Eric Clapton. Lead. Vocals.

I ended up at a yakitori place for dinner on St. Marks. As we walked in, Cream's "Crossroads" assaulted us. I used to love Eric Clapton. Before I discovered Freddie King and Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Johnson. In college, I was still listening to the classic rock I had favored in high school, and one of the first box sets I purchased was Clapton's Crossroads set. If my freshman roommate's weakness was 90's metal ballads, mine was 70's Clapton. Since college I rarely find myself dusting off either the Clapton or the Derek and the Dominos set off my shelf. But faced with the urgency of that song on the stereo, it make me want to go back and reclaim him. Listening to "Crossroads" now, I'm particularly struck by the basslines. Posted by eku at January 21, 2004 12:20 AM