Cream Tickets Continued
Cream made a significant impact upon the popular music of
the time, together with The Who, providing a heavy yet technically proficient musical
theme that foreshadowed the emergence of bands like Led Zeppelin in
the later 1960s and 1970s, and contributed to the emergence of most
later forms of heavy metal and hard rock music. Cream's live
performances influenced progressive rock acts and other jam bands
such as Phish and The Mods.
Their biggest hits were "I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love",
"White Room", "Crossroads" and "Badge". The latter song was
co-written by Clapton and George Harrison, who played guitar on the
recording under the pseudonym 'L'Angelo Misterioso' for contractual
reasons. Cream broke up in 1968 and played their Farewell
Concerts at Royal Albert Hall in London.
The three members of Cream didn't play together again until
1993, when Cream was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and played at the induction ceremony. The band reunited in May
2005 for a series of four shows at the Royal Albert Hall where they
had played their final concerts in 1968. The reformed band also
played at Madison Square Garden in October, 2005. In 2006,
Cream received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
