Cream
In 1966, something very important happened in England. Three prototypical blues rock virtuosos left their respective groups (drummer Ginger Baker left the Graham Bond Organization; bassist Jack Bruce left Manfred Mann and guitarist Eric Clapton left John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers).
Cream
In 1966, something very important happened in England. Three prototypical blues rock virtuosos left their respective groups (drummer Ginger Baker left the Graham Bond Organization; bassist Jack Bruce left Manfred Mann and guitarist Eric Clapton left John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers). Establishing an enduring legacy of full volume blues at the 1966 Windsor Festival in England, Cream proved to be a crazy quilt of jamming and extended live solos, while, in the studio, they tended toward a more high-class blend of rock and blues, often written by Bruce and lyricist Pete Brown.
