Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist. Clapton did the vocals on this MONSTER. Wheels of Fire was the world's first platinum-selling double album. Baker, Bruce, and Clapton named their band "Cream" because they thought themselves as the "cream of the crop" of their respective instruments.
I saw Eric “GOD” Clapton Live at the Syracuse Carrier Dome. This song nearly knocked the walls down it was so awesome. A Legend among Legends in the history of music.
Cream was formed in 1966 (back in my teen years); believe me, when I tell ya, the music was jumpin' back in the day. Everyone had their own sound, and something new was coming every day.
JM... You just added a name to your Playlist that few other groups can stand in their shadows for pure talents......"White Room"..."Sunshine Of Your Love"...."Strange Brew"... "Badge" ... "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" .... "I Feel Free"..... Just to name a few.
Great reaction!! I suggest you look more into his live performances, specially back in the 60s-70s when he used to slay the guitar. Here are some songs: Bluesbreakers - Have you ever loved a woman, Stormy Monday, Stepping out, Hideaway Cream ALL LIVE - NSU, Im so Glad, Sweet Wine, Stepping out, Spoonful, Crossroads, White Room, Sitting on the top of the world Derek and the Dominos - Why does love got to be so sad LIVE, Let it Rain LIVE and Anyday Blind Faith - Can’t find my way home and Presence of the Lord live at hyde park
The song is about making a deal with the devil in exchange for enhanced musical abilities!! I don't know what got into Robert Johnson but everyone say he was transformed after his crossroads experience. When Ed Begley interviewed Bob Dylan Bob strongly implied he had a crossroads experience himself!! Be careful of The Crossroads but it really is amazing! Three guys were putting out amazing music for a year or so!!
My all-time favorite is Stevie Ray Vaughan. No one plays Blues or Blues/Rock like he did. But you have got to remember the greats that also played so amazingly well. Clapton, David Gilmour, Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Gary Moore,...... I could go on and on. Stevie Ray Vaughan is my own favorite, but there are so may more out there to enjoy. They each bring something unique and all their own.
JM, if you watched 10 songs from both Jimi and Eric, you might say your favorite is Jimi Clapton, or Eric Hendrix. They are just about interchangeable to most of us.
Every decade of rock has 1 or 2 bands that not only change the course of music history but have a sound and style so unique it is endlessly mimicked. Cream was one of these bands in the 60's. And the Clapton solos on this performance was the absolute zenith of his skills and abilities.
JM, I bet you'd have a hard time picking your Top 5 Favorite Live Performances out of the ones you have seen... SO FAR.... Much more heading your way my friend. You certainly are putting together the Finest Playlist Of Classic Rock Legends of any "Reactor" I have seen, and I have seen most all the better ones. YOU ROCK!!
For precision, for love of the blues music, SRV! It is the one I think in first, I don’t like to make a comparaison. An apple can’t be compare to an orange. Jimi Hendrix was a star in the sky, Jimi Page too, Santana, don’t forget Bruce Cockburn. What can we say about Duane Almand, and Al di Meola. So… But for me? The pleasure SRV give to me and to my soul, for that point, nothing can be compared about this alpha guitarist produce to me. But, I was to forget my best Américain song writer, The Artist and the Man, JJ Cale, a Soul Man with a great way as artistic musician. Nothing can’t satisfy my ears and my heart more than this Man, with her woman that having past his life with him, Christine Lakeland. Those two one have impressed me by the singularity to make with their life an impresif expression to love too living and create together. Daniel, excusez mon anglais, Î I am french Guy from Québec 👋🥂let go jamming a bit of JJ 🎉
Glad to see you enjoying this great tune. So many great guitarists. You mentioned Hendrix and Clapton. Stevie Ray Vaughn and brother Jimmy, Ian Moore, Johnny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepard. Junior Brown invented the guit-steel, he's a ham, but really good. So many more. I think the original cross roads had to do with musician Robert Johnson, making a deal with the devil.
There are many guitarists whose work I love, but for me the alltime stand out performer was the Irishman Rory Gallagher. There is an apocryphal story that when Hendrix was asked what it felt like to be the best guitarist in the world, he replied “don’t know man, ask Rory Gallagher”! Try Bullfrog Blues or Shinkicker, both as live performances. Enjoy!
When George Harrison did his song."While My Guitar Gently Weeps" he had Eric Clapton do the guitar work. Clapton originally wasn't all that into the idea, saying, "Nobody ever plays on the Beatles' records." "So what?" Harrison said. The rest is Classic Rock Legend.
Creams take of the Robert Johnson classic blues song. Claptons solo is one of the great ones. Favorite guitarist is Duane Allman but have no idea who the best is.
