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@gingerbaker_toad69610 ай бұрын
Anything with Ginger Baker especially live, be it Cream, Blind Faith, Bakers Airforce/GBO, Baker Gurvitz Army or whatever else you can find, would be greatly appreciated! :) It may be annoying to find the "right" versions, but so worth it! Love the albums and this, but Crossroads is just a hint of what Cream could do, NSU, I'm so Glad, Sweet Wine, Spoonful, etc etc LIVE is what they really are about 🤘👹❤
@starlawilson901110 ай бұрын
This sounded like old school blues because it was a cover of Robert Johnson's Crossroad, just sped up and rockified.
@gingerbaker_toad69610 ай бұрын
Three absolute geniuses! ❤ I think you could enjoy Bakers stuff with Fela Kuti as well :) That dude was just different, pretty obviously my all time favorite drummer 😅
@gingerbaker_toad69610 ай бұрын
Shotout to the supporter that send that one in indeed
@gingerbaker_toad69610 ай бұрын
Even if it doesnt end up here, if you enjoyed this like that, you have to get into their catalog :) So much good stuff! Such great energy! And like i said, for me, especially LIVE
@JohnMckinney-l3u2 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce is off the fuckin charts incredible bass player Scotland is extremely proud
@dagmar.695410 ай бұрын
This was one of the super groups of the 60's. Everyone of the 3 guys (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton) was super talented but they also had big egos. So they didn't always get a long. They all came from previous successful bands. But in the few short years they were together they produced some classic songs such as "White Room", "Badge", "Born Under A Bad Sign", "Tales Of Brave Ulysses", "Strange Brew", "Sunshine Of Your Love", "SWLABR" etc.
@randi_godspeed206310 ай бұрын
Artists want to see their vision produced. When you have three, will always clash.
@strydershadow39110 ай бұрын
Nailed it!
@atuuschaaw10 ай бұрын
I approve of this message! 😉♥
@peterheath796010 ай бұрын
Agreed, though BADGE should be capitalized, given that it's the chord progression.
@richkosmerl338110 ай бұрын
You are right, This was an old blues song. They sped up and then displayed their own musicianship. Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Ginger Baker on drums, and Jack Bruce on bass and singing. They were all recognized as leaders in their specialties at the time and ever since. They were all so good it was said by critics that they all seemed to try to outdo each other on every song and that drove the excellence. They didn't stay together very long, but several of their songs are classic rock greats.
@penelopefloor29352 ай бұрын
That's three people. Three. They all play extraordinary music.
@rickpetersen174510 ай бұрын
This song was inspired by the legend of Robert Johnson the great Blues man who made a deal with the Devil to make him a great guitarist at the Crossroads.
@cptight8810 ай бұрын
It's a cover of a Robert Johnson song.
@Serai310 ай бұрын
There's an 80's movie about that legend.
@tonyhoable10 ай бұрын
Yeah it was originally by Robert Johnson. It was called Cross Road Blues when he did it.
@ClassicTor9 ай бұрын
Isnt ry cooder the original? If not i think its the best one
@AmyAnderson-fields4 ай бұрын
Baker, Bruce, and Clapton. The cream of the crop.
@AmyAnderson-fields4 ай бұрын
This IS an old school blues song, by the great Robert Johnson. It's a modern interpretation of one of Johnson's masterpieces.
@randi_godspeed206310 ай бұрын
If you’ve never heard it, Sunshine of your Love is amazing. As a guitar fan, if you’ve never heard it, George Harrison’s While my Guitar Gently Weeps will blow you away. God’s blessings 👩🏻✝️💙🐕🖤🎸
@fractaljack21010 ай бұрын
An amzing band...first super group. Jack Bruce is a monster bass player. Fretless bass, at that.
@louisrondone133210 ай бұрын
Later he did play a fretless bass but back then he played a Gibson SG.
@jamesferris45739 ай бұрын
@@louisrondone1332 Actually it was a Gibson EBO the SG was the six string guitar with the same body style. The Humbucking pickups and the heavy guage flat wound strings along with the tube driven amplifier he used gave him the thick tone he got.
@louisrondone13329 ай бұрын
Thanks. I was just trying to keep things simple by referring to it as an SG. I figured the bass might have a different name than the guitar. I played a Gibson Thunderbird, which was the bass version of the Firebird guitar.😺
@sabbracadabra750310 ай бұрын
This an old Robert Johnson delta blues tune from WAY back in the day that Clapton, Baker, and Bruce made a rock classic.
