I'm 71 and saw Cream in 1968 in Denver. I was 15, and talked my mom into taking me to the concert! Eric was playing a Gibson Firebird, which you don't see him pictured with often. (If at all!)
Here, in Australia, the album "Wheels of Fire" was released as two single albums. One covers the studio songs while the other the live ones. That album and your other "Electric Ladyland", I believe, were a pivotal moment for albums in the late 1960s. For me, the years from 1965-1975 were an incredible period of fantastic albums, not just studio ones but live ones as well. That period will never be matched again (IMHO).
Saw Cream at The Night Owl in Greenwich Village NYC in 1967. They were in NYC and played at that FABULOUS hole in the wall. The following year Cream was no more.
Thank God for Cream's first US tour! Only wish there were more recordings of those shows? F-ing Cream opened for Zappa in Chicago at the Coliseum! A remastered digital recording of that show alone would be incredible! Among many others! Jack Bruce had said that although the released Cream live albums are very good, the shows they did on the road were significantly much better!
Saw Cream at West Hempstead in June 1968. The Herd ( Peter Frampton) was one of the opening bands. Disappointed because Cream played only 3 songs. Recalled there was a problem with the PA system but read somewhere they arrived late. I was sixteen at the time and my memory of the concert has faded over the years.
Real rock 'n roll show. There are reports from the very early 50s of Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie shows in NYC where they showed up late and there were teens running around the concert hall and fire department chasing them around blowing whistles while they played.
They sure were original..... I'd never heard anything like them at the time .... I was 16 when I heard them for the first time actually being covered by a local band at an audition..... really different sound for the time
Mickey Hart tells a story about going to see Cream play the Fillmore with Garcia. On the way out, the conversation went something like this. M: That's the best band in the world, right? J: Tonight - that was the best band in the world.
It was refreshing to hear Ginger say was not the greatest drummer ever, but for him to claim they were the biggest band of their era I think he forgot about the Beatles
Owsley took Jack Bruce and his wife to the Ballet , and his favorite SF Steak House, 'Original Joe's. Bear was obnoxious as usual always touting his famous product.
u can have Ginger, best drummer in a whirld was he? Is this professional sports or music? Will take Scott Asheton & King Coffey, David Lovering, Chris Ackland, Dan Haugh, Phil Rudd, Colm O Ciosoig, Dale Crover, Moe, Grandpa, Gaz, Mako
I always thought live Cream was a bit boring. Still do. Endless blues solos sped up and at high volume certainly hasn't aged well. His White Album contribution from the same period, however, was - and remains - a fine piece of work.
2:14. This is why I can't stand Clapton. He always bemoaned that his contemporaries were "selling out" and weren't "pure." Yet, he missed that they weren't interested in being a white blues musician. They were rockers. They were fun. They had style. A totally different aesthetic. And he neglects to mention a band like The Doors? His musical bandwidth has always been narrow and boring to me. Yeah. He's got the slow hand and nice phrasing. And he's written some nice stuff. But even he... got on board with "selling out". He just a whiner in my book.
The Velvet Underground, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Buffalo Springfield, Love ~ just a few amazing acts that were happening in America. Ole Eric's radar and purist taste wouldn't pick up on much outside of his strict parameters I suppose.
Good LsD was a big key in getting these bands over...selling their importance to the public. Because...really...psychedelics can make even the most mundane musician seem like a genius during a good peak. The Dead are a perfect example. Unless your in that particular frame of mind...its elevator muzak...not so deftly played...even at its best. Thats why they were hidden behind Owsleys (A CIA trained sound tech) wall of sound live rigs. Its not a coincidence that Robert Hunter and Barlow were also CIA assets along with Bob Weirs mil indus complex connected biological father. Its all smoke and mirrors people...one big govt jedi mind trick pulled on the music world too. There are no coincidences.
Baker. What a knucklehead. Best drummer in the world? Sorry, not even close. So obvious as to not even require stooping to post a list of better drummers still alive when he said that. Most outsized ego in the world, possibly.
