OK, here's another memory from the first night at Anaheim (3/17/68) that I've carried around for
years, but never has been confirmed...
I remember
vividly that they did an acoustic version of "As You Said"...
I didn't recognize the song when they played it, as it hadn't been released yet...
When "Wheels of Fire" came out, I recognized it, and it became (and still is) my favorite Cream tune...
But, as the years went by, the story that I heard them play it live met with gafaws...
There is
no evidence out there--on bootlegs or pics--that the song was ever played
anywhere, and I began to wonder if I had just imagined the whole thing...
So-ooo yesterday, while trying to find pics of Clapton playing a 335 at Anaheim, I ran into
this page, that has this description and pic:
"Also from the (Anaheim) Convention Center, Jack plays acoustic guitar during a performance of As You Said.
This may very well be the only time Cream ever performed the song live!"
I've got some pics coming from the second night at Anaheim, so we'll know soon (hopefully) what the guitar was that Clapton was playing...
It was
not the Firebird or the painted SG....