Today

13
Jul

1968: Melody Maker runs the front page headline “Cream Split Up” – before disbanding, Cream would undertake another US Tour, record one final album and play two farewell shows in November at the Royal Albert Hall
1974: EC’s first solo concert at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York – Dickie Betts and Todd Rundgren join him on stage for “Little Queenie”
1985: EC is one of dozens of artists taking part in the worldwide benefit concert, Live Aid – he performs 3 songs and joins in the All-Star Finale at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1989: EC concert at Merrill Hassenfeld’s Amphitheatre at Sultan’s Pool in Jerusalem, Israel
1997: The Legends Jazz Tour stops at Villa Fidelia in Spello, Italy during the Umbria Jazz Festival – the band is EC, Steve Gadd, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller and Joe Sample
2004: EC concert at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan during the “Me and Mr Johnson” Tour
2006: EC’s 2006 / 2007 World Tour stops at the Cologne Arena in Cologne, Germany