One of the great guitar solos of it's era. Clapton does not repeat a riff. Perfectly structured.
@Peter7966 Жыл бұрын
Crossroads is Cream's rocked-up version of an old Robert Johnson blues classic, recored by Robert back in the 1930s. The story, now myth, is Robert was supposed to have sold his soul to the devil at a place where two roads intersect... the crossroads. You should listen to the old Robert Johnson version. There's something haunting about his guitar playing and vocals. Robert was an extraordinary talent who seemed to capture some of the strange magic of Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the blues.
@erikahlander3489 Жыл бұрын
There is also a movie named "Crossroad" about Robert Johnson and the contract with the devil. The devil's guitar player is made by Steve Vai.
@Noelle0026 Жыл бұрын
The original Crossroads is definitely a deep classic blues song seeped in Mississippi Delta blues hauntingly by Robert Johnson.
@jamescox4231 Жыл бұрын
Check out Allman Brothers version of this classic tune.
@metaphoria3 Жыл бұрын
@@erikahlander3489with the karate kid?
@erikahlander3489 Жыл бұрын
@@metaphoria3 Yes!
@skydog6376 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce (bass,singer) Eric Clapton (guitarist,singer) Ginger Baker (drums) These guys were total fire !
@mikemicrael5749 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of total fire, don't forget your namesake, Duane Allman. Everything Duane touched was gold! They can always play some Allman Brothers Band. They're on a fantastic journey that's fun to watch. Thanks!
@skydog6376 Жыл бұрын
@@mikemicrael5749 …He’s my favorite guitarist…..the tone of his guitar was incredible 🍑🎸 The whole Allman Brothers Band was a cast of Master Musicians …everyone of them were phenomenal at what they did ✌️….. I recommend You Don’t Love Me…from their Fillmore East Album….I’m hopeful these guys will react to it…it’s a 19+ minute jam of 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@barrycohen311 Жыл бұрын
@@skydog6376 You Don’t Love Me- Great Song. Along with 'Done Somebody Wrong.' That entire album is totally sick.
@skydog6376 Жыл бұрын
@@barrycohen311 …The Fillmore East Album is preserved in the Library of Congress That album is total jamfest ….great live shows
@casedismissed8581 Жыл бұрын
yo "skydog" ever imagine jack and duane hooking up?? GOOD LORD!!
@AliasMark69 Жыл бұрын
"Cream" - A British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. The name came because they were considered to be the Cream of musical talent.
@smanticus Жыл бұрын
“That wasn’t a regular guitar solo. That was definitely above average.” 😂 hell yeah, dude. It’s literally considered one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded. I love your response. You knew you just heard something special
@bobconklin7159 Жыл бұрын
Part of the unique sound of Cream was Ginger Baker, a jazz drummer at heart.
@John_Chu Жыл бұрын
Eric Clapton's iconic guitar solo is a master class on phrasing and how to mix major and minor pentatonic scales over a classic 1-4-5 blues progression. This is probably one of the most copied solos of all time and was a HUGE influence on almost all rock/blues guitar players. This from Clapton: "It’s so funny, this,” Clapton says. “I’ve always had that held up as like, ‘This is one of the great landmarks of guitar playing.’ But most of that solo is on the wrong beat. Instead of playing on the two and the four, I’m playing on the one and the three and thinking, ‘That’s the off beat.’ No wonder people think it’s so good-because it’s f**ing wrong.” The second solo is even better. Scorching, playing that made Clapton a legend. Monumental.
@jaimedrum Жыл бұрын
Jack bruce is often regarded as one of the finest bass players in rock history
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Scotland's genius
@retromom5421 Жыл бұрын
The first Supergroup!! The Brits loved the blues! Clapton's nickname is Slow-hand. And for a while in the 70s, "god", lower case. If you ever see Clapton play, which I did about 40 years ago in Philly, he's called Slow-hand because those notes are jamming and you can't see the hand moving. Amazing! Which begets the 2nd nickname, god.
@fjpapp7952 Жыл бұрын
Guys, this was 1966! Clapton in front of a live audience playing a 335 through a Marshal amp with absolutely no effects. And singing while doing it. It was earth shattering at the time.
@jimbro5223 Жыл бұрын
The were a short lived band but left a big legacy in music. The lead guitarist and singer was the great Eric Clapton.