@davidespinosa191010 күн бұрын
This is why Clapton is a famous guitarist. Everybody who came after learned from him.
@vedantapdx10 ай бұрын
Ginger Baker was famous as a jazz drummer before he was brought into Rock and Roll music. He later migrated to Africa to learn more about rethemes from different cultures. He and Jack Bruce, the bassist knew one another from the Jazz, Classical side of music and Eric Clapton consciously searched for a rhythm section with such a background to bounce his blues rock style off of. Jack Bruce was not only a classical bass player from Scotland but was a great vocalist on much of the Cream material.
@AnneliesHes4 ай бұрын
I knew Eric then and was lucky enough to get to see most of their gigs. My friends and I were enjoying life to the full…
@michaelvaristo98910 ай бұрын
Saw them play this in Detroit in 67. Then I realized this was the best band ever. You had to see them live to understand. They changed everything. IMHO.
@dougieyou10 ай бұрын
Changed my life too back in 1967 !!!! I can never forget listening to this for the first time...out of this world and still is.
@danattkisson96210 ай бұрын
Grande Ballroom with Uncle Russ!
@catherinecrow566210 ай бұрын
Same, in 67. I cried they were so Otherworldly , never to be duplicated
@mitzifrancis984310 ай бұрын
Strange Brew and White Room next if you can please! So glad you enjoyed this! ❤
@DMB08810 ай бұрын
White room is always the first to come to mind when I think of Cream
@36karpatoruski10 ай бұрын
@@DMB088…and their best song too.
@chadheckman269310 ай бұрын
@@DMB088 It and "Sunshine of Your Love" both do for me.
@TerriKnight-x3s7 ай бұрын
Love White Room
@robertkelly62825 ай бұрын
We’re going wrong old version
@MrVvulf10 ай бұрын
For the love of God, someone with deep pockets please request... "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by the Spencer Davis Group. I want to see Polo's face when he hears 16 year old Steve Winwood's voice.
@LSqrd196010 ай бұрын
HIGHLY recommend Cream's "White Room". Great wah-wah guitar soloing by Clapton
@sandybourdeau93004 ай бұрын
The bass line ruled every Cream song.
@Nickel13810 ай бұрын
I’ve seen you react to a few blues songs that are popular covers. “When the Levee Breaks”, and “Crossroads (blues)” were both cover songs, the originals were written in 1929 by Memphis Minnie, and 1936 by Robert Johnson, respectively. I know it’s not popular with the KZbin crowd, but I think you should at least hear the originals. These blues artists created the foundation for blues, and rock n roll that the British popularized and became rich off of, while the original artists died penniless. I’m not telling you how to live your life, but I hope you can pay homage to the original creators of the blues we love so much. ✌🏽❤
@blktauna10 ай бұрын
Ronert Johnson's recordings are unearthly.
@alphabetsupes10 ай бұрын
+1 for this! would love to see you go back and listen to some of the original blues greats, now that you've heard the generation that got rich bringing their work into the mainstream!
@Zak_Nike10 ай бұрын
The gen that got rich off, hung up much? You gotta let it go these are great musicians and songwriters that just happened to pay homage to someone they liked. I'll leave it at that.
@alphabetsupes10 ай бұрын
@@Zak_Nike no, not hung up on it, I think the Stones, Zeppelin, the Animals, Bob Dylan, and many, many others, are great artists in their own right, I'm just saying I'd ALSO like to see people acknowledge some of the folk and blues greats that preceded them. 👍
@Nickel13810 ай бұрын
@@Zak_Nike Yes, they paid homage, but that is about it. Let’s be real, Eric Clapton would shit his pants if someone got rich off of his songs and he never saw a penny. Or more accurately, Clapton’s label. Wouldn’t be the first time someone was uncredited, and unpaid. I think now, a lot of the wrongs are being corrected, and a lot of these blues artist’s estates are being paid for their songs. Unfortunately, for many blues originators in the south, that was just the way it was back then. They were just poor black artists from the south. They couldn’t call up their lawyers, because they didn’t have any.
@Yousless19 ай бұрын
These live recordings of Cream at Royal Albert Hall I've always said and told my son that this was one of the greatest nights in Rock and Roll history. And at 71 I stand by that. This will be played at my funeral.
@davidespinosa191010 күн бұрын
This is the famous version from Wheels of Fire. It was recorded 10 March 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, California.
@matter17103 ай бұрын
Best bass and lead solo combo in music history? Yes for my money. Proper good.
