Cream - Spoonful (live) 1967 AMAZING SOLO (RARE)

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  • Опубликовано: 15 мар 2013
  • Spoonful live version from a concert in Detroit, in 1967. It was released on the album "Sun Vanishes - Birth Of The Six Strings God". One of the best solos I've ever seen by Clapton !! This guy is truly a GOD !
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  • @manoftheworld1000
    @manoftheworld1000 11 лет назад +60

    These 3 musicians, folks, they were years, years, years ahead of their time!

    • @rrock2025
      @rrock2025 Год назад +1

      Your comment is years ahead of its time.

    • @Yonder27
      @Yonder27 11 месяцев назад +1

      I was 14 in 69 and I must say that I appreciate this now more than ever at 68😮….🙏🏼 🙏🏼..🙏🏼.

    • @kensolmann5262
      @kensolmann5262 5 месяцев назад

      Power trio... also Hendrix

    • @manoftheworld1000
      @manoftheworld1000 5 месяцев назад

      @@rrock2025 Just imagine in 2067 people will still listen to Cream!

    • @manoftheworld1000
      @manoftheworld1000 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@kensolmann5262 Oh, let's not forget the power duo, Hardin & York.

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 4 года назад +52

    I agree. This solo is a mind-blower. I heard Clapton and the Cream shortly after this at the Shrine Auditorium in LA around March '68. The song that stood out to me was "Tales of Brave Ulysses" with the "Wah Wah" effect in the solo. I was high as a kite on some little purple pill I dropped. I became completely mesmerized with Clapton's solo of chorus after chorus and how he kept relentless momentum while never repeated himself. I heard Hendrix around the same time and he was even more radical. Pure genius right on the spot. Clapton and Jimi ruled for live performance. It was a different and more "risk-taking" era. None of us had heard this kind of virtuosity before. This was jazz.

    • @nancyg.5171
      @nancyg.5171 Год назад +4

      We were the first to enjoy “pharmaceuticals enhanced” music. And Ginger Baker could play drums longer than anyone. The Era of Great Music

  • @JumpinJAKEFlash
    @JumpinJAKEFlash 4 года назад +92

    The greatest power trio ever in my humble opinion. They were awesome together. The talented jazz-honed skills of Baker and Bruce combined with Clapton’s soaring blues-based guitar work made for a truly unmatched sound

    • @kingbrinston
      @kingbrinston 2 года назад

      Just listened to Hendrix house burning down and Clapton is just a English guy playing rocking bluez

    • @anauticalgate5496
      @anauticalgate5496 2 года назад +5

      @@kingbrinston Wes Montgomery could burn Hendrix down,without breaking a sweat.And Wes didn't rely on Ronson lighter fluid.

    • @carmenjennings6229
      @carmenjennings6229 2 года назад +3

      @@kingbrinston hey don't understand all this Hendrix bashing. After Jimi played that night when Cream invited him onstage, Clapton himself was found backstage by his manager hands shaking so much he could barely light his cigarette.. saying to his manager "you said he was good but not THAT good!"

    • @robertkelly6282
      @robertkelly6282 2 года назад

      Nobody was ever close

    • @kakwirakeronrmontour861
      @kakwirakeronrmontour861 Год назад +2

      @@anauticalgate5496 That said, I am never going to knock or diminish Hendrix voice on the electric guitar.

  • @alanwoodhouse2236
    @alanwoodhouse2236 5 лет назад +51

    Just put my headphones on closed my eyes and gone back 50 years in time to my youth, thanks for posting.

  • @videomaniac108
    @videomaniac108 7 лет назад +198

    It amazes me how somebody can sing a melody and play a rhythm instrument(bass) so well simultaneously. Jack Bruce R.I.P.

    • @timcharles5476
      @timcharles5476 4 года назад +33

      When Jack played, it was a lead instrument: he defined rock bass.

    • @jackbassett9365
      @jackbassett9365 4 года назад +17

      Jack made the bass fill so many roles in that band. Three instruments sounding symphonic!

    • @monty70
      @monty70 3 года назад +10

      A musical “genius” like Frank Zappa couldn’t play and sing at the same time to save his life.

    • @anauticalgate5496
      @anauticalgate5496 2 года назад +7

      @@monty70 miss him too.Frank was a great arranger ,and producer,among his other talents.

    • @anauticalgate5496
      @anauticalgate5496 2 года назад +4

      @@timcharles5476 my favorite concerts all had Jack playing, his famous EB3,or ,his Lucite Ampeg, or ,much later-Warwick fretless

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 Год назад +9

    1968 Cream shows were very good . 1967 Cream shows ... WOW .

  • @CARETAKER89able
    @CARETAKER89able 8 лет назад +79

    Cream never gets old, can listen to them at any age, even a 100!!

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 4 года назад +4

      130

    • @jackbassett9365
      @jackbassett9365 4 года назад +10

      I will be listening to this in the nursing home!

    • @Maria-tm2eu
      @Maria-tm2eu Год назад +2

      I am 72 and I am just in my half time. Keep strong and healthy guys!

  • @LCNSilveri
    @LCNSilveri 2 года назад +37

    Greatest guitar solo of all time lads

    • @t.j.payeur5331
      @t.j.payeur5331 Год назад +4

      Not really...

    • @LCNSilveri
      @LCNSilveri Год назад +9

      @@t.j.payeur5331 in my opinion it is

    • @ab77blues
      @ab77blues Год назад

      @@LCNSilveri The twelve second solo on the original by Howlin' Wolf says so much more.