@dickcnormis1444 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce also sings lead
@jeffk.9075 Жыл бұрын
It's hard to say there was a stand out lead singer. Jack and Eric traded off so effortlessly most people are unaware Sunshine of Your Love is a duet.
@oldmanwalking8561 Жыл бұрын
Recently on Alice Cooper’s radio show he said, “Cream was selling out every show, their albums were flying out the door, so why not break up?” He couldn’t understand it.
@CoolCoyote Жыл бұрын
good job getting to this 1, classic tune, its rock blues, great blues
@Unclesmokey314 Жыл бұрын
That second solo is just IT!! The bass covering the back beat is just nuts!!!
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce was a magician on the bass one of the best Scotland's genius RIP jack
@anthonyblakely399 Жыл бұрын
Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist, although Clapton and Baker contributed to songs.
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Incredible how fast the 3 of them are playing Jack Bruce's bass playing is off the radar
@jessisanchez8150 Жыл бұрын
Eric Clapton's time in Cream was legendary, Sunshine of Your Love has one of the best riffs of all time
@davescurry69 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce was actually the one who came up with that riff.
@glenthompson83539 ай бұрын
up s down s the blues
@stephenmichael8837 Жыл бұрын
Saw this band in Columbus Ohio May 1968. What a show! 3 superstars together. Dave Workman a hometown guitar genius opened. One in a lifetime stuff. They learned from Muddy Waters Howlin Wolf Buddy Guy Willie Dixon. Blues by black artists had been here all the time it took British Rockers to introduce it to us. We listened and the rest is history.
@jjflash1645 Жыл бұрын
Sunshine of Your Love, another must listen to song by Cream.
@MamawT65 Жыл бұрын
Cream was a British rock band! Eric Clapton the guitarist has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame 3 times For Cream , The Yardbirds, and solo career
@MrTech226 Жыл бұрын
Eric Clapton had a guitar festival called Crossroads Guitar Festival played at different locations until one was held at Dallas in 2019. Eric also helped to establish rehabilitation place named Crossroads Centre located at Caribbean Islands: Antigua and Barbuda. Money raised from the festival are used for the Centre.
@ianhepplewhite83343 ай бұрын
Bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker were from a jazz background and had played together previously in a jazz quartet, whereas Clapton came from a blues background, so the trios ended up playing blues & rock but also playing a lot of improvisation like in jazz.
@frankcastle52945 ай бұрын
Every decade of rock has 1 or 2 bands that not only change the course of music history but have a sound and style so unique it is endlessly mimicked. Cream was one of these bands in the 60's. And the Clapton solos on this performance was the absolute zenith of his skills and abilities.
@vedantapdx Жыл бұрын
they were all from England. Their idols and music dreams came from the US, but Jack Bruce was a classically trained bassist, Ginger Baker was the most famous drummer in England who went and lived in Africa to learn percussions and drum rhythms. Clapton, obviously was the best blues guitarist in England, best friend of the Beatles and was brought in to work on some of their music. Cream was all English guys, but they too the US by storm with their hard rock blues show in the 60's.
@KekeElBecko2 ай бұрын
Ah, Jack Bruce was Scottish, so best to describe them as British.
@itsmadfar Жыл бұрын
The iconic Cream, one of the landing vessels of the British invasion, featuring the great Eric Clapton guys!! In his early years. He venerated the blues. I strongly suggest you take a deep dive into Cream and all songs Eric Clapton.
@conrod76 ай бұрын
A top British rock band covering a classic American blues song - fantastic skill
@gregcable3250 Жыл бұрын
At the time, they were together in 1967, Eric Clapton was asked by a reporter, "What kind of music do you play?" He said: "Blues, ancient and modern". Yep.
@sidstewart7399 Жыл бұрын
In the early 80s I was learning the bass aged 14. I then heard this and it changed everything for me. I remember ripping my headphones off in shock
@sonnytavares2006 Жыл бұрын
Eric Clapton in my humble opinions one of the best musicians to sing and play blues.
@Bosnbabe Жыл бұрын
Amen
@sue08401 Жыл бұрын
That was live recorded on tape. The name Cream because each was considered the best musician on their instrument- hence Cream of the Crop
@bcl5105 Жыл бұрын
This is a cover of the great Robert Johnson the KING of the Mississippi Delta Blues, highly influential.
