Cream, the Police, Rush, Emerson Lake and Palmer + others: Rock Trio Odd Couples
It seems the magical, minimum number needed to qualify as a rock ‘n’ roll band is three. So, let’s pit some famous rock trios against each other.
It seems the magical, minimum number needed to qualify as a rock ‘n’ roll band is three. So, let’s pit some famous rock trios against each other.
‘Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts’ illustrates how fertile Jack Bruce’s collaboration was with a certain UK guitarist. No, not Eric Clapton.
In the aftermath of Jack Bruce’s long-awaited reunion with Cream, some people bitched. All I remember was watching in wonder.
“Cream,” Ginger Baker says dismissively, “was nearly 50 years ago.”
Finding cool old CDs on sale is great. Just don’t get the greedy eye.
The resurgent bassist has some stern advice for his younger self.
Five favorites from Eric Clapton’s career as a solo artist, and member of Cream and Derek and the Dominos.
Cream legend Jack Bruce’s first solo album in a decade finds him collaborating with Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music/Pink Floyd fame, the Scorpions’ Uli Jon Roth, Robin Trower, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman Santana. Steam a sample of “Fields of Forever” here! You May Also Like: Jack Bruce and RobinRead More
For all of their many arguments, accusations and on-stage antics, Cream really broke up because of bad management, bassist Jack Bruce says. Having issued three albums in four years, and toured incessantly through 1968, they simply burned out. You May Also Like: Jack Bruce and Robin Trower found new successRead More
Prior to long-awaited reunion, Eric Clapton said he realized that “as much as they might want to get together again that it was really my call.”