Recorded live at Fillmore Auditorium & Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco (California) el 10 de Marzo 1968
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@jimrockford49685 ай бұрын
Who's watching this 2024?
@Dave-dc9zn5 ай бұрын
Me!
@bak-mariterry91435 ай бұрын
Me.
@user-uk3lb2kf1d5 ай бұрын
Me bitch!
@cleatusbarncoat86425 ай бұрын
Me. 1/23/24
@mdw3025 ай бұрын
1/23 also
@bfgair1 Жыл бұрын
I was 19 then & it was GREAT. I'm 74 & it's STILL GREAT
@cortes0505 Жыл бұрын
I was thirteen and in eighth grade.
@mohammedcohen Жыл бұрын
...nothing like it today...so glad I did my undergraduate growing up in the 50s & 60s...then my graduate work in the 70s...
@thomasfisher5742 Жыл бұрын
same age BRUCE no better time .....or is it just me lol....stay well
@coldshot5555 Жыл бұрын
I was 17/18 then and I'm 71/72 now ...how can this be?
@packstevewood Жыл бұрын
@@cortes0505 I was 15 and in 9th grade
@KJ-vc3sw Жыл бұрын
I've been dead for several years, but listening to this has brought me back to life.
@kevinsnyder84484 ай бұрын
STAY ALIVE BABY KEEP GETTN IT❤🎉
@Tawny67023 ай бұрын
😂 nothing like a good dose of brilliance to bring you back of the land of the living! Keep it going man!
@lindamcdonald65603 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!!!
@KJ-vc3sw3 ай бұрын
@@lindamcdonald6560 So were my debtors!
@bsastarfire2503 ай бұрын
yeah
@PeterLedwonАй бұрын
The people who watch this in 2024 appreciate very talented musicians who created great music
@suzukiyesteryearАй бұрын
The six Marshall stacks turned up to “eleven” certainly helped…aside from three legendary musicians…
@jaya1000Ай бұрын
But they DID blatantly rip off a black blues musician
@suzukiyesteryearАй бұрын
@@jaya1000 And whom would that be specifically?
@moudugenou349228 күн бұрын
@@jaya1000 N'importe quoi!
@ginaverdi610117 күн бұрын
Incredible musicians!🔥🔥🔥
@LarryNeie-lj7zc11 ай бұрын
Just 3 guys playing. No tricks, no edits, no added anything. Just the 3 greatest British blues rock artists ever! Jack, Eric and Ginger. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how it's done.
@richardhincemon11 ай бұрын
The video is an edited version of Crossroads from the Cream farewell performance at the Royal Albert Hall video mixed with the audio performance of live at Winterland from the Cream Wheels of Fire album.
@LarryNeie-lj7zc11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the info.
@madmad858210 ай бұрын
I watched a video of Jack Bruce in his own words the music of cream was mostly Jaz music and some blues but being that Jack Bruce wrote most of the songs and sang them ,Eric only sang on a few songs and that is the way it was .
@gilldanier412910 ай бұрын
In my day I only had a tennis racket to play on, and I thought I was lucky!!
@dewimatthews10 ай бұрын
Apart from that pretentious prick Tony Palmer editing the footage like a hyperactive five year old.
@calstongroup3 ай бұрын
" We were actually a jazz trio, we just didn't tell Eric " - J. Bruce
@petergedd93302 күн бұрын
That's quite funny.
@therealDac10012 Жыл бұрын
Jacks bass line has a life of it's own and Ginger is driving this train. What a rhythm section for Eric to lay his riffs into
@michaelgapple189411 ай бұрын
Not very often that EC is the third best player on stage. I may catch a lot of lack for that - but seriously.
@gilldanier412910 ай бұрын
@@michaelgapple1894 No no, all the same, no competition, music's not a race. - seriously
@Zapple78 ай бұрын
👍
@gilbertorezende59887 ай бұрын
Machine sound!!
@bbb89977 ай бұрын
agreed, jack & ginger just pummel him. the bass guitar is the real lead
@christinewilkinson242411 ай бұрын
How can just 3 musicians make sounds like this???? Amazing. Better than the rubbish music nowadays.
@briangriffin55246 ай бұрын
All the great rock bands had a perfect synergy together. The Stones, The Who and Zeppelin. The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
@TomokosEnterprize5 ай бұрын
It just up and died on us. What a shame eh.
@jhandle41965 ай бұрын
That's what Mozart said.
@DarinHendra5 ай бұрын
@@Bebtelovimab Right
@anzacman54 ай бұрын
Where the f*ck did it go?@@TomokosEnterprize
@tomf4293 жыл бұрын
3 guys. No computers. No autotune. No synth. No 16 tracks. Just pure music.
@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK13 жыл бұрын
People who grew up in the pre-electric era said the same about electric guitars/basses, light shows, etc. S'all just personal opinion...imo, of course.
@damonlandry72073 жыл бұрын
Music is and can be many things, rock and roll is but one very small segment of a large universe of creativity and expression.
@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK13 жыл бұрын
@@damonlandry7207 Amen...
@jamesjones16553 жыл бұрын
NO FRETS ON THE Bass......
@jamesjones16553 жыл бұрын
Like the accusstic stand up bass
@timmaulden36403 жыл бұрын
I have been listening to this version of Crossroads for over 40 years and it still gives me chills.