    • @walkinmyshadow
      @walkinmyshadow Год назад +8

      @@ab77blues no. It does not.

    • @bobbyz23
      @bobbyz23 13 дней назад

      Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun is and 98% of everyone else will agree because it's original not a cover like this one is.

  • @blumobean
    @blumobean 7 лет назад +59

    Ginger is out there on this one. Truly unconventional drummer.

    • @rowlffffff
      @rowlffffff 4 года назад +9

      Baker was the engine room of this band!

    • @danasheys9300
      @danasheys9300 3 года назад +8

      Ginger Baker is always amazing

  • @pedroV2003
    @pedroV2003 10 лет назад +46

    If you aren't spending at least 50% of your time listening to Jack Bruce and what he's doing you're missing the best part of this cut.

    • @davidranger13
      @davidranger13 6 лет назад +5

      pedroV2003 Some/Many Bass Licks Never Heard Before, or Since... What A JAM..... ✌😎

    • @harlow743
      @harlow743 5 лет назад +4

      Jack WAS GREAT

  • @cano1255
    @cano1255 8 лет назад +22

    Jack Bruce is absolutely tremendous

  • @GosuKiwi332
    @GosuKiwi332 9 лет назад +57

    RIP Jack Bruce. Absolute legend.

  • @lvbbbasdsjcjm
    @lvbbbasdsjcjm 9 лет назад +22

    Clapton is really tearing it up. Good to hear a new piece by Cream I have never heard. They were the BEST.

  • @botvinnik64
    @botvinnik64 4 года назад +20

    Ginger Baker R.I.P. we love you always!!!!

  • @anthonybowers7571
    @anthonybowers7571 Год назад +10

    Fabulous

  • @markwilensky5547
    @markwilensky5547 8 лет назад +256

    After listening to so many of the great rock guitarists over the past 50 years, I still think Clapton/Bruce/Baker not only outshine every other group, but they embody the eternal truth that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

    • @arminiushermann09
      @arminiushermann09 6 лет назад +22

      Mark Wilensky Couldn't of said it better my friend. I argue all the time about why Cream is the greatest. You don't need to be a music expert to see what separates them from the rest. All you need is your ears to hear what's going on between the three of them.

    • @xenonkolonicki36
      @xenonkolonicki36 5 лет назад +27

      They are no slouches independantly either! ! ! But no other member shines as bright as their timekeeper. Ginger Baker is notoriously the most under rated drummer/percussionist in rock & roll history. His rock steady beat and techniques are second to none.

    • @TheDesertwalker
      @TheDesertwalker 5 лет назад +5

      They OUTSUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE? I agree.

    • @davidpbailey
      @davidpbailey 5 лет назад +7

      Agree. Totally spontaneous from the heart

    • @dougpotosky4102
      @dougpotosky4102 4 года назад +14

      Yes!!!! How lucky I was! Twice I saw them in New Haven. I was only feet away from Clapton. My first music photographs. They had the music and the 60's in the palm of their hands!

  • @timmyles314
    @timmyles314 9 лет назад +16

    Clapton is GOD.... everything he touches.... turns to GOLD .

  • @iansnyder274
    @iansnyder274 4 года назад +12

    Holy shit...Clapton was seriously ON here.....killing it..... IMO, nobody ever, that I've heard anyway, brought out his greatness as a guitarist like Ginger and Jack....nobody!!!

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 10 месяцев назад

      Duane Allman did a pretty good job of it.

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 8 месяцев назад

      Stevie Winwood in their 2000s reunion got him plenty inspired.

  • @alandarby2202
    @alandarby2202 7 лет назад +51

    I was lucky enough to tour with Eric for a year in 1998. He truly has something special.

    • @soxwina
      @soxwina 4 года назад +4

      did U play?...Roadcrew? Sound?

    • @motherlessblues1565
      @motherlessblues1565 2 года назад +4

      I have seen you play in some shows with Eric,, I though well “ Eric always has great players with him”

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 года назад +1

      @@soxwina if you don't know Alan Darby,... You are missing something great!!!!

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 года назад +2

      Hello Alan! I am sure Clapton would say the same about you! Exactly yesterday I was listening one gig -2005?-where you both play together (maybe Surrey), it's in RUclips by the name "MAN WITH NO LEGS" , it actually starts with a prayer, then the set starts with "IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR", Eric doesn't sing, he simply screams like fire, then you sing (like God can only sing too) one song from Peter Green, you both have a beautiful guitar interplay, and your Strat tone is also amazing... I remember it made me search about your career as I had never heard the name, and I read the funny incident with your music teacher at school, etc... I wish you had kept on in Eric, s band, because for me, it was as when 79-83 Albert Lee and Eric teamed up. You made Eric play and sing better. I hope you keep singing like in those days, and stay healthy. Regards from Spain 🎸🎸

    • @redsfanstan2012
      @redsfanstan2012 Год назад +2

      RIP Alan Darby passed Feb 2023. Played in Erics band often in 90s on second guitar.

  • @diverdrag
    @diverdrag Год назад +17

    However, Clapton is unique and one of the best guitarists of all time and of all genres. But also a fair man to be admired.

    • @gilldanier4129
      @gilldanier4129 11 месяцев назад +4

      He was my first inspiration, and created the overdriven sound all by himself, others followed. Yes to be admired.

    • @anauticalgate5496
      @anauticalgate5496 9 месяцев назад +1

      And ,he loves fly fishing , has a monster of a sweet tooth and fast cars!!!!