@artbagley1406 Жыл бұрын
Cream was one of the British Invasion bands of the 1960s and early 1970s; others were The Animals, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones, and many more. The Brits (and other European bands) brought the Classic Black Blues of the 1920s-1940s back to the U.S. but they had ELECTRIFIED THE BLUES; the "bedraggled, beat-down" blues lyrics can still be enjoyed and sympathized with, but the faster and louder beat was primary. The BLUES live on with an assist from these Europeans. A whole new generation, several generations actually, have relished the amplified, juiced-up BLUES! Long live The Blues!! Eric Clapton was the guitarist, Jack Bruce on bass, and Ginger Baker on the drum kit.
@bigkw1568 Жыл бұрын
Amazing .... The Southern Blues reached across the pond and sucked them in ... Clapton loved the Southern sound ...
@joniarmel7308 Жыл бұрын
I was 13. Rock and Blues. What a time for music .
@tedschmidt3288 Жыл бұрын
Cream was the first power trio out of England that had a true standout lead guitarist. This is the band that made Eric Clapton a big name on the FM radio stations. The best music was heard either on FM stations, college stations or the record/head shops back then. Their most popular song, Sunshine of your Love, at that time broke some sexual lyrical barriers. This band was a huge influence to many bands that came after.
@richiewest7495 Жыл бұрын
Blues Rock at its best. An old blues song.
@MH-fb5krАй бұрын
gut-wrenching guitar work… thanks to Cream
@billadkins5150 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce is killing the bass!
@shawnyoung8752 Жыл бұрын
Saw a BBC doc about Cream. Jack Bruce was sent to a symphoy place at 14. They made him play? Oboi. Or a boring thing. They sent everyone home but made him write a concert? He did it. Or was it a freanch horn?
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce Scotland's genius what a beautiful bass player he was his voice live was outstanding
@bert0522 Жыл бұрын
I saw them in 1968 in St. Louis at the Kiel Opera house. I was 14 and my first concert. Jim
@JohnMckinney-l3u4 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce is a genius Scotland is extremely proud
@Starriddin Жыл бұрын
The Crossroads Festival in Clarksville, MS (home of Muddy Watters and Eric Johnson) has witnessed many appearances of Eric Clapton and other great Blues artists paying tribute to the origins of blues music!!! The title of this song is homage to the Mississippi Delta blues area!!!! The Crossroads (two local Highways) being where Eric Johnson allegedly sold his soul to be able to play the blue music the way he did.
@scottblakey1603 Жыл бұрын
Robert Johnson wrote this in the thirties. These boys were early twenties Englishmen contemporary with the Beatles. Lead guitarist and vocalist Eric Clapton was George Harrison's best friend.
@WMalven Жыл бұрын
Cream is a British band and the song was written by the great Robert Johnson. Eric Clapton was first the featured guitarist in the Yardbirds (1963-1965) - a very successful British pop/rock band, famous for the fact that they had in their membership over the years, the three greatest rock guitarists of the era, Eric Clapton, followed by Jimmy Page, followed by Jeff Beck. After the yardbirds, Clapton joined the John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. It was during this time that the famous graffiti, "CLAPTON IS GOD," first appeared. He left John Mayall after one year and went on to for the band Cream with Ginger Baker (a well established jazz/rock drummer) and Jack Bruce ( a we'll known bassist and songwriter), both of whom had been members of the Graham Bond Organisation. After Cream broke up, Clapton formed the group Blind Faith with Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood (keyboards, guitars, vocals, songwriting - formerly with the Spencer Davis Group, and the jazz-rock band, Traffic) and Rich Grech ( bassist, formerly with the band Family). This band lasted about 7 months. By this time Clapton had tired of the hard rock scene and joined a folk/roots rock band, Delaney, Bonnie and Friends. He also began writing songs and performing with many different bands. After Delaney and releasing his first solo album, "Eric Clapton," and still seeking to evade the public spotlight, he joined with Duane Allman, keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Ladle, and drummer Jim Gordon to form Derek and the Dominoes. After that Clapton pursued a solo career as well as performing with a myriad of big named artists.
@mitzifrancis9843 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fascinating history!
@davescurry69 Жыл бұрын
It was Beck who came after Clapton. Page first joined the Yardbirds as the bass player when bassist Paul Samwell-Smith left. Soon after that he and guitarist Chris Dreja swapped instruments and for a brief period, the Yardbirds had both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page as guitarists.
@WMalven Жыл бұрын
@@davescurry69 You're right, my bad. That's what I get for going from memory without double-checking.
@davescurry69 Жыл бұрын
@@WMalven All cool.
