After the demise of blues-rock giants Cream in 1968, Eric Clapton and Ginger
Baker bounced back by forming supergroup Blind Faith with Traffic frontman Steve
Winwood and bass player Ric Grech from cult prog-rock favourites Family.
Clapton's reputation as a top guitarist was well-established after stints with
The Yardbirds and The Bluesbreakers and with Baker's wild energy and atomic,
jazzy drum rhythms, Cream became a monstrous power trio beloved by Jimi Hendrix
and regarded as pioneers of heavy metal and prog-rock. Winwood, too, was highly
respected as one of the great British, ...