    • @bunnybgood411
      @bunnybgood411 9 месяцев назад

      As a musician, yes. As a human being Eric was an a******. By his own admission he r@ped Pattie Boyd.

    • @JimDeferio
      @JimDeferio 2 месяца назад

      For that time period (late 1960's) he was a good blues/rock guitarist but certainly not even close to the classical and jazz guitarists of that time period or before or after that time-period. Alvin Lee and Jimi Hendrix were both better blues/rock guitarists than Clapton.
      Don't confuse the sound of loud electric guitar amps with skill.

    • @diverdrag
      @diverdrag 2 месяца назад

      @@JimDeferio Personally, Hendrix is ​​the best for me, then Jeff Beck, and Alvin Lee is special to me and others are exceptional, but Clapton is not to be underestimated either. And as a man, he is fair.. And Jmmie Page ...

  • @dannyboyle7068
    @dannyboyle7068 4 года назад +19

    They were gods!voice,drums,guitar.personalities were something else,god bless em!

  • @zatkie91
    @zatkie91 9 лет назад +23

    RIP Jack Bruce, a great artist whose talents we will miss

  • @macolganjames3356
    @macolganjames3356 8 лет назад +18

    Amazing. Nothing like this nowadays. Cream were the Cream !

  • @MsLilyhorse
    @MsLilyhorse 10 лет назад +90

    Spoonful is my favorite Cream song. There are times when Bruce is leading it, but this is by far the best Clapton guitar version I have ever heard. Thanks for posting.

    • @jerryshunk7152
      @jerryshunk7152 4 года назад +12

      I agree that Eric is beyond the beyond on this cut Never ending GLORIOUS riffs without a sour note extant !!!😎

    • @mikeervin3147
      @mikeervin3147 3 года назад +5

      Hell yeah!!

    • @jeffkurtz3249
      @jeffkurtz3249 2 года назад +6

      Don't forget the Baker glue holding this ship on course!

    • @billhorstkamp98
      @billhorstkamp98 Год назад +4

      This is my favorite cover of theirs. I still like Chester, Arthur Burnetts version better.

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@billhorstkamp98 It was Howlin' good.

  • @ireneruthfox
    @ireneruthfox 9 лет назад +36

    The greatest live Band I ever seen. And I seen them all.

  • @mattyancick599
    @mattyancick599 3 года назад +15

    My favorite band. The first super group. For being together for such a short time no other band made such an impact. Ginger and Clapton solos are pure magic.

    • @ericanderson2987
      @ericanderson2987 3 месяца назад

      Cream is STILL my favourite Band. These 3 Talented Musicians just had a Power they brought to Stage. It's too bad there was so much friction between Bruce and Baker.

  • @billhorstkamp98
    @billhorstkamp98 Год назад +5

    The cream always rises to the top

  • @johnallen2771
    @johnallen2771 4 года назад +17

    I was drawn to Cream in 1966 by Jack Bruce's bass and singing. He really was the powerhouse of this group. But on the other hand Ginger and Eric were both top of the list players. Unique is a good word for them. I got to see them live in '67 and of course I was smoked up. When they started playing I went into a trance and was totally mesmerized by the sounds they were putting out. Just 3 guys who dressed like me were putting out all of this? I couldn't believe it. Great concert.

    • @parallaxcontinuum7898
      @parallaxcontinuum7898 2 года назад +1

      Fresh Cream ,Revolver& Pet Sounds really changed the landscape, and the signposts , in '66.

    • @danielgiraud1118
      @danielgiraud1118 9 месяцев назад

      Tu as parfaitement raison ! @@parallaxcontinuum7898

    • @AmericasChoice
      @AmericasChoice 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@parallaxcontinuum7898 1966 is my favorite year, things got fruity by the end of 1967 and then all the bogus hippie stuff took over....

    • @parallaxcontinuum7898
      @parallaxcontinuum7898 7 месяцев назад +1

      The last great year , for many a moon@@AmericasChoice

  • @brunnegd
    @brunnegd 2 года назад +10

    Another example of why live concerts beat studio recordings every time.

  • @1blastman
    @1blastman 4 года назад +29

    Every time I hear these Spoonful jams, I always get a sense of competition among the three musicians. Each one is working to play their best riffs and I still am in awe how each musician strives to set their own standard of excellence within the song. Every version of this is a little different, I still like the Wheels of Fire version the best,

    • @darjfie
      @darjfie 2 года назад +3

      Try listening to Powerhouse's version '69

    • @1blastman
      @1blastman Год назад +1

      @@darjfie If it's on youtube, I'll dig it up.

  • @jonwatson4988
    @jonwatson4988 5 лет назад +8

    63, need my Cream with my coffeee, it gets my day started!

  • @richardroyal9841
    @richardroyal9841 Год назад +4

    attended 3 Cream concerts 67,68 at Grande Ballroom.
    Popular venues then
    Fillmore East-West.
    Top Groups love.
    Grande crowd.
    , acoustics.
    They played 3 nights row.
    In prompt ( 5 minutes Eric and band…just spontaneous playing
    Off each other . My( middle ) of a song was Unique, Great art Cream set. Listening now Spoon-full song example but must b 10 min. In Prom-too
    My fav band 60’
    s.

  • @Nonconformistwilderbeastman
    @Nonconformistwilderbeastman 3 года назад +6

    I think this stuff can't be topped ever

  • @KINGBOURBON
    @KINGBOURBON 8 лет назад +36

    Most definitely one of the top solo's I every heard by EC, Sleepy time time.(live) is a killer too.

