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Cream

Formed 1966

  • Principal Members
  • Ginger Baker
  • Jack Bruce
  • Eric Clapton

Biography

Cream was a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. Celebrated as one of the first great power trios and supergroups of rock, their sound was characterised by a melange of blues and psychedelia. Cream combined Clapton's blues guitar playing with the airy voice and intense basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Ginger Baker.

Cream's music included songs based on traditional blues such as 'Crossroads' and 'Spoonful', and modern blues such as 'Born Under a Bad Sign', as well as more eccentric songs such as 'Strange Brew', 'Tales of Brave Ulysses' and 'Toad'. Cream's biggest hits were 'I Feel Free', 'Sunshine of Your Love', 'White Room', 'Crossroads' and 'Badge'.

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Artist Timeline

  • 1966Jam with Hendrix
  • 1966 'Fresh Cream' released
  • 1967 'Disraeli Gears' released
  • 1968 'Wheels of Fire' released
  • 1968 The band break up
  • 1993 Cream reunite to play at the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • 2005 The band play the Royal Albert Hall and Madison Square Garden
  • 2006 Receive a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement

Key Releases

  • Fresh Cream

    1966

    Amped up Blues riffery at its finest. Seminal.

    Review on BBC Music

  • Disraeli Gears

    1967

    All original tunes; a powerfully psychedelic masterpiece.

    Review on BBC Music

  • Wheels Of Fire

    1968

    Half live album and half studio concoction - from tightly controlled songs to monstrous jams, Clapton, Bruce and Baker at their best.

    Review on BBC Music

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