@drizztdurden90453 жыл бұрын
Yep :)
@mossstephen10663 жыл бұрын
It never grows old on you, it still impresses every time you hear it!
@woodey0283 жыл бұрын
Ginger just a PLOWING that drum kit. I say God dam!
@us6013083 жыл бұрын
Me too. About 45 years for me.
@michaelkepes61253 жыл бұрын
I first herd this when I was 13yrs old I'm now 65 do the math true power trio instruments amps no filler
@davemarquez7744Ай бұрын
In my opinion, the best single song live performance in the history of rock music!
@svitlanaostapchenko5642Ай бұрын
Not going to argue u with you it’s amazing but for me it’s Mick Taylor on YA YA YAS out….just personal preference but Clapton here is truely on fire 🔥
@markbarnes57825 күн бұрын
Cant help to think about FREEBIRD, when I see Clapton in this,ronnie vanzant said seeing Clapton in concert was his,favorite 💚❤🧡
@stephengreenwood481917 күн бұрын
Totally agree with this and have been saying this for decades. True story: when the album had just come out, late 1968, I was listening to a mainstream (AM) radio broadcast of it. When the DJ came on after this song was over, he just sighed and said, "I can't believe what I just heard. I have to play that again". And he did. Never heard that happen before or since.
@taragreenetarotastro4 ай бұрын
I saw Cream live in Toronto at Massey Hall in June 1968 then went to meet Eric Clapton at the Royal York Hotel, Id been a Clapton fan since John Mayal and the Bluesbreakers and the Yardbirds. We watched Bobby Kenned assassination on the news June 6 the day after the concert. Eric was amazing a total gentleman, he told me about his life as a kid and drew me a doodle and gave me his autograph. I treasure this. Still listening all these years later makes me happy.
@fernandofernandes23033 ай бұрын
Classic 🎉
@fastnbulbouss3 ай бұрын
Saw it also in june 68 but in Montreal...
@thomasmleahy62182 ай бұрын
The best and worst of times.
@Horse-bc8zpАй бұрын
Cool u still have it
@danielmenefee194327 күн бұрын
Cool,you had some connection to get to see him at the hotel or you just waited and got lucky??
@dlphcoracl96453 жыл бұрын
The ferocious bass line being laid down by Jack Bruce is a thing of beauty.
@veritasetlibertas78893 жыл бұрын
Amazing base!!!!
@johnprekurat69603 жыл бұрын
@@veritasetlibertas7889 "... how sweet the sound ..."
@lawrencefass97783 жыл бұрын
JACK BRUCE WAS 1 OF THE TOP 10 BASSISTS IN THE WORLD..NO JACK BRUCE,NO CREAM..
@SteveJonesPerezCom3 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencefass9778 Clapton was the worse one in the band and he was NO SLOUCH HAHAHAHAH
@andrewpetik20343 жыл бұрын
STRAIGHT! A BEAST of a bassline
@nvnamvet99643 жыл бұрын
Eric and I have grown old together. The biggest difference is he's one of the Greatest guitar players of all time and I'm just and old dude who loves 60's and 70's music
@AmericanIsraeliJew3 жыл бұрын
This version is a statement to Robert Johnson.
@paulst.germain85223 жыл бұрын
Amen, Dude...
@mikefraser45133 жыл бұрын
I think that goes for everyone here.
@jcon23573 жыл бұрын
Add one more to that list
@mojojojojuniper61223 жыл бұрын
Peter green also rip
@mackydog99Ай бұрын
You just can't beat that number! Crossroads live at the Fillmore is one of the greatest songs ever recorded!
@sprokethead13 күн бұрын
You got that right! Listen to that LEAD!...
@petergedd93302 күн бұрын
@@sprokethead Violin vibrato, never been equaled.
@ramspace10 ай бұрын
There is something very hypnotic about this riff.
@geraldsucks9 ай бұрын
if you like this you might like my brother’s music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Daisy' is a good song by him.
@brigitteberg-sj8so6 ай бұрын
Just pure magic!
@pkava1079 Жыл бұрын
Never gets old - One of the best live performances ever.
@mad.scientist Жыл бұрын
The best, IM not so HO
@chayafuerst9246 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce had such a great voice!
@markhunter855410 ай бұрын
@@chayafuerst9246 True, but this Eric Clapton.
@limppimento557 ай бұрын
I was 13 and digging it. This editing SUCKS. Like we need rapid zooming in and out of Bakers symbols instead of him playing drums.
@briangriffin55246 ай бұрын
This and the Farewell Cream concert at Royal Albert Hall.
@billycostine83342 жыл бұрын
This in my opinion is Cream's best song. Jack stayed with Eric at that pace and Ginger played like a man possessed. What a band!
@hughhockemeier83552 жыл бұрын
I's only need three notes to name that tune! From the History Of or Best Of compilation ? Back when the business hacks were still thinking product and viability versus artistry and longevity. That bass performance just gets better with age don't it! I believe one of Eric's earliest singing or singing live... Mind Time Capsules. Gracias Antonio!
@johnwatts83462 жыл бұрын
yep, this one and white room are the 2 best / most awesome iconic Cream tracks, all 3 guys going off completely.
@rodrigoaguilar29132 жыл бұрын
Strange brew too...