  • @jackbassett9365
    @jackbassett9365 4 года назад +38

    Spoonful has been my favourite piece of music since I first heard the Wheels Of Fire album 50 years ago. This is the first time I heard this version. It is just as amazing as the Wheels version!

    • @robertgallagher5285
      @robertgallagher5285 Год назад

      Agree I know the previous song on the album Cross Road Blues more famous but this is THE Blues|Rock song up to this point or maybe All time (JIMI AT WOODSTOCK MORE ROCK???) Loved the laid back Blind Faith would have loved to see them at Woodstock but would either them or Cream have outshine Jimi??!!

    • @billhorstkamp98
      @billhorstkamp98 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@anauticalgate5496 hell, I thought Canned Heat had a better set than Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock

    • @ericanderson2987
      @ericanderson2987 3 месяца назад

      ​@@billhorstkamp98perhaps, but Canned Heat was SO BAD in that they couldn't put their Songs together.

  • @josephpetrov9024
    @josephpetrov9024 9 лет назад +6

    IMO opinion the band that set the standard for all blues rock bands past and present. There will never be another like it. Three musicians that smoked the house down. Pity egos ruined the group.

  • @jasonlynn1017
    @jasonlynn1017 3 года назад +111

    This is the band which Jimi declared was "THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD"

    • @juangoya7874
      @juangoya7874 3 года назад +7

      Really?

    • @dimethaltryptamine1
      @dimethaltryptamine1 2 года назад +13

      Also the band Jimi kicked off the throne ;)
      Given that Clapton is friggin magnificent here. Better than the filmore...which before i played this I would've though it was impossible to beat the version on Wheels Of Fire 1

    • @anauticalgate5496
      @anauticalgate5496 2 года назад +7

      @@dimethaltryptamine1He would not have withstood the challenge by two more equals to his undeniable talents. Which is why he alone , was showcased.Kinda gets old ,fast.There are hundreds of 'bar band " Jimis who eclipse what Hendrix managed , at his zenith.

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 года назад +11

      @@dimethaltryptamine1 that never happened. Between 66 and 68, there was nothing better

    • @carmenjennings6229
      @carmenjennings6229 2 года назад +8

      @@anauticalgate5496 i do truly believe in my heart that Jimi was a stand alone. Purely unique in every way. So respectfully I must disagree that there are hundreds of bar band Jimis that outshine him even and especially in Jimi's prime. He was unique and the passion in his music will never be seen or heard again

  • @Crustt098
    @Crustt098 Год назад +4

    Left an indelible mark on me from first time
    hearing when I was 16
    years old. Lucky me

    • @robertkelly6282
      @robertkelly6282 24 дня назад

      Sunshine of your love 16 listening in the schoolyard with my friends hooked

  • @KerrieRedgate
    @KerrieRedgate 9 лет назад +172

    What a privilege it's been, to live in this era, to hear this music. I hope future generations find this. We miss you already, Jack. Rest in peace... But please come back soon.

    • @BrianDay4545
      @BrianDay4545 9 лет назад +9

      Kerrie, I do so agree with you. It is a privilege to be able to hear this music so easily. I spent 1000's of hours, months, years, 22/24/7/365, on the P2P's after Napster Crashed and Burned, collecting a collection of collector's music. Now it is so easily available. Gaad!. Future Generations will listen only if we aging folks turn them onto this. I haven't found a 20 to 40 something that hasn't bounced their head to this. I'll be 70 soon. I never tire of hearing Cream, or EC

    • @sumphandle
      @sumphandle 9 лет назад +8

      Brian Day i agree too youtube is like every memory you ever had on tap

    • @lewars1912
      @lewars1912 9 лет назад +3

      Kerrie Redgate It would be a huge surprise to me if he managed to come back.

    • @KerrieRedgate
      @KerrieRedgate 9 лет назад +2

      Hi Everybody! He won't come back as 'Jack Bruce'. He might not even come back as a musician, but I hope he does.

    • @lewars1912
      @lewars1912 9 лет назад +7

      Kerrie Redgate I suppose it's possible. Reincarnation could be making a comeback, though if he did manage to do this he probably wouldn't want Ginger to know about it.

  • @avelinourdaneta7409
    @avelinourdaneta7409 5 лет назад +10

    The longest and best solo everlast. Amazing, wonderfull Clapton.

  • @zincChameleon
    @zincChameleon 6 лет назад +10

    I was there that night; later I found out that they felt that was the best set of their tour.

  • @oldmcmetal3688
    @oldmcmetal3688 4 года назад +11

    Wish I could travel back in time! Only to witness this magic moment of pure ecstatic musicianship

  • @billykelly33
    @billykelly33 5 лет назад +39

    The greatest band of all time

  • @jtconner7599
    @jtconner7599 8 лет назад +32

    RIP to the headphone listeners at 00:01

  • @juansemillon
    @juansemillon 4 года назад +9

    Clapton is a beast, a guitar machíne, wow 😎🎶🚬✌️, he came to this world to make many people happy with his talent, thanks god, ala, buda whatever, respect 👏👍.

  • @billwesley
    @billwesley 10 лет назад +59

    Imagine having popular audience that actually listens to extended instrumentals, that would not happen today, there are no popular extended instrumentals because the audience would have to pay extended attention, today only extended electronic music has a popular audience, at least there is that.

