[Slowhand] Bruce: Cream Reuniting Again In 2007

[Art Arias]

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Bruce: Cream Reuniting Again In 2007

Jack Bruce says Cream is once again rising to the top. The bassist for the 
legendary rock group told the Associated Press today (May 24) that he agreed 
recently to play an unspecified show or shows later this year with guitarist 
Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker.

Bruce would not say when the reunion would occur, but that it would not be 
the seven-continent Live Earth shows on July 7: "It's a bit later than 
that," he said.

Bruce recently told the Scotsman newspaper there was no chance the band 
would reunite because of long-standing tension between him and Baker. "Then, 
the next day, it came up we're doing something if I wanted to. Obviously, 
I'm not going to be the one to say no," Bruce told the AP during an 
appearance at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp.

Representatives for Clapton and Baker have not confirmed the reunion.

Infighting and ego clashes between Baker and Bruce go back decades, with 
Baker once firing his drum sticks at Bruce during a show and Bruce upending 
Baker's drum kit.


Clapton persuaded Bruce and Baker to reunite in 2005 after a 37-year split. 
But the ill will resurfaced, with Baker accusing Bruce of turning up his 
bass to deafening levels during a Madison Square Garden show, and Clapton 
appeared uncomfortable on stage.

However, Bruce played those 2005 shows about a year after receiving a liver 
transplant that kept him alive. He hopes another Cream reunion would be less 
physically and mentally stressful. "I hadn't recovered properly yet, so I 
found it quite difficult," Bruce said. "Now I'm completely recovered so I 
would enjoy it more."

Bruce made an infrequent performance today, playing Cream's "Sunshine of 
Your Love" and "White Room" with former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick, Bad 
Company drummer Simon Kirke and Queen keyboardist Spike Edney before about 
75 spectators at the Fantasy Camp. Bruce also played Cream songs with the 
camp's amateur bands, composed of about 50 rock fans who paid upward of 
$15,000 each for the privilege.


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