@YYZed122 жыл бұрын
Yeah, my favorite cover
@johnwatts83462 жыл бұрын
@@YYZed12 EC is such a brilliant blues rock lead guitar player, hes so pure never deviates from the ethos, and some of his timing and licks are just exceptional.
@MacawAviculture8 ай бұрын
Growing up with the best music ever recorded has certainly given my generation a musical edge never seen before, and never to be seen again. Thank you mi hermano Antonio Cuevas for sharing this timeless music.
@jillsommerville78288 ай бұрын
Yep agree 💯🎸glad I was here to hear this music, legends! Wouldn't like to be a kid these days.
@jimmydean3238 ай бұрын
😂glad I was there
@MacawAviculture8 ай бұрын
@@jimmydean323 I am happy you were able to see the show.
@Matlacha_Painter7 ай бұрын
Still makes me say; “YEAH “. Saw em in 1968 live. Now it’s December 2023. Still rockin’.
@johnslattery23717 ай бұрын
Lucky you !!!!!!!
@davidleblanc2882 жыл бұрын
That's just unbelievable. Three guys producing a sound that's never been rivaled. They were all masters of their craft and their recordings will always live on.
@Zapple7 Жыл бұрын
Agreed 👍
@johninjersey Жыл бұрын
Cream was a great trio but I think Rush gives them a run for their money kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ7dmIGKfNybaa8
@catheline51 Жыл бұрын
No question about it.
@davebinnie4257 Жыл бұрын
Only rivals really were the JHE
@vedodesantis4414 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I love that sound I'm a guitar player I remember one of my bass player brought that up to me she act Bruce is a monster that that sound right there like Grand Funk Railroad and Black Sabbath you know keys are Butler he was at monster too you know but these guys play with the store soon Jack Bruce is a monster I love this sound that's how that's how we played my bass player's past man and I ain't been right since I can't play no more and then Eddie Eddie Van Halen died I'm done I'm done
@ronbeal9852 Жыл бұрын
It's 54 years later, and that second instrumental break is STILL insane. And the reason the volume control needs an 11. Greatest ever.
@anthonybarnes7545 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. So clean and straight at you! Three Guys bringing it!
@ericanderson2987 Жыл бұрын
I have Played Crossroads a LOT of Times via Loudspeakers and Headphones. And, most with me Playing Air Guitar.
@RICHBLACKCOCK Жыл бұрын
Cream of the crop!
@randyviger2863 Жыл бұрын
The first break is not too shabby either
@alexacosta2140 Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more
@garytorresani88468 ай бұрын
Let’s see. Two Jazz musicians and a blues guitarist playing at their peaks. Beautiful!!!
@chinto508 ай бұрын
at their peak????????? really…….. where you been for the last 50 years LOL..
@alanjackson271210 ай бұрын
Still amazed that just 3 musicians can produce music like this ! Jack Bruce is my favourite bass player of all time ❤
@carlmontney79165 жыл бұрын
While Clapton is outstanding on this tune, my hat is off to Jack Bruce on this song. Quite simply a killer bass effort by Bruce here. Absolute genius playing. Busy when it needs to be but never overplayed. RIP Jack
@chipurBillWhite5 жыл бұрын
As great as Clapton's solos are, Bruce and Baker hit and hold this amazing groove from the get-go. Chilling.
@kimrunic58745 жыл бұрын
@@chipurBillWhite Applause gentlemen. Great comments. You can hear in this clip the way they all lifted each other up from a player's perspective. Fantastic.
@dantana57745 жыл бұрын
in '68 I was 14: after getting that album, I convinced my parents to buy me a bass and a fender bassman amp(the big speaker cabinet) and tried to become Jack Bruce- of course I sucked, but I was so loud...shed a few tears of joy watching that-
@kevinmitchell86505 жыл бұрын
I would listen to this and rock clean out of my chair. Their soloing had amazing intensity.
@jordantheelder1985 жыл бұрын
Ginger Baker...
@Flap9992 жыл бұрын
I'm 70 now. All these years later, this music still makes my heart pound. Jack Bruce was my biggest influence playing and learning Bass. Man those were the raw days of music to be sure.
@alexmcintyre63532 жыл бұрын
Same here just my friend
@ronaldelliott43732 жыл бұрын
Still my favorite three minutes of recorded music, of any kind, since first hearing it in 68.’ Jack Bruce underneath Clapton’s fury is magic.
@dougpeters16252 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldelliott4373 I have heard this version maybe 1000 times and I'm still in complete awe of Jack Bruce's performance on this
@GaZonk1002 жыл бұрын
fark he was good...often on fretless and a great singer to boot
@johnconlon96522 жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce was a genius in my opinion. Clapton and Baker top musos.
@peregrinepickle10 ай бұрын
Imagine there are idiots who say Clapton is overrated. I'm not saying he's the best, but man, it doesn't get any better than this. His phrasing and timing is out of this world.
@andrefelixstudio28338 ай бұрын
As you can see and hear this is pure talent we will never experience this sort of thing again in our lifetime.
@raifcluster3 жыл бұрын
Cream was the perfect storm. Three of the most talented musicians of that day came together to create perfection. Their rendition of Crossroads was, in my humble opinion, the pinnacle of their work.
@jjiacobucci3 жыл бұрын
Spoonful was another Opus Magnum
@petemiller94043 жыл бұрын
then Blind Faith
@hannabaal1503 жыл бұрын
The first supergroup as I remember, it has been awhile. I agree about Crossroads, it's Clapton's magnum opus, I love it.
