Last week I posted Tales of Brave Ulysses from Live Cream Volume 2. This week it’s White Room from the same album. As I pointed out before, same chord run down. Similar bass. Listen to Bruce’s bass in this version. Killer! Especially at the end when he and Clapton are both doing solos and still playing together. Amazing! Didja see them do this at the reunion concert at Royal Albert Hall? Poor Jack Bruce had totally lost his voice. No wah wah pedal on the solo by Clapton. They played it slower with nowhere near the energy they played it here. Nowhere near the power. Just damn! Cream was a such a fantastic band. I wish they would have stayed together longer. This was late 60’s early 70’s rock at its greatest!
It’s astonishing to think that Cream were together for less than 3 years. I don’t count the 2005 reunion because I agree that it was rather pathetic. No energy at all.
Cream made some classic records, but it was live where they were an absolute monster band. This recording of White Room proves it. The way they individually went off into the stratosphere and somehow came back into groove together, was simply magical.
I posted this a couple weeks back but will put it up again for those that missed it>>> Unreleased, mostly soundboard recordings from Cream’s last tour and the final concert at Albert Hall, Autumn, 1968:
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=2891
One of the greatest bands of all time, captured live at the peak of their fame & abilities in (for all but the Albert Hall tracks) great sound quality. And best of all, the tracks are free to download, burn and share. R.I.P. Jack Bruce.
I’ve said it before, it’s like Clapton was a different guitarist back then. He did his very best stuff with Cream.
Certainly doesn’t sound like Saturday Bach to me. It’s a bit noisy. But I might as well get used to it. Now that the grandson is taking singing, trumpet and bodhran (Irish drums), I have no idea what type of music he’s finally going to offer to the public at 18. Hope he is smart enough to join a band. Keep an eye on him, Denny.
Sorry! I thought I had posted a Saturday Bach. I’ll post next week what I planned to post last Saturday.
Great tour; great band. The needles certainly are redlining on this recording, that’s for sure. This was back when Eric was just rockin’ out and pushin’ the envelope; later he would “go back to the roots” and “diversify” and pretentiously try to establish his creds with the NPR crowd.
Jack Bruce did some good work with another of my guitar heroes — Robin Trower. If you like electric guitar, that was the Age of Titans.
He also did a tour with Leslie West and Corky Laing from Mountain. Saw them live. It was a great concert!