Who doesn’t love a good power trio? Cream was one of the original super-famous power trios. That group featured the talents of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. They were psychedelic rock geniuses, and the fact that they formed a band together and produced incredible tunes is nothing short of impressive. In fact, many a music historian would say that Cream was one of the very first supergroups, having formed in the mid-1960s.
Sadly, Cream fell apart in the span of just a few years. They reunited twice, but when it comes down to it, we only got four albums out of that collaboration. And the reason they fell apart is very common in the music industry: The band members were constantly fighting.
Specifically, Bruce and Baker were antagonizing each other constantly, leading to tensions in the band. Clapton himself said that the members of Cream didn’t listen to each other enough to maintain any sense of peace. Bruce liked his volume loud, Baker hated it, and Clapton felt like he was more or less ignored in the group. In fact, Clapton once said that he stopped playing during a concert, and neither of his bandmates even noticed. Pair that kind of animosity with an exhausting tour schedule, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.
All of that to say, it was incredibly surprising when Baker and Bruce, who famously bickered with each other in Cream, went on to form a supergroup called Baker Bruce Moore in the 90s.
The Supergroup Baker Bruce Moore Didn’t Last as Long as Fans Had Hoped
Despite the fact that Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce famously fought with each other constantly in Cream and had more or less been beefing with each other for decades, they went on to form the power trio Baker Bruce More in 1993, commonly referred to as BBM.
Baker Bruce Moore featured the pair, as well as famed Irish guitarist Gary Moore, with whom Bruce had previously collaborated. Their blues-rock stylings were nothing short of impressive, and Moore served as the main songwriter of the group.
The group released just one album, titled Around The Next Dream. It was a hit in the UK, as was the track “Where In The World”. A short tour of the UK would follow, with a few festival sets in Europe mixed in. Sadly, the group would come to an end in 1994.
It’s not clear what led to the band’s end, but we can make a few assumptions. At least we got one good album out of their partnership.
Photo by Pete Still/Redferns