Rush - Crossroads (Cream cover)

Track 8 (the final track) from "Feedback", an E.P. of cover songs released by Rush on June 29, 2004.

This song was originally recorded on November 27, 1936 by blues legend ROBERT JOHNSON, under the name "Cross Road Blues".

The lyrics tell of the narrator's failed attempts to hitch a ride from an intersection as night approaches.
The song had frequently been linked to stories of Johnson selling his soul to the devil for the ability to play music, although nothing in the actual lyrics speaks of these events.
Historian Leon Litwack and others state that the song refers to the common fear felt by blacks who were discovered out alone after dark; that Johnson was likely singing about the desperation of finding his way home from an unfamiliar place as quickly as possible because of a fear of lynching

The more familiar and famous version of this song was the version simply titled "Crossroads", recorded live by CREAM - the blues rock trio consisting of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker - on March 10, 1968 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
The version was arranged by guitarist Eric Clapton, and included two lines borrowed from Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues."

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