I always thought those limeys should have stayed back in Merry Olde England, we had a good music scene without them,good mix on the charts, our pop groups, folk groups, people like Sinatra ,but those Beatles were SOOO cute, your grandmother even thought they were cute,and americans went crazy over the accents[mouthfull of marbles and mumbles-Baker]and what were they playing? American music-Blues,R n' B,Cor,Blimey!!!
first off, don’t call us Brits Limeys. That sounds so bigoted. You also overlook that it referred to lime juice that Captain Cook insisted his crew took which stopped scurvy on Brit sailing ships. For another, American had the Beach Boys for sure but only the likes of Bobby Rydell and other mediocrities. You had folk music by Dylan and others who I admire. Soul music and blues music were in the background. Finally, for sure the Beatles were heavily introduced by the likes of Chuck Berry and other Americans but went on to write Day in the Life. The British and American music scenes ended up by feeding off each other. Don’t be such an ignorant idiot.
Oh brother. How is it better to have FEWER music listening options ? It’s NOT, if you actually care about music. You care about something else, clearly.
Ginger... Love him... How great was that guy.
Beware Mr. Baker.
I'm 71 and saw Cream in 1968 in Denver. I was 15, and talked my mom into taking me to the concert! Eric was playing a Gibson Firebird, which you don't see him pictured with often. (If at all!)
Keep these never-before-seen interviews and concert clips coming. Fantastic for we lifelong Cream fans.
At 70 yrs old "Wheels on Fire" & " Electric Ladyland" Still Remain the to Most Important Albums in my Life 🎸 ⛅ 🎸
Here, in Australia, the album "Wheels of Fire" was released as two single albums. One covers the studio songs while the other the live ones. That album and your other "Electric Ladyland", I believe, were a pivotal moment for albums in the late 1960s. For me, the years from 1965-1975 were an incredible period of fantastic albums, not just studio ones but live ones as well. That period will never be matched again (IMHO).
Wish i saw cream live i am 21 years old and wheels of fire one of the perfect albums ever made
Saw Cream at The Night Owl in Greenwich Village NYC in 1967. They were in NYC and played at that FABULOUS hole in the wall. The following year Cream was no more.
MAGNIFICENT IN EVERY= WAY ! ! ! Totally Phenomenal DaDa ! ! !
Thank God for Cream's first US tour! Only wish there were more recordings of those shows? F-ing Cream opened for Zappa in Chicago at the Coliseum! A remastered digital recording of that show alone would be incredible! Among many others! Jack Bruce had said that although the released Cream live albums are very good, the shows they did on the road were significantly much better!
Saw Cream at West Hempstead in June 1968. The Herd ( Peter Frampton) was one of the opening bands. Disappointed because Cream played only 3 songs. Recalled there was a problem with the PA system but read somewhere they arrived late. I was sixteen at the time and my memory of the concert has faded over the years.
Real rock 'n roll show. There are reports from the very early 50s of Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie shows in NYC where they showed up late and there were teens running around the concert hall and fire department chasing them around blowing whistles while they played.
Got to see Cream 3 times..AND Blind Faith once.They were indeed ''Cream''
Cream were monsters. Like a locomotive, they just blew everyone else out of the water.
They sure were original..... I'd never heard anything like them at the time .... I was 16 when I heard them for the first time actually being covered by a local band at an audition..... really different sound for the time
Amazing band. And Ginger. Wow. It’s hard to say how good anyone is but Ginger is one of my favorite drummers. So jazy. But all were talented.
Saw them 3 times there.
Mickey Hart tells a story about going to see Cream play the Fillmore with Garcia. On the way out, the conversation went something like this.
M: That's the best band in the world, right?
J: Tonight - that was the best band in the world.
Amazing😊eric the love of my life😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
2:48 Augustus Owsley Stanley III aka "Owsley" or "Bear".
Dynamite trio. But Eric had to walk away to find his playing again...
You watch these interviews and quickly realize who the problem in the Ginger Baker-Jack Bruce relationship was.
