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Cream at Madison Square Garden

Did anybody happen to see this show? I see the Royal Albert Hall shows will be released on a DVD by Rhino Records.\ This is the Amazon link; a CD will also be available.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009WFFS6/104-8436400-7285534?v=glance&n=130

Will be interesting to see what kind of role Clapton assumes since he was, basically, a guitar player (and always has been in my book; ie, lousy song writer and mediocre vocalist). A great guitar player but a guitar player nonetheless.
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dekay
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Not certain if you need to be on AOL to view/hear the following Cream clips (Albert Hall earlier this year), but here's a link.

http://music.aol.com/network_live/concert_videos/cream

Cream was the second large concert I attended in my youth (first was The Loving Spoonful).

I assume Ginger no longer tears a tourniquet from his arm just prior to beating out Toad's drum solo. LOL!
qdrone
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I heard "Spoonfull" Monday the day before the DVD was released and if age is a factor your worried about don't be, they were tight,loud and having a hell of alot of fun up there. It's nice to hear jack Bruce and Eric Clapton have made up. There will be NO studio album though
roryfan
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I picked up the Royal Albert Hall DVD on Tuesday,and I've
watched it 3 times.It is one of the best filmed and recorded
concert DVD's that I have seen.The performance's are very
good,and Eric's vocals are as good as they get.I also agree that his best effort was with Derek and the Domonos.
surfgod
229 posts
 
Let us remember that Jack Bruce was the main singer for the Cream. Clapton had to take many singing lessions to get to where he is today.
jsonic
227 posts
 
I also agree with Lugnut. I went to see Clapton at MSG a couple of years ago. He opted for the adult contemporary thing and I had to sit through a lot of that for every electric rocker he played. IMHO his voice is nothing special. His guitar playing is and he still can bring it. At least I won't have to sit through the wussy acoustic version of Layla at The Cream concert.
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