"Crossroads" Cream | CME Full Band Fridays

Located in the heart of the nation’s hub, Chicago Music Exchange has built a reputation among musicians and instrument collectors as a shop where tradition and innovation intersect. This Full Band Friday, the CME House Band traces a century of tradition and innovation-both in terms of guitar design and the music that’s played on them-with Cream’s rock ‘n’ roll update to early American roots music, using a Gibson Custom Shop ES-335 designed to meticulously replicate Clapton’s own on their cover of “Crossroads.”
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More About "Crossroads"
"Cross Road Blues" (also known as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it as a solo piece with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues-style. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical talents, although the lyrics do not contain any specific references.
Bluesman Elmore James revived the song with recordings in 1954 and 1960-1961. English guitarist Eric Clapton with Cream popularized the song as "Crossroads" in the late 1960s. Their blues rock interpretation inspired many cover versions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included it as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". Rolling Stone placed it at number three on the magazine's list of the "Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" in recognition of Clapton's guitar work.
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Gear Used:
Gibson Custom Eric Clapton Crossroads '64 ES-335
Marshall JTM45 2245 30w Plexi Tube Amp Head
4x12 Marshal Cab
Fender Vintage Modified '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Silverface
Benson Amps Flower Child Preamp Pedal
Gibson USA Les Paul Junior Tribute Bass Worn Brown
Epiphone USA Frontier Frontier Burst w/Pickup
Ampeg B15-R Portaflex
Ludwig Classic Oak Kit
Ludwig Pewter Over Copper Snare
Recording Gear Used:
Universal Audio Apollo X8
AEA R88 MkII Stereo Ribbon Microphone
Shure Beta 52A Supercardioid Dynamic Kick Drum Microphone
AEA N22 Active Ribbon Microphone
Shure SM58
Shure SM57
Featuring
Zach Avery - Guitar/Vocals
Mike Larsen - Bass
Zach Moore - Drums
Songs Played:
00:00 - 03:10 "Crossroads" Cream
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Lyrics
I went down to the crossroads
Fell down on my knees
Down to the crossroads
Fell down on my knees
Asked the Lord above for mercy
Take me, if you please
I went down to the crossroads
Tried to flag a ride
Down to the crossroads
Tried to flag a ride
Nobody seemed to know me
Everybody passed me by
Well, I'm going down to Rosedale
Take my rider by my side
Going down to Rosedale
Take my rider by my side
You can still borrow a house, baby
On the riverside
Going down to Rosedale
Take my rider by my side
Going down to Rosedale
Take my rider by my side
You can still borrow a house, baby
On the riverside
You can run, you can run
Tell my friend boy Willie Brown
Run, you can run
Tell my friend boy Willie Brown
And I'm standing at the crossroads
Believe I'm sinking down

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[@nimabefrui8765]

Holy shit, the tone is so on point, at first I thought I was listening to the original recording.

[@chicagomusicexchange]

🤘🤘 Thank you!!

[@harveythompson1756]

....obviously you are not so familiar with the original.

[@WolverineBeast86]

This dudes voice is amazing!!

[@Justin-hb6cg]

Thankyou for not sucking. So many versions on KZbin do, even Clapton himself sadly. Well done.

[@andydinesguitar]

Damn, Zach is an awesome singer too? Amazing job, vocals, guitar and bass tone all dead on and the playing too obviously!🤘🤘🤘

[@damog13]

Where have you been hiding this bloke🤟👌🤟

[@darthsensei3838]

You should do a CME exclusive USA run of a cream appointed 335. Give it a slimmer neck, Grover tuners and that bright opaque red finish. Maybe add the T tops you do.

[@j.aut.1275]

Amen. I need a slim neck 335

[@darthsensei3838]

@@j.aut.1275 yea man. Would be a good axe I think. ✌️

[@majorwheelock974]

one of my favorite songs

[@MatthewHinton]

Great way to start a Summer Friday.

[@andyp5743]

Amazing version! What a great sound and incredible vocals!

[@ElladeBaldazzi]

Love the Zach's gear.... 🎸

[@syjo4701]

Dang, absolutely everything spot on!

[@jenton70]

Kickass nice work Zach and co.

[@matteobertani9447]

YEEEAAAAAAAAAH!!! Amazing! Well done, great job!

[@chicagomusicexchange]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@autumnprovidence]

That was an absolutely killer cover!!

[@rylieriley]

Awesome! I can feel the energy.

[@DisabilityExams]

that was great!

[@rynhxxx]

Brilliant!!!!!!!

[@trevormosher1678]

Very well done 👏

[@timsellsted521]

Nice version guys!

[@markm668]

That's exactly the opposite of bad.

[@rvmusictv0122]

Sarap mga lods❤🙏

[@atruefaith6498]

I expect the music to be solid, but I heard nice vocals as well, nice growl.

[@riogrande163]

Guitar sounds great, wish the bass player and drummer would have let loose a bit more though, Cream is a power *trio* after all.

[@musicjamz3335]

Yay

[@abitoutofsorts]

👍👍👍

[@matthewandmarniesconce5502]

❤

[@AS__77]

Great job with this! Also, everyone should hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s version from their One More From The Road live album. Even better than Cream’s.

[@_avia_]

De ja vuuuuue

[@matthewpaluch777]

Zack should of broke out the dbl bass kit 4this one!

[@toomanywaystofall]

🎵r0ck0n CME FBF's 🎵

[@ЕвгенийИстомин-с3р]

Понимаю, что канал про гитары и все такое.. Но запишите хоть раз бочку нормально.

[@kurtklingklang5918]

It would like it better with the right words

[@chicagomusicexchange]

we'll get em next time

[@jspic4907]

Awesome. And I don’t even like Cream

[@donnymac575]

Better than the original.

[@billmiller2051]

Ok let's not exaggerate .

[@sampacker6547]

at least as good if not better

[@danielshipley8123]

Let's not be silly...

[@WWxeroWW.WERWKWWF__WPWWW.-_WWW]

bassist and drummer wasn't giving it much during the solo

[@WWxeroWW.WERWKWWF__WPWWW.-_WWW]

listen to cream live, all of them are soloing at once