Cream

Released: December 9, 1966

Songwriter: Jack Bruce

Producer: Robert Stigwood

Driving in my car, smoking my cigar
The only time I'm happy's when I play my guitar
Ahh, ahh

Sailing in my yacht, what a lot I got
Happiness is something that just cannot be bought
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh

I've been in and out, I've been up and down
I don't want to go until I've been all around
Ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh

What's it all about? Anyone in doubt?
I don't want to go until I've found it all out
Ahh, ahh, ahh

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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