Blind Faith Book, ‘Birth and Death of a Supergroup,’ Coming
by Best Classic Bands Staff
Blind Faith, the short-lived supergroup composed of Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech, formed from the ashes of a pair of Britain’s most acclaimed bands of the late 1960s, Cream and Traffic, will be the subject of a new book. Blind Faith: The Birth and Death of a Supergroup, from author Marc Shapiro, arrives October 2, 2026, via Wymer Publishing. It’s available to order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.
More about the title: Blind Faith was the most eagerly anticipated band in 1969. A debut gig at London’s Hyde Park on June 7 [in front of] 100,000 people was indicative of the expectations. When the concert took place, Winwood was just 21 years-old, Clapton was 24, Grech was 22 and Baker, the old man at 29. Their self-titled album, released on July 21, reached number one in both the U.K. and U.S. and was backed up with a tour of the States. But before fans could blink, that was it! It was all over for Blind Faith.
Related: More on the band’s June 7, 1969 performance in Hyde Park
Despite only being around for a matter of months, because of the caliber of the musicians involved, Blind Faith is still talked about nearly six decades later. Its author has chronicled those heady times―the formation, the recording and the gigs in this detailed tome.
As Best Classic Bands contributor Mark Leviton wrote in his Album Rewind of the LP, “The album was a phenomenon, the tour sold out, and the band disintegrated anyway.”
Watch Blind Faith perform “Can’t Find My Way Home” live at London’s Hyde Park in June 1969
4 Comments so far
Jump into a conversationSuperb musicians formed an excellent, sadly short lived jam band. What could have been a real force in the music world died as fast as it was created .
Why would anyone with any sense get into a band with Ginger Baker?!
With all the accolades heaped upon this album over the years, I’ve always found it to be more than a bit underwhelming, especially given its pedigree. And an “amen” corner over here to the question, why would anyone with any sense get into a band with Ginger Baker?
Rather surprised at the negative comments so far.. Saw them in Copenhagen as a 15 year old kid and didn’t quite get it as I had expected some Cream and Traffic numbers. But when I got the album I realized how great Winwood’s songs were and of course also Clapton’s “Presence of the Lord”. Songs that had stod the test of time extremely well..And as for the Ginger Baker slander I suppose many would love to play with him because he was such a great drummer.
I guess the reason for the short life of the band primarily was because Clapton was tired of the guitar hero role and rather played in the back ground as he did with Delaney and Bonnie.