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The Cream song that Jack Bruce was never happy with: “He’d throw a tantrum”
19 Apr 2024 20:16 GMT
… one names themselves something like Cream and claims to be anything … that didn’t mean that Jack Bruce had to like everything they … sound so basic. And while Ginger Baker was a pure madman who … a bit out of place. Clapton may not have been the …
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Jack Bruce revealed the two classic bands Cream looked down on: “Go away and learn how to play”
18 Apr 2024 01:35 GMT
… any other: Cream.
Comprised of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker, they … the drummer started Cream alongside his friend Eric Clapton, who had cemented … though: Clapton wanted only one man on the bass, Jack Bruce.
Baker would …
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The Cream song that made Jack Bruce cry: “That really got me”
11 Apr 2024 22:22 GMT
… Credit: F. van Geelen)
Cream was never a band known … hardened version of psychedelia, but Jack Bruce did admit that ‘Pressed … . Considering Bruce and Eric Clapton were known to work around … song, the idea of letting Ginger Baker get behind the microphone seemed …
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Ginger Baker: The “terrific” drummer who inspired Nick Mason to become a musician
13 Apr 2024 13:54 GMT
… he knew by listening to Ginger Baker of Cream.
This is strange, considering … friction between the power trio. Cream never claimed to get along … the disagreements between Baker and Jack Bruce made them look like an …
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Years before Cream: the night the Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce feud was crystallised
31 Mar 2024 09:40 GMT
… Organisation (GBO) and Cream, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce simply could not … he would first encounter Jack Bruce. Their volatile personalities … Cream in 1966 with mutual friend and blues master Eric Clapton … GBO, particularly when Cream was Baker’s conception …
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Jon Landau: the writer who tore Cream apart
16 Apr 2024 06:58 GMT
… blues movement.
While Eric Clapton had earned his place in … working with veterans like Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in Cream was too good … which was the equivalent of Clapton being told that everything he … always please everyone, but Clapton wasn’t one to take …
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‘We’re Going Wrong’: Ginger Baker on the song that ended Cream
07 Apr 2024 20:48 GMT
… pat on the back. While Ginger Baker had never been known as … the last straw with Jack Bruce when playing the Cream song ‘We’re … when they got Eric Clapton to form Cream.
Two of the best … shared the stage together, with Clapton later saying that the band …
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Eric Clapton’s Live Aid Marshall JCM800 amp is up for auction " data-before-rewrite-localise="/news/eric-clapton-live-aid-marshall-jcm800-sale
15 Apr 2024 12:26 GMT
… helicopter to Philadelphia to play Clapton’s set, which included … Band du Lac show, and Cream's 2005 reunion at … a transitional tonal time for Clapton. Having temporarily switched to Music … knobs.”
Anyone interested in purchasing Clapton's JCM800 can …
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“That was the peak”: the night that Cream climbed Ben Nevis while high on LSD
10 Apr 2024 21:21 GMT
… music in the first place. Cream can attest to this, as … to do mad things,” recalls Jack Bruce, “We played in a cinema … eating all these cakes.”
Eric Clapton recalls the moment they climbed … .
Check out ‘Strange Brew’ by Cream below.
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The Vogel presents Sons of Cream
09 Apr 2024 16:12 GMT
… Baker (son of Ginger Baker) and Malcolm Bruce (son of Jack Bruce) and Rob … Little Richard, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Dr John, Steve Cropper, Joe … ) and his father the late Jack Bruce of Cream.
Malcolm curated a tribute …