    • @robertroddy6639
      @robertroddy6639 9 лет назад +9

      Imagine an audience sitting through 18 mins. of "Toad" I could sit through 18 hrs. of "Toad"! Every time I come home and my boxer puppy wags her tail against her kennel, I hear Ginger's double bass drums!

    • @stevenwandrey687
      @stevenwandrey687 9 лет назад +4

      Ever heard Phish dude?

    • @ivanbuccafusca337
      @ivanbuccafusca337 6 лет назад +4

      I recommend that you listen to the band Earthless

    • @kenfranks1714
      @kenfranks1714 6 лет назад +2

      Earthless...Cream reincarnated!!! I get hypnotized in maybe, 22 seconds.

    • @markwilensky5547
      @markwilensky5547 6 лет назад +1

      One obvious exception to your point is Tash Sultana - check our :Live at the Paradise"

  • @edbankston5593
    @edbankston5593 4 года назад +4

    Imagine this is 1967, people were blown away

  • @crustyknight
    @crustyknight 8 лет назад +85

    Was blessed to see them in San Diego on the Wheels of Fire tour. Eric broke into this long, long solo then walked off stage. As incredible as his solo was when Jack started his bass solo it made Clapton sound like he was a Thalidomide guitarist. After a mind blowing bass solo, Jack left the stage too leaving Ginger rockin and sweatin like a mad man. I remember somewhere during the drum solo Ginger spoke into the mic saying "I could sure use something to keep this going!" The stage was showered with joints! Eric and Jack came back and played another 15 - 20 minutes ending Spoonful. Baker must have played non-stop for an hour easily.

    • @robertbloom1637
      @robertbloom1637 8 лет назад +7

      i saw them in mt adams cincinnati it must have been 67 or 68..a small venue,,, same incredible routine all soloing then leaving....it was amazing just like u say;;;

    • @Aldebaron9
      @Aldebaron9 8 лет назад +7

      +Papa McCain The Thalidomide comment wasn't exactly funny...... ginger prob didn't mean weed........ I saw him do his unreal "Do what u like", B.F. solo with the sticks flying in the air and him catching them perfectly with his head bowed, eyes closed.... fuck'n nuke-u-lar. The local establishment cut the power and he pounded the mic into the stage floor in anger as the crowd wailed.... summer '69

    • @erasmusomnius
      @erasmusomnius 7 лет назад +5

      I was there also, but it might have been the year before that, 1967, though they were playing WOF material anyway. Exhibition hall, next door to Golden Hall Community Concourse. Brain Police opened. Jack killed me with Traintime also. Never to be forgotten.

    • @chrishill1073
      @chrishill1073 4 года назад +1

      Ginger Baker was probably referring to them coming back on stage. Fighting over that SPOONFUL.

    • @brendanbrandau9306
      @brendanbrandau9306 4 года назад +2

      Id pay everything i have to have seen that, you truly are blessed.

  • @merlinfarmer
    @merlinfarmer 9 лет назад +10

    i am so sad jack is gone, but the wonderful music will live forever

  • @susanreed2802
    @susanreed2802 8 лет назад +134

    No one could jam like Cream...

    • @CountryHouseGent
      @CountryHouseGent 8 лет назад +6

      Logically a bit far fetched but I get your point. :)

    • @susanreed2802
      @susanreed2802 6 лет назад +21

      Not far fetched at all, just the truth

    • @photoslum
      @photoslum 5 лет назад

      There are plenty who jam like Cream.

    • @Felliixtc
      @Felliixtc 5 лет назад

      By "jam" do you mean, play music?

    • @Felliixtc
      @Felliixtc 5 лет назад +2

      Well, I've never heard them jam. I've heard them play their songs as they rehearsed them but jamming is something else entirely.

  • @Walkingshadow1
    @Walkingshadow1 9 лет назад +15

    A little "Cat's Squirrel" at 10:55. Phenomenal band. One of a kind. All these guys were at the very peak of their awesome creative powers in 1967-1968. They don't make sufficient adjectives to describe this.

    • @rossmapleston1103
      @rossmapleston1103 4 года назад

      Rossco

    • @rossmapleston1103
      @rossmapleston1103 4 года назад +1

      Try agen took this lp to cocatoo is 1969. Myself and plumbersaw traffi appretice played it evey night.

  • @EffemeyJon
    @EffemeyJon 9 лет назад +17

    This bring back memories....RIP Jack

  • @bjgrant1234
    @bjgrant1234 9 лет назад +16

    RIP Jack Bruce...............certainly one of the greatest!

  • @libragemleo
    @libragemleo 11 лет назад +61

    I'm fascinated by Jack Bruce. Instantly recognizable voice, unique in the world of music. Most amazing vibrato and note-bending skill. I've been bonded to his voice since the 60s.

    • @anauticalgate5496
      @anauticalgate5496 2 года назад +3

      That little bit of filler < "Dreaming" >off of 1966's Fresh Cream ,is a good example of Bruce's measured breathing ,pace.It's almost a warm up exercise - but it gives the listener a clue , that this is going to go,beyond Macca's capabilities.

    • @burpie3258
      @burpie3258 Год назад +4

      Yes!!! His vibrato is excellent!

    • @bunnybgood411
      @bunnybgood411 8 месяцев назад

      I love Jack Bruce's voice so hard.

  • @MrDino1953
    @MrDino1953 Год назад +5

    All this from a song based on just 2 notes…phenomenal.

