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How a ’70s soft rock icon ended up recruiting Eric Clapton on his debut album
By Janelle Borg Published
After a friend gave his demo tapes to Art Garfunkel, singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop somehow ended up in the same room as his guitar hero from Cream

Eric Clapton's ‘Summersburst’ Les Paul – used on Cream's debut album – has finally been unearthed after 60 years
By Janelle Borg Published
From England to New York and Paris, the 1960 Les Paul Standard Clapton used on Cream’s game-changing debut is now being brought to the masses of guitar aficionados, thanks to Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop

Jeff Berlin on meeting his bass hero – and playing White Room alongside him
By Nick Wells Published
According to bass virtuoso Jeff Berlin, Jack Bruce is still the bass guitar’s most underrated innovator

The history and preservation of Eric Clapton’s The Fool SG
By Jamie Dickson Published
With its psychedelic paint job, Clapton’s iconic Cream-era Gibson SG is a guitar like no other. As it goes under the hammer as part of the Jim Irsay Collection, we take a closer look at The Fool SG

What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all
By David Mead Published
Nettie Baker’s new book Cream Chronicled debunks a few myths about one of rock’s most influential power trios

The history and mysteries of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars
By Neville Marten Published
The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mix of instruments but also offers up a mystery or two

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
By Marc Roberty Published
60 years ago, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker put together Cream. This is the story of the early years of the power trio that changed the face of popular music, and elevated Clapton to God-like status

Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks
By Nick Wells Published
In later years, Bruce jokingly referred to Cream as Da Creams, in a nod to the band’s supergroup status

Todd Rundgren’s love affair with Clapton’s Fool SG, and how he moved on after selling it
By Andrew Daly Published
He rescued it from peeling-paint hell, restored it after the headstock snapped off, but was never fully happy with the psychedelic Gibson. Then a fan offered a happily-ever-after solution
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