@larryhinze86583 жыл бұрын
No Yoko Ono to break up the band. lol
@330victor3 жыл бұрын
I agree! I heard it first and then someone told me it was a live recording. I couldn't believe it!
@USCG.Brennan Жыл бұрын
This is why they called them CREAM!!! Cream of the musical crop!!
@jeefder11 ай бұрын
some will disagree but i think this is the most famous track that eric is most famous for,still brilliant after all these years
@vernonkatz50427 ай бұрын
::Layla has entered the chat::
@davidotness61996 ай бұрын
@@vernonkatz5042 You beat me to it.
@fisherguy7196 күн бұрын
I am. I'm 77 soon. My generation. Our music.
@RobertBolduc4 жыл бұрын
RIP Ginger Baker, Oct. 6, 2019.
@Technaudio4 жыл бұрын
A year to the day after my Dad, he once played a gig with Cream, and he said 'Clapton was good, but Ginger Baker was phenomenal'
@Technaudio4 жыл бұрын
@wayne pitty yeah, it's pretty cool eh. He had quite a few brushes with fame over the years.
@bobbyensminger82674 жыл бұрын
@@Technaudio way cool Nik!! My brother graduated in '68, 7 years b4 me. Thank goodness I listened to all his good albums while he was out partying!! This jam is timeless!! May ur Dad RIP!!
@Technaudio4 жыл бұрын
@wayne pitty He was once in a band called Buttercup Jelly with a young, and loud, according to a notebook i have of his gig reviews, Dave Bartram on guitar - who went on to form Showaddywaddy. Then joined another band, Medusa with Bruce Woolley (who co wrote Video Killed The Radio Star) www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/how-classic-hit-video-killed-12645382
@scottstores68014 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they didn't show his skills or face much in this video. G, B,!
@bigalexg2 жыл бұрын
Eric's solos were so fresh and energetic back then. This live version is exploding with energy and tight as it could possibly be. What a song, what a group, what a time!
@stivklif Жыл бұрын
He had Hendrix breathing down his neck, pushing him to these creative heights. When Jimi left us it took the wind from Eric's sails
@petertimpson9378 Жыл бұрын
As great as it is live, you are not watching this audio version live as its recorded at The Winterland Ballroom in 1968.
@bigalexg Жыл бұрын
@@petertimpson9378 huh? are you seriously informing me that this isn't technically a live version because it was recorded at a live performance in 68. You left an apostrophe out of "it's" BTW. And by your logic you should have said "as great as it WAS live". By saying as great as it IS live you are making the same mistake you claim I am making.
@jegr3398 Жыл бұрын
@@bigalexg relax buddy, he was just saying that this is not the actual audio of the live performance that is shown on screen, and he's right.
@chipurBillWhite Жыл бұрын
At 68, still shaking my head and getting goose bumps.
@stephen25uk Жыл бұрын
This is music history being made right there. It's never been done better.
@psongman9536 Жыл бұрын
The bass playing by Bruce is off the charts, had to watch it over and over again!
@pageluvva Жыл бұрын
Absol agree!
@theseeker4642 Жыл бұрын
Jack was a classically trained cellist who took up the base. He's the only trained musician in Cream !
@ronlafitte6864 Жыл бұрын
This is the best performance of Crossroads ever done. I've loved it all my life!
@davidzasloff879711 ай бұрын
I've heard this cut dozens, if not hundreds, of times, and I think just now is the first time I really heard what was said about Ginger but never really got before. He's the one who really held Cream together, especially when Eric was soloing and Jack was flying around on the bass. At any given moment, Ginger's lines tied Eric and Jack together. He certainly never restricted himself to timekeeping - his lines changed moment by moment, and if hadn't done that the whole sound would have collapsed. Awesome, all of them individually and as a unit.
@joerouco6737 Жыл бұрын
The second instrumental break is the best live recording I have ever heard in my life. Perfect timing, incredible musicians...
@GMSade3 жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion, this is one of THE best live, classic rock guitar solos of all time. RIP Ginger and Jack.
@bobscholl58233 жыл бұрын
The Best. Nothing better!
@GMSade3 жыл бұрын
@@bobscholl5823 Definitely!!!!!!
@tompease88103 жыл бұрын
Totaly agree
@johncoppinger32083 жыл бұрын
The cameraman obviously didn’t agree with the rest of us .
@catkeys69113 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Clapton's lead is FLAMING hot in this song, dancing all around that blues scale like a flamenco.
@fredgrove42204 жыл бұрын
I was at the Farewell To Cream concert at The Royal Albert Hall ( London ), one of the best nights of my life, and I'm 75 now, so I've had a few nights.
@peteosinga88454 жыл бұрын
I sa a reunion performance from 2005, Eric’s leads sounded like he plays currently, not like this I like this style a lot better
@1blastman4 жыл бұрын
@@peteosinga8845 These were the years where he was a true "gunslinger" - fast fingers, raging emotions, his playing reflected the turbulent times of the 60's. Now, in his 70's, he knows how to play within himself, but doesn't have the testosterone to rip it like the old days. Hell, I'm 71 and I can appreciate that.
@peteosinga88454 жыл бұрын
1blastman true that, I suppose we morf as we age.....
