This 1968 Rock Song Is SO INNOVATIVE...It's STILL 50 Years AHEAD of ITS TIME! | Professor of Rock

In the middle of the most innovative time in music history, today’s classic hit White Room by Cream composed of Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, and Jack Bruce was 5 years ahead of its time. And the amazing lyrics came from one of those ‘gut check’ moments in life when a person faces great adversity or despair. This episode is about one of those critical life-changing events... With one foot in the grave, professional lyricist Pete Brown was in the midst of fighting a chemical addiction when He wrote a poem about his apartment. A poem about real estate. Then one of rock’s greatest trios Cream took that poem, cut it down, and added their heavy touch to the song to make a smash in the late 60s... influencing both Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, pretty much inventing heavy metal. The problem is the three members of Cream could not stand each other. In fact, the singer was fired one night on his way to the stage and the band secretly broke up before White Room was even a hit. The story is next on Professor of Rock.

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Today's song needs no introduction.. You hear it, you know it. You love it. It’s a classic rock colossus …and it’s the prefect song to introduce our newest show I call JukeBox Poetry, the greatest lyrics in the rock canon…

“White Room” by Cream….There’s a lot of history, and character behind this haunting, avant-garde rock classic. The music was conceived during a purifying bicycle journey across France by Cream lead singer, and bassist, Jack Bruce. The song’s lyrics came from a different kind of detoxification- Lifted out of the depths of hopelessness from an 8-page narrative written by 60s beat poet Peter Brown.

Before teaming up on the making of “White Room, "Brown collaborated with Cream’s super-trio of Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Brown on three of their most celebrated tracks- “I Feel Love,” ”Sunshine of Your Love,” and SWLABR, which stands for “She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow.”Brown’s collaboration with Cream saved his floundering career, and likely, saved his life. In the early to mid-60s, Peter Brown was meandering about- trying to be part of Europe’s bohemian scenery.

He was nothing more than what he called a “bar man,” taking whatever gig he could get for little or no money. He often got on stage for free drinks. Brown was essentially homeless, with virtually no stability. After he was expelled from school, Peter hitchhiked his way across Scotland, sleeping in hostels, and even abandoned ammo-yards from WWII.

His relationship with his then-girlfriend was also going nowhere. It was a destructive romance that had both lovers emotionally exhausted. Brown was the victim of the self-inflicted ‘Doomed Artist Syndrome,’ brought on by the heavy use of heroin, one of the most addicting & dangerous narcotics. Many musicians romanticized the effects of heroin during the 50s & 60s, including Peter Brown…