Cream Tales of Brave Ulysees-10-26-05.Madison Square Gardens

Cream 2005 reunion show at Madison Square Gardens.Tales of Brave Ulysees.Clapton using the wah,this song was left out of the UK shows.

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• eric
• clapton
• cream
• reunion
• jack
• bruce
• ginger
• baker
• blues
• guitar

[mr4sam]

why didn't they put this song in the Albert hall DVD "05"???

[winkofaneye00]

Because this was played at Madison Square Gardens.This song was left out of all the Albert Hall shows.

[alexrags]

Cream came to New York to play 3 nights. I attended the first two. Out of those two the second was the best. After seeing the RAH dvd I must say the two New York shows were much much better.

[winkofaneye00]

I have to say that I agree with you,having heard the MSG shows on bootleg.I found the DVD very patchy,as if they were still finding their feet,which is obviously understandible,but by MSG the performance was more consistant with their reputation.I have read that Clapton does not agree though.I think he prefers the emotion and nostalgia of RAH,to the aggression of MSG.

[alexrags]

Saw Clapton and Winwood last night at madison square garden. It was better than any of the cream shows If you can try to catch these guys. I have seen Clapton many times and this is about the best Clapton I have ever seen. Incredible solos. Also played two hendrix songs little wing and voodoo child. Stevie Winwood was also incredible.

[winkofaneye00]

Clapton did Voodoo Chile?? I presume he did the Bluesier version from Ladyland which Steve played on.I had visions of him doing the Slight Return version for a minute...

[beyoncelover202]

i dare eric clapton to use a gibson again

[bibliac]

I read in some reviews of the MSG shows that Clapton says Tales of Brave Ulysses had never been performed before - and yet I remember it being on Live Cream Vol. II, very much live and very much rocking.

I'm just glad they gave it one last shot. I wasn't going to believe it would happen until it finally did.

[INDLIS]

@ScottSextonTV:I'd sure like to see them perform.

[ChiroQuacker]

@alexrags

i liked the cream shows better...

[INDLIS]

@ChiroQuacker: Jack and Ginger did that a lot during the Graham Bond band before the formation of Cream.

[goodolarchie]

@beyoncelover202 Agree, and maybe some junk for good measure. I'll bet that would restore his rocking soul from the born again crap.

[darko714]

I dare say they're actually better than they were back in the day.

[ReeseMac]

What kind of guitar is Clapton using here?

[jimhales9]

I've seen a few claptons shows during the 80s-90s..... he will never die!!!.... he is in my SOUL and i dig what he does and in general all round BLUES GURU!!!!!!

[ChiroQuacker]

eric says jack and ginger were fighting on stage at msg...and he wont tolerate that kind of lack of professionalism at this stage of his life...and maybe jack was drinking which with eric being sober is not a good thing for him to be around..but i am guessing here..eric also said they sounded thin inside the huge msg as compared to the more intimate royal albert hall

either way...for eric to shut the door on cream is sad..i hope he reconsiders..in small doses..

[bossmiles1]

@mutfakbilgisayari , could you please be dead in 5 years

[badmuddy]

i was at the last show, & except for ginger's mistakes, it was FAR and away THE best of all 3 garden performances, particularly from clapton's standpoint. talk about burnin', he was on fire, his solos were the most cohesive, dramatic, & on point, & his feel was impeccable. he came closest to his 60's performances on that show, & he easily blew away ALL of his playing on the other 5 21'st century cream shows, both garden AND rah)...