Re: Blind Faith to The Firm - Why supergroups rarely work
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Date: August 04, 2026 08:35AM
The UK music press portrayed the 3 members as having credentials. The first story of Cream's creation in June 1966 in Melody Maker:
"A sensational new “Groups Group” starring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker is being formed. Top groups will be losing star instrumentalists as a result. Manfred Mann will lose bassist, harmonica player, pianist and singer Jack Bruce; John Mayall will lose brilliant blues guitarist Eric Clapton, and Graham Bond’s Organisation will lose incredible drummer Ginger Baker."
The music world has changed so much, it's hard to make comparisons but in the UK among people starting to take the new "rock" music seriously, that suggests they were all three already "names".
"A sensational new “Groups Group” starring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker is being formed. Top groups will be losing star instrumentalists as a result. Manfred Mann will lose bassist, harmonica player, pianist and singer Jack Bruce; John Mayall will lose brilliant blues guitarist Eric Clapton, and Graham Bond’s Organisation will lose incredible drummer Ginger Baker."
The music world has changed so much, it's hard to make comparisons but in the UK among people starting to take the new "rock" music seriously, that suggests they were all three already "names".
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