Songwriter and poet Pete Brown, who co-wrote “Sunshine of Your Love” and “White Room” for the short-lived rock supergroup Cream within the Nineteen Sixties, has died. He was 82.
The London-based Brown died of most cancers late Friday (Could 20), in response to a put up on his Fb web page.
A poet who labored in the identical circles as Allen Ginsberg and Spike Milligan, Brown was requested by drummer Ginger Baker to assist write songs for Cream, a band he had shaped with guitarist Eric Clapton and bass participant Jack Bruce.
He additionally helped write the group’s track, “I Really feel Positive,” and shaped a songwriting partnership with Bruce after Cream broke up that lasted greater than 4 many years.
