July 16
IN 1966 ERIC CLAPTON FORMS THE SUPERGROUP ‘CREAM’, WITH TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION, BASSIST JACK BRUCE AND DRUMMER GINGER BAKER. THE TRIO LASTED JUST TWO YEARS, BUT LEFT US WITH SOME CLASSIC TUNES LIKE “SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE” AND “WHITE ROOM”.
ON THIS DAY IN 2007, THE WHITE STRIPES PLAYED THEIR SHORTEST LIVE SHOW EVER IN NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA WHEN JACK WHITE PLAYED A SINGLE C# (C-SHARP) NOTE ACCOMPANIED BY A BASS DRUM/CYMBAL HIT FROM MEG. AT THE END OF THE SHOW, JACK ANNOUNCED, “WE HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY PLAYED IN EVERY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY IN CANADA.”
AND TODAY IS BIRTHDAY NUMBER 72 FOR ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME DRUMMER STEWART COPELAND OF THE POLICE.