@syourke34 жыл бұрын
Have you watched Beware of Mr. Baker? If not, check it out on KZbin. It’s brilliant doc on Ginger Baker. Madman genius drummer.
@rodneybrand85214 жыл бұрын
@@syourke3 ..lol..that was a great movie...so sorry he passed ..he was a great drummer i learned so much from him his rhythm was unsurpassed..Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@ericboncuk53038 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing that they ever event came together. Listening to this is phenomenal.
@riteandleft Жыл бұрын
The master at the peak of his powers. Since then his output, and the quality and breadth of his playing and writing has been nothing short of phenomenal. But the fire in his belly on that night when he played THAT solo has never been surpassed by anyone including himself. An iconic piece of rock and blues guitar history. It's frighteningly moving.
@lulsouthside6669 Жыл бұрын
Fucccc yea , its crazy to think this is from a live show , just imagine being derr seing clapton all 3 of dem going fuccin insanee ❗🤘🏽 but especially clapton just imagine seing him up on dat stage on fuccing fire making history pumpin out one of if not the best guitar solo ever 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽❗❗💪🏽💪🏽
@midnightrambler40042 жыл бұрын
The single greatest live rock performance ever
@skrafty146502 жыл бұрын
I must agree!
@divad111352 Жыл бұрын
Agreed! My favorite.
@hanshansen99352 жыл бұрын
The 2nd guitar solo is absolutly crazy. Evrybody seems to play on its own, but it all fits together. Three masters, kicks since over 50 years ...
@giannibiancocircus2 жыл бұрын
That's the real thing
@dannym53457 ай бұрын
Jack and Ginger are totally in sync with each other
@thomasgoodisson8877 Жыл бұрын
It doesn’t get much better than this.
@user-fg4fr2bz5y6 ай бұрын
Iam 79 now and still love this power trio along with Jeff Beck who I saw live at the old Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.😮
@davidsomerset84114 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the most talented groups ever.
@ouz34074 жыл бұрын
@Golfing Guy man they are all so unique by all means why overrated?
@bidhanpradhan16924 жыл бұрын
@@snowbird3067 different time n genre asshole.(u must b a disco prick).
@josephrincon99474 жыл бұрын
Individually Cream is unmatched!!
@marlinshanklin18554 жыл бұрын
Underrated to people that don't know good music.
@franckmarronier1304 жыл бұрын
Do u know bif flo et goli ?
@Yavor54 Жыл бұрын
This was the defining moment for Cream. Holy Hell. This launched a million guitar slingers and I'm of them!
@BST-lm4po7 ай бұрын
And Clapton was only 22-23 years old in this performance!
@johnboxall27736 ай бұрын
One of my favourite songs of all time cream at there best.
@larryklawiter916810 ай бұрын
After Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes, and occasional bursts of passion, Clapton became a technician-writing tasteful blues/pop, rarely showing the inspired playing of his early days. This stuff was so great!
@harrycrocker44705 ай бұрын
What do you think changed his style
@pjcurtis24762 жыл бұрын
Both of Eric´s. solos are things of beauty...his second solo must be one of the greatest ever in Rock!
@russberry32402 жыл бұрын
You no have the drummer, you no have the band….
@Schlissel Жыл бұрын
right on compare my comments above. great minds like ours, think alike: "on the second break, the man lost contact with earth! He took off to realms hitherto unvisited, unknown. He blasts off and takes us with him, a glad and privileged bunch shaking their heads-- not in time but in wonder. It has lost NONE of its power, edge, force or fury. "
@SidLaw5003 жыл бұрын
Clapton's first solo is the ultimate "set up" solo for the 2nd one, one of the most sublime moments in rock-n-roll history!
@garyhoronzy37103 жыл бұрын
It was good back then and fucken good now.
@sebvet48363 жыл бұрын
Tesco
@hannabaal1503 жыл бұрын
He knows exactly where's he's going and he gets there in excellent time because he just takes flight in his solo.
@adammoondust86583 жыл бұрын
I've been playing it for 35 years and I still can't get enough.
@hugowiberg18432 жыл бұрын
The trio hit a synergy in the 2nd solo; a fugue state.
@Scarlett-mv7xj12 күн бұрын
I am 68 and in the 70 there was a radio show starting with this tune, at 4 oclock in the afternoon. Unforgetable !! Chicken skin still.......
@danielmenefee194327 күн бұрын
I am! Watching and listening I saw them live in Houston in 1969 probably the greatest three man group in history -3 superstar$
@coryroberts75192 жыл бұрын
I know I'm preachin' to the choir.... but this is pure magic! Unbelievably good, each player in the zone and KILLIN' it! Love me some Cream!!
@RobertWCox-sj3qk Жыл бұрын
The Choir never gets tired of it cuz' it is the Truth !!!!!
@steveburke7934 Жыл бұрын
Boy you sure got that right brother. Great words ! You have a way with em! Thank you !
@grantross2609 Жыл бұрын
the choir aren't goin away in a hurry & there are new members joinin all the time !
@chriserdmann2477 Жыл бұрын
Just pure baby.
@stephenoleary490411 ай бұрын
Absolutel pure rock n roll!!!!
@guitarmike11255 жыл бұрын
This track NEVER fails to blow me away as it has done since I bought "Wheels Of Fire" album in 1968, aged 19.