  • @univibe23
    @univibe23 8 лет назад +11

    He was 22!! (Justin Bieber's age!!) Fucking crazy!!

    • @HowBrownPhiladelphia
      @HowBrownPhiladelphia 8 лет назад +3

      +univibe23 Excellent point, univibe. He played like he was twice that age.

  • @daedal9644
    @daedal9644 7 лет назад +6

    7:20 is really cool then after that melody he starts tearing it up like I never heard him tear it up before. Him improvising like that with an amazing rhythm section improvising under him is hard. Most people refuse to understand his role in Cream. It's the reason why people think he's overrated.

  • @sunshinelove3120
    @sunshinelove3120 9 лет назад +9

    Blessed by 60s LOVE of Supreme music. Blessed by Cream. Blessed by the Sunshine of beautiful composition and arrangements that shine with a sparkling, magical music rays of eternal passion to ignite the hearts of fans and music lovers, appreciating the grandest selection of 60s sublime songs in a blues, rock era psychedelic influence of magnetic compilations of great albums with super songs, so special.
    Your music lives forever, your memories everlasting. R.I.P. JACK BRUCE, Brilliant Bassist ever!

  • @craigmiron3047
    @craigmiron3047 2 года назад +5

    Best ever... never get tired of this group... always cheers me up... wish I could of seen at Fillmore in SFO...

  • @stevezurier
    @stevezurier 9 лет назад +26

    This was the great power trio of all time. Jack is right there with Eric soloing away on this jam. His bass lines are like solos. It's what every musician who improvises strives for; sure it's in a rock idiom but it's totally free and in the moment. What total greatness.

  • @marchristiansen
    @marchristiansen 7 лет назад +16

    Never heard this before. Cool recording. The power of three. Love it when they go off on an extended jam.

  • @basil7972
    @basil7972 7 лет назад +34

    the guy was firing on all cylinders to say he was imitating hendrix is a load of b----s this was is still stunning

    • @chrisayres7948
      @chrisayres7948 7 лет назад +22

      basil bathbone he wasn't imitating Hendrix , Hendrix imitated him

    • @enorbet2
      @enorbet2 4 года назад +3

      @@chrisayres7948 OMFG you and basil are so far off. Neither was imitating the other as they are very different kinds of players. In Cream Drums a la Baker kept time and fantastically well I should add and Jack Bruce used that as freedom to solo-bass much of the time. As a result Clapton had to continually define the circle of chords in time, which he did extremely well. In Experience, Drums a la Mitchell SUSPENDED time with polyrhythms (see Elvin Jones) and cymbal gas which would have left a Bass player of Bruce's caliber wide open but Noel was a guitar player and sucked on Bass, not badly but comparatively, so he kept time. This freed Jimi to not have to and he could play "outside" with abandon. Please note that Miles Davis didn't desire to play with Clapton but he did with Jimi. Trying to compare the two is apples and oranges, and please notice there are no scoreboards at concerts..

    • @Blackscorpion1963
      @Blackscorpion1963 4 года назад +1

      @@enorbet2 Don't believe basil bathbone is writing he believes Eric Clapton was imitating Jimi Hendrix - rather he is alluding to what some other people may say anecdotally. basil bathbone then continues writing explaining he believes that it is BS what some other people may say anecdotally. In other words basil bathbone does NOT believe Eric Clapton was imitating Jimi Hendrix at all during 'Spoonful'. I agree with your comments and I learnt something. May I add that Jimi Hendrix also jammed with Traffic in the late '60s. FYI: jimi-hendrix.servidor-alicante.com/discs/Jimi_Hendrix_and_Traffic_-_A_Session.html

    • @enorbet2
      @enorbet2 4 года назад

      @@Blackscorpion1963 - Yes it seems I jumped the gun and owe Basil an apology. I have no idea why I included Basil at first glance other than that - first glance.

    • @paulshaum3421
      @paulshaum3421 4 года назад

      Great explanation of the 2 differing styles though. 2 of the greatest bands of all time for sure

  • @parmec1875
    @parmec1875 Год назад +12

    Endless jam... better than Jimi Hendrix, according to me!

  • @cu6454
    @cu6454 Год назад +3

    He did a run so fast around 5 minutes something I couldn't really follow it Eric was an a animal 🎸

  • @briancampbell6038
    @briancampbell6038 4 года назад +7

    what tone and command from clapton.......great stuff.

  • @swankmotee
    @swankmotee 4 года назад +3

    When these three were on they were ON! Clapton couldn't help but play his ass off with that amazing rhythm section pushing him like a runaway train of bluesrock fusion! WHOA!!!!

  • @sagarpokhrel5357
    @sagarpokhrel5357 4 года назад +5

    Rip Ginger. I just wanted to hear those amazing jams again

  • @MrRborges
    @MrRborges 9 лет назад +16

    R.I.P great song. pieces of the 60's are disappearing too fast.

    • @paulcudone4642
      @paulcudone4642 3 года назад +1

      Only one left standing , Clapton!! Only two from the allmans, jamioe and Betts!! Two from The Who. Those of us lucky enough to have lived through this time simply had the best Rock music ever!!!!

  • @kerrymcmanus9188
    @kerrymcmanus9188 10 лет назад +16

    Best Cream iv'e heard,Jack & Ginger put Eric into an inspired frenzy.

  • @andythomas706
    @andythomas706 9 лет назад +11

    The Autumn '67 US. Tour was their peak. Everyone should have The Grande Ballroom Boot!

    • @dougpotosky4102
      @dougpotosky4102 4 года назад +3

      I believe they played New Haven that year. I was their. Beyond Amazing!!! And before we knew it. Cream was having their farewell tour. I was only feet from Clapton. Pure Magic!

  • @billo321
    @billo321 10 лет назад +8

    Led Zeppelin showed genius on the first album, but even then, the studio effects are what make the Led Zeppelin sound. People don't do barbershop quartets with themselves, as Plant does on countless LZ recordings. Same for Page.
    Very good sounds from both groups, but Cream defines power trio, and in most ways, it defines psychedelic rock, blues rock, and hard rock.

    • @locknload10mm
      @locknload10mm Год назад +3

      Zeppelin sounded best on record, while they were mostly underwhelming live. Cream was the opposite; their studio recordings, while good, were nowhere near the live sound they produced. Cream on record was like a bird trapped in a cage. When they could stretch their wings and improvise at high volumes with a lot of overdrive and spontaneous ferocity for 10 or 15 minutes on stage, they truly came alive.

  • @kakwirakeronrmontour861
    @kakwirakeronrmontour861 Год назад +14

    This may in fact surpass the Wheels of Fire, which, up till now, had been the finest of Clapton's Cream live versions. Incredible tour de force!

  • @NukedBacteria
    @NukedBacteria 9 лет назад +5

    This song feels like one long sentence. Brilliant.

  • @jackbassett9365
    @jackbassett9365 4 года назад +8

    What an incredible set of pipes Jack Bruce possessed!

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 10 месяцев назад

      Incredible set of fingers as well.

  • @colerainfan1143
    @colerainfan1143 9 лет назад +7

    EC has been my favorite since high school---40 years. I wore out Wheels of Fire. Then Layla. This recording is 1967 for goodness sake. Live Spoonful showcases the sounds, the talent, you couldn't hear anywhere else.

  • @lykes2fly
    @lykes2fly 9 лет назад +9

    One of the greats. RIP Jack

  • @cycloptical26
    @cycloptical26 5 лет назад +9

    Marshall stack, everything cranked to 10, no wonder Eric has tinnitus now, but what working musician doesn't? Anyhow, magnificent playing!

  • @jeffkurtz3249
    @jeffkurtz3249 2 года назад +4

    22 minutes of the best psychedelic blues rock-inspired musical era songs, the roots being born on stage evolving live before a mesmerized crowd following each bend and twist and beat to a frenzied finale, amazing!!!!

  • @tom5182
    @tom5182 10 лет назад +84

    Again, Baker goes ignored. Listen carefully. Clapton and Bruce hang on his every beat!

    • @videomaniac108
      @videomaniac108 7 лет назад +16

      This is one of the things that I noticed as I was learning to play electric bass, how fantastically great Ginger Baker is as a drummer.

    • @markkelly3859
      @markkelly3859 7 лет назад +11

      Watch the video/movie Beware of Mr Baker and you'll understand that no rock drummer could touch him. He had "drum-offs" with the top American jazz drummers. No other rock drummer would attempt to do that. But when he played rock, he played what the song needed, and that was not jazz drumming.

    • @videomaniac108
      @videomaniac108 7 лет назад +4

      Thanks, I'll make a point of watching that. Maybe it'll help me with some of the difficulty I'm having in sight-reading rhythms quickly :)

    • @bassguyusa
      @bassguyusa 6 лет назад +12

      Ginger Baker is definitely the best drummer of all time given when he was doing that and the lack of technology they had back then. He IS the hammer of the gods!!! I am a bass player and LOVE Jack Bruce, but it is true, without Ginger Baker (really without any one of them) they would not have been the creative powerhouse they were. Not to diss on Bonzo, he was heavy but sloppy and I laugh anytime someone tries to put him on the same level as Ginger.

    • @cruzcontrol1504
      @cruzcontrol1504 6 лет назад +5

      Just exactly WHO is ignoring Baker ? I didnt ignore him at the Garden in NYC in '68, did you ?

  • @bb1111116
    @bb1111116 9 лет назад +27

    Clapton is amazing on this. But on top of that, Bruce and Ginger are fantastic as well.

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 10 месяцев назад

      Shouldn't that on the bottom?

  • @paulharris8551
    @paulharris8551 9 лет назад +14

    This is a great version. I still regard the Wheels of Fire version as the gold standard, but this one is (even) more intense.

  • @Lucasfaitsonchaud
    @Lucasfaitsonchaud Год назад +5

    the solo is AWESOME!

  • @bunnybgood411
    @bunnybgood411 8 месяцев назад +2

    I wish there was more footage of Cream playing live.

  • @XYZ-lz3xv
    @XYZ-lz3xv 6 лет назад +5

    Super powerhouse band- great, seems like yesterday but lives forever.

  • @goldenfreddygaming2351
    @goldenfreddygaming2351 8 лет назад +8

    unbelievable! what a jam best version i have ever heard made my day

  • @lfdias4458
    @lfdias4458 6 лет назад +8

    Spoonful... spunfool.... spunnnnnfool! Jack Bruce is the real god! RIP my friend!!

  • @DogTrekker
    @DogTrekker 4 года назад +35

    When Clapton truly WAS God! Thanks for this... excellent version!

    • @danasheys9300
      @danasheys9300 3 года назад +3

      Yes WAS is correct

    • @acepaul407
      @acepaul407 3 года назад +3

      He was God, until Jimi showed.

