Word: clapton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dart out the back door before my nerves got the best of me. It seemed strange that the characters who had grown to the enormous proportions of their reputation could be so tiny in real life. Baker, the tallest, couldn't be more than 5'8". He and Clapton hid in a corner of the room trying, impossibly, to remain inconspicuous. Baker--chalk skin set off beneath dull orange hair, black motorcycle jacket, high heeled boots and fingers almost hidden in silver and gold rings. Clapton in blue velvet pants, white silk socks and patent leather buckle shoes. Brocaded vest...
...worry that people may think you breaking instruments is just a gimmick? Daltrey replies, "No, I'm not worried if they think that. It is a gimmick." Townshend--"I get frustrated. I don't have as much talent as Clapton or Hendrix but I can conceive of things that I can't play that they could play but would never be able to think of. So I break my guitar." There is more to their destruction than even this. Sit through one of these acts...
...Eric Clapton, 22, the rangy, intense spokesman for the group, is a superbly soulful and compelling guitarist. His voicelike "woman tone" moans, shouts or sends out sudden, stabbing cries, the vibrato quivering like a spear that has found its mark. Such top U.S. rock guitarists as Mike Bloomfield and Jerry Garcia rank him the best in the world...
...Jack Bruce, 24, a quiet Scotsman who plays bass guitar and is the group's chief songwriter, sings with the same tremulous passion that Clapton brings to guitar playing. When he huffs into a harmonica and wails the blues in his slightly burred accent, Chicago's South Side takes on a Glasgow glow...
...Long for Radio. Together, Cream are "neo-contrapuntal," according to Bruce. "We're all playing melody against each other." Each melody is largely improvised, and the object, says Clapton, "is to get so far away from the original line that you're playing something that's never been heard before." This approach usually creates pulsating waves of excitement in live performances, but it often also produces recordings that are too long for disk jockeys to sandwich between commercials. Consequently, Cream have so far been idols only of the hip insiders; their one U.S. album. Fresh Cream...