Can't say Eric ever came close to approximating what he had with Cream once the band dissolved itself. Derek and the Dominoes were about as close as he got. But it was no Cream.
Eric, listen to me. Drop the Strat and grab a Gibson SG and Marshall amps again. Go into seclusion for a year and you can regain your former masterly technique on guitar. Do these things and we will be eternally grateful and will buy tickets to all of your shows!
Hektar. How right you are. This is a motherfucking mind blowing solo. The swing and time is astounding. Eric was burnt to a crisp at the end of cream. They toured too much. But it was lighting in a bottle. Cream captured that for a brief moment and yet they left indelible mark on Rock N Roll. Not to mention that EC’s tone is fucking monster.
Look at that track list. They were so hot that night they actually got away with skipping "Sunshine Of Your Love". There were probably people there that night who had that realization hit them HOURS later.....
The MC5 was the house band at the Grande and opened for Cream that night. Legend had it that after the show when both bands were partying back stage, Sonic Smith of 5 lectured Clapton that Cream needed a second guitarist. Sonic was a great guitarist in his own right but he was probably too high that night.
Thanks for the comments. No, I haven't heard the 2005 reunion concert at the Albert Hall, as I'm afraid of how it would compare to the original 1968 performance. I like the Tele that Eric used in the 1969 Hyde Park concert with Blind Faith, but, as you mentioned, the single-coil Strats seem to be too weak and thin for the kind of power rock that Cream developed.
Did it ever occur to anyone that Clapton left Cream in part because he didn't really care for this stuff? I mean, I love it just as much as the rest of you, but it may be a good thing that it died when it did--an entire career of this kind of thing would be unsustainable.
I think you're right. The band broke up when it needed to, had they continued the music would have suffered and they would have eventually 'jumped the shark'. The fact that they only did this for a couple of years makes it all the more potent.
Agree 100%. The Beatles and Cream, two bands that knew how to fuck off and leave people in peace. Went out in an absolute blaze of glory. Nothing their members did since came anywhere near as close. Unless you include George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass' but even much of that was written during his time with the Fab Four. The Stones on the other hand have churned out albums that have got progressively worse since the early seventies, which is kind of depressing.
Hektor Annatar The second part you say is entirely accurate, but the first is not. Eric loved the blues an loved the freedom of improvising the music the way Cream did an every other aspect of it. Especially because most of the Cream songs were blues song's which came from Eric's background an knowledge of the blues. Which has been the only thing in Eric's repertoire before an after Cream. It was the Yardbirds an John Mayall that he grew tired of an the direction they were headed. What he grew tired of with Cream an why they broke up, was the fighting between Jack an Ginger, It took a big toll on Eric. Because he was always on the sidelines an knew he didn't have the power to stop it. Eric an the rest of Cream had Artistic integrity which very few bands an why their music is pure.
7:02 Eric launches into the ending of the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
Can't say Eric ever came close to approximating what he had with Cream once the band dissolved itself. Derek and the Dominoes were about as close as he got. But it was no Cream.
What a night they really jammed, the good old days going to the Grande Ballroom every weekend.
Eric, listen to me. Drop the Strat and grab a Gibson SG and Marshall amps again. Go into seclusion for a year and you can regain your former masterly technique on guitar. Do these things and we will be eternally grateful and will buy tickets to all of your shows!
Yes!
Can anybody just imagine how ahead of its time is this?
Special memories. I'm pretty sure I was there at the Grande that night. I saw Cream several times there. Oh to go back for just one more night.
Hektar. How right you are. This is a motherfucking mind blowing solo. The swing and time is astounding. Eric was burnt to a crisp at the end of cream. They toured too much. But it was lighting in a bottle. Cream captured that for a brief moment and yet they left indelible mark on Rock N Roll. Not to mention that EC’s tone is fucking monster.
Remember this concert..the Grande was our home every weekend!!.. yeah, I was trippin
Ginger's into is priceless. Our love and respect to all 3 of these fellas. ♥
This is DEFINITELY the goods!!
When Ginger was cooking, he was two really good drummers at once.
Nice & Wild !
Great Song !!
How the fuck does Eric get that sound out of his guitar at the beginning of this solo???
Look at that track list. They were so hot that night they actually got away with skipping "Sunshine Of Your Love". There were probably people there that night who had that realization hit them HOURS later.....
The MC5 was the house band at the Grande and opened for Cream that night. Legend had it that after the show when both bands were partying back stage, Sonic Smith of 5 lectured Clapton that Cream needed a second guitarist. Sonic was a great guitarist in his own right but he was probably too high that night.
Can't imagine seeing these bands back to back.... WOW!
Thanks for the comments. No, I haven't heard the 2005 reunion concert at the Albert Hall, as I'm afraid of how it would compare to the original 1968 performance. I like the Tele that Eric used in the 1969 Hyde Park concert with Blind Faith, but, as you mentioned, the single-coil Strats seem to be too weak and thin for the kind of power rock that Cream developed.
WOW
Sounds more like 'I'm so tired'. You know that tour was an exhausting one.
Elvin and Coltrane; Cobham and Mclaughlin; Ginger and Eric.
Agree 100% about the Strat sound. "I give up."
Did it ever occur to anyone that Clapton left Cream in part because he didn't really care for this stuff? I mean, I love it just as much as the rest of you, but it may be a good thing that it died when it did--an entire career of this kind of thing would be unsustainable.
I think you're right. The band broke up when it needed to, had they continued the music would have suffered and they would have eventually 'jumped the shark'. The fact that they only did this for a couple of years makes it all the more potent.
Agree 100%. The Beatles and Cream, two bands that knew how to fuck off and leave people in peace. Went out in an absolute blaze of glory. Nothing their members did since came anywhere near as close. Unless you include George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass' but even much of that was written during his time with the Fab Four. The Stones on the other hand have churned out albums that have got progressively worse since the early seventies, which is kind of depressing.
Hektor Annatar The second part you say is entirely accurate, but the first is not. Eric loved the blues an loved the freedom of improvising the music the way Cream did an every other aspect of it. Especially because most of the Cream songs were blues song's which came from Eric's background an knowledge of the blues. Which has been the only thing in Eric's repertoire before an after Cream. It was the Yardbirds an John Mayall that he grew tired of an the direction they were headed. What he grew tired of with Cream an why they broke up, was the fighting between Jack an Ginger, It took a big toll on Eric. Because he was always on the sidelines an knew he didn't have the power to stop it. Eric an the rest of Cream had Artistic integrity which very few bands an why their music is pure.
happyuk06 1968-74 was the best period of the Stones. Didn’t start to such until Taylor left