Strange Brew guitar solo
Cream, 1967, from Disraeli Gears. Solo by Eric Clapton.
A compact solo lifted straight from Albert King's vocabulary, dropped into a pop-psych single with fat, compressed tone.
Strange Brew by Cream is #8 in our ranking of the best Cream guitar solos. The solo is played by Eric Clapton and the song was released in 1967.
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Who played the guitar solo on Strange Brew?
Eric Clapton played the solo on Cream's Strange Brew (1967).
What guitar was used on the Strange Brew solo?
A gibson sg "the fool" through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts.