative. I always learn something new. Good work. 🤘

[@Braglemaster123]

Fil I have a “ Fender Mustang LT25 Amp “ too. It’s incredible 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@stephenmichalski2643]

Cream in 2005!!!??!!!??!!!HOLY CRAP!!!!How frickin awesome is that!!!Doin Sunshine of your Love in the 21st Century???........this is krayyyyyy.....zzzeeee......Fil kicks my ass straight to heaven again!!!

[@edwardconnolly331]

Eric said Cream was a blues band.....Jack and Ginger saw Cream as a jazz band (Ornette Coleman like). When Jack was a solo artist, he arguably created his own musical style. I listened to Harmony Row hundreds of times. I was transfixed by the album and Jack's compositions. I have never been able to describe the musical genre of this particular album. My best description is classical rock, not classic rock. His next solo album, Out of the Storm was similarly esoteric. Cream will never be surpassed as a live band and Jack Bruce was a one of a kind musician and composer. We music fans are all grateful.

[@stanspb763]

I saw them live for the first time when they were playing Winterland in San Francisco in 1968. I was not really into music before moving to SF as a 17 year old, alone in 67 but fell into the music scene because my nerdiness in electronics became known to musicians. The year before I was visiting SF for an electronics show and some new friends took me to Filmore and heard Paul Butterfield Blues Band do one song that changed my life trajectory, literally...a 23 minute East West, If you have not hear it, there is something for everyone in that one song, possibly one of the most influential songs ever. So I was somewhat prepared to appreciate of Cream although my favorite band was and is, the Dead. The energy of and urgency of the rev up Crossroads that night was the first time I heard a band forget their rehearsals and just flow from the momentum of the very aware connected audience while taking it to another level...and everyone in the place on Acid might have had a part:>) Clapton was in a zone only the audience knew, ahead of Jack and Ginger a bar much of the song but it made more sense than the traditional version. But that still is the best live performance I heard of theirs and was a big fan. I heard them 3 other times and loved each performance. A lot of nuanced music from a 3 piece power trio. They are thought of as a power trio but their power was not in volume, shows at that time did not have the sub-bass that overpowers the senses now in shows, so the audience could actually hear the details, there was almost nothing below 60hz. It also meant shows did not need $3million is pa systems because of every octave lower in range for a given acoustic power, its a log function in power and money, and fewer people wanting to sit through the stomach-churning sub-bass. I came to believe after about 75, concerts were merely exercises in front of deaf house mixers to ego trip. The only band that could be loud but also sound good was the Grateful Dead, but they spent a fortune on reinventing live sound several times. But hearing cream in a smaller venue like that, and going off script was a real highlight of my music experiences. At the time we did not know this 3 piece band was going to be a legendary band, but they captured the attention of a lot of music-savvy people that night. Live music was how we heard music and radio was not so important except for one that captured the street sense or focused it, KMPX and one air personality who was a music and culture critic and educator of a generation Tom Donahue who, for less than one year created and left the radio station that changed all stations from top 40 to what was called Underground which featured a wild mixed programming of just what the DJ felt needed to be heard. Within 2 years Top-40 was dead in the US and FM took over from AM because of that influence. The trend continued after the staff went on strike over Donahue's firing and they and their entire audience shifted to KSAN. That was the atmosphere Cream played in San Francisco which was considered the center of the new music universe. What was new was simply the width and breadth of the music taste that took to jazz, folk, rock, big band, Chicago Blues and Delta Blues, Americana, soul etc. Any venue of the time was hosting groups from 3-5 of these different genres on the same playbill. Wherelse would Indian classical music by an unknown(to us kids) Ravi Shankar, the Grateful Dead and Blue Cheer(first heavy metal band, a loud power trio) and an 80-year-old Delta bluesman all share the same stage on the same night and get equal respect and appreciation? All the bands were very different, and none copied anyone else in that unique heady period in SF. This later performance is so relaxed like a pair old worn slippers, it feels cozy and warm unhurried and familiar like old shipmates recalling wild times decades before. They all had it still, vocals strong clear and precise, the drumming crisp and tight, bass agile and athletic, guitar light and refined. I like this more relaxed pace as a song, but the way they played in that show at Winterland in 1968 had an urgency and whole different feel of need to get the notes out, it really gave off a powerful energy that everyone felt. No left that room indifferent. That one performance probably influenced every musician in the city and at that time every 3rd person was a musician. I had talked to Steve Miller who was there also and we both remembered how much impact that performance was on us. It did not change my life like hearing East-West literally did but it changed the way I listened to music. I spent most of my life in recording and it surely impacted how projects were done, not technically but in musicality. East-West changed my planned career in electronic engineering in RF and shifted to recording and design of equipment for stage and studio. I still can't play a lick but have a pretty good sense of the song. To me, it was always the song, not the genre or technical character of the parts but how the song communicates and everyone is an expert in that for themselves.

