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Cream were one of the loudest rock bands of their time – that excessive volume helped tear the band apart
During Cream's late '60s heyday, and again during their brief reunion in 2005, drummer Ginger Baker felt that both his – and even Eric Clapton's – contributions were often drowned out by bandmate Jack Bruce's
Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker recount the wild story of Cream, rock's pioneering power trio
Cream changed rock forever, but within less than three years, internal and external tensions pulled them apart. This is their story, as told from within
That time Ritchie Blackmore disturbed Eric Clapton by cranking Marshalls in a hotel at 3am
Blackmore decided to protest some noisy hotel maintenance with some equally noisy guitar antics. Unfortunately, Slowhand was in the room next door…
How Jack Bruce put a fresh spin on Cream hits Sunshine of Your Love and White Room
Some people believe rock ’n’ roll should never leave the cozy three-chord confines of the garage – and then there’s Jack Bruce
In 2005, Jack Bruce reunited with Cream after 36 years – and realized how much his bass playing had changed
When faced once again with the bass role in the ultimate power trio alongside Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce hired a rehearsal room in London and brought in “every bass amp in existence”
In June 1968, Jack Bruce came close to forming a band with Jimi Hendrix
Speaking in 2003, the late Cream bassist Jack Bruce recalled his first encounters with Jimi Hendrix
“Jack loved that a kid like me, with a blue mohawk and plaid guitar, was making the songs my own – playing Cream and doing divebombs in the corner”: Blues Saraceno toured with Clapton’s Cream bandmates, recorded for Cher and had a bumpy ride with Poison
The ‘kid who replaced Clapton’ as a teenager and landed a double-salary stint with Poison moved into TV, movies and videogame soundtracks – and doesn’t plan to come back
“I turned everything on the amp to 10 and smoked the guitar so hard that it would rattle someone’s teeth… They said nothing, then Jack Bruce signaled me out”: How Blues Saraceno became ‘the kid that replaced Clapton’ – despite almost blowing the audition
The young phenom was already making waves at the age of 16, and when it came to filling Slowhand's shoes, he won over Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce with a bold audition that left quite the impression
“Am I a good bassist? I’m a f**king good bassist!” Sting on bass playing, Cream and his “battered looking” P-Bass
From the Bass Player Archive: An interview with Sting
“Duane Allman played a great solo, came back, and Eric says, ‘Well, I want to do mine again!’ This went on for at least an hour or two”: How Eric Clapton went from God to all-round guitar genius in the ’70s
After the writing on the wall proclaimed him a deity in the ’60s, where else was there to go for Eric Clapton but on a search of self-discovery, musical improvement, and new artistic frontiers
