The Blues and some Fresh Cream please. . .

Cream were among the first rock bands to embrace the Blues in every sense. They were inspired the great Delta bluesmen who had gone before them and paid tribute to them. It's clear though that not everyone quite understood what they were doing at the time. In their review of Cream’s first album, Fresh Cream, the NME were none too sure. “The Cream….really startle the ears with their changes of volume and tempo as they play.” The NME also appeared just a little confused as to the pedigree of the band's music. “In Willie Dixon’s Spoonful you can almost visualize Chinatown at times.”