Any fan of the great 1960s supergroup Cream will know that they often got heavy offstage, too. Guitarist Eric Clapton would play peacemaker as singer / bassist Jack Bruce fought with Ginger Baker, the bandīs famously uncompromising drummer. Baker died on Sunday, aged 80, after a remarkably brilliant and turbulent career. But all three had destructive lifestyles. Fifty years on, and the sons of Baker and Bruce are now retracing their fathersī footsteps, alongside Claptonīs nephew and guitar protege, Will Johns, in a multimedia show called The Music of Cream. Their on-the-road regime is more reserved, however. `Itīs very different,` laughs Bruceīs son, Malcolm. `Iīll practise piano, go...
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