Eric clapton crossroads

[ihaveallseeingeyes]

RENAME THIS VIDEO, ( ROBERT JOHNSON COVER )

[blunthead27]

My all-time favorite live rock guitar recording. Yours sounds ideal.

[mongoose636]

Rosedale, Mississippi....serve up soem more of those wonderful hot tamales!

[529Reno]

I have said this so many times..the second solo in this song was one of the greatest live soloes of all time. W/o sounding like a know it all....I have heard them all. The only ones close were Peter Green and Hendrix...also SRV.

[gprosser11]

sounds like the original cut Eric hasnt missed a thing, he gets better...gpro125

[529Reno]

E C 's second guitar solo was the BEST live solo I have ever witnesses..I was 16, but I had had heard Hendrix, Page....................this was vituoso, untouched

[tyesha390]

shit hot song!! legend on a guitar

[DJYorkie27]

My guitar teacher sent me :)

[trollingbiznach]

i remember doing this in 8th grade for my talent show... i got almost every riff perfect... and some girl dancing to lady gaga won.. fuck this generation's music

[VectorPro141]

@trollingbiznach brah you didnt need it anyway if you can play guitar like that your going places!

[jfeeney73]

anyone know if there was a live album that this performance was taken from? i remember listening to a bluesbreakers + clapton live album many years ago and it was great...!

[jfeeney73]

love that guitar solo!

[ACDCmati97]

I've just arrived from his show in Buenos Aires. One of my best nights ever!

[529Reno]

I still agree with what I posted a month ago. These guitar solos hold up after years of listening. Best rock guitar solo of the 60's, especially the second guitar solo

[529Reno]

I always felt like this was the signature guitar solo of the 60's and 70's, maybe of that whole era. While I maintain that Peter Green was the "best" all that is just opinion, but Clapton has lasted through the ages and deserves mucho credit! The second solo in this song may be the best "rock blues" solo of all time.

[Yellowjjacket]

@529Reno May...be?  :)

[MrArisOLYMPIAKARA]

clapton panta foveros.nnccccc

[EdSullivan101]

The guitar player in this song is definitely possessed!

[oOLieutenantOo]

The speed is perfekt for this song!

[computersmangreece]

one of the strongest classic 70's-80's electric rock guitar examples

[Kingrob30]

Classic!

[kwikdrawradio]

@7fires7trumpets Cream Wheels of Fire

[Meat195]

Disgusting how you type in crossroads and the first thing that pops up is bone thugz what the hell has this world gone to.

[rmcd]

CLAPTON IS GOD.  SLOWHAND FOREVER!

[citacica86]

obozavam ovu pesmu...................

[Kingrob30]

Like 84!

[isuzupizza2005]

I think　that Crossroads makes intro, development, climax and conclusion. First, Baker starts only hi-hat and Clapton plays only main phrase, he doesn't make mute rhythm. Next he plays main phrase and adds mute rhythm. Crossroads evolves gradually. And he plays the first soro part, but it's still not climax, he would like to set the some materials for the next climax drama. Then here comes aggressive part. He attacks everything on the solo part. Those are attractive points of Crossroads.

[TheMouse2U]

need an app to view on my mobile. Clapton is always great ..... LIVE. Lost count of how many times I have seen him but I will go again!

[marko96rock]

1 people don't "crossroads"

[breffnipark]

THIS IS BRILLIANT !!

[pepolek0]

robert johnson Is the king of bluse and eric clapton honure his memmory!

[ilovebettas]

slowfingers? I had to lol at that.

[DaveS12382]

Nothing more sick than this. Clapton threw down the gauntlet to Hendrix here.

[radtech875]

also @sourpips the wheels of fire version of crossroads was live...and this is that recording just with the pitch cranked up an octave or so to make it sound different...pretty lame tbh

[radtech875]

this is the recording from the original wheels of fire album sped up...wtf

[StanSuede]

I agree. This was the greatest live rock song ever recorded. Clapton never had a finer moment. He took me to Everest on this song. I almost went insane when I first heard it. I played it so loud so many times when I was a kid my mother smashed the record. I still can't get over his second lead break and still can't get enough of it. For the love of this one song Clapton is forever my hero.

[jasnmcq430]

isn't this originally by Robert Johnson?

[still2weirdfoU]

@jasnmcq430

yes

[mongoose636]

@jasnmcq430 Yes, this song was derived from two recordings of Johnson's: Traveling Riverside Blues and Cross Road Blues.

[ScMc17]

@jasnmcq430 yes it is, eric clapton admired johnson and said he was the most important blues singer ever to live

[lewars1912]

@jasnmcq430 No. Judy Garland.

[BlackLabelForLife]

@jasnmcq430 yes robert johnson but it was called cross road blues.... pay no attention to the judy garland

[Carthsgtr]

@jasnmcq430

Well done, you know how to operate wikipedia.

[yjadalyn1]

@jasnmcq430 yes it is

[chilycat3]

Can't you just smell the seed's Burning ?

[kristofor12345]

what key is dis is?

[chuckwesttv]

That would be G# and you can use a capo at 1 and play in G standard tuning. The basic chords are G#, C# and D#. Look up the riff on youtube (justinguitar) and transpose it with the capo.

[kristofor12345]

kule, but I play bass. Thx 4 the though

[brucefan181]

A if i remember right

[vabch82]

hands down one of slow fingers best

[xmightyxrickx]

hhahahahahhaa

Correction win.

[kristofor12345]

lololol my thoughts exactly

[OHWISEONE1996]

@bivswiff haha

[cosmosgod]

this is the way i remember it sounding

[preludefan]

faster was how cream did it anyway... still sounds awesome

[jipidibipity]

this is the best recording on youtube to date. the sound quality could use a nudge. but there was some post mixing to the live cream version we've heard from Creams "wheels on fire" over the years. And that is just fine. Sonically, the trio was out of control- three master improvisarios trying not to be the kingpin for any length of time. A little post-mixing to this classic made it, in my estimation, the best live rock song ever recorded in history.

[DaveS12382]

@jipidibipity thats a bold statement. One I'd be inclined to agree with.

[jipidibipity]

@DaveS12382 Dave I risked sounding ignorant. But its still my fav. Anyway, I don't think I'll see it being reproduced for 'Glee' anytime soon. :)

[sourpips]

this isnt a record recording it is a live version as stated in the opening credits that probably explains why its faster than the recording

[magnum9987]

@sourpips Actually, this was Creams rendition of the song. They played the blues more aggresively, thus the faster pace.

[ffairlane57]

if this is the orginal recordy, it is playing too fast.