Cream - Outside Woman Blues

This is a live performance by British supergroup Cream performing a live version of the song "Outside Woman Blues". The performance is from their 2005 reunion concert at The Royal Albert Hall. It's a great performance and it shows just what this trio was capable of and still were capable of back in 2005.
The song was originally recorded by Blind Joe Reynolds in 1929. It has since been covered by a large number of artists, but most notably Cream. Cream's version was released in 1967 on their "Disreali Gears" album. There were only two covers on this album, and the rest of the songs were originals. Also the lyrics are credited to Blind Joe Reynolds, but with arrangement by Clapton. This is also very clear, if you take a listen to the original (click here for a performance of the original).
The song has been performed by a lot of artists and Clapton has also played the song live as a solo artist. Like this acoustic clip embeded below which is a very good version. It really marks Clapton's self-accompanied style and abilities and his vocal ability as well.

The song has also been performed by: Jimi Hendrix, Back Door Slam, Doyle Bramhall II, Van Halen and Johnny Winter.
I love both of Cream's versions of this song. They're both great performances who share displaying Clapton's guitar abilities and his vocal ability as well.

Enjoy ; )

Cream - Spoonful

This is a live version by the British blues rock/psychedelic band Cream performing a version of the classic Willie Dixon song "Spoonful".
"Spoonful" is a blues standard composed by Willie Dixon. It was first recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. It was loosely based on "A Spoonful Blues" by Charley Patton from 1929.
The first version of this song recorded by Cream was recorded for their 1966 debut album "Fresh Cream". It was only released on the UK version of this album and the American crowd got it through a released LP single.
The song was very often part of Cream's live set and since the 1966 recording it developed from blues rock to a starting point for extensive improvised soloing inspired by the San Francisco music scene of the 1960's. One version of the song from Cream's "Wheels of Fire" album is about seventeen minutes long. This version is about 8 minutes long, so there's soloing, but not as much as on a lot of their other recordings.
This is a great blues song, and I really love the original idea of doing acid rock and psychedelia on a classic blues standard, gotta digg that!

Enjoy ; )