The Music of Cream, featuring Ginger Baker’s son, drummer Kofi Baker, and Eric Clapton’s nephew, guitarist and lead vocalist, Will Johns, have announced an extensive 2022 tour of North America.
The new show, following in the footsteps of their well-received 50th Anniversary World Tour across 2017-2019, sees the Music of Cream perform the original band’s landmark 1967 recording of Disraeli Gears in its entirety during the first set. “Clapton Classics” will follow, including favorites like “Cocaine” and “Layla,” as well as Blind Faith’s “Presence of the Lord” and “Can’t Find My Way Home.” Tickets are available here.
Watch them perform “Can’t Find My Way Home”
Baker and Johns played with Eric Clapton, his band, and other top musicians at the Ginger Baker tribute concert in London in February 2020. Guests included Steve Winwood, Roger Waters, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones, and Paul Carrack.
Johns recalls the moment Clapton expressed his enthusiasm for continuing the legacy. “During rehearsals, Eric turned to me and said, ‘I’m pleased that you guys will continue to fly the flag.’ Naturally, I was thrilled.”
Baker adds that the show was “the best send-off my dad could have wished for. It was great to be involved. I managed to spend time with my dad a few days before he passed away back in October 2019, just ahead of our first U.K. Tour. He was also really pleased to hear we were out celebrating the music he loved so much.”
Music of Cream previously included Jack Bruce’s son, Malcolm Bruce, who departed in 2019.
Disraeli Gears featured the singles “Sunshine of Your Love” and “Strange Brew” and reached #5 in the U.K. and #4 on Billboard.
In Best Classic Bands’ review of a 2019 concert, we wrote, “This trio has the talent to live up to the Cream legacy, and they do amazing things with the material. Rather than simply replicate the original recordings and arrangements, they take the music to new places, creating a fresh, in-the-moment concert experience… Music of Cream is an amazing new take on this classic repertoire, played by band members deeply connected to its makers, who invest these songs with plenty of passion, energy, skill and conviction.”
Music of Cream 2022 Tour (Tickets are available here)
Apr 06 – Lakeland, FL – Youkey Theatre
Apr 07 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Parker Playhouse
Apr 08 – Melbourne, FL – King Center
Apr 09 – Ponte Vedra, FL – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
Apr 10 – Atlanta, GA – City Winery
Apr 12 – Nashville, TN – City Winery
Apr 14 – San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center – Studio Theatre
Apr 15 – Austin, TX – 3Ten ACL Live
Apr 16 – Greenville, TX – Texan Theater
Apr 19 – Tucson, AZ – Fox Theatre
Apr 20 – Palm Springs, CA – Big Rock Pub
Apr 21 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up
Apr 22 – San Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House
Apr 23 – San Luis Obispo, CA Freemont Theatre
Apr 24 – Lake Tahoe, CA – Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
Apr 26 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho
Apr 27 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Apr 29 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
Apr 30 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theater
May 01 – Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo
May 04 – Portland, OR – Mission Theatre
May 05 – Tacoma, WA – Elks Temple – Spanish Ballroom
May 06 – Victoria, BC – McPherson Playhouse
May 07 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
May 08 – Kelowna, BC – Kelowna Community Theatre
May 11 – Edmonton, AB – Myer Horowitz Theatre
May 12 – Calgary, AB – Bella Concert Hall
May 13 – Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
May 14 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
May 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
May 17 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
May 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Pantages
May 20 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
May 21 – Des Plaines, IL – Des Plaines Theatre
Jun 01 – Edwardsville, IL – Wildey Theatre
Jun 02 – Louisville, KY – Headliners
Jun 03 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
Jun 04 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak
Jun 05 – Warrendale, PA – Jergels
Jun 08 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
Jun 10 – Toronto, ON – The Phoenix
Jun 11 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
Jun 12 – Montreal, QC – Le National
Jun 16 – Plymouth, NH – Flying Monkey
Jun 17 – Beverly, MA – Cabot Theatre
Jun 18 – Old Saybrook, CT – The Kate
Jun 19 – Pawling, NY – Daryl’s House
Jun 22 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre
Jun 23 – Newton, NJ – Newton Theater
Jun 24 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
Jun 25 – Annapolis, MD – Rams Heads On Stage
Jun 26 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
Jun 28 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
Jun 29 – Richmond, VA – Tin Pan
Jun 30 – Leesburg, VA – Tally Ho Theater
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Jump into a conversationThat’s a busy band. They ought to take a shot at “Do What You Like” as well.