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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
Eric Clapton doesn’t like this classic Cream track, even though it’s key to his legend: “I think there’s something wrong with it”

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Producer Tom Dowd said the live recording may have been edited down from a much longer performance — but even Clapton can’t remember for certain

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Eric Clapton, Flanders Expo, Gent, Belgium, 16 June 1992.
Eric Clapton said he spent 30 years “meandering” back to the path he left in 1965

By Phil Weller Published

Clapton left Mayall’s band intending to pursue an even more hardcore form of the blues, only to spend the next three decades taking the long way back

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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
“We would listen to that album nonstop.” Eric Clapton reveals the surprising pop influence behind Cream's sound

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist says a Beach Boys record played a key role in shaping the music of his 1960s power trio

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Eric Clapton, Flanders Expo, Gent, Belgium, 16 June 1992.
“We were really limited onstage.” Eric Clapton on the group he said achieved what Cream could not

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Jack Bruce said Clapton had doubts about Cream from the start. “I remember him saying, ‘This is a good recording band, but it will never be a good live band.’”

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Jimi Hendrix speaking to Lulu at Melody Maker Pop Poll Awards Reception Party, September 16th, 1967.
The night Jimi Hendrix hijacked live TV — and got himself banned

By Phil Weller Published

A planned duet, a blown schedule and an impromptu tribute to Cream turned a polite variety show into one of rock’s most infamous broadcasts

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LEFT: George Harrison stands smiling in a red jacket on June 30, 1967 RIGHT: Eric Clapton of Cream shows off his curly hair that is created for him by a West End hairdresser. 20th June 1967.
George Harrison on the time Eric Clapton asked for a little help from his friend

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The two guitarists were growing closer as friends and musicians when they leaned on the other for assistance

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Eric Clapton, Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett and George Harrison backstage in 1969
How Eric Clapton survived rock guitar‘s most transformative era and found his way to the blues

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Like Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend, Clapton was thrown when Jimi Hendrix arrived on the rock scene

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CREAM 1967 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce
The Cream song Eric Clapton doesn’t like — even though it’s the key to his legend as a guitar virtuoso

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

According to producer Tom Dowd, there may be an even longer version of this classic in the vault — not even Clapton knows for sure

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The English singer and rock, blues and rythm'n'blues guitarist Eric CLAPTON on stage around 1970. He was the first guitar hero of rock history.
Eric Clapton on the group he wanted to join so badly that he broke up Cream

By Christopher Scapelliti Last updated

The guitarist wouldn’t perform with the act until 1976, at its star-studded farewell concert

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George Harrison of English rock and pop group The Beatles plays his 1963 Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London on 11th July 1964.
George Harrison on the guitarist who changed the guitar landscape — and why he wasn't a fan of what followed

By Phil Weller Published

A resolute fan of 1950s rock and roll, he never got along with hard rock — despite his love for the guitarist who paved the way for it

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