| "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson) [4:13] |
| Recorded 10 March 1968 during the first show of the evening at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco |
| Released in August 1968 on Wheels of Fire–Live at the Fillmore. |
| Jack Bruce (bass), Eric Clapton (guitar & vocal), and Ginger Baker (drums). |
| Robert Stigwood (executive producer), Felix Papalardi (producer), and Bill Halverson (recording engineer). |
| Cream. 1983. Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream. London: Polydor Ltd. [811 639-2] |
| Originally released on Wheels of Fire — Live at the Fillmore in August 1968. |
| Notes and Quotes |
| Section | Meas. | Description | Text |
| Introduction | 12 | Guitar solo over drums and bass. | — |
| Verse | 12 | Solo vocal over bass and drums, guitar between vocals. | a |
| Verse | 12 | As above. | b |
| Verse | 12 | As above. | c |
| Verse | 12 | Guitar solo. | — |
| Verse | 12 | Continued | — |
| Verse | 12 | As in sung verses above. | c |
| Verse | 12 | Beginning of on-beat guitar solo. | — |
| Verse | 12 | Drums, bass, and guitar increasingly vague on beat location. | — |
| Verse | 12 | Drums and bass back to regular pattern; guitar off. | — |
| Verse | 12 | Clapton's
vocal starts off on wrong beat. He corrects himself. End with stop and cadence. |
d |
| Text | |
| (I went)
down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees. (2x) That so Bealzabub sir (?), take me if you please. |
a |
| (I went)
down to the crossroads, tried to beg a ride. (2x) Nobody seemed to know me, everbody pass me by. |
b |
| (Well
I'm) goin' down to Rosedale, take my ride up on my side. (2x) You can still buy a house baby, on the river side. |
c |
| You can't
run, you can't run, tell my friends all the way around. Run, you can't run, tell my friends all the way round. And I'm standin' at the cross roads, I believe I'm sinkin' down. |
d |
| Cream | Schedule | Transatlantic Psychedelic Blues |
| 10-apr-14 | ||