Posted on 05/03/2005 7:34:34 AM PDT by Valin
He also played a cherry-red '64 ES-335.
When I went to a Cream concert in a tent in Cherry Hill, NJ, there was a rumor that Ginger Baker had died. Sure enough, Clapton and Bruce came out and played, but the drums sat empty. After a few songs, Baker emerged, but he looked like he was dead. Then he started to hit the drums. Both arms and both legs never stopped moving for the next few hours. A night I will always remember from my youth. But I don't remember exactly what year it was.
Cream wasn't a supergroup, at the time only Clapton was an established star. Now when half of Cream joined 1/3 of Traffic to form Blind Faith THAT was the first supergroup, Cream was just a group that happened to be super. I'd have gone to the reunion gig and I'm under 40 (barely), great rock.
I agree. Our lead guitarist is constantly flicking me crap about my Les Paul. He keeps insisting I need a strat. I keep telling him that two strats would sound like one muddy guitar. IMHO, a gibson rythym coupled with a strat lead sounds way better then two strats, especially if one is covering classic rock songs.
Well, I think we can all agree that "Alexis" just doesn't quite get it. Just trying to compare Jimi Hendrix to pretty much any of his contemporaries is wrong and to claim that Cream was somehow less influential just because The Experience breathed the same air...absurd.
One thing I may agree with the author on is the apparent "ageing" of concert audiences. You're more likely to see it happening at shows for more established acts and primarily at those shows where ticket prices are very high. Look at the audiences for certain other groups and you'll see kids that don't even look old enough to drive. Face it....how many teenagers are going to scrape together the cash to drop it all on seeing The Moody Blues, YES or the Allman Brothers? Parents are taking their kids to see acts they themselves saw in the 60's and 70's. See it all the time.
I hope they tour the U.S. If they come to N.C. I am there.
Wow, I wish I had seen this concert. I saw Clapton in '78 and he just seemed to be going through the motions, but about 5 years ago I saw Jack Bruce and he was outstanding. Still sounded the same as when he was lead singer for Cream.
Pet Sounds BUMP !
I got tickets at the Tower to see Robert Plant at the end of June. Reportedly, he is going to do a lot of classic Zep. Classic rock is pretty big around this area (Philly) and my 14-year-old son can't get enough of Led Zeppelin so it will be interesting to see what kind of audience mix shows up at the Tower Theater. I have a feeling it will be a lot of Dads with their teenage sons (like me and mine).
I saw Cream back in the 60s once.
Ginger Baker was on something (well, when wasn't he?), and whatever it was didn't sit too well on his stomach.
Without missing a beat, he leaned over to the side, vomited on stage, and kept right on going.
Ouch! But "Badge" and "Crossroads" justified their entire career, regardless of anything else they did.
Very embarrassing. I am the Eggman, koo koo ka choo.
No doubt. I also like the sound two Gibsons -- Duane Allman and Dicky Betts come to mind.
The best album for comparing the sound Gibsons and Fenders is Layla (Derek and the Dominos). Clapton's Strat sounds thin and wimpy alongside Duane's Les Paul, even though it was mixed slightly louder.
But Strats definitely cut through the mix better than Les Pauls, and you can get a nice twang out of them with an ash body (although not nearly as twangy or as bell-like as a Tele), and they're a lot more comfortably to play (especially when the gigs run long).
They're in their own category. Nothing really comes close.
Still waiting for the next Led Zeppelin to come along.
I would choose "White Room" and "Sunshine of Your Love", but thats just me.
The guitar solo on the live version of "Crossroads" is probably one of the greatest guitar solos of all time.
What happened to Eric Clapton after that? Whatever it was, it made me not want to ever snort cocaine.
It was close. Most amazing.
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