Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks

Despite Clapton being Cream’s most recognizable star, Bruce was often the voice behind the group’s most enduring songs, even ...
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Eric Clapton hated Cream’s “Crossroads." But is there an even longer version of it?

“I thought of Cream as sort of a jazz band,” bassist Jack Bruce once said, “only we never told Eric he was really Ornette Coleman! Kept quiet about that.” And then there’s “Crossroads,” certainly the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Eric Clapton and Nathan East endorse Cream of Clapton Band, which features East’s son and Clapton’s nephew

Eric Clapton and San Diego-bred bass great Nathan East might seem unlikely to endorse a tribute band devoted to the music of Clapton’s solo career and Cream, the pioneering power trio that propelled ...
American Songwriter

Essential Cream: 4 Songs Every Fan of Eric Clapton Should Know

Cream was one of the most iconic rock supergroups of the 1960s, and it’s wild to think that they were only together for a handful of years. During those years, though, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and ...
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“One of the best guitar solos ever!”: The Clapton classic that he called "wrong" but Eddie Van Halen loved

Is Eric Clapton’s solo in Cream’s version of Crossroads the greatest live blues-rock solo ever recorded? Here, we pose the ...