JM, if you want to hear the best of the best.... The song is "Elegant Gypsy Suite". There are several styles of Guitar players... Blues, Rock, Jazz, Metal and others, But I can say the most technically precise I've ever witnessed is a fusion of all the styles live was Al Di Meola... with Poco de Lucia. at the Hollywood Bowl. Al's incredible album 'Elegant Gypsy" was voted Greatest Electric Guitar Album after it came out. The album also has my favorite acoustic guitar song.... "Mediterranean Sundance"
That’s a lot of talent you consumed there, JM! Someone once asked Clapton how it feels to be the greatest guitarist of all? His reply: I don’t know, you need to ask Prince. Here’s another opportunity to awash yourself in talent with this tribute to George Harrison and hear Prince shred his guitar. (I’m particularly proud of that segue lol.) It’s a great cover too. ruclips.net/video/3MC6s9HHonU/видео.html
Guitarist for just pure picking speed Zakk Wylde, Roy Clark . Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix they are top of my list there’s others of course that are right there also.
Greatest Three Man Bands…. Jimi Hendrix Experience,,,, Cream… Rush… ZZ TOP…Crosby Stills Nash…Stevie Ray Vaughn - Double Trouble…Triumph…Emerson Lake and Palmer… Grand Funk Railroad… The Police… America..... in my humble opinion.
Cream was a psychedelic mix of rock, blues and jazz! Eric Clapton (guitar) wanted to go more blues while Jack Bruce (bass) and Ginger Baker (drums) wanted to go more jazz. Cream is considered to be the world's first so called super group and didn't last long due to internal conflicts mostly between Jack and Ginger. These conflicts did however very much contribute to the band's sound! This song Crossroads is a classic blues standard by the legendary Robert Johnson.
Got just songs that stay around and the sheer number of them. Then Jimmy Page. Hands down. If Hendrix would have lived, who knows. But Jimmy P. did it over and over again. It’s not about the ultimate skill, it’s about the sings and riffs that get stuck in your head.
Youre a good guy and that was a top suggestion! Eric was the man Jimi Hendrix crossed an ocean to go see. These British guys were channelling the Delta Blues, they were blues purists before they were anything else. What a question you pose though. I think to be perfectly honest Neil Young playing at 1 mph does it with more heart than Steve Vai at 200mph, though its obvious Steve is the 'better' player. But some peoples' hearts might be moved by flamenco and others by speed metal... I could only suggest my own favourite axemen at the end of the day: Jan Hammer of the Dutch 70s band Focus (see his playing on 'Hocus Pocus'), of course Frank Zappa, and (if you want a guitarist to make the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up) the great Leslie West of Canadian group Mountain, see any live version of Theme For An Imaginary Western from the early 70s. Youre welcome.
Hendrix, Page, Van Halen, Clapton, Zappa and Gilmour. I know Clapton should be 2 but I just can't do it. These are all big guys. There are some less known people who are excellent. Matt Bellamy of Muse and John Petrucci of Dream Theater. But best unknown Guitarist is Guthrie Govan. Possibly the best right now. He is in a band called the Aristocrats. Anything live will do.
That question has been asked millions of times. It is purely an objective issue based on personal likes. Anyone of the following names are contenders and there are many others. The "Blues" guitarist are some of the best not mentioned here. As for a ROCK guitarist....If you see these names on a song you can be sure there will be some very good guitar work.....Most say the best is a hard answer but maybe Jimi takes the #1 spot in most people's minds. Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Alex Lifeson, Neil Schon, Joe Perry, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Martin Barre, Toy Caldwell, Robby Krieger, Terry Kath, Slash, Billy Gibbons, Brian May, Peter Green, Steve Howe, Trevor Rabin,Tony Iommi, Dwayne Allman, Dicky Betts, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, John Fogerty, Stephen Stills, Jerry Garcia, Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Randy Rhoads, Ted Nugent, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards.......... I have seen most all of them live and met several.
Best Female Guitarist? "Orianthi" gets my vote. Here with the Bad Ass Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.......... Sharp Dressed Man Billy F Gibbons ZZ Ward Orianthi - Feb 2017
Jack Bruce going Beast Mode!!
How can anyone listen to this and not love it?!
one of the best blues rock jams! ♥
Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966. The group consisted of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Bruce was the primary songwriter and vocalist. Clapton did the vocals on this MONSTER. Wheels of Fire was the world's first platinum-selling double album. Baker, Bruce, and Clapton named their band "Cream" because they thought themselves as the "cream of the crop" of their respective instruments.
