Cream and the guitar summit at the Saville
London
On Sunday, July 2, 1967, Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre in London hosted one of the most extraordinary concentrations of guitar and rock talent ever assembled on a single bill, in two houses as part of Epstein's "Sundays at the Saville." Cream headlined -- Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker at their peak. Beneath them was the Jeff Beck Group, with a then-unknown Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on bass; and beneath them, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring a young Mick Taylor three years before he joined the Rolling Stones. Clapton, Beck, Stewart, Wood, Taylor -- five future-defining careers, one London stage, at the height of the Summer of Love. Epstein would be dead within two months; this was among the last of his Saville shows. The full setlist is only sparsely documented, but on this bill the roster is the story.
Verification Notes
Antagonist-checked. VERIFIED: bill + Saville/Epstein Sundays + guitar-royalty lineup. CORRECTED: the "Bob Masse poster" is a later commemorative, NOT a 1967 original -- not asserted as period. UNABLE-TO-CONFIRM: full setlist (sparse). date exact.
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