whats a firebird, gibson or a fender? sounds like a les paul. how come more players didn'tm play this, sounds incredible!
dantes1815(December 1, 2008 at 6:40 am)
Oh snap Clapton with a Firebird! I've never seen him play with one before. I wonder if Johnny Winter had anything to do with it?
dantes1815(December 1, 2008 at 6:38 am)
Now I want to go tripping at a train station lol It must be pretty far out! I don't know if I could get that far out there I just smoke the sticky icky...
gutterspout(December 1, 2008 at 12:03 am)
clapton said in the past that there is a picture of a wall that's spray painted 'clapton is god', and a dog is pissing on it- he thought that about summed it up, he was/is a humble down to earth blues man. I think even an atheist would have to admit if there was a god, it's because clapton ( and mozart) would be proof. think this is the farewell concert at royal albert hall in '68? they went out on top
sludgefingers(November 30, 2008 at 10:09 pm)
Yeah, where I came from we weren't that enthusiastic about Cream either - but we used to spray paint 'Clapton is St Anthony of Padua' on the walls as a compromise.
Neustria(November 30, 2008 at 6:43 pm)
Thank you for this information. The lyrics are as stunning as the playing. If Clapton wasn't God, well he was certainly in His Inner Circle!
gutterspout(November 30, 2008 at 5:18 pm)
claptons solo explodes at the the break, they dont play like this anymore. no more guitar gods or heroes, they only live on video games now...
keithmoon237(November 30, 2008 at 3:49 pm)
I prefer SOYL and WMGGW but this is definatly his best
enterthafatass(November 30, 2008 at 6:09 am)
im not a fan of cream but i really like this song
twrules1(November 30, 2008 at 3:35 am)
wicked solo at the enderic clapton F FUUKING ROCKS !!!!!!!!!!
bigdatut(November 29, 2008 at 8:05 pm)
It was not about a mental institution, it was (sort of) about a train station. It was written by Jack Bruce (bass player) and Pete Brown (a poet who was the song-writer for Cream behind the scenes). Jack supposedly wrote the guitar chops, and Pete wrote colorful phrases around the theme of waiting at a train station (obviously) while tripping on drugs (it was the 60's afterall). I think it is Eric's best solo for Cream, and probably for his entire career. But that's just my opinion.
