1322 - Cream Crossroads 1968

Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues rock, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining the psychedelia-themed lyrics, Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing and vocals, Jack Bruce's voice and prominent bass playing and Ginger Baker's jazz-influenced drumming. Cream's music included songs based on traditional blues such as "Crossroads". Cream's version is a compilation of parts of 2 Robert Johnson songs - "Crossroads Blues" and "Traveling Riverside Blues". Inside the gatefold of the 2-disk LP "Wheels Of Fire", the song listings for sides 3 (including "Crossroads") and 4 are misleadingly subheaded, "Live at the Fillmore." Same with disk 2 of the 2-CD versions. "Crossroads" was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom, also in San Francisco. Just one of the 4 live songs on these 2 LP sides, "Toad," was actually recorded at the Fillmore, but the Fillmore name had a lot more marketing appeal. "Crossroads" was recorded at Winterland on March 10, 1968, a Sunday, during the first of the 2 Cream shows that night. "Crossroads" immediately followed "Spoonful" in the performance, whereas on the album, "Crossroads" comes right before "Spoonful."