Blind Faith were an English supergroup featuring Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. They were eagerly anticipated by the music press following on the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and Winwood's former group Traffic, but they split after a few months, producing only one album and a three-month long summer tour.
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On June 7, 1969, Blind Faith played Hyde Park in front of 120,000 people including Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull.
The short Scandinavian tour that followed the Hyde Park concert would reap additional praise as the players played smaller, less demanding venues and became tighter as a unit. Unfortunately, external problems with crowds and police during a July and August tour in the U.S. put a damper on any future plans for Blind Faith. They splintered a mere four months after the Hyde Park concert. Clapton took up with Delaney & Bonnie while Winwood, Baker, and Grech tried to carry on in the guise of Baker’s Air Force. Winwood and Grech left soon after to reform Traffic.
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