[@rebbeshort]

Nicely said Stan. Thanks for those thoughts and remembrances. East/West has always been one of my favorites too.

[@therealDac10012]

Spot on. Butterfield's, Bloomfield's, Naftalin's East-West was a seminal Indian-influenced acid rock gem that opened a lot of minds.

[@klausrain111]

I'm not going to say I saw the Chicago version of their Farewell Concert in October 1968, because I don't want to brag about the cool concerts I've been to, I know it's annoying. I just remember it was on a Sunday afternoon in a big auditorium, and the place was lit up and it was fantastic, but unfortunately there seemed to be a lot of tension in the room with those guys. Maybe they were just getting tired of playing together so often, especially on that grueling tour. But they visited as many big cities as they could, giving their thousands of fans a last glimpse. Believe me, though, we were all very well aware that history was being made and we were playing a wee small part in it. We just happened to have been born at the right time, early to late '40s basically. I remember Eric and Ginger pretty well, but not so much Jack. Of course, we were all so high it's a wonder I remember anything about it. (Wish we'd had some of the Maryjane Superweed from today back then, but we didn't, we had to get by on Mexican dirtweed.) Thanks again, Fil. Great video!

[@jamesgordonakacrazylegs8222]

I was watching Clapton do Purple Rain earlier. This time I think I read your mind. Cream is Rock and Roll to Me. Rock on fil. PS more Skynyrd maybe them doing Crossroads

[@artysanmobile]

Deep, deep groove. The space is kind of breathtaking.

[@vespergraph9048]

Clapton's 2010 performance of "I shot the sheriff" at crossroads festival could be interesting to review.

[@SP-ui8bk]

I was there, and agree - what a great day of great music. Likewise 'Tell the Truth' in 2007.

[@worldcupwonders]

He is outside the box - classic quote !

[@jabbalechat7910]

Jack Bruce was a classically trained cello player so he had high note accuracy on a fretless bass...

[@theblytonian3906]

That's interesting to note. Thanks.

[@fredschmidt100]

'I'm So Glad', live from 'Goodbye' still after all these decades , seems to me to be the most freakishly great guitar solo of them all. I would love your analysis, PLEASE !

[@virtualyme7659]

Cream is of my favorites and I listen to them all the time after getting my father's albums back in the late 70s early 80s. Disraeli gears was my favorite album. Listen to it countless times. An amazing group of musicians. Live Clapton and Derek and the Dominos. You ought to check out Derek and the Dominos on Johnny Cash show it's on KZbin Somewhere

[@jmn93065]

I was fortunate to see Cream in San Francisco in 1968. Up until they came to San Francisco, all the big groups played in the Filmore, which I was privileged to attend almost every weekend. Instead they played in the much bigger Winterland auditorium. In those days, Eric was dressed in the typical hippie garb unique to San Francisco, and his guitar was painted in the psychedelic colors so popular to the San Francisco music scene. There sound was really powerful and it blended well with the huge groups from the San Francisco scene such as Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Jopline, Lemon Pipers, etc.

[@MrClassicmetal]

The last version of this song that I heard is a cover played by John Norum. That one was HEAVY.

[@duanetergesen7364]

And mr. Baker playing the drums at at his age pretty damn good

[@MrBKuv]

Rory Gallagher and Jack Bruce video of "Politician" is phenomenal.

[@lindadote]

Frank 522 ......I love that video with Jack giving Rory an idea of how the song is played as they’re making their way to the stage. I don’t believe Rory was at all familiar with “Politician” but in usual Gallagher style, that didn’t phase him and the outcome is terrific.

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

WHAT A GREAT JAM!! 🎸 🎸 🎸

[@jazzcat8786]

Cream jams are the best!! The three go off into there own worlds and it blends together beautifully🤘🏻 RIP Jack Bruce....