@bobblethreadgill4463 Жыл бұрын
Power trio to the MAX... hell'uva jam session and inspiration for lots of musicians thereafter... Hell Yeah Eric Clapton guitar Jack Bruce. Bass Ginger Baker drums
@normanmiller604 Жыл бұрын
Crossroads by Robert Johnston was THE song. This was most people's introduction to the blues. Arguably the most famous blues song of all time. Cream were English. English bands brought the blues back to an unenlightened white population in America.
@susansoto9965 Жыл бұрын
Love this song one of the best rock song ever really great 😊
@paulprendergast3184 Жыл бұрын
Song is an old Robert Johnson. Band is possibly the first super group. Ginger Baker on drums, Jack Bruce on bass and vocals and Eric Clapton on guitar and vocals.
@daviddragavon7555 Жыл бұрын
Cross roads was the first solo that put an electric chill up my spine. Robert Johnson was OG. Eric Clapton"s first love is the blues. He trained in it, played in blues bands when he first started out. They were from England. American Blues was a huge influence on English rock. Led Zeppelin, anyone? Jack Bruce did amazing work on bass!
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce Scotland's genius
@frankbudge25009 ай бұрын
Ginger Baker, drums, Jack Bruce, Bass, Eric Clapton, Guitar. Three hugely talented musicians, each one of if not the best of their kind then and now. Formed in the UK and set out to change the view of both Rock and Blues - they succeeded. Neither Rock nor Blues was seen in the same light after they hit the scene.
@custardflan Жыл бұрын
Chronology of Clapton's career -- John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Derek and the Dominoes and then solo.
@TexasMagnolia Жыл бұрын
A must! Cream - White Room
@jove711 Жыл бұрын
Rolling Stone All-time Greatest Guitarist, Bassist, Drummer #2, #4, #3 - Jack Bruce bass - Listen to solo work
@detroitlady7201 Жыл бұрын
Cream was considered 1st supergroup as all 3 were legends already!
@alansmith7626 Жыл бұрын
THIS is why I Love reacts, they have no idea they listening to Eric Clapton on guitar!! Beautiful!
@midnitesunblues Жыл бұрын
Eric Clapton, no slouch with the guitar himself, said that Stevie Ray Vaughan was an open channel, that the music flowed through him. Eric was part of the big show Aug 26, 27, 1990 at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin along with SRV, the night Stevie boarded that helicopter that went down.
@eeddrums9008 Жыл бұрын
this is a master class of a walking bass line by Jack Bruce
@bobbymcbay1586 Жыл бұрын
That's all I hear when this one comes on
@Unclesmokey314 Жыл бұрын
that bass needed a cig, a dab, a massage, and some counseling after that THOROUGH fingering.... lol
@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Жыл бұрын
But it stumbled and fell
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce Scotland's genius what a beautiful bass player he was fantastic musicianship
@markallan5484 Жыл бұрын
They speeded it up, and played it LOUD. My first concert. I was still vibrating a week later.
@cre8tivone Жыл бұрын
“White Room” and “Sunshine of your love” are must listens of Cream! You will especially like Ginger Bakers drum work. Love your reactions
@retromom5421 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Guys give these songs a listen, please.
@suesebree8670 Жыл бұрын
I love BADGE.........
@rodneyhearne3405 Жыл бұрын
The young British musicians of the 1960's really embraced the blues and reinvented the sound. Cream was one of many British groups that embraced the blues. There were many like the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Traffic, John Mayall, The Animals, Ten Years After and so on. I was 14 when I saw Cream in Sacramento. Incredible night of music. Nice reaction to a super group from that era.
@musicairplanes4884 Жыл бұрын
Heavily influenced by blues greats like Howlin Wolf.
@coonshine1 Жыл бұрын
That's a very British interpertation of the blues but it ain't what we call the blues stateside. Not even close
@musicairplanes4884 Жыл бұрын
@@coonshine1 Blues based Rock.
@davescurry69 Жыл бұрын
The bass player was the great Jack Bruce, who was also the band's principal songwriter and lead vocalist, although not on this one. Bruce is generally regarded in the top 2 or 3 bassists in rock history. He was also proficient on harmonica, cello and piano among others.
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Scotland's genius RIP jack
@MicheleJane Жыл бұрын
"Guitar Solo definitely above average!" Dude, you're hearing Mr. Eric Clapton. It's so cool to hear young people's reactions!
