Cream

Released: April 14, 2003

Songwriter: Eric Clapton Felix Pappalardi Gail Collins

Producer: Bill Bebb

Strange brew
Killin' what's inside of you

She's a witch of trouble in electric blue
In her own mad mind she's in love with you, with you
Now what you gonna do?

Strange brew
Killin' what's inside of you

She's some kind of demon messing in the glue
If you don't watch out it'll stick to you, to you
What kind of fool are you?

Strange brew
Killin' what's inside of you

On a boat in the middle of a raging sea
She would make a scene for it all to be ignored
And wouldn't you be bored?

Strange brew
Killin' what's inside of you

Strange brew, strange brew
Strange brew, strange brew

Strange brew
Killin' what's inside of you

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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