@markmoran79445 жыл бұрын
I am with you...bought it in '68 and I was 19 also! (Now 70)! I used to practice my drumming to the albums 'Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears & Wheels of Fire'.
@dennisnajarian53515 жыл бұрын
Same with me. I was 14.
@georgemaynard76045 жыл бұрын
Got to say me too! Great great song and untouchable guitar work. Nice sidebar: they gave credit to Robert Johnson, the writer of the song. Many groups from that era, didn't give credit to the old Bluesmen that wrote a lot of those songs.
@sunshinenblues5 жыл бұрын
@@georgemaynard7604 that's spot on, but unavoidably because blues genre was long before our time. i was also 18 in '68 and had the greatest time of all!
@carlswilling88585 жыл бұрын
In 1968 i just turned 16 my 1st car and 1st 8 track
@deborahbeswick13963 ай бұрын
Loved them! 73 now and would not trade when I grew for anything! Saw their farewell tour and still have my ticket stub. I knew I was listening and seeing rock history. Love love love.
@AlanETaylor-xv7csАй бұрын
I saw them live at the Redcar Jazz club. I was 20/21 incredible. There were bands every Sunday The Who, Free, Yes, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac and more. The local band Government had David Coverdale on vocals the rest is history.
@terrybane62063 жыл бұрын
Note to grand kids: THIS is why paw paw can't hear anymore.
@hoffy10033 жыл бұрын
O yeah !!!
@robertcoates68003 жыл бұрын
But it was worth it.
@terrybane62063 жыл бұрын
@@robertcoates6800 Every minute of it......I'd do it all again.
@hoffy10033 жыл бұрын
@@robertcoates6800 Damn straight
@Finglesham2 жыл бұрын
Worth it but get some hearing aids. I have.!
@treetoppa83882 жыл бұрын
The fact that Clapton was this good over 50 years ago is mind boggling. He was at a level even then that is unattainable to most people and he was only 23 when this album was released.
@ktd92 жыл бұрын
Well said !!!!!
@JackSquat54 Жыл бұрын
Eric was a virtuoso musician at that time but older guys could not see that through the volume and the frenzied pace they kept.
@stratocaster539 Жыл бұрын
classic stuff and classic performance, loved it for 50 years and till the day I die.
@g049226 ай бұрын
one technical and with feeling guitarist, one amazingly talented and fast bassist, and one volatile jazz inspired drummer... making a huge sound that would take 4 or five artists today to fill. Still unmatched today.
@michaelsoltero71165 ай бұрын
Clapton is overrated
@jordangraf673 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the most incredible performances of all time. That guitar solo is unbelievable. The bassline and the drums are tight too.
@dcfire2222 Жыл бұрын
You bet! Better than the shit today!
@dcfire2222 Жыл бұрын
Baker rocks!
@lulsouthside6669 Жыл бұрын
@@dcfire2222 FUCCCC YEA ❗❗❗🤘🏽 LONG LIVE BAKER ND BRUCE 🤘🏽💯
@Zapple78 ай бұрын
55 yrs later and still exactly the same level of genius today as then, REAL music 🎶 by REAL musicians 👌🎸🥁🎸🎼🎵🎶
@kennyschachat4 ай бұрын
Yes! I shame that the camera man didn't capture more of Clapton's playing...
@steveflam87865 жыл бұрын
Best Crossroads version there is.
@crossroadsheavener75992 жыл бұрын
That footage is from the Farewell Concert in the Royal Albert Hall, in Nov. `68. The track was recorded in Mar., San Fran. Killer anyway you put it!
@EC_IS_Here Жыл бұрын
My most iconic performance and solo ever, absolutely hands down. the CREAM of the crop..Its no coincidence the name
@lifetimes2983Ай бұрын
My first concert in Los Angeles on their Goodbye Tour. Just a kid -$6.50 / 2nd level/3rd row back. Deep Purple opened...Great show. Then just three guys came on next called CREAM and just tore the place up. I had to listen to this tune several times over the years before I could concentrate separately on Jack then Ginger and then Eric to see how monstrous these guys were in power, skill and precision. A rock symphony still to this day at my 70th year. How lucky we all were to witness CREAM in the live !!!
@DrKnow-ye6rv2 жыл бұрын
The greatest set ever played. Two Jazzmen and a blues guitar player. The anti-band. 3 musical phenoms at the height of their powers. Each riffing and creating individually, yet in harmony. We will never see their like again.
@RocketKirchner2 жыл бұрын
greatest trio ever.
@ashsol26572 жыл бұрын
@@RocketKirchner Emerson , Lake , Palmer ?
@wiseonwords2 жыл бұрын
@Wayne Green - Rush who? Nope, Cream were the best rock trio ever!
@wiseonwords2 жыл бұрын
@Andy Butler - In your mind it is!
@jeffreykaramazov2 жыл бұрын
@Andy Butler de gustibus…
@GTX11234 жыл бұрын
This ranks up there as one of the greatest solos of all time. To be able to solo that long with that kind of articulation without repeating the exact same licks over and over but doing two and three variations of the same lick and phrasing, pulling it all together while being cognizant of building momentum throughout the solo to the very end is just phenomenal. Clapton was a true guitar pioneer.
@anthonymaccherone4 жыл бұрын
And it was all worked out. Eric practiced all his solos.
@IHaggs074 жыл бұрын
Anthony Maccherone No, it wasn’t worked out. All of his solos were completely improvised.
