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Second Wave of the British Invasion:

Listen to music by Cream & Rod Stewart

CreamCream in 1967

  • formed in 1966, Eric Clapton with Jack Bruce (bass) and Ginger Baker (drums)
    • 1966 - Fresh Cream
    • 1967 - Disraeli GearsDisreaeli Gears album cover

Sunshine of Your Love

    (#5, 1968)

  • based on a "riff" with long improvisations (recall lick in BS&T's "Blues, Pt. II")
    • 1968 - Wheels of Fire (double album; #1, 1968)

     

    Crossroads

12-bar blues

White Room

  • broke up in 1968 … 2 live albums and 5 greatest hits LPs!!
Cream at the Cafe Au GoGo in 1967
Eric Clapton in 1967
Cream in 1967
Eric Clapton, 1967
Cream with Ahmet Ertegan during the Disraeli Gears sessions

 

Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart in the early days
Small Faces

 

listen to distinctive voice quality

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