BLT: The story of Jack Bruce’s second supergroup
This piece from Far Out Magazine explores BLT, the lesser-known second supergroup formed by Cream bassist Jack Bruce, tracing how his desire to keep blending genres led him to team up with guitarist Robin Trower and drummer Bill Lordan. The article situates this within the broader story of Cream's influence, noting that musicians such as Rush's Neil Peart credited the trio with essentially founding progressive rock by fusing jazz, classical and blues elements into rock music, a boundary-breaking approach Bruce carried forward into his next project.
Unlike Cream, BLT was never intended as a like-for-like successor; Trower has said the group wasn't trying to "do a new Cream", but simply enjoyed playing together, resulting in an album of psychedelic-tinged blues that the article argues has been unfairly overlooked. Trower brought his blues-rooted, effects-laden guitar style influenced by BB King, Howlin' Wolf and Albert King, Bruce contributed bass and his genre-crossing musical sensibility, and Lordan, previously of Sly and the Family Stone, played drums, together producing a distinctive if under-recognised body of work.
- BLT was Jack Bruce's second supergroup, after Cream
- Featured Bruce, guitarist Robin Trower and drummer Bill Lordan
- Trower says it wasn't meant to recreate Cream's sound