@marcweeks91784 жыл бұрын
It might surprise you to know that Clapton himself said he messed up during this solo by coming in on the wrong beat at some point. I'm not knowledgeable enough to hear when exactly he did it, because it sounds great to me
@valerieworboyes3744 жыл бұрын
@@IHaggs07 correct
@valerieworboyes3744 жыл бұрын
@@marcweeks9178 yeah
@1949jcm Жыл бұрын
Perfection maybe the best live recording ever these 3 musical giants playing of one another each one pushing their band mates to ever higher levels . What a cocktail of musical genius these 3 were , timeless
@beepbeepnj2658 Жыл бұрын
It's not a live recording you can hear a few edits, all live albums are fake or doctored up in the studio.
@thomasmcgrath84594 ай бұрын
You gotta love that 55 years later, teen guitarists are still learning this solo - it's core curriculum for every aspiring rock player.
@colinbayliss8564 жыл бұрын
All three of them at their absolute best! Pure genius.
@orianarodriguez23724 жыл бұрын
Eso es futuro
@jeffdoyle47033 жыл бұрын
A lot of people didn't think they liked the Blues. Then they heard Cream.
@hannesvanaarde85145 ай бұрын
2024 and I was watching.In 68 I was 6 years old!
@southerngraceglamour7 ай бұрын
This blows my fucking mind every time. I’ve watched this countless times and I am still gobsmacked by that second solo. It’s so fucking good. And that bass. It’s so bouncy and just makes my ears happy. I’ve also consumed mushrooms and it makes music even better 😂💀
@Andrewkafp6 ай бұрын
I tried listening while eating mushroon soup... Sounded the same😢
@spacechild814 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Ginger Baker one of the best drummers ever ...
@donkloos90784 жыл бұрын
The best! My favorite
@Bix124 жыл бұрын
Absolutely killer rock drummer.....every time some teeny bopper starts in on how incredible Bonzo was, I wait patiently for them to finish and say "Be that as it may, he weren't no Ginger Baker..."
@charlessmith67772 жыл бұрын
"One of the best", no the best ever. In my opinion Ginger Baker is only the second best drummer there ever was. Everybody else claims to be the best.
@CharlesAAnnen-rh4mk2 жыл бұрын
Unequivocally the greatest rock band that ever graced the world with their talent . RIP Jack , Ginger...... Thankyou for those brief years .....
@etiennevanonselen794911 күн бұрын
Brilliance...we were fortunate, to live in the era of incomparable original and truly gifted artists and musicians...a plethora of excellence, namaste'
@user-jt4jq4yn4s2 ай бұрын
Grew up playing power trio Cream and Hendrix at 18. I'm 74 now and still love this music and still play it occasionally. Jack Bruce one of the greatest bassist ever.
@ulliel_3 жыл бұрын
52 YEARS ago and still unmatched. Legends.
@robertnagy21633 жыл бұрын
No Crap! These three gave birth to hordes of guitar and drum players. I learned everything Eric played...put the records on 16RPM and pulled out each note. To this day, I still play their songs. Bravo!
@ulliel_3 жыл бұрын
@@robertnagy2163 right on!
@edwardcoit97483 жыл бұрын
Wrong. The following year Cream would be surpassed by Led Zeppelin.
@Yavor543 жыл бұрын
@@edwardcoit9748 Indeed Zep was amazing. These guys were just the first... and Eric still cranks out music to this day.
@davkarshobby24683 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing the math for me. No calculators were needed back then but none were needed. A simpler time when musicians could relax and enjoy their groupies.
@ristosan3 жыл бұрын
This is the Cream live masterpiece - the second solo part from 2:25 to 3:25 when all three of them take a solo at the same time while yet playing seamlessly together has amazed me since I first heard the Wheels of Fire album
@richardhoner78423 жыл бұрын
YES. 3 solos simultaneously. I couldn't figure this out way back then but now I get it. I have always thought Cream to be the greatest band ever. Most talent ever.
@danielmersch67173 жыл бұрын
Pure Magic
@albertschepis2 жыл бұрын
Well put. I actually hadn't put that together but you're right. Only they could do that so seamlessly, powerfully and yet be so tight. They were so good together, musically.
@MrJaysee4Ай бұрын
I saw Cream so many times in the 60s mostly at local venues behind pubs such as The Cooks Ferry Inn - The Blues Rooms at The Angel Edmonton and Manor House. And at their farewell concert at The Royal Albert Hall. Totally Amazing
@AdrianoPedrasPreciosas10 ай бұрын
Viva o rock
@user-iw6gk9zs5v9 ай бұрын
ФОРЕВО...
@GH-oi2jf5 ай бұрын
This is blues.
@DarinHendra5 ай бұрын
@@GH-oi2jf Blues Rock. 1968 Eric, Jack and Ginger
@debraleighscott4 ай бұрын
I wish the video showed more of Ginger's drumming.
@uddielad Жыл бұрын
All 3 were brilliant. Clapton’s phrasing, technique, and tone here are astonishing. Legend.
@bluefen Жыл бұрын
Has it been bettered since?