@paulelliott68210 ай бұрын
Crossroads is also the name of the drug and alcohol treatment clinic that Eric founded to pay it forward
@mostlyoldparts10 ай бұрын
ALL of the Crossroads Guitar Festival videos are incredible. Such an amazing group of talent from pretty much EVERY genre of music came together to benefit Clapton's Crossroads Recovery Centre. Hundreds of artists, thousands of fans, millions of smiles and TONS of help for those in need of addiction recovery.
@williamthelast110 ай бұрын
It seems that their instruments were only created for them... and no one before and after !!!Those 3 guys are unbelievable !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@vagaickie10 ай бұрын
I remember dancing to 'Sunshine of Your Love' at my grade 8 graduation in 1969 - I still have my original album! So many classics on it!
@mostlyoldparts10 ай бұрын
I was impressed that you gave props to the bass and drums before you even made mention of the guitar. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were the backbone of this group.
@paulsiebeneicher453610 ай бұрын
Polo comes from a hip hop and r&b background and tends to lock in on bass and drums more than guitar. Luckily in this case there was a lot there. I hope he gets to hear the bass line for "badge"... the song might be less to his liking but the bass work is tasty.
@pudder6810 ай бұрын
"Beware of Mr. Baker" on Netflix was awesome good watch
@scottthurman613510 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were awesome..Baker one if not the best rock drummer...
@AmyAnderson-fields4 ай бұрын
There is a reason they called their band Cream, Clapton, Baker, and Bruce were the cream of the crop.
@janbaker9324 ай бұрын
Cream is absolutely amazing band and there is another song by cream that is called train time that has the most amazing harmonica
@itsmommy1005 ай бұрын
First, I'm from Cleveland. I was born in Berea lots of years ago. Lived in California, Michigan and Illinois for about 30 yrs, and have been back here for 10 yrs. I live about 25 minutes from downtown.Second, the drummer is Ginger Baker. He's so good when Queen was forming their band, they advertised for "Ginger Baker-like drummer".
@sandybourdeau930010 ай бұрын
That beautiful solo is Mr Eric Clapton,
@ianhepplewhite833412 күн бұрын
I was 14/15 when this was released, so growing up as a teenager listening to that and the other tracks from the double ‘Wheels of Fire’ album, especially the live album, was thrilling. They were/are my favourite group. I went on to love solo artist John Martyn, who Eric Clapton held in high regard, and said on his passing he was “so far ahead of everything, it’s almost inconceivable’. Try John Martyn’s ‘Don’t Want to Know’ from Solid Air, ‘Big Muff’ from One World, ‘Grace and Danger’ from the album of the same name, or the wonderful ‘Hurt in Your Heart’ from the same album. Honestly, there are so many great songs on about 20 albums. I saw him live more than any other artist, solo, duo, quartet, quintet. An extraordinary man who had a leg amputated towards the end of his career, but still continued touring; he hardly stopped. Anyway, please do try listening to his wide variety of styles.
@joniarmel73082 ай бұрын
Yeah …. Genius.
@kenvelickoff427510 ай бұрын
Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos full lp, Traffic's John Barleycorn Must Die lp also
@vedantapdx10 ай бұрын
Cream was so popular during their time in the Rock spotlight that people seemed to not get enough of them, yet Eric Clapton wanted to try many different bands and Ginger Baker (drums) and Jack Bruce (bass) knew they could play with anybody so they also moved on. The public finally got their wish when in 2005 they reassembled and played 3 nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London for a reported $15 Million. Why don't you get the KZbin video of that reunion of a great band and enjoy that performance. It was a mammoth success with people from America buying tickets for all 3 nights and flying in for their memory and dream reunion. You will love it too,
@simdixon95239 ай бұрын
Nobody could make a bass sing and sound as lyrical as Jack Bruce could. He did most of the singing, too. His ashes are buried about ten feet from my family's, so whenever I pay them a visit I always say hi to Jack too. I saw their reunion concert at the Albert Hall in 2005 and it was unforgettable. When I was a teenager back in the 70s I used to smoke a j, put the headphones on and listen to Crossroads so I could hear the incredible guitar in one ear and the amazing bass in the other. Amazing !
@kennycamaro236110 ай бұрын
3 stellar musicians all soloing at the same time!
@chriswood90710 ай бұрын
the original version of this song is Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson in 1936 for sure a blues song
@theresamikelson256910 ай бұрын
Wow I will look up Robert Johnson Crossroad Blues 1936! Thanks for the comment.✌🏼🌻
@pattyfreeburn374310 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, this is going to be great ENJOY! Clapton is just one of my favorite guitarists, love him!
