BLIND FAITH - The First Supergroup

BLIND FAITH - The First Supergroup

The group existed for only a very brief period and left behind a single self-titled album, but its historical significance extends far beyond that. Blind Faith proved that highly talented musicians could work together, despite their different backgrounds and experiences, creating transcendent music. The "supergroup" phenomenon would become very popular in the 1970s, but the pioneering effort that was Blind Faith would forever remain in our collective memory as one of rock's giant leaps forward. The collective talents of guitarist Eric Clapton, vocalist and keyboardist Steve Winwood, bassist Rick Grech, and drummer Ginger Baker represented the formative years and experiences of British rock in the 1960s. They played in some of the most important bands of that decade: the Spencer Davis Group, the Graham Bond Organization, Cream, Traffic, and Family-all icons and prominent figures in rock. The music they created together as Blind Faith is (especially in retrospect) quite astonishing and unlike anything made before. Anticlimactic, varied and relaxed, it allowed them to take a well-deserved break from the emotional (and physical) extremes they all experienced with their previous groups.

MARCELO GOBELLO es uno de los periodistas especializados en rock con más libros publicados sobre el tema en español. Ha publicado 30 trabajos en Latinoamérica y Europa (abarcando una variada temática, que toca desde las influencias musicales de los Beatles, la poesía de Jim Morrison, el satanismo en los Rolling Stones, la historia del Punk o la obra de Peter Hammill, por nombrar sólo algunos), siendo habitual colaborador desde hace 30 años de las más prestigiosas revistas especializadas del mundo, asi como tambien diarios, medios radiales y televisivos.

Eterno integrante de distintas bandas de rock desde su adolescencia, ha escrito guiones para comics, organizado ciclos de cine Bizarro y creado su propio programa de radio, "Rock Show".