Even so, Clapton was not yet ready to quit. If Cream split, Stigwood assured him, Clapton was the one he would stick by. I was the mediator and I was getting tired of that.” And, when Clapton conveyed these feelings to the band’s manager, Robert Stigwood,the response was comforting. “They loved each other’s playing, but they couldn’t stand the sight of each other. “In Cream, there was a constant battle between Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce,” explained Clapton later. By the middle of 1968, however, neither man was happy with his lot. Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds and Cream kept Clapton busy and, after the demise of The Spencer Davis Group, Winwood was more than fully occupied with Traffic. The possibility of working together in a full-time band, however, seemed The pair would also get together whenever possible at blues festivals and even appeared on record as Powerhouse, a short-lived studio-only combo which had contributed several tracks to What's Shakin', a blues-boom cash-in compilation. While Clapton was still God, playing with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, he frequently turned out to jam with Winwood during The Spencer Davis Group’s Thursday night residency at London’s Marquee Club in 1966. It should have been The Golden Child but, instead, it was Rosemary’s Baby.ĬLAPTON AND WINWOOD HAD KNOCKED AROUND together for years. Steve had the voice and keyboard talents while Eric had the guitar side pretty well taped. The young couple, both recently divorced, got along famously, respected each other’s talents and, best of all, each supplied what the other had lacked in his previous relationship. Mr Eric Clapton and Mr Steve Winwood had simply wanted to make something good together and their union had seemed a match made in heaven. The baby had been born a shade prematurely but to proud parents. The next morning dawned bright, and by lunchtime the weather was perfect for the 100,000 curious attendees of the christening. where they slept under stars to be sure of the best places in the natural amphitheatre of The Cockpit for the public wetting of a baby’s head. IN THE EVENING COOL OF JUNE 6, 1969, almost 7,000 people made their way to Hyde Park. Blind Faith released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969.
BLIND FAITH FREE
The Hyde Park debut, our free concert on Jwas in front of at least 100,000 people, but the audience who came had no real idea what we were about.Blind Faith - Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Rick Grech - the second 'super-group' to be born after the break up of Cream. Because of our stature – me in Traffic and, more so, Eric and Ginger in Cream – we were booked into big places that were more suited to heavy rock stuff, whereas we were into messing around with tinkling guitars and subtle music. “So we didn’t make a bad second, album but we did go on the road. In retrospect, people even think it has a few classics on there, like Presence Of The Lord and Can’t Find My Way Home. At least the record we left, Blind Faith, was pretty good and stands up well. “Maybe it was better that Blind Faith lasted for such a short time, but I loved it initially. The result of that pressure is you start making mistakes, because you can’t just throw something together. They’re so excited with their supergroup, they want more. “I blame the industry in part, for putting pressure on supergroups, because you’re trying to present a product to the world at large and every minute you take is money lost as far the business is concerned.
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