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CREAM "Crossroads" LIVE 1968

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Published on Oct 28, 2014

My two favorite rock bass players have always been John Entwistle from the Who and Jack Bruce from Cream. Sadly, they are both gone, but aren't we lucky enough to have videos like this to remind us how special they were and how much the music they made still means to us.

At the zenith of Cream's tenure, you would see painted on walls around London, "Clapton is God"...And this track is as good an example of why people felt that way. For me, the graffiti should have noted three deities, because on their respective instruments, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were just as unique as Clapton. Eric as you probably know came from a blues background ( John Mayall and the Yardbirds), Baker and Bruce may have had some experience with the style, but certainly both were excellent jazz musicians. Clapton was right on there, as well. Cream never played a song the same way twice. This version of the Robert Johnson song, "Crossroads" is a perfect example of three great players making music at that moment.

The definitive track from "Wheels of Fire" was recorded at Bill Graham's Winterland in San Francisco on March 10, 1968. What I've done here is blend that audio with the video of the same song, this being from Cream's Farewell concert at the Albert Hall in London. It's not perfect by any means, but I was able to line things up to the point that it made sense to up load.

The audio came from my CD of "Wheels of Fire"...I did a few adjustments here and there, but the quality is so much better than anything I've heard online it was worth a try.

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    • Cream
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    • Robert Johnson
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    • UMG (on behalf of Polydor Records); AMRA, BMG Rights Management, Wixen Music Publishing, LatinAutor, LatinAutor - SonyATV, Concord Music Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, Sony ATV Publishing, and 10 Music Rights Societies

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