    • @Dagger_323
      @Dagger_323 3 года назад +7

      @@acepaul407 No, Clapton was even after that. I have never heard a single live take that Jimi played that ever came anywhere close to this recording alone.

    • @jpkaneshida1977
      @jpkaneshida1977 2 года назад +2

      @@Dagger_323 7 words; Machine Gun Fillmore East Band of Gypsies

    • @Dagger_323
      @Dagger_323 2 года назад +5

      @@jpkaneshida1977 Nope.

  • @davidjohnburnage6351
    @davidjohnburnage6351 3 года назад +3

    If there was anybody out there now capable of playing like this then they'd be doing it

    • @parallaxcontinuum7898
      @parallaxcontinuum7898 2 года назад +2

      Is there anyone , in rock , today,with the requisite 'vocabulary" ,that reaches THAT deeply into themselves ? A firm, NO.

  • @wilhelmscream3499
    @wilhelmscream3499 9 лет назад +7

    Around 14:00 Clapton gets tired of caterwauling and starts listening to Bruce play. He then does something amazing, he begins to make music with him. It's a moment in the true sense of the word music. He can actually here them talking to each other.

    • @robertbloom1637
      @robertbloom1637 8 лет назад +1

      +WilhelmScream at 7;20 too i think..checking in then checking out,,,,going off,,they are so in psynch tho/// inspiring each other i guess,,, cream of the crop alright,,,empowering music !!

    • @billybobgeo
      @billybobgeo 8 лет назад +1

      +WilhelmScream -- dig this comment and made me listen to this with more intent -- Also must say Ginger is also killing it here esp during the summation of the jam at 16:00

    • @fernandoalonso5872
      @fernandoalonso5872 5 лет назад

      @@billybobgeo o

  • @stephengreen215
    @stephengreen215 9 лет назад +27

    Whàt a truly incredible band they were......rest in peace jack....

  • @SupremePianosNY
    @SupremePianosNY 8 лет назад +22

    Saw them perform this live at the Filmore West in 1967. Outta sight! :D

    • @bobcardenaz9034
      @bobcardenaz9034 8 лет назад +11

      Eric is a living Guitar legend along with his buddies Jefff Beck and Jimmy Page. Back in the day I was so pissed off when Cream broke up.

    • @chrisayres7948
      @chrisayres7948 7 лет назад +1

      Stephen Jones What you talking about man He wrote Layla since then and Badge and Wrote the theme music to Lethal weapon and performed live with Phil Collins etc etc he got better as a musician he couldn't keep playing heavy rock forever it would've gotten old just look at GNR today still playing the same songs they played since 86 lol

    • @danasheys9300
      @danasheys9300 3 года назад

      Lucky dude.... or chick...

  • @lesanne2
    @lesanne2 9 лет назад +10

    Miss you forever Jack...

  • @juangoya7874
    @juangoya7874 3 года назад +4

    Thanks cream for make happy

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 5 лет назад +6

    Bill Lordan , James Dewar And Robin Trower . Another Incredible Trio .

  • @vivekwally7376
    @vivekwally7376 Год назад +2

    Great Solo...

  • @jaywatterworth
    @jaywatterworth 8 лет назад +2

    I was at this concert. It was better than you could possibly imagine.

  • @fashionearrings
    @fashionearrings 10 лет назад +10

    He used to be so full of fire when he was young and stoned..

    • @steveoglesby4120
      @steveoglesby4120 10 лет назад +7

      He still is..it's just that he's matured. Saw Capton/Winwodd in Vegas and no white guy, ever played the Blues with more feeling and skill than Eric. He has a lifetime of experiences, now. Some, extremely tragic. Losing his son to a freak accident and Stevie Ray died touring with him. He knows what the blues are supposed to be. When he played with Cream he had to blow away the crowd with technique. Today he comes out, plays and leaves you speechless with emotion.

    • @kerrymcmanus9188
      @kerrymcmanus9188 10 лет назад +3

      Steve Oglesby Totally agree Steve he has lost nothing in his playing,just artistic maturity.He couldn't play 20 minute solos for the rest of his life.

  • @williamjc7195
    @williamjc7195 8 лет назад +47

    best band ever,period.

    • @susanmartin9021
      @susanmartin9021 3 года назад +1

      No Led Zeppelin was the best band ever

    • @williamjc7195
      @williamjc7195 3 года назад +4

      @@susanmartin9021 sorry, i saw LZ as the opening act for Vanilla Fudge in Seattle. Way better than the Fudge; not up to Cream's enormous talent,energy,and creativity! Although I really love LZ's 1st 2 albums when they were very much more of a Yardbirds/blues rock band :). bty I am a musician, been playing bass since I saw Jack Bruce/Cream back in 1968!!!! be well!

    • @locknload10mm
      @locknload10mm Год назад +2

      @@susanmartin9021not even close. Cream was stratospherically better.

    • @frontier_fancier
      @frontier_fancier 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@susanmartin9021 Wrong. Page couldn't solo his way out of paper bag. And frankly Plant's voice does my head in.

  • @GINSEW976
    @GINSEW976 11 лет назад +2

    You never hear enough about Baker, if you don't agree that he's one of the greatest drummers of all time then you have probably been deaf since birth (No disrepect to the deaf). Cream was a great band. What has happened to music? The 60's and 70's truly was the golden age of music.

  • @plumstreetmusic
    @plumstreetmusic 9 лет назад +4

    Missed this one, but was up against the front of the stage in June, '68. Another great performance.