@randi_godspeed206310 ай бұрын
He has turned into a horrible human being. But I was blessed to see him once, and he is that rarified air of the truly great guitarists. God’s blessings 👩🏻✝️💙🐕🖤🎸
@rebajackson236910 ай бұрын
@@randi_godspeed2063you must be a Christian. Running down someone you don't know while virtue signaling with your false blessings. Knock it off judgemental judy.
@pattyfreeburn374310 ай бұрын
@@randi_godspeed2063 , sorry to hear about the ugliness, wow. I also seen him too in St. Louis, I actually won 2 tickets from a radio station. The radio station shuttled a bus for all the winners and provided a lunch for us all. We were able to bring our own alcohol, we were 1 hour on the road and had to make a stop to get more alcohol. His album Pilgrim was released at that time, we had a great time. I bought a tee shirt at the concert and never wore it because I decided to frame it along with the ticket and photo that was taken there.
@allanbluzdude10 ай бұрын
Old school blues sped up….. that’s exactly what this is.
@RuthKing-wm9nw2 ай бұрын
Ah what great memories-
@inexplicablyleft272910 ай бұрын
This was not just inspired by the story of Robert Johnson. It is a cover of the Robert Johnson song, with Cream's interpretation.
@frankshaffer764528 күн бұрын
This is a cover of literally one of the first Blues musicians ever recorded in the 1920s by Robert Johnson. 1) This was the Sound of Rock Music in the Mid 70s when I was 10. The verses are among the 5 most iconic Guitar Riffs ever. 2) Cocaine is a helluva drug... especially when Clapton is involved. 3) Eric Clapton the person has, in recent years, become a detestable ass, but as a musician in the 1960s and 70s he was a natural. 4) The best improvisers are able to speak in complete sentences. 5) This is one of the 5 greatest Live Rock Recordings of all time.
@martianshoes5 ай бұрын
I never this song (going on 60 years now) and just hear the guitar. These 3 guys cooked!
@gerhardbraatz630510 ай бұрын
What you know is that you like it and that's what matters.
@barbaralavoie104510 ай бұрын
There are many groups from my time of youth that were great musicians and/or still are. I loved them all. Cream and many other are among these groups,
@barbaralavoie104510 ай бұрын
All three of these guys in the group were great in all their talents.
@benmelich822010 ай бұрын
It’s as time bluesy, because it’s a Robert Johnson song!
@Mojo196928 ай бұрын
This song is cover of one of the original blues guitarist and singer from the 1920's to the 1930's and his name is Robert Johnson . So awesome !!!! 🤘🔥🎸💯....
@selina909110 ай бұрын
Reference to the crossroads where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical genius.
@lorrainebowen653010 ай бұрын
Yes! Clarksdale Mississippi plus Rosedale Mississippi- down by the river side!
@snobear4110 ай бұрын
CREAM! What can I say, jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and guitar God himself Eric Clapton!!!! Does not get any better- Tyler
@ivanheffner258710 ай бұрын
“This reminds me of the blues.” That’s funny, considering a lot of early classic rock music was a bunch of white guys (often British) playing electrified, amplified, and distorted classic blues songs.
@tmblweed042910 ай бұрын
Oh wow, I got lucky and came across this one minute before it starts! You will love Clapton on guitar.
@QXYTZ10 ай бұрын
Yeah Man, I've been waiting for this!
@Rock_Snob10 ай бұрын
Brother this was a band of all virtuoso’s trying to out play each other every song!
@jasonyoumans950410 ай бұрын
The guitarist is Eric Clapton. His nickname was slow hand, even though it’s faster than the original, black, blues artist he did play each note individually, and that he got that name, Sloan, slow hand.
@sandybourdeau930010 ай бұрын
The Supergroup of all Supergroups.
@paullanoue522810 ай бұрын
I listened to the album with crossroads on it at 2:00 in the morning on FM radio. I waited all night for the record store to open. I bought the album the next morning when the record store owner unlocked the door. A very special group.
@CBusMike8724 ай бұрын
Ginger Baker was an incredible drummer with a very strong jazz background.
@blktauna10 ай бұрын
RIP Jack Bruce. Amazing artist. RIP Ginger Baker,. Definitely the Cream of the Crop.
@dougjohnson39878 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce, the bass player, also worked with another great guitarist in the early 80s and in the last years before his death, Robin Trower. Trower, like SRV and others is a Hendrix-esque guitarist, who plays a down-tuned Fender Stratocaster. He down-tunes it a whole note (all D-based, not E) so he can bend the strings to get more guitar effects. He is one of the early proponents of "drop-down" bending, in that he would bend the string up to start a note then drop it down to its original tuning.