@richarddanford8110 Жыл бұрын
Hey guys, the "Crossroads" solo was and is considered to be the greatest rock solo of the rock genre based on a blues/jazz format. Clapton was Van Halen's MAIN guitar influence when he growing up. I spoke with him briefly. This was his comment to me personally.
@marymargaretmoore9034 Жыл бұрын
Robert Johnson cover. Cream was the first power trio, psychedelic/blues/rock band from this era. They are British. Eric Clapton on lead guitar. Jack Bruce on bass. Ginger Baker on drums.
@michaelvaristo989 Жыл бұрын
Cream changed everything in music. Power trio. Everything came after them. Clapton is God was a favorite slogan back then.
@757optim Жыл бұрын
Discovering that rock is born of the blues. Uh huh. Cream was the first super group - a group formed with members from other successful bands. Jack Bruce on bass, Ginger Baker on drums, and the guy considered the best blues guitarist in England.
@donkloos9078 Жыл бұрын
It is funny to watch their heads Bob up and down together for 4 minutes!
@johnprendergast1338 Жыл бұрын
The Cream was the real deal in the 60's
@donkunes8630 Жыл бұрын
The Cross Roads is where ' Robert Johnson. sold his soul to the devil ' in exchange for his magical blues ability, Eric Clapton , Jack Bruce , bass , vocals, Ginger Baker , drums ( introduced the double bass drums)
@donstevenson3211 Жыл бұрын
Loved the look on your faces when Jack Bruce says, "Eric Clapton on the vocal".
@MCBxlx61 Жыл бұрын
If you like this, you're gonna like everything these guys did. They, like Zeppelin, Beatles, and the stones, were a gathering of genius musicians. There were more insanely great bands, as you know, but these were the best of the best.
@daviddelarosa7420 Жыл бұрын
Cream < England based band. Ginger Baker , drummer, always considered himself a jazz drummer and often played duos with his jazz drum heroes. He also summered himself in African drum culture, usually on an almost tribal drum level. He seemed to despise western drum culture. Jack Bruce the bassist , insane. And Eric Clapton.
@robertnathan2843 Жыл бұрын
"The Blues Had A Baby, And They Named It Rock n Roll" Muddy Waters
@leslieheine2618 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce is all over that bass! One of the best bassist ever. Played in fusion \ jazz bands too.
@jjm2308 Жыл бұрын
Jack Bruce was a beautiful bass player he was one of the best Scotland's genius RIP jack
@retroactive1autrey668 Жыл бұрын
They took an old, old Robert Johnson song and set it on fire. Great reaction, young Gentlemen. Keep on keeping on.
@zebjohnson5580 Жыл бұрын
Crossroads written by Robert Johnson in 1936 the original member of the 27 club . Allegedly Robert made a deal with the devil to become a blues guitar player and may have been poisoned by a jealous husband and died at 27 years old . The song basically put Eric Clapton in the class of one of the greatest guitar players in history.
@TweedSuit Жыл бұрын
This is Cream live in 1968. Pure and organic improvised blues/jazz, highly amplified. This was the precursor to fusion, heavy/hard rock and ultimately metal.
@mrnobody9104 Жыл бұрын
All 3 were great musicians and didn't last in each other's presence near long enough IMO but their legacy has lasted almost 60yrs and still played all over the world! Ginger Baker was on a whole other level...
@t.j.payeur53319 ай бұрын
Growing up with stuff like this on the radio..no wonder my generation is so cool...
@vedantapdx Жыл бұрын
Jazz drummer, Jazz virtuoso on bass and Eric Clapton all Rock and Roll legends from England in their first step into the world wide stage. They shook the world in the late 60's and early 70's.
@mariaportengen2959 Жыл бұрын
Cream has fantastic music. Enjoy it all! 🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️
@brewstergallery Жыл бұрын
Ned again, speaking as a drummer myself, Ginger was the guy that I copied the most, 2 bass drums, multiple stacked cymbals, the whole 9. Ginger taught me a lot as did all the rest of the late 60s crew, Mitch Mitchell, Bonham, Ian Paice, Keith Moon, Ringo and Charlie Watts too....
@gordonallen76383 ай бұрын
Bass player a jazz man Drummer a jazz man and the guitar man a Blues and rock man . Nothing can go wrong . All english
@JohnMckinney-l3u3 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce is Scottish
@andyallan2909 Жыл бұрын
Jack on that fretless bass, Ginger magic on drums and Eric on guitar - wild.
