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Pete Brown - The Cream of Clapton's writers - comes to The Bullfrog Blues Club at The Pier this Thursday 5th April It's a veritable Cream fest at South Parade Pier on Thursday, when Pete Brown's Interoceters and The Saiichi Sugiyama Band both appear at The Bullfrog Blues Club. Pete Brown is perhaps best known for his song writing collaborations with Jack Bruce for both Cream and for Jack's solo albums. He wrote the lyrics for such classic Cream songs as White Room, Sunshine of Your Love, Politician and I Feel Free These songs still feature as the highlights of stage shows by both Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce. Pete Brown began his career as a professional poet, and performed at The Royal Albert Hall in 1965 and 1966 with William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. Pete featured heavily in the British Blues and R&B scene of the mid-Sixties, collaborating with Graham Bond and The Graham Bond Organisation including Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith. When Ginger Baker formed Cream with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton in 1966, Pete established a very productive partnership with Jack Bruce throughout Cream's existence and into Jack Bruce's solo career - Pete also wrote for Jack Bruce albums including ‘Songs For a Tailor’ , ‘Harmony Row‘. Pete's first group was The First Real Poetry Band which featured John McLaughlin on guitar. Brown then joined The Battered Ornaments (featuring Chris Spedding on guitar) leaving in 1969 to form Piblokto! who recorded two albums for Harvest. They were popular on the concert and festival circuit, and in France, attained chart success with both single and albums. The classic Piblokto! song ‘Thousands on a Raft’ still features in Pete's live set.. Piblokto! folded in 1971, & Pete formed Bond and Brown with Graham Bond, recording the album ‘Two Heads are Better Than One’. However, Bond's erratic behaviour led to the band disbanding in 1973. Pete then recorded the album ‘The Not Forgotten Association’ for Deram, and the unreleased single ‘Night's in Armour / Barbed Wire Nightdress’ which featured contributions from Jeff Beck and Jack Bruce. In the 1980's Pete worked with Vivian Stanshall, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Peter Green and recorded two albums with former Piblokto! and Man keyboard player, Phil Ryan. At the end of the 1990's Pete formed Pete Brown’s Interocetors featuring Mohammed Nazam on guitar, David Hadley Ray on bass, Dave Munch Moore on keyboards and Simon Edgoose on drums. The band’s performances include material from Pete's work with Cream, Jack Bruce, Piblokto! and Phil Ryan. With the release of the Pete Brown’s Interocetors album ‘Live at the Borderline’ and songwriting collaborations with Jack Bruce and Journey guitarist Neal Schon, Pete Brown continues to be the ultimate writer, composer and performer, always delivering the unexpected. Also appearing at the Southsea concert will be The Saiichi Sugiyama Band, who were Van’s daughter Shana Morrison’s backing band on her 2006 U.K & Irish tour - organised by Barking Spider Promotions. Japanese guitar maestro Saiichi Sugiyama fronts the band, and together with Ben Reed on bass and Rob Biss on drums, they'll be delivering a mixture of Cream songs and Saiichi's own fine material. PETE BROWN's INTEROCETORS and THE SAIICHI SUGIYAMA BAND appear at The Bullfrog Blues Club at Siuth Parade Pier Southsea on Thursday 5th April (doors open 8 p.m.) Tickets (£8) are available online www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com or on the door, subject to availability.