https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pete-brown-cream-lyricist-dead-obit-1234739205/
This is several weeks late, due somewhat to my lethargy, but also to my recuperation from successful hip replacement surgery.
I so wish that Cream and Blind Faith had lasted longer than they did. Cream played blues, progressive rock, and some jazz. Blind Faith had so much promise. But the record labels and managers wanted to make more money, and the bands wore out
Jack Bruce collaborated with Peter Brown, "Pete the Poet" for years. Pete went on to become a singer in various bands, and so was more in the public eye than other superb lyricists like BernieTaupin and Keith Reid.
The Rolling Stone link has two of my favorites by him: "White Room" and "Theme From an Imaginary Western", which Mountain covered.
Will any of today's lyricists be so heralded? Taylor Swift might, but of course, she is a star in her own right. What about the lyricists/poets who remain more or less in the background?
A student asked me to contribute some lyrics for his band. Not a complete song, but it's a start!