Jack Bruce was a genius Scotland is extremely proud
I saw Eric “GOD” Clapton Live at the Syracuse Carrier Dome. This song nearly knocked the walls down it was so awesome. A Legend among Legends in the history of music.
I saw Cream in Vancouver in 1968 and Blind Faith in 1969...Right Place...Right Time...Right On!
@@coinneachmaclellan3121 Awesome. I know the feeling and the memories are PRICELESS.
Cream was formed in 1966 (back in my teen years); believe me, when I tell ya, the music was jumpin' back in the day. Everyone had their
own sound, and something new was coming every day.
The "CREAM" has risen to the TOP.... With "GOD" on guitar they couldn't get much HIGHER
JM... You just added a name to your Playlist that few other groups can stand in their shadows for pure talents......"White Room"..."Sunshine Of Your Love"...."Strange Brew"... "Badge" ... "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" .... "I Feel Free"..... Just to name a few.
"Tales Of Brave Ulysses" Hell yeah brutha....
Saw them live back then. Heard this first on the radio and recorded tape to tape! A top ten song. Ginger later moaned about Jack's bass being so loud!
Great reaction!! I suggest you look more into his live performances, specially back in the 60s-70s when he used to slay the guitar. Here are some songs:
Bluesbreakers - Have you ever loved a woman, Stormy Monday, Stepping out, Hideaway
Cream ALL LIVE - NSU, Im so Glad, Sweet Wine, Stepping out, Spoonful, Crossroads, White Room, Sitting on the top of the world
Derek and the Dominos - Why does love got to be so sad LIVE, Let it Rain LIVE and Anyday
Blind Faith - Can’t find my way home and Presence of the Lord live at hyde park
This is a live Einstein!!!!!
THIS LIVE AT THE FILLMORE
The song is about making a deal with the devil in exchange for enhanced musical abilities!! I don't know what got into Robert Johnson but everyone say he was transformed after his crossroads experience. When Ed Begley interviewed Bob Dylan Bob strongly implied he had a crossroads experience himself!! Be careful of The Crossroads but it really is amazing! Three guys were putting out amazing music for a year or so!!
My all-time favorite is Stevie Ray Vaughan. No one plays Blues or Blues/Rock like he did.
But you have got to remember the greats that also played so amazingly well. Clapton, David Gilmour, Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Gary Moore,...... I could go on and on. Stevie Ray Vaughan is my own favorite, but there are so may more out there to enjoy. They each bring something unique and all their own.
Clapton's best-second guitar break-inspired an entire generation of rockers.
JM, if you watched 10 songs from both Jimi and Eric, you might say your favorite is Jimi Clapton, or Eric Hendrix. They are just about interchangeable to most of us.
Every decade of rock has 1 or 2 bands that not only change the course of music history but have a sound and style so unique it is endlessly mimicked. Cream was one of these bands in the 60's. And the Clapton solos on this performance was the absolute zenith of his skills and abilities.
JM, I bet you'd have a hard time picking your Top 5 Favorite Live Performances out of the ones you have seen... SO FAR.... Much more heading your way my friend. You certainly are putting together the Finest Playlist Of Classic Rock Legends of any "Reactor" I have seen, and I have seen most all the better ones. YOU ROCK!!
Best demonstration of Cream’ talent
For precision, for love of the blues music, SRV! It is the one I think in first, I don’t like to make a comparaison. An apple can’t be compare to an orange. Jimi Hendrix was a star in the sky, Jimi Page too, Santana, don’t forget Bruce Cockburn. What can we say about Duane Almand, and Al di Meola. So…
But for me? The pleasure SRV give to me and to my soul, for that point, nothing can be compared about this alpha guitarist produce to me. But, I was to forget my best Américain song writer, The Artist and the Man, JJ Cale, a Soul Man with a great way as artistic musician. Nothing can’t satisfy my ears and my heart more than this Man, with her woman that having past his life with him, Christine Lakeland. Those two one have impressed me by the singularity to make with their life an impresif expression to love too living and create together. Daniel, excusez mon anglais, Î
I am french Guy from Québec 👋🥂let go jamming a bit of JJ 🎉
Clapton, SRV,Jiminy hendrix Jeff beck and many more, ALBERT KING,BB KING,THEY ALL STARTED THIS WILD RIDE
Glad to see you enjoying this great tune. So many great guitarists. You mentioned Hendrix and Clapton. Stevie Ray Vaughn and brother Jimmy, Ian Moore, Johnny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepard. Junior Brown invented the guit-steel, he's a ham, but really good. So many more. I think the original cross roads had to do with musician Robert Johnson, making a deal with the devil.
