Butch Black wrote: >Jens wrote > >I think it floats just fine. This is not Eric Clapton and Cream, playing in >arecord studio. >It's really folk music - hobo music, isn't it? Originally played by people >with no education, walking from street to street, playing for the poor >people, day-labourers, whores, guests in cheap crummy restaurants etc. That >is at least the impression I get from the lyrics in the songs. To me this >sound just about right ;-) > >The original was done by Robert Johnson and was much closer to that version >then Cream's version was. Cream's version is in my opinion is a prime >example of English blues rock of the 60's and is in my personal top ten >songs of all time. Clapton has since proved he is as adept at playing >traditional Chicago blues and is no slouch at acoustic blues either.
By the way: Cream's version wasn't done in a recording studio, it was a live recording from a concert.
