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Cream on German TV Rock show 'Beat Club' circa 1966.
Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce back in 1966. Appearing on the German TV rock show BEAT CLUB.
Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for sharing the live music video of Cream AKA Eric Clapton on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass and Ginger Baker on drums performing the classic Sunshine of your love at their reunion at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005 {they had disbanded in 1968 primarily because of animosity between Ginger Baker and jack Bruce dating back before Cream was formed].
1. Eric Clapton background from guitarworld.com/features/eric-clapton-history-his-bands
At seventeen, he joined his first band, the Roosters. In less than a year, Clapton's highly-praised guitar work caught the attention of Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-Smith, who asked Clapton to join their band, the Yardbirds.
Clapton played with the Yardbirds for 18 months, earning the nickname "Slowhand." He recorded two albums with the Yardbirds, Five Live Yardbirds and Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds, before leaving after the group decided to abandon its blues roots and record the pop-oriented "For Your Love."
After the Yardbrids, Clapton joined John Mayall's BluesBreakers. His increasing versatility and instrumental prowess garnered Clapton mainstream attention, stirring one graffiti artist to write "Clapton is God" on the wall of a London subway station. After little more than a year, Clapton left the BluesBreakers and formed Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Defining the term "Power-trio," Cream released three well-receieved albums, Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, and Wheels of Fire, and became regarded as one of the best live bands in the world. Extensive touring and internal strife, however, caused the band to implode after only two years.
Shortly after Cream's demise, Clapton formed Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Rick Grech. They released one album and quickly disbanded as Clapton grew more frustrated with his iconic roll as a "guitar god." In an attempt to shun his increasing fame, Clapton took the reserved roll of sideman with folk-rockers Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.
After releasing his self-titled solo debut in 1970, Clapton created Derek & the Dominos with members of Delaney & Bonnie's backing band. They recorded Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, but the album failed to connect with audiences upon its release and the group broke up before a second album could be made. Disillusioned, Clapton became addicted to heroin and went into reclusion for three years.
At the behest of his friend Pete Townshend, Clapton began performing again in early 1973. He reinvented his sound with his second solo album, 461 Ocean Boulevard. Clapton has continued to release albums under his own name since, though in 2005 he did reunite with Cream for a series of shows in London and New York.
Clapton is the only musician to have ever been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times, as a member of the Yardbirds, Cream, and as a solo artist."
2. Jack Bruce background from biography.com/people/jack-bruce-20882873
After leaving [Royal Scottish Academy of Music on a cello scholarship] Jack "Bruce traveled around England and Italy. He joined his first big band, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, in 1962, as the bassist. One year later, he left to join forces with Graham Bond in what would become the Graham Bond Organisation. However, he was soon forced out by drummer Ginger Baker because of both personal and musical conflicts.
Marvin Gaye offered Bruce a spot touring with his U.S.-based band, but Bruce turned it down, citing his impending marriage. It turned out to be a fortuitous decision: He instead joined John Mayall's Blues Breakers, where he met Eric Clapton. In 1966, Bruce joined Cream with Clapton and former Blues Incorporated bandmate Ginger Baker. Bruce wrote and sang most of the band's songs, including "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room," and their 1968 double album, Wheels of Fire, became the first double album to go platinum. Cream broke up later in 1968, and Bruce went solo.
Even before Cream's break-up, Bruce began recording his own material. After the group disbanded, he began collaborating with other musicians, playing in styles ranging from classical to hard rock to world music. He released his first solo album in 1969, and his second, a jazz album, shortly thereafter. He went on an American tour with one of his own bands, and also joined a series of short-lived groups, including Lifetime, with John McLaughlin, Tony Williams and Larry Young; and the band West, Bruce & Laing, with Leslie West and Corky Laing."
3. Ginger Baker background from biography.com/people/ginger-baker-20881601
As [Ginger Baker] "passed through several bands on the London jazz scene, Baker took too easily to the hard-partying lifestyle: He was drinking heavily, doing drugs, crashing cars and getting in trouble with the police. In 1959, he met and married Liz Finch, with whom he had two daughters and a son.
In 1962, Baker joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, followed by the Graham Bond Organisation in 1963. It was here that hostilities first developed between Baker and bass player Jack Bruce. The two became known for sabotaging each other's instruments and fighting on stage, and Bruce was ultimately forced out of the band.
Cream and Blind Faith
Baker met Eric Clapton in 1966, and Clapton suggested they recruit Jack Bruce for a new band. Despite their tumultuous history, Baker agreed, and Cream was formed. The band dissolved in 1968, in large part because of the animosity between Baker and Bruce. Shortly after the break-up of Cream, Baker and Clapton joined with Steve Winwood and Ric Grech to form Blind Faith. The band was an instant success, but lasted less than a year.
Baker and Winwood went on to form the fusion band Ginger Baker's Air Force in 1970. That same year, Baker suffered a near-fatal overdose—on the night his friend Jimi Hendrix died—and he decided to leave the music scene to get clean. He went to Lagos, Nigeria, set up a music studio and learned to play polo. Baker's experience in Africa is documented in the 1971 documentary Ginger Baker in Africa. He made enemies there, and was ultimately forced out of Nigeria by his business partners. He sold his studio at a loss, and with little cash left, returned to London and started selling cocaine."
Here is a music video recorded in 1966
Cream on German TV Rock show 'Beat Club' circa 1966.
Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce back in 1966. Appearing on the German TV rock show BEAT CLUB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_WRz8ww_HM
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SSG John Ross SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins Cpl Gabriel F.
1. Eric Clapton background from guitarworld.com/features/eric-clapton-history-his-bands
At seventeen, he joined his first band, the Roosters. In less than a year, Clapton's highly-praised guitar work caught the attention of Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-Smith, who asked Clapton to join their band, the Yardbirds.
Clapton played with the Yardbirds for 18 months, earning the nickname "Slowhand." He recorded two albums with the Yardbirds, Five Live Yardbirds and Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds, before leaving after the group decided to abandon its blues roots and record the pop-oriented "For Your Love."
After the Yardbrids, Clapton joined John Mayall's BluesBreakers. His increasing versatility and instrumental prowess garnered Clapton mainstream attention, stirring one graffiti artist to write "Clapton is God" on the wall of a London subway station. After little more than a year, Clapton left the BluesBreakers and formed Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Defining the term "Power-trio," Cream released three well-receieved albums, Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, and Wheels of Fire, and became regarded as one of the best live bands in the world. Extensive touring and internal strife, however, caused the band to implode after only two years.
Shortly after Cream's demise, Clapton formed Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Rick Grech. They released one album and quickly disbanded as Clapton grew more frustrated with his iconic roll as a "guitar god." In an attempt to shun his increasing fame, Clapton took the reserved roll of sideman with folk-rockers Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.
After releasing his self-titled solo debut in 1970, Clapton created Derek & the Dominos with members of Delaney & Bonnie's backing band. They recorded Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, but the album failed to connect with audiences upon its release and the group broke up before a second album could be made. Disillusioned, Clapton became addicted to heroin and went into reclusion for three years.
At the behest of his friend Pete Townshend, Clapton began performing again in early 1973. He reinvented his sound with his second solo album, 461 Ocean Boulevard. Clapton has continued to release albums under his own name since, though in 2005 he did reunite with Cream for a series of shows in London and New York.
Clapton is the only musician to have ever been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times, as a member of the Yardbirds, Cream, and as a solo artist."
2. Jack Bruce background from biography.com/people/jack-bruce-20882873
After leaving [Royal Scottish Academy of Music on a cello scholarship] Jack "Bruce traveled around England and Italy. He joined his first big band, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, in 1962, as the bassist. One year later, he left to join forces with Graham Bond in what would become the Graham Bond Organisation. However, he was soon forced out by drummer Ginger Baker because of both personal and musical conflicts.
Marvin Gaye offered Bruce a spot touring with his U.S.-based band, but Bruce turned it down, citing his impending marriage. It turned out to be a fortuitous decision: He instead joined John Mayall's Blues Breakers, where he met Eric Clapton. In 1966, Bruce joined Cream with Clapton and former Blues Incorporated bandmate Ginger Baker. Bruce wrote and sang most of the band's songs, including "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room," and their 1968 double album, Wheels of Fire, became the first double album to go platinum. Cream broke up later in 1968, and Bruce went solo.
Even before Cream's break-up, Bruce began recording his own material. After the group disbanded, he began collaborating with other musicians, playing in styles ranging from classical to hard rock to world music. He released his first solo album in 1969, and his second, a jazz album, shortly thereafter. He went on an American tour with one of his own bands, and also joined a series of short-lived groups, including Lifetime, with John McLaughlin, Tony Williams and Larry Young; and the band West, Bruce & Laing, with Leslie West and Corky Laing."
3. Ginger Baker background from biography.com/people/ginger-baker-20881601
As [Ginger Baker] "passed through several bands on the London jazz scene, Baker took too easily to the hard-partying lifestyle: He was drinking heavily, doing drugs, crashing cars and getting in trouble with the police. In 1959, he met and married Liz Finch, with whom he had two daughters and a son.
In 1962, Baker joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, followed by the Graham Bond Organisation in 1963. It was here that hostilities first developed between Baker and bass player Jack Bruce. The two became known for sabotaging each other's instruments and fighting on stage, and Bruce was ultimately forced out of the band.
Cream and Blind Faith
Baker met Eric Clapton in 1966, and Clapton suggested they recruit Jack Bruce for a new band. Despite their tumultuous history, Baker agreed, and Cream was formed. The band dissolved in 1968, in large part because of the animosity between Baker and Bruce. Shortly after the break-up of Cream, Baker and Clapton joined with Steve Winwood and Ric Grech to form Blind Faith. The band was an instant success, but lasted less than a year.
Baker and Winwood went on to form the fusion band Ginger Baker's Air Force in 1970. That same year, Baker suffered a near-fatal overdose—on the night his friend Jimi Hendrix died—and he decided to leave the music scene to get clean. He went to Lagos, Nigeria, set up a music studio and learned to play polo. Baker's experience in Africa is documented in the 1971 documentary Ginger Baker in Africa. He made enemies there, and was ultimately forced out of Nigeria by his business partners. He sold his studio at a loss, and with little cash left, returned to London and started selling cocaine."
Here is a music video recorded in 1966
Cream on German TV Rock show 'Beat Club' circa 1966.
Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce back in 1966. Appearing on the German TV rock show BEAT CLUB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_WRz8ww_HM
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SSG John Ross SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins Cpl Gabriel F.
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Outstanding post with excellent information on the band members Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker. Like that "Strange Brew" music video and the trip back into the "psychedelic 60's". Great music post LTC Stephen Ford.
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