Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies is the seventh live album and a box set by Eric Clapton, released in March 1996. Unlike the first Crossroads box set that encompasses more than three decades of Clapton's work, Crossroads 2 is a chronicle of Clapton's live shows between 1974 through 1978. The album is largely focused on longer renditions of electric blues. Four studio outtakes are also included.
Leon Russell "MAD HATTER" Wilkeson
(April 2, 1952 – July 27, 2001)
was an
American musician.
He was the bassist
of the southern rock band
from 1972
until his death in 2001.
MAYBE,
WHOA, IF I COULD PRAY
AND I TRY, DEAR
YOU MIGHT COME BACK HOME,
HOME TO ME
MAYBE,
WHOA, IF I COULD EVER
HOLD YOUR LITTLE HAND
OOH YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND
POOLS OF SORROW
WAVES OF JOY
ARE DRIFTING THROUGH
MY OPENED MIND
POSSESSING AND CARESSING ME
AND THE MEN WHO
HOLD HIGH PLACES
MUST BE THE ONES WHO START
TO MOLD A NEW REALITY
HIDE IT IN A HIDING PLACE
WHERE NO ONE EVER GOES
Angus McKinnon Young
(born March,31st 1955)
is an Australian musician,
best known as
the co-founder,
lead guitarist,
songwriter,
and the only
continuous member
of the hard
rock band
AC/DC.
He is known for
his energetic performances,
schoolboy-uniform
stage outfits
and his own version of
Chuck Berry's
duckwalk.
Young was ranked
38th in
the 2023 edition of
Rolling Stone's
250 greatest guitarists
of all time list.
In 2003,
Young and
the other members of
AC/DC
were inducted
into the
Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
WELL,
LIVED MY LIFE
AND NEVER STOPPED
TO WORRY 'BOUT A THING
OPENED UP AND SHOUTED
BUT NEVER TRIED TO SING
I HAD A FACE SO CUTE
MADE A YOUNG GIRL CRY
AND I COULD
BLOW THEM AWAY
WITH JUST
A WINK OF MY EYE
FEAR ME YOU
LOATHSOME, LAZY CREATURES
I DESEND UPON YOUR EARTH
FROM THE SKIES
I COMMAND YOUR VERY SOULS
YOU UNBELIEVERS
BRING BEFORE ME WHAT IS MINE
Eric Patrick Clapton
(born March,30th 1945)
is an English
rock and blues guitarist,
singer,
and songwriter.
He is regarded as
one of the most
successful and influential
guitarists
in rock music.
Clapton ranked second in
Rolling Stone's list
of the
"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"
and fourth in Gibson's
"Top 50 Guitarists of All Time".
He was named number five
in Time magazine's list of
"The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players"
in 2009.
After playing in a number
of different local bands,
Clapton joined
the Yardbirds
from 1963 to 1965,
and
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
from
1965 to 1966.
After leaving Mayall,
he formed the power trio
Cream
with
drummer
Ginger Baker
and
bassist/vocalist
Jack Bruce,
in which Clapton
played sustained
blues improvisations and
"arty, blues-based
psychedelic pop".
After four successful albums,
Cream broke up
in November 1968.
Clapton then formed
the blues rock band
Blind Faith
with Baker,
Steve Winwood,
and
Ric Grech,
recording one album
and performing
on one tour
before they broke up.
Clapton then toured
with
Delaney & Bonnie
and recorded his
first solo album
in 1970,
before forming
Derek and the Dominos
with
Bobby Whitlock,
Carl Radle
and
Jim Gordon.
Like
Blind Faith,
the band only
lasted one album,
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,
which includes
"Layla",
one of Clapton's
signature songs.
Clapton continued to
record a number of
successful solo albums
and songs over
the next several decades,
including a
1974 cover of
Bob Marley's
"I Shot the Sheriff"
which helped reggae
reach a mass market
the country-infused
Slowhand album
(1977)
and the pop rock
of 1986's
August.
Following the death
of his son
Conor in 1991,
Clapton's grief was
expressed in the song
"Tears in Heaven",
which peaked at
number two
on the
Billboard Hot 100
and appeared on his
Unplugged album.
In 1996
he had another
top-40 hit
with the
R&B crossover
"Change the World".
In 1998,
he released the
Grammy award-winning
"My Father's Eyes".
Since 1999,
he has recorded a
number of
traditional blues
and blues rock albums
and hosted the
periodic
Crossroads Guitar Festival.
His latest studio album,
Meanwhile,
was released in 2024.
Clapton has received
18 Grammy Awards
as well as the
Brit Award
THE SILENT SUN
THAT NEVER SHINES
SHE IS THE WARMTH
OF MY LONELY HEART
THE MOTION
OF A TURING WHEEL
CAN'T YOU STOP IT
AND LOOK AROUND
HEY LADY,
YOU GOT THE LOVE I NEED
MAYBE MORE THAN ENOUGH
JUST REMEMBER
THAT THE GOAL
IS FOR US ALL
TO CAPTURE
ALL WE WANT
ANYWHERE
Darrell George "Dash" Crofts
(August 14, 1938 – March 25, 2026)
was an
American musician,
one half of the
soft rock duo
with
Jim Seals.
Crofts was a drummer
in his early career,
when he met
Jim Seals,
then a saxophonist.
The two would go on
to play in
eventually creating
the duo
Seals and Crofts,
in which both members
sang
and played
the guitar
and mandolin
among other instruments;
they would go on
to record hits
such as
"Summer Breeze"
and
"Diamond Girl"
EVEN THE LOSERS
GET LUCKY SOMETIMES
EVEN THE LOSERS
KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF PRIDE
THEY GET LUCKY SOMETIMES
SHE'S A DANCER,
A ROMANCER
I'M A CAPRICORN,
AND
SHE'S A CANCER