@jeffreybayles116210 ай бұрын
A song from my youth,great stuff
@Melokia5110 ай бұрын
ERIC CLAPTON🎼 Second to none. Clapton named his island rehab in Antigua 1998 after this song..☮️ I’ve had the distinct pleasure to see him twice. First time when he walked on to Paul McCarthy with Wings and Linda back In San Francisco 1970’s. Eric with BB King album ❤️
@funkroi110 ай бұрын
In the’60’s I thought I could play the guitar, then I heard Eric Clanton and Cream. I was amazed.
@BelovedChatter10 ай бұрын
I’ll never get over that this is a 3-piece live set.
@CadillacL9 ай бұрын
It’s an old blues song recorded by Robert Johnson recorded 11-27-36. Released in ‘37.
@wgdavis535310 ай бұрын
Hi Mr. Polo, That is Mr. Jack Bruce on the bass, I think he wrote that bass line,, Mr. Ginger Baker on Drums and of course Mr. Eric Clapton on Guitar and Vocals.. ♠Mr.G.. (W.G.)
@JohnWarner-lu8rq10 ай бұрын
I saw them do this live in my home town, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. Great show.
@johnkellis845610 ай бұрын
Clapton plays on George Harrison's "While my guitar Gently Weeps" A MUST LISTEN.
@elinstar603410 ай бұрын
Ooh yes... seconded 😊
@michaelwalker525710 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce, singing lead on this one, is also the bass player. And Ginger Baker, the drummer, is arguably the best rock drummer ever. And then there's Eric Clapton, doing Eric Clapton.
@sammybeck779410 ай бұрын
This is actually Eric Clapton singing lead on this song
@robertm707110 ай бұрын
This was first released on the Wheels of Fire double album and I can remember the day I bought it. For me, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and Fleetwood Mac (the original blues band with the guitar virtuoso Peter Green and not the later more commercial band) were my favourites in the 60s. Just about the three best guitarists at the time. Great to be in London then - no place like it…….unlike now!
@curtvaughan283610 ай бұрын
It's CREAM in their hayday. Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker - late 60's super band.
@herbert30510 ай бұрын
Funny you should mention dancing to old blues tunes in Cleveland, this is likely one of those songs you remember. This track is a cover of an old blues tune (indeed, sped up a lot) written by a hugely prolific blues man, Robert Johnson. Google him, he wrote some of the best music of the 20th century and all before he died in 1938 at age 27!
@ClearlyBlissful10 ай бұрын
Someone also mentioned Eric Clapton’s “Layla”. Great guitar in that. The backstory is that Layla is Patty Boyd, who was married to his good friend George Harrison of the Beatles. Then Eric fell in love with her and married her. Quite the scandal. “I tried to give you consolation When your old man had let you down Like a fool, I fell in love with you You turned my whole world upside down” Also, Eric wrote the hit song “wonderful tonight” about her, AND George Harrison wrote the classic song “Something” and a couple of others for her as well.
@jackreigle138710 ай бұрын
I was 15 when this song first appeared. Had just bought my first "component stereo" system. Found myself immediately turning the treble way down and the bass all the way up. It's still how I like listening to this incredible track!
@purpaorchid10 ай бұрын
I found a good story-telling country song, It's called "Hells coming with me" By poor man's poison.
@suesmith796810 ай бұрын
❤️’d this song since it hit the airwaves!! ☮️❤️
@UFOS410 ай бұрын
This band has been my #1 favorite since 1967 and continues to be my favorite. Great reaction, nice that you appreciated that talent .
@seanpaula892410 ай бұрын
Great band.
@kconway0110 ай бұрын
Saw Ginger Baker at The Paradise in Boston late 70s. I was a teenager with no conception of how legendary he was. Wish I could revisit that night...
@kareng465810 ай бұрын
To me, these solos by Clapton are among the best in rock. Just superb guitar work!
@gregroberts824010 ай бұрын
as others have suggested sunshine of your love, and white room. the later having some of the most amazing mind numbing guitar playing in rock
@LeasaAnn10 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce's bass playing is legendary. How can you go wrong with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.....it's delicious... you are really getting into great stuff Polo
@Markhypnosis110 ай бұрын
You're right about the sped up blues sound, this is actually a cover of a very old Robert Johnson blues song.