It was refreshing to hear Ginger say was not the greatest drummer ever, but for him to claim they were the biggest band of their era I think he forgot about the Beatles
Bestles were big but cream were big too. Different bands
Owsley took Jack Bruce and his wife to the Ballet , and his favorite SF Steak House, 'Original Joe's. Bear was obnoxious as usual always touting his famous product.
u can have Ginger, best drummer in a whirld was he? Is this professional sports or music? Will take Scott Asheton & King Coffey, David Lovering, Chris Ackland, Dan Haugh, Phil Rudd, Colm O Ciosoig, Dale Crover, Moe, Grandpa, Gaz, Mako
You are such an elitist, you just have better taste in music than anyone you know.
Never heard of any of those guys...🤷♂️
I always thought live Cream was a bit boring. Still do. Endless blues solos sped up and at high volume certainly hasn't aged well. His White Album contribution from the same period, however, was - and remains - a fine piece of work.
try listening to some of the bootlegs where they were a lot more spirited. the official releases (live cream I&II) mostly don't do it justice
2:14. This is why I can't stand Clapton. He always bemoaned that his contemporaries were "selling out" and weren't "pure." Yet, he missed that they weren't interested in being a white blues musician. They were rockers. They were fun. They had style. A totally different aesthetic. And he neglects to mention a band like The Doors? His musical bandwidth has always been narrow and boring to me. Yeah. He's got the slow hand and nice phrasing. And he's written some nice stuff. But even he... got on board with "selling out". He just a whiner in my book.
can't believe he didn't mention the Dead, they were a staple there too but obviously not a fan.
Yeah, he's always going on about being a blues purist yet it took him forever to make From the cradle
The Velvet Underground, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Buffalo Springfield, Love ~ just a few amazing acts that were happening in America. Ole Eric's radar and purist taste wouldn't pick up on much outside of his strict parameters I suppose.
For me the only band Clapton misses here is The Doors but Robby Krieger had the same opinion at the time and was Paul Butterfield fan
Good LsD was a big key in getting these bands over...selling their importance to the public.
Because...really...psychedelics can make even the most mundane musician seem like a genius during a good peak. The Dead are a perfect example.
Unless your in that particular frame of mind...its elevator muzak...not so deftly played...even at its best.
Thats why they were hidden behind Owsleys (A CIA trained sound tech) wall of sound live rigs.
Its not a coincidence that Robert Hunter and Barlow were also CIA assets along with Bob Weirs mil indus complex connected biological father.
Its all smoke and mirrors people...one big govt jedi mind trick pulled on the music world too. There are no coincidences.
Baker. What a knucklehead. Best drummer in the world? Sorry, not even close. So obvious as to not even require stooping to post a list of better drummers still alive when he said that. Most outsized ego in the world, possibly.
I can’t stand Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton isn’t a really good person ,good guitarist just not a decent person
So we were better than anyone else ever...so there
In the 1960's - yeah, best drummer in the world. Still in the top 5 on most lists.
Eric Clapton said live on stage “Keep England White!
So there…
Baker is a very humble man
and an average drummer.
What a joke they became. Especially, “Dr. Clapton”, the medical expert.
I always thought those limeys should have stayed back in Merry Olde England, we had a good music scene without them,good mix on the charts, our pop groups, folk groups, people like Sinatra ,but those Beatles were SOOO cute, your grandmother even thought they were cute,and americans went crazy over the accents[mouthfull of marbles and mumbles-Baker]and what were they playing? American music-Blues,R n' B,Cor,Blimey!!!
What the bleep are you babbling about?
How old are you?
first off, don’t call us Brits Limeys. That sounds so bigoted. You also overlook that it referred to lime juice that Captain Cook insisted his crew took which stopped scurvy on Brit sailing ships. For another, American had the Beach Boys for sure but only the likes of Bobby Rydell and other mediocrities. You had folk music by Dylan and others who I admire. Soul music and blues music were in the background. Finally, for sure the Beatles were heavily introduced by the likes of Chuck Berry and other Americans but went on to write Day in the Life. The British and American music scenes ended up by feeding off each other. Don’t be such an ignorant idiot.
Oh brother. How is it better to have FEWER music listening options ? It’s NOT, if you actually care about music. You care about something else, clearly.
Cor blimey, those limeys revived US blues and r n' b.
Without them, you would never have heard this music in the mainstream.