Continuing with my review of the Golden Decade of Music 1965-1974, where I am selecting the artists alphabetically and playing selections of their songs I liked or found influential from that Golden Decade. I am currently in the C’s now playing a few from is Cream, the 60s British rock supergroup power trio consisting of bassist/singer Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker, and guitarist/singer Eric Clapton. Their sound was characterized by a hybrid of blues rock, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining psychedelic-themed lyrics, Claptons blues guitar playing, Bruces powerful, lashing voice and prominent bass playing and Bakers jazz-influenced drumming. The next song of theirs I’m selecting is Crossroads, which was a cover of the blues song written by Robert Johnson in 1936. Although its lyrics do not contain any specific references, the song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical talents. On March 10, 1968, Cream recorded a live version of Crossroads during a performance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. It features an up-beat hard rock arrangement by Clapton and an eight-note guitar riff and has both major and minor scale centers. Creams Winterland recording of Crossroads was released on the groups Wheels of Fire album in August 1968. A single was also released, reaching number 28 in the Billboard Hot 100. https://youtube/watch?v=PE9HvSdcaL4
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:33:52 +0000
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