@edwardbarrett45310 ай бұрын
My brother Cream one of the most iconic bands in rock history. Jack Bruce on bass Eric Clapton guitar and ginger baker on drums. That’s a rabbit hole you should go down no doubt lol
@robertlear271210 ай бұрын
Other amazing Cream songs are Strange Brew and Tales of Brave Ulysses
@erictait632210 ай бұрын
Rest in power Jack Bruce and Ginger baker. A rhythm section of doom.
@Jude_19610 ай бұрын
LOVE CREAM!!! Ugh - Bruce, Baker, & Clapton: CANNOT BEAT THAT COMBO!!!
@nicholasthomas363510 ай бұрын
Good find. 'Badge' is a seldom mentioned song of theirs. All 3 players were way above talent, though Clapton was not the same after his 'comeback'.
@cindysteffens806510 ай бұрын
That's Eric Clapton singing, lead guitar, Jack Bruce on that phenomenal base, and Ginger Baker on drums.
@michaellockhart55410 ай бұрын
Another great rendition of this song was done as the All Star Jam the night Rush and Heart were inducted (indicted) into the RRHOF
@tinaboksa364210 ай бұрын
Gotta love Eric Clapton
@RogerEbert-vy5pv10 ай бұрын
Jack Bruce is killing it.
@stevecrocker690410 ай бұрын
after 55 years I still cannot believe 3 guys can make this much music. The driver not mentioned was Ginger Baker getting more frenetic from 5.35 onwards. He does it even more pronounced fashion in the latter half of "White Room" with his double kicks on the bass drum
@shemanic110 ай бұрын
A superb trio I saw many times, live or on vinyl there are many tunes to check out. Jack Bruce on bass & vocals, Eric Clapton guitar, Ginger baker drums. "Strange Brew" & "Sunshine Of Your Love," are great tracks also "White Room".
@Lollygagger-k4p10 ай бұрын
Clapton used a Gibson SG for this song. It was just before he went to Fender Stratocasters.
@shobudski677610 ай бұрын
And he never had this awesome humbucker tone again after going to Fender Strats.
@Lollygagger-k4p10 ай бұрын
@@shobudski6776 True. I love Strats but Clapton's tone is not my favorite. I much prefer the neck pickup tone of Gilmour, Vaughn, etc, although they do use other positions, too. I just think Claptone's tone is too thin. My other fav is the immortal Les Paul.
@louisgrande633410 ай бұрын
Eric Clapton has an annual Crossroads Guitar Festival to benefit the Crossroads drug rehab center in Aruba. There are some great live performances available on youtube. The one with BB King is a great clip.
@reallynow144510 ай бұрын
Old Robert Johnson song about going to the crossroads (Hwy 61 and Hwy 49) in Clarksville Mississippi
@johnpompeo940110 ай бұрын
That’s why they were called “cream”…they rose to the top. No one sounds like Clapton in the day.
@danielperezcabezas10910 ай бұрын
Mr.Robert Johnson would be happy if he´d listen to this version of this song he recorded in the 1930es.The three members of Cream playing at their best.As I told you in my comments to your Sunshine of your love reaction this is the Cream I would pour in my coffee!
@art3mis29010 ай бұрын
Oh boy as said before me many🎸 songs 🎸listed, waiting for the NEXT!💯
@SlouchingTowardsWalMart10 ай бұрын
eric clapton was on guitar, and he was huge. HYYUUUUUGE. one of his nicknames was "slow-hand," although i never really understood it because the notes in those solos weren't slow at all. he put in a couple of years (at least) in the early through mid-60s with the yardbirds (which also produced jimmy page), a group that combined the blues and psychedelic rock. he went on to play for john mayall and the blues breakers, where he met jack bruce. bruce, the bassist and ginger baker, the drummer, had both previously been in "blues incorporated," as well as at least one other band, where they clashed horribly. why they elected to work together again is a mystery, but cream was formed 1966 and broke up just two years later in 1968, mostly because they were at each other's throats, quelle surprise! baker had a reputation as a wild man, and he lived up to it but he was considered one of that era's best drummers. bruce, a scots guy, ranks #8 on a list of best bass players of all time compiled by "rolling stone magazine." he was also the main vocalist and writer of many songs for the group, although i think the one you just reacted to was all clapto. and that concludes our lesson for today.
@stevedahlberg868010 ай бұрын
Absolutely love that Cleveland Story man. I played in so many different kinds of venues including so many dive bars in so many different situations and somehow that totally resonates with me. Especially as kids man I could just see it.