During the whole Cream thing all 3 members were by their own admissions completely drug f***ed. Trying to re-create anything like that even in a different era is never gonna happen. The reunion concert was painfull to watch, especially the drumming IMO.
Back in the late 70's I became a musical devotee of JJ Cale. For me, listening to anything from Clapton since Derek and the Dominoes is like listening to a very talented guitar player trying to emulate JJ Cale but not quite making the grade. With a few brighter points like Edge of Darkness and the Journeyman album most of the rest I find pretty tedious.
Of the 3 members of Cream I think Bruce has been more musically interesting to me regardless of his motivations.
