Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse
Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse was an English blues-rock - Supergroup , which was compiled for studio recordings 1966th
Band history
Joe Boyd , head of the newly opened London office of the US music label Elektra Records , was looking for a British blues band at the end of 1965 with whom he could make recordings for a planned electric blues album. Material from the Butterfield Blues Band , Lovin 'Spoonful and other artists was already available.
Paul Jones , singer with Manfred Mann , suggested to Boyd the formation of a supergroup and put together a list of well-known musicians. Except for Ginger Baker (drums, Graham Bond Organization ) everyone was available and ready to take part in the project. In January 1966, Eric Clapton (guitar, previously with the Bluesbreakers ), Paul Jones (harmonica, vocals), Jack Bruce (bass, then also with Manfred Mann), Steve Winwood (vocals, Spencer Davis Group ), Pete York (drums , also with Spencer Davis) and Ben Palmer (piano, he had previously played with Clapton) for their first rehearsals.
A week later they recorded the tracks I Want to Know (S. McLeod), Crossroads ( Robert Johnson ) and Steppin 'Out (M. Slim) in London's Olympic Studios , which then, as planned, on the Elektra album What's Shakin' ! published in America.
The following year (1967) the album was also released in Great Britain, albeit under the name Good Time Music . Eric Clapton later said in an interview that the group had recorded a fourth track, a slow blues that remains unreleased to this day.
Due to contractual obligations, Steve Winwood was listed as Steve Anglo in the accompanying text . Author of I Want to Know was Paul Jones, the name of his wife, Sheila McLeod as a pseudonym used. Steppin 'Out by James Bracken was incorrectly attributed to Memphis Slim , who had the piece in his repertoire . Clapton had also played Steppin 'Out with the Bluesbreakers, and Cream also performed with it.
The powerhouse made no further recordings. Clapton and Bruce formed the power trio Cream with Ginger Baker that same year . Palmer later became their tour manager. Clapton and Winwood played together more often in later years; B. in the Blind Faith project , which also includes Ginger Baker.
Crossroads became a standard title for Cream. The powerhouse recording was re-released by Winwood on his 1971 compilation album Winwood . Clapton published I Want to Know on his retrospective The History of Eric Clapton in 1972. Both titles appeared together on Winwood's 1995 compilation The Finer Things under Clapton's name. Ten Years After played I Want to Know on their first album in 1967.
Web links
- Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse at Allmusic (English)
- Richie Unterberger: Liner Notes for What's Shakin ' (English)
- Steve Winwood's Collaborations (English)