‘We all had our demons’: Jack Bruce on Cream’s pitfalls, and surviving them
The resurgent bassist has some stern advice for his younger self.
The resurgent bassist has some stern advice for his younger self.
“The key,” Lambert says, “is to be mindful of the original intention of the songs.”
Slowly, but surely, something magical was happening.
They scored an early hit with a Gouldman song. But it didn’t end there.
One of their most trenchant late-1960s protest songs took a circuitous route.
“The whole idea of making an album,” John Oates says, “is really old-fashioned.”
This standout early CSN song remains a fiery indictment of dreams lost.
When Tom Johnston’s health faltered, producer Ted Templeman initially approached Patrick Simmons about fronting the Doobie Brothers. Simmons had another idea.
The piece combines hand-painted brush strokes with fine-art photography.
“What would have happened,” Love muses, “had there not been drugs involved?”