Cream

Released: December 9, 1966

Songwriter: Jack Bruce

Producer: Robert Stigwood

Dreaming about my love
You bring me joy and happiness
More or less
I dream my life away

Waiting for you to come
Changing my life and emptiness
Meaningless
Minutes just drift by

I don't care if I get nowhere
I can just dream, and you'll be there
What else is there to do?

Dreaming about my life
Where are you now, and when will you
Come to me?
I dream my life away

I don't care if I get nowhere
I can just dream, and you'll be there
What else is there to do?

Dreaming about my love
You bring me joy and happiness
More or less
I dream my life away

Dreaming, dreaming

The members of this power trio, formed in the autumn of 1966, were all veterans of the blues revival. Guitarist Eric Clapton was the same prodigy who revealed himself with the Yardbirds, and who had contributed to the legendary recording of Bluesbreakers with John Mayall. Drummer Peter “Ginger” Baker, skilled at many forms of percussion, had already played, in 1960, with the Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and in 1962 with Alexis Korner and the Graham Bond Organisation. Scottish bassist Jack Bruce had traveled some of the same roads as Baker, before joining Manfred Mann. Bruce and Clapton had met each other in the Powerhouse, a short-lived lineup put together by John Mayall, that also included Steve Winwood at the keyboard. With Cream these three virtuosos simply brought to fruition the experience that they developed in the London clubs, bringing to the rock concert stage long, electric, high volume improvisations.

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