Ringo Starr - Live in Michigan - 5. Sunshine of Your Love (Jack Bruce with Peter Frampton)

Pine Knob Theatre. May 30th 1997. “Sunshine of Your Love“ is a song by the British supergroup Cream, released on the Disraeli Gears album. It was Cream’s best-selling song and Atlantic Records’ best-selling to date as well. It features a distinctive guitar/bass guitar riff and an acclaimed guitar solo from Eric Clapton. It was written by bassist Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, and Clapton. In 2004, the song was named the 65th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. In 2009 it was named the 44th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. Development of the song began in January 1967 when Bruce and Clapton attended a Jimi Hendrix show at the Saville Theatre in London. Inspired by the likes of Richard Wetherell and rock drummer, Bruce returned home and wrote the now memorable bass riff that runs throughout the song. Most of the lyrics to “Sunshine of Your Love“ were written during an all-night creative session between Bruce and Brown, a poet who worked with the band: &