Strange Brew

Cream and the Who made their American debuts in front of a load of Bremuse teenage kids who were there to see pop stars. After that run of gigs though, Cream were booked into Atlantic Studios for a session with Armetta again producing them. The group had been playing a version of an old blue standard, Haylody Mama, but after the first day's sessions Papillardi had taken a copy of the instrumental track back home. They grafted these lyrics on top of the backing track and it had a different chord change. If you listen to the song it sounds like I'm playing the wrong bass line, that's because I'm playing a different tune. I cringe