Cream lyricist Pete Brown has died aged 82.
The singer, who was additionally a cult determine in British poetry, was liable for writing the band’s most well-known hits together with ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’, ‘I Really feel Free’ and ‘White Room’.
The household of his long-term late collaborator and late Cream member Jack Bruce wrote on social media: “We’re extraordinarily saddened to be taught of the dying of Jack’s long run buddy and writing associate Pete Brown who handed away final night time. We lengthen our honest condolences to Pete’s spouse Sheridan and Pete’s youngsters in addition to all his household and mates. Love from the Bruce household.”
He had been dwelling with what he just lately described as “varied types of most cancers” for plenty of years, in accordance with The Guardian.
Following Cream’s breakup in 1968, Brown contributed to plenty of Bruce’s solo albums together with acclaimed debut ‘Songs For A Tailor’, a UK High 10 hit in 1969, proper as much as ‘Silver Rails’ in 2014. Bruce handed away later that yr aged 71.
We’re extraordinarily saddened to be taught of the dying of Jack’s long run buddy and writing associate Pete Brown who handed away final night time🌹
We lengthen our honest condolences to Pete’s spouse Sheridan and Pete’s youngsters in addition to all his household and mates. Love from the Bruce household🕊️ pic.twitter.com/WzdvF5XKOt— Jack Bruce (@jackbrucemusic) May 20, 2023
He additionally fronted plenty of his personal tasks, together with The First Actual Poetry Band, Pete Brown And His Battered Ornaments, and Piblokto. He additionally collaborated with blues musician Graham Bond and Procol Harum, and revealed plenty of poetry books.
He additionally moved into script writing together with his credit together with the screenplay for kids’s movie Felix the Cat: The Film in 1988.
In 2010 he wrote a memoir, White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, and wrote lyrics for Procol Harum’s ultimate album ‘Novum’ in 2017. Earlier this yr he accomplished periods for a deliberate solo album, entitled ‘Shadow Membership’, that includes Eric Clapton and others.
Director Martin Scorsese was amongst his many admirers, deploying a lot of his Cream songs in movies comparable to Goodfellas and On line casino. “Pete was an awesome songwriter. Every time the lyrics are repeated in my head … these photos stick with me,” he mentioned within the trailer for an as-yet-unreleased documentary about Brown.