[@jamesgordonakacrazylegs8222]

They really were something special together. They always sounded like good old rock and roll to me.

[@jazzcat8786]

James Gordon aka Crazy Legs Ya they were great, especially the drummer. He’s playing odd time stuff, not easy to play and sing over🤯 they were way ahead themselves back in the day🤘🏻

[@jamesgordonakacrazylegs8222]

@@jazzcat8786 are you hip with death metal supplies Channel. I'm not into death metal but they play vinyl rips of some cool albums. I listened to Scorpions In Trance recently and Priest Stained Class today. Sounded really cool on vinyl which I don't own any of sadly. But that's another story

[@jazzcat8786]

James Gordon aka Crazy Legs Checked that channel out🤘🏻 i just gave a bunch of my old vinyl away recently, mostly my hardcore metal and thrash from the mid 80’s a lot of underground stuff; Coroner, Metal Church, Suicidal Tendencies etc.. Vinyl has a crisp clear sound that digital doesn’t have. If you haven’t check out Gorgoroth (God Seed) from Wacken 2008, incredible Norwegian black metal...

[@jamesgordonakacrazylegs8222]

@@jazzcat8786 cool I'll give them a spin

[@retroactive1autrey668]

Mr. Phil, you are quite attuned to all aspects of a musical number. I greatly appreciate your extremely valuable insights. It would interest me to hear your side-by-side comparison of this tour de force rendition compared to the original. I understand that they are of different times and places, yet I have to compare my own 12 year old exposure to this much later one. These three musicians were one of God's jam bands, along with the Allman Brothers Band, and I am curious to know your take on it. I'm sure it would be true that. Keep on, Mr. Phil, from a rockabilly who has been playing for 52 years. Thank you in advance.

[@Sprenklefish]

I actually started crying when I first spun this DVD, which was a gift from my much younger girlfriend. I figured I’d never ever see these three men make music together and it just hit me hard. GF didn’t get it.

[@Maltloaflegrande]

At the start of the solo, he's quoting from "blue moon" hence its being almost identical to the record and veering off the standard blues scale. That thing about the neck pickup on a strat: you'll find Hendrix used it 90% of the time. It's the thing most people who try to copy him get wrong.

[@reemclaughlin4260]

This is the song my late ex always fought to play bass on! 🤙🏼🦋

[@jamesha175]

if you were to marry Rodney Peete your name would be Repeat!

[@debishaw9355]

jamesha175 , these are some of the funniest stuff I’ve read for awhile. What are you people smoking? Lol

[@danr5105]

Watching this exact show, different video and in the comments is sad news. “The Baker family are sad to announce that Ginger is critically ill in hospital,” the family’s statement reads. “Please keep him in your prayers tonight.” Dated Sept 25 2019. I verified this through 3 sources on the net. Sept 29 2019 report 'holding his own,seeing visitors"

[@wingsofpegasus]

That's sad news.

[@stinkboneorien1270]