I’ve been meaning to suggest Lang to him! Lang’s Lie To Me and Rack ‘Em Up are a must.
Eric Clapton my favorite for many years. Hendrix wanted to go to England to meet him.
Jimi said cream was the best
There are many guitarists whose work I love, but for me the alltime stand out performer was the Irishman Rory Gallagher. There is an apocryphal story that when Hendrix was asked what it felt like to be the best guitarist in the world, he replied “don’t know man, ask Rory Gallagher”!
Try Bullfrog Blues or Shinkicker, both as live performances. Enjoy!
my favorite guitarists. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, and my current favorite, Derek Trucks.
Another great group, thanks JM
So many rabbit holes to go down.
“Life in the fast lane“ by: The Eagles
“Slow Ride” by: Foghat
Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Robert Fripp........................My Top 3 Best Guitarists
When George Harrison did his song."While My Guitar Gently Weeps" he had Eric Clapton do the guitar work. Clapton originally wasn't all that into the idea, saying, "Nobody ever plays on the Beatles' records." "So what?" Harrison said. The rest is Classic Rock Legend.
Creams take of the Robert Johnson classic blues song. Claptons solo is one of the great ones. Favorite guitarist is Duane Allman but have no idea who the best is.
Nobody knows who the best is. We all have our favorites.
@@AliasMark69 Agreed
@@ericanderson8886 Go watch... Al Di Meola - "Elegant Gypsy Suite". My favorite all around guitarist.
the older i get the less i use the word "best" in music, but with one exception!!!! that exception IS DUANE ALLMAN! END OF STORY
Jimi, stevie ray vaughn, clapton, joe walsh, eddie van halen are my favorites
Look for the 1936 Robert Johnson version on RUclips. I was at the last cream gig, great band.
Current best guitar player Joe Bonnamassa he was on stage with BB King when he was 12 Check out Blues Deluxe Thanks for your work.
JM, if you want to hear the best of the best.... The song is "Elegant Gypsy Suite". There are several styles of Guitar players... Blues, Rock, Jazz, Metal and others, But I can say the most technically precise I've ever witnessed is a fusion of all the styles live was Al Di Meola... with Poco de Lucia. at the Hollywood Bowl. Al's incredible album 'Elegant Gypsy" was voted Greatest Electric Guitar Album after it came out. The album also has my favorite acoustic guitar song.... "Mediterranean Sundance"
ruclips.net/video/kCOgUeyWelI/видео.html
Got to add Stevie Ray Vaughan to the guitar list
Sooo young 😊
Claptons best lead ever he never did this again this was live in San Francisco Fillmore West....he was very young
The best solo ever did,in his career
“ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY” BY: Kid Rock
That’s a lot of talent you consumed there, JM! Someone once asked Clapton how it feels to be the greatest guitarist of all? His reply: I don’t know, you need to ask Prince. Here’s another opportunity to awash yourself in talent with this tribute to George Harrison and hear Prince shred his guitar. (I’m particularly proud of that segue lol.) It’s a great cover too.
ruclips.net/video/3MC6s9HHonU/видео.html
Zappa, most under rated composer/guitar player ever. Try Inca Roads Live.
Guitarist for just pure picking speed Zakk Wylde, Roy Clark . Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix they are top of my list there’s others of course that are right there also.
for me, no hesitation, Hendrix !
If you like that one, listen to steppin out by cream
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Clapton, B. B. KING, Frank Zappa, Hendrix
Greatest Three Man Bands…. Jimi Hendrix Experience,,,, Cream… Rush… ZZ TOP…Crosby Stills Nash…Stevie Ray Vaughn - Double Trouble…Triumph…Emerson Lake and Palmer… Grand Funk Railroad… The Police… America..... in my humble opinion.
"Cool Tune".... Yep
There are many best. Depends on your mood.
Cream was a psychedelic mix of rock, blues and jazz! Eric Clapton (guitar) wanted to go more blues while Jack Bruce (bass) and Ginger Baker (drums) wanted to go more jazz. Cream is considered to be the world's first so called super group and didn't last long due to internal conflicts mostly between Jack and Ginger. These conflicts did however very much contribute to the band's sound! This song Crossroads is a classic blues standard by the legendary Robert Johnson.
I love Chuck Berry,Keith Richards,George thorougood,Steven Stills,Bonnie Raitt,John Hammond,to name some along with the ones others mentioned
Got just songs that stay around and the sheer number of them.
Then Jimmy Page. Hands down.
If Hendrix would have lived, who knows. But Jimmy P. did it over and over again.
It’s not about the ultimate skill, it’s about the sings and riffs that get stuck in your head.