@ktd92 жыл бұрын
No mistakes….everything perfect….no re-dubs….no added drum tracks…..Eric's playing is beyond words….beyond words…..❤️🥰😍🎁🎁🙏
@fernandofernandes23033 ай бұрын
Perfect😂🎉
@tomgat63143 ай бұрын
And thinking the studio overdubbing in live concerts were so normal back then
@radioactive98615 ай бұрын
Cream...slightly before my time, but, SO. DAMN. GOOD. So glad I grew up in the '70's listening to '60's and '70's rock....
@Steve-jq4st3 ай бұрын
The people who knock Eric’s playing today need to hear what he was doing more than 50 years ago. The fact that he is still playing at all let alone to the standard he is performing is a tribute to his greatness.
@peterblack16392 жыл бұрын
In my opinion this was the crowning moment for Clapton. Not John Mayhalls Blues Breakers, Not Blind Faith, not Derrick And The Dominos or any of his solo work. CREAM with the other members never got to equal that again...
@johnnyd632 жыл бұрын
It's Mayall and Derek.Rock Illiteracy running rampant on the internet.
@sd312632 жыл бұрын
Nope. Clapton peaked with Mayall (pronounced "Mail.") Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton was the best LP he ever did.
@philipduncan93122 жыл бұрын
Damn straight Peter .... this was the best!
@jimmartin18032 жыл бұрын
To each his own
@peters74792 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@josephullman15262 жыл бұрын
The thing about Clapton that makes him timeless is it just isn’t about shredding. It’s not just speed. It’s tasteful. It’s music. He hits his rhythms perfectly. He never screws up and never has to vamp or rescue himself.
@Brabdog2 жыл бұрын
Ginger Baker said once that the thing that made Clapton great was his timing.
@MrMjp582 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. What seems straightforward [a blues solo], is fraught with musical difficulties in reality. Thousands do it quite well, or very well. There is only one Eric Clapton.
@granthurlburt40622 жыл бұрын
Precisely .Mpst shredding is mechanical noise to me. I easily listen to this over and over and am lifted up repeatedly at the same points in Eric s solo. I love how Gingers hi-hat accentuates Claptons bend of (the A string?) the main riff. Jack prob. helps out there too
@lennyluzitano89202 жыл бұрын
The word which describes the type of playing is "melodic"... complimenting..variations of timing and different types of "Melody movement"...ascending .. descending..alternating..in varied mathematical patterns...=MELODIC"...Yes my good friend...Like you said "TASTEFUL"...VS..Predictable BORING FINGER TAPPING ARPPEGIOS...
@carlcushmanhybels81592 жыл бұрын
Eric "Slow Hand" Clapton.
@user-ed3ct9hi3u7 ай бұрын
One of the greatest rock solos -- even more amazing that it was performed live. Amazing.
@cheryl93899 ай бұрын
Secret of great music 🎶... It still sounds great 👍👍👍
@clarkbowen9882 Жыл бұрын
I was so fortunate to see Cream twice in the late sixties. Small venues, great acoustics, wonderful shows. My ex-wife and I are still blown away by what we saw and heard. Our oldest kids(54 & 53) love Cream, Jimi and LZ. Pass it on to the next generation people.
@RobertWCox-sj3qk Жыл бұрын
I saw them do this tune in Chicago summer of '68, can not even imagine listening and seeing them in a small venue !!!! I saw Bruce Cockburn in a two different small venues 3 times in Chicago in '78 '80 and 84,but can not imagine Cream in those joints !!!
@greghilbers4697 Жыл бұрын
The summer of 1968 was the apex of rock and roll singles . I was 16 then and would keep my radio on all night so I wouldn’t miss any songs, even asleep!
@svenzia Жыл бұрын
I was born 2 years later and i picked up the guitar at 11- Clapton and the amazing band Cream still sounds fresh. This version is beyond good. Cheers older man :)
@sandsoftime1954 Жыл бұрын
I always slept with one ear open.
@anzacman54 ай бұрын
Yeah we ate and drunk and breathed these songs. Like the song at the time there was "something in the air" (Thunderclap NEwman).
@princevultan6589 Жыл бұрын
I was 7 years old when I first heard this tune and as a drummer I was mesmerized. I wanted to play like Ginger Baker from that moment on. After several years I realized the world already had Ginger Baker, it didn’t need two. So I used his influence, and that of many others, and made my own style. But thank you Cream, The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath (and too many more to list.) for all the inspiration.
@mikeodonnell91994 ай бұрын
I was in Viet Nam in 68' When I first heard this. I bought the Album while on R&R in Hong Kong.
@gerry3435 жыл бұрын
Over 50yrs old and still sends shivers down my back!
@4s2work5 жыл бұрын
67yrs old and still sends shivers down my back and I STILL can't get enough
@FRANKSNAKE715 жыл бұрын
I'm 67 and still listen to this song repeatedly, along with Badge, sunshine of your love and White Room. Doesn't get much better.
@ericgenrey51575 жыл бұрын
Likewise;over 70 years old!...
@grahampfielding38554 жыл бұрын
@@ericgenrey5157 Me too 74 years old.
@cobbler404 жыл бұрын
Me too
@davidallmond55982 жыл бұрын
It don't get better than this. 3 great musicians at their peak complimenting one another. Killer bass line
@jannic_546 ай бұрын
The best BBC = CREAM! Baker(RIP), Bruce(RIP) and Clapton. CREAM fan forever ☮️❤️🎸
@petergedd93302 күн бұрын
Go on Ginger Jack Eric, give it some!! Thanks for this, nice to see the original for a change.