<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Cream ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/cream Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:55:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Why an SG? Perhaps he was fed up that his two Les Paul ’Bursts had been stolen”: The history and preservation of Eric Clapton’s The Fool SG ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/eric-clapton-the-fool-gibson-sg-jim-irsay-collection 6jB9RLX6sFp8FS9WDL8Jd5 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:55:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People got stuck on an image of axe-wielding maniacs on drugs or if they would even speak to each other”: What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/cream-chronicled-nettie-baker-interview 6MCzxU8nizTqC3dbcyAqse Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:50:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Knowing that I had the other one, Eric starts calling me and asking if I would sell it. He was offering me £200 for it, more than twice what I’d paid for it”: The history and mysteries of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-clapton-cream-guitars Cc3v7PJFDyoxCNg7nNdzKK Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As soon as they started to jam, all three felt the magic. They instinctively knew they were on to something”: Their first single was so bad, the label pulled 10,000 copies. Yet they went on to be one of the most influential supergroups in music history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-history-of-cream tHT2DxZbSz2QCFiyeMTLcM Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:25:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Atlantic Records told me, ‘Eric should be the singer. You’re just the bass player.’ So I cried in the corner while they came up with Strange Brew”: Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/jack-bruce-eric-clapton-cream yBKt45GUvvL6oXttdaeNFH Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:40:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of Eric Clapton’s guitars went for half a million dollars. I was, as I often am, in trouble with the IRS. I thought, ‘This is probably the time’”: Todd Rundgren’s love affair with Clapton’s Fool SG, and how he moved on after selling it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/todd-rundgren-eric-clapton-the-fool-gibson-sg gMpWTwaLjcUyJq6WoEncvR Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:09:18 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:02:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He got really upset and ran off down the street. He turned the corner, and I never saw him again”: Jack Bruce’s final encounter with Jaco Pastorius ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-jack-bruce-met-jaco-pastorius BTfozxbbCNcTYY5ZrjnAFf Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:20:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:15:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was very much a management thing – ‘Find somebody to replace Clapton.’ Rory wouldn't have any of it”: When Rory Gallagher was asked to fill Eric Clapton's shoes in rock's pioneering power trio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rory-gallagher-was-asked-to-replace-eric-clapton-in-cream qG9FAo2iRFugbJf6jVUQSk Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:45:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Used for the Cream reunion shows, arguably one of the biggest rock reunion performances of all time”: Jack Bruce’s Gibson EB-1 is going up for a one-time-only public display ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/jack-bruce-eb-1-bass-gibson-garage-london xedJpnTywSSsPSUC2JiBr4 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:19:06 +0000 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:19:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The door burst open. It was James, who was late and had come into the wrong room. He started listening and said, ’No, no, that's not the way you do it,’ and grabbed my EB-3”: Jack Bruce on his chance meeting with Motown hit-maker James Jamerson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-jack-bruce-met-james-jamerson tvbhFfcfDFHDzYhXbYxtZn Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:23:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:15:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was one gig where Eric and I stopped playing for two choruses. Jack didn’t even know”: Cream were one of the loudest rock bands of their time – but the excessive volume tore the band apart ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/cream-jack-bruce-volume-breakup a3Zf2SJSwSwU3henhJpKLB Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:07:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we started in 1966, Eric and Jack had one Marshall each. Then it became a stack, then a double stack, and finally a triple stack”: Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker recount the wild story of Cream, rock's pioneering power trio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-story-of-cream 8CzNWoyHm8g4XkXR66mQ2V Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:37:39 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:24:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We got a bang on the door and it was Eric's security. That was embarrassing – he might have thought it was me making this racket”: That time Ritchie Blackmore disturbed Eric Clapton by cranking Marshalls in a hotel at 3am ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ritchie-blackmore-eric-clapton-hotel-encounter UvQmSuffEQpwHKYU2oS3T9 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:58:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric was a bit taken aback”: When Jack Bruce radically reworked Cream hits to Eric Clapton’s surprise – and that time Marvin Gaye asked him to join his band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-shadows-and-air j7wj7zuYpWfoEUQDS7NnRc Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:23:31 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After one of the shows, Ginger said, ‘You are a great bass player after all.’ I couldn’t believe it – he’d never once said that in all the years”: In 2005, Jack Bruce reunited with Cream after 36 years – and realized how much his bass playing had changed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-cream-reunion QUAX4HShtftduF2Cf2PeMW Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:13:58 +0000 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:49:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This guy came up to me and said, ‘Hi, I’m Jimi Hendrix, can I sit in with your band?’ I said, ‘Well, I dunno – let’s go and find out’”: In June 1968, Jack Bruce came close to forming a band with Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-came-close-to-forming-a-band-with-jimi-hendrix NVa7DJMZ8uQ3RAHcccwiGE Wed, 15 May 2024 15:50:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/blues-saraceno-cream-poison jCSXgoCsVUK3JFjUbp5jNK Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:11:57 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:04:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/how-blues-saraceno-replaced-eric-clapton onksd8f7GzycypdHjzfMX7 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:21:42 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:19:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Am I a good bassist? I’m a f**king good bassist!” Sting on bass playing, Cream and his “battered looking” P-Bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/from-the-bass-player-archive-an-interview-with-sting GyQVcn448pArCQJwC6jeLh Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:12:01 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/eric-clapton-in-the-1970s pQUoyqxDkLvZcBCdjSjTpW Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:19:37 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:59:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Nobody in Decca studios had ever witnessed somebody setting up their guitar and amp and playing at that volume. People in the canteen were complaining”: How Eric Clapton revolutionized electric guitar in the ‘60s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-eric-clapton-revolutionized-electric-guitar-in-the-1960s BGNiprzcmpLxGv9c4JqhaW Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:18:59 +0000 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:13:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My dad showed that the bass can play an equal role in melodic and rhythmic invention”: Heavenly Cream mastermind Malcolm Bruce doesn’t use Jack Bruce’s gear, but he can tell you how to easily get his father’s sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/malcolm-bruce-heavenly-cream Db5euL2aLBx4792VK76tyB Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:28:07 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:37:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric Clapton’s a great guitarist, but Gary Moore’s a more exciting player”: Jack Bruce on the brilliance of Gary Moore and why Cream’s real chemistry was between Bruce and Ginger Baker ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-on-the-brilliance-of-gary-moore metP9cTD8Pr7vMDWtgRKe3 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:49:27 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s hard to think who the greatest bass players are. You could say Flea, but he doesn’t need the plug!” Jack Bruce on the bass players that shaped his sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-top-5-basslines AHeh3Cav4AzTb5ZgHMGrJD Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:48:56 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Unlike Jimi Hendrix, we never deliberately tuned down”: Listen to Jack Bruce’s bassline on Cream’s Politician ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-on-creams-politician J6RqLaBcdyNseU4kejLURJ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:26:00 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:45:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the most influential sounds in rock history”: Eric Clapton’s iconic ‘Fool’ Gibson SG, which was key to his trademark ‘woman tone’, has emerged – and it’s going up for auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eric-clapton-gibson-sg-fool-auction-2023 iom4WWWhUPxhLQs8RS94dd Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:26:44 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:18:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ One of the greatest guitar performances of all time: new colorized footage of Jimi Hendrix’s extended 1970 performance of Machine Gun at the Fillmore East emerges ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jimi-hendrix-machine-gun-extended-version-1970-fillmore-east-color-footage AXZ7TH4DncE7vNeBqfgaa4 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 16:21:11 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:12:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream – as they get covered in cream ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-willcox-cream-sunshine-of-your-love JTEK7hB8rg9NhxLnfguwuf Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:05:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Learn the playing styles of every Eric Clapton era with this epic lesson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/eric-clapton-playing-styles MwzwFYpKV5RVZAgu5YQMmC Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:12:11 +0000 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:15:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Marcus King play a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom once owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/marcus-king-plays-paul-kossoff-eric-clapton-1955-gibson-les-paul-custom aTX57w2vv5kzp2LxeDeAgB Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:54:03 +0000 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:57:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ A piece of bass history has been listed on Reverb ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/a-piece-of-bass-history-has-been-listed-on-reverb 4C2sLwJCpuWdiBMpoyRCKE Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:23:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jack Bruce: “Jimi Hendrix regarded the guitar as an extension of himself. But in an instrumental sense, I would argue that Eric