For something you never expected, that you'll never forget you heard it..... Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') - Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite
ruclips.net/video/mpNn1nht0_8/видео.html
TOP 3 ROCK AND ROLL SONGS: 1. "CROSSROADS" BY CREAM 2. "ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" BY JIMI HENDRIX 3. "MISSISSIPPI QUEEN" BY MOUNTAIN
Some good selections, but Gimme Shelter is the best R&R song of all time followed by Peter Frampton’s Do You Feel like we do, performed live
Best guitarist?.... Many say this is one of the all time Greatest Live Solos...... Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (Live at Tanglewood, July 21, 1970)
Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Vaughn, Van Halen...inmho.
and Prince.
Youre a good guy and that was a top suggestion! Eric was the man Jimi Hendrix crossed an ocean to go see. These British guys were channelling the Delta Blues, they were blues purists before they were anything else. What a question you pose though. I think to be perfectly honest Neil Young playing at 1 mph does it with more heart than Steve Vai at 200mph, though its obvious Steve is the 'better' player. But some peoples' hearts might be moved by flamenco and others by speed metal... I could only suggest my own favourite axemen at the end of the day: Jan Hammer of the Dutch 70s band Focus (see his playing on 'Hocus Pocus'), of course Frank Zappa, and (if you want a guitarist to make the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up) the great Leslie West of Canadian group Mountain, see any live version of Theme For An Imaginary Western from the early 70s. Youre welcome.
Jan Akkerman, not Jan Hammer. Different fellow.
I agree with Eddie Van Halen, Best rock song ever.
Eric playing like Zeus
Jim Hendrix gets my vote.
greatest guitarist.hmm tough one for sure. i do like SRV
My favorite guitarist is John Petrucci
Robert Johnson wrote it in the 1930s
Best guitar player, that's a matter of taste. I'd probably go for Terry Kath or Stevie ray Vaughan. But there so many great guitar players.
Normally I play my drums with your reactions.... With this song I just put my sticks down. I can't touch what Ginger Baker does on the song.
Hendrix, Page, Van Halen, Clapton, Zappa and Gilmour. I know Clapton should be 2 but I just can't do it. These are all big guys. There are some less known people who are excellent. Matt Bellamy of Muse and John Petrucci of Dream Theater. But best unknown Guitarist is Guthrie Govan. Possibly the best right now. He is in a band called the Aristocrats. Anything live will do.
Crème def Eric plays that shit like a strat violin man and Jack Bruce bassist resl good
That question has been asked millions of times. It is purely an objective issue based on personal likes. Anyone of the following names are contenders and there are many others. The "Blues" guitarist are some of the best not mentioned here. As for a ROCK guitarist....If you see these names on a song you can be sure there will be some very good guitar work.....Most say the best is a hard answer but maybe Jimi takes the #1 spot in most people's minds. Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Alex Lifeson, Neil Schon, Joe Perry, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Martin Barre, Toy Caldwell, Robby Krieger, Terry Kath, Slash, Billy Gibbons, Brian May, Peter Green, Steve Howe, Trevor Rabin,Tony Iommi, Dwayne Allman, Dicky Betts, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, John Fogerty, Stephen Stills, Jerry Garcia, Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, Randy Rhoads, Ted Nugent, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards.......... I have seen most all of them live and met several.
Can anyone name all the bands these guys are in?
I don't see Peter Green's name on the list...
@@coinneachmaclellan3121 Thank You for the reminder, and YES, his name is added right now to my list.
It's hard to say who's the best guitarist. All those guys you mentioned and Carlos Santana and one who died to soon Terry Kath.
Don't forget Randy
Derrick Trucks for the top guitarist presently/
Even Clapton thought Hendrix was better. I heard that when he first listened to Hendrix, he said he almost gave up the guitar.
When He was first brought to England, Clapton after he first heard him play said he would like to break his fingers...haha
Clapton the best
Check out Rory Gallagher.
Best Female Guitarist? "Orianthi" gets my vote. Here with the Bad Ass Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.......... Sharp Dressed Man Billy F Gibbons ZZ Ward Orianthi - Feb 2017
ruclips.net/video/spJ-nQ1iiH0/видео.html
CRANK IT UP!! Pack the pipe for this legendary song. Thanks JM, TOO COOL again. 134
Jimmi Hendrix. although they were good friends and fans of each others playing. Thats the way il
t should be.
Nice to see that I missed the chat 😒
And thats your mix right? Slow it down and bring it in together.
Jimmy Page.
Let the "Motor City Madman" get a grip on your throat..... Ted Nugent - "Stranglehold"
Too fasttttttt
Another great group, thanks JM