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Talk about this article @ WikipediaCream was a seminal 1960s rock band which featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. History
''Those Were The Days'' - 1997
''BBC Sessions'' - 2003
''Cream Gold'' - 2005
Trivia* All three band members have played with each other in other groups. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker played together in the Graham Bond Organisation; Baker and Eric Clapton played together with the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith; and Clapton and Bruce played together briefly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
The late George Harrison, former Beatles guitarist, wrote a guitar riff for the song Badge, as well as most of the lyrics.
Ginger Baker currently resides in South Africa.
Even though the song title is spelled correctly on their studio albums, "Tales of Brave Ulysses" is misspelled ". . .Ulysees" on the compilation album Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream.
The band's reunion at the Royal Albert Hall was the first time Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker had played together since their 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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