@richeaton5752 Жыл бұрын
The birth of Blues Rock
@margiewilson4324 Жыл бұрын
Drummer Ginger Baker did a lot of jazz drumming. There's a documentary about him called Beware Mr. Baker. And then there are Jack Bruce's bass lines.
@jimdez11 Жыл бұрын
First Power Trio! Listen to their cover of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful" on Cream Live at Carnegie Hall. They were the inspiration for groups like The Allman Bros. to do lengthy jams in their live performances.
@AliasMark69 Жыл бұрын
"GOD" on Lead Guitar. In the 60's-70's Eric Clapton was called "God" for his guitar playing skills. This is a Classic among Classics.
@thomasdutton3150 Жыл бұрын
Until he watched Jimi 👌
@gailsimmons5270 Жыл бұрын
Clapton can do some blues that's for sure! You need to see this live. I just saw Eric last year again for the second time and age has not slowed this man down. He was stellar!
@TerryVonCannon Жыл бұрын
This is Terry VonCannon. They were considered the first so called super group. Signs around England stated Clapton was God. He was until Hendrix came on the scene. Great reaction. Check out some live Cream versions. They were all virtuoso players and would really jam out.
@davidboon5906 Жыл бұрын
I was at their Live debut in a pub in London 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@CoolCoyote Жыл бұрын
eic clapton a mild mannered englishman , he led the charge with the psychedelia music very early stuff along with pink floyd
@mr.snicker-doodles7081 Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, Clapton! One of the BIG three...Clapton, Page & Beck! He was also in The Yardbirds (..so were Page and Beck) Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, had a pretty decent Solo career (although his drunken years are a tad spotty..) and check out the incredible solo he plays on The Beatles "While my Guitar Gently weeps"....which he apparently made up ON the spot.
@cgirl1118 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce is all over the place here. This was always their opening number. Growing up I didn't know a single person who didn't have Live at Fillmore East album.
@TheDivayenta Жыл бұрын
The British blues based rock scene often had interchangeable members among their bands. The great guitarists passed thru two groups - the Yardbirds and John Mayall Bluesbreakers. “played heavily on classic rock radio. Among those with a tenure in the Bluesbreakers are Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later of Cream), Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie (the three of whom would form Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (the Rolling Stones), Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention), etc. Clapton also played with the Yardbirds as did Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Out of the Yardbirds arose Led Zeppelin. And so it goes- these Brits were real devotees of Black American roots and blues music.
@TheDivayenta Жыл бұрын
Dunbar also drummed for early Journey. I saw Mayall at the Fillmore. Albert King opened for him!
@AttackChefDennis Жыл бұрын
This is like one of the 1st superstar bands that just couldn't hold it together they had to go their separate ways
@Philar7211 ай бұрын
When the British invasion occurred, the Brits brought back American roots music back to America. Creme emphasized the Blues and honored the Blues music and musicians they heard while growing up in England. The Who was closer to R&B from the 60's. Their music was so popular, radio stations started playing Blues and R&B because the British bands were selling so many records. This helped the American music bands, and sounds like MoTown get mainstream radio play. The Eric Clapton solo in Crossroads is considered one of the best guitar solos in the last 60 years.
@hugoortega45482 ай бұрын
Legendary!!!!
@genov9374 Жыл бұрын
Both Jack Bruce (the bassist and lead singer) and Ginger Baker (the drummer) have roots in jazz while Eric Clapton, guitarist (2nd vocal) came from the blues side, the Yardbirds (that birthed Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page) and then John Mayall and the Blues Breakers.
@vicprovost2561 Жыл бұрын
Cream is just that, one of the cream of the crop in t.he 60s, with 3 amazing musicians, all 3 could be in a top 5 or at worst, top 10 in their era for Guitar, Bass & Drums. Try Spoonful, it is a studio classic but live, it takes on a life all its own, with amazing jamming and solos from everyone. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶
@paulkeahtigh2 Жыл бұрын
Many great songs by Cream, thanks 😎👍
@roballen5718 Жыл бұрын
in the UK, back in the 60s, most bands could only get gigs, if they sang blues/rhythm n blues. it's what the kids wanted to hear. British artists, such as Eric Clapton, the lead singer/guitarist of Cream, invited blues artists to come perform in Britain. they played to audiences far bigger than any they normally played to, in the States. so, most British rock evolved out of the blues.