Clapton was probably better” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-classic-interview caekwgNXD2vXvEWS8hoYxL Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:06:43 +0000 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:14:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ The greatest guitar albums of the ‘60s: From Beatlemania to Electric Ladyland, a rock ’n’ roll revolution takes shape ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/greatest-guitar-albums-of-the-60s b3rVM3GnAXCLWU4rcVNLeM Thu, 18 Aug 2022 19:16:24 +0000 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:30:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Get Eric Clapton’s Cream-era guitar tone from just one pedal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/aclam-woman-tone-eric-clapton-pedal RS4ezUn2nN9EeFNHZtyLCC Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:11:21 +0000 Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:11:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ The secrets behind Eric Clapton’s guitar tone on Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/eric-clapton-cream-sunshine-of-your-love-tone xZZbQU34RKcWF976FNAoDQ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:50:39 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:35:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 essential Gibson SG albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/10-essential-gibson-sg-albums fHozyiN4vNU3vYKRsDdXnJ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:17:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Queen and David Bowie jammed on Cream covers at the 1981 sessions that produced “Under Pressure” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/queen-and-david-bowie-jammed-on-cream-covers-at-the-1981-sessions-that-produced-under-pressure sa7kTABryFYYSmSeEwiJRa Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:31:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Thundercat names his favorite basslines and explains why slap bass is so controversial ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/thundercat-names-his-favorite-basslines-and-explains-why-slap-bass-is-so-controversial brwVAcgnSoVrS4KCrBxoWH Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:18:13 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:35:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 25 greatest wah solos of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/25-greatest-wah-solos-all-time F2g9D9BH3dWMVVLhWyeHgK Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:58:14 +0000 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:43:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 20 heaviest songs before Black Sabbath ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-20-heaviest-songs-before-black-sabbath FEHiJcQZr8qXXvzUcQxPDh Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:40:03 +0000 Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:41:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Roger Waters, Nile Rodgers and more jam Cream and Blind Faith in tribute to Ginger Baker ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-eric-clapton-ronnie-wood-roger-waters-nile-rodgers-and-more-jam-cream-and-blind-faith-in-tribute-to-ginger-baker JC75W9fv8YXwcYNNL4PtgE Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:46:48 +0000 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:44:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Final tickets released for Eric Clapton & Friends: A Tribute to Ginger Baker ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/final-tickets-released-for-eric-clapton-and-friends-a-tribute-to-ginger-baker KbVuwEoMGsXtpzGBtGZVUj Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:53:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitarists pay tribute to iconic Cream and Blind Faith drummer Ginger Baker ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitarists-pay-tribute-to-iconic-cream-and-blind-faith-drummer-ginger-baker hv94sxt69K2TmdWmcHJ9AC Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:14:11 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:28:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ 13 of the best guitar tones of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/essential-listening-10-best-guitar-tones-of-all-time V4bu3MSPfnTuxGv4HoJFS6 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:10:29 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Emily Wolfe Play Eric Clapton’s "Crossroads" Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-emily-wolfe-play-eric-claptons-crossroads-guitar eb4XRxEim575swAJekSWV6 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 18:43:11 +0000 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:36:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Keith Richards and Eric Clapton Jam on "Spoonful" at Hubert Sumlin Tribute Concert ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/video-keith-richards-and-eric-clapton-jam-spoonful-hubert-sumlin-tribute-concert shf8RBXtciG6zWsiTcX2US Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:29:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:29:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Bonamassa Talks 'British Blues Explosion Live,' His New Tribute to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/joe-bonamassa-talks-british-blues-explosion-live-his-new-tribute-to-eric-clapton-jeff-beck-and-jimmy-page FNvrzkfNppsRnx4yXF7ai3 Wed, 23 May 2018 15:34:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cream Play "Sunshine of Your Love" on Glen Campbell's Show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/cream-play-sunshine-your-love-glen-campbells-show qMfzT4DzYsXH3T36WbFgah Mon, 14 May 2018 15:56:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The Music of Cream' Tour Announced ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/the-music-of-cream-tour-announced 3Laf9L2moPW6ohEPAmWd4m Mon, 14 May 2018 15:35:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton's 10 Best Guitar Moments ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/eric-clapton-10-best-guitar-moments bTDdGZbcgPKgSJwNGxeYJ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:13:39 +0000 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:24:11 +0000