Gibson's poll is pure, subjective, erroneous bullshit. Clapton, IS the greatest, NUMBER ONE period in terms of blues guitar mastery on a Gibson within the genre of Blues-Rock. When Clapton made his name ON a Gibson Les Paul with the Bluesbreakers and then Les Paul, SG & Firebird with Cream (the ES-335 was ONLY used during their final farewell show at the Royal Albert Hall on November 26, 1968), he literally transformed the entire approach to solo electric blues guitar with virtuosic, fluid, vocal technique and a mastery of architecture & as a result, set the gold standard for all to follow and including, YES that is right) his friend Hendrix who had heard the Bluesbreaker (Beano) LP in New York and felt that he had a new high bar to challenge which is why he demanded to Chas Chandler that as a condition to travel to England, he had to meet Eric Clapton who he recognized as a guitarist he could be challenged by. Clapton was FAR superior to Beck and Page who were considered understudies at the time or among pro guitarists (the poor man's Clapton). Page has acknowledged in at least two interviews that "Eric played brilliantly" and how he "literally created the Gibson-Marshall sound". Secondly, you neglected to mention his "stretch vibrato" where you BEND the string first then as in EC's case, he would use his WRIST to oscillate the string and thus produced the greatest stretch string vibrato in the history of Blues rock guitar e.g., Crossroads (Wheels of Fire, from Winterland March 10 live performance), Spoonful (Fresh Cream), I'm So Glad (Fresh Cream), Sleepy Time Time (Live Cream), "Sitting on Top of the World, (Goodbye Cream from LA Forum) and so on. Clapton IS without exception the greatest living blues-rock guitarist of the 20th century with people like Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson carrying on his legacy. Even Eddie Van Halen unabashedly revers Clapton as the ONE and ONLY guitarist who inspired his guitar technique and was the primary motivation to become a guitar soloist. Clapton and Hendrix were roughly equal as master blues-rock guitarists with Eric edging out Jimi for finger vibrato, vocal "playing" technique and tone, clarity & above all the ability to weave a story with his solos including ascension to climax then descension. Hendrix edged out Eric with inventive hybrid passing chord melodies, rhythmic attack and above all was a bit more adventurous and a master of pyrotechnical effects plus stagecraft "schtick". Both revered each other's playing and Hendrix, as per old interviews, considered Clapton his "white soulmate"...all obscured by the Hendrix industry. The fact Hendrix has become mythologized and deified by the Hendrix industry has obscured the truth and endowed him with nearly supernatural powers he never had in reality. Hendrix himself would be embarrassed by today's consistent over the top praise, absurd superlatives and the ludicrous tendency for all guitar polls to inexorably crown him as the greatest guitarist of all time. No doubt if the Hendrix bandwagon gets their way, they'll crown him as the greatest guitarist in the entire galaxy:-) The Hendrix myth has been wholly manufactured and continues to roll as all religious cults do and if one dares to even comment on Hendrix's guitar technique objectively, it incurs the wrath of Hendrix cultists as if you committed heresy. In fact, they'll call for a Hendrix Fatwa if you dare suggest Hendrix is anything less than the guitar deity they insist he is. No wonder our species is headed for extinction, primitive fanaticism in all its forms will continue to drag the species down into the sewer of mammalian de-evolution. Now its time for a sip of Talisker single malt:-)

[@pabloperez4063]

Not only his playing un Cream IS amazing. Absolutely all he did until his self imposed retired in esrly 1971 IS very very good. He IS a good composer, And when he wants...ThE BEST SINGER in ThE planet, ThE power his voice has. A fantastic band leader with lots of creativity, And he has toured ThE world more than 99% of the rest. All un all, as a whole, EC IS (in My humble And totally unimportant opinión, one of ThE top 7 modern musicians ThE planet has ever seen. And a revolutionary in 1966

[@robmorrison1043]

Well said. I always thought while a master player and even more an innovatorZ, JH had a tendency to be sloppy live. To me EC is most influential, imitated and revered guitar player of his generation. You are absolutely correct when you say the business of Hendrix has taken on a mythological aspect throughout the years. The other joke is when people say Clapton was at his best during the 60s Cream years, not even close. I implore all to watch the Martin Scorsese movie Nothing but the blues featuring EC, snd any of EC concerts from the From the Cradle era. It is the final disaster of blues playing and vocals ever laid down, a master on top of his craft. As far as his vocals, EC developed into a phenomenal singer as he gained confidence through the years, thanks to the initial push from Delaney Bramlett.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@Martin Mocha-Martin, this was, perhaps, the most depressing comment I’ve ever read on KZbin. To think how much time & pedantry you spent trying to prove an unprovable point was, well....sad. There are many great guitarists, all who changed & defined the sounds of their eras. To say that one is categorically ‘The Best’ is to misunderstand EVERY single thing that rock-n-roll represents. I will pray for you, in my atheist way & hope to deities long forgotten & yet to manifest that you be granted & blessed with the white hot light of understanding. Thank you for your time, sir.

[@matsjakobsson6803]

Stevie Ray Vaughn!! Equals. Saw both live.

[@realmusicforever7086]

Fil, you are so good at the analytical playing of various artists.Yes I know many people who believe Eric may be overrated with his playing.All the concerts where Eric plays the same way always as I hear it.Fil could it be that his playing is too smooth and flawless that they say Jimmy Page is better because he is not smooth but gets out of comfort zone and wails.I guess Jeff Beck is also too smooth{so good}.Fil, thank you for video.

[@Jeff-1969]

Please revisit Tommy Emmanuel his version of (The journey) ... please😉 Total Epic-ness!!!