The late Pete Brown, who passed away in April 2023, was the cowriter of Cream’s biggest hits, including ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’, ‘Politican’ and ‘White Room’. With ‘The Shadow Club’, Pete put together an incredible album with his legendary friends, featuring Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Clem Clemson from Humble Pie, Arthur Brown and many more. The words ‘iconic’ and ‘brilliant’ are mentioned in the music business when Pete Brown’s name is brought up, because he was, according to Flatiron Recordings, the true lyricist of our time. Martin Scorsese, one of his many admirers, incorporated songs written by Brown for Cream into films like ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Casino’. “Pete was a great composer,” he stated. Born in Surrey in 1940, Pete began writing poetry in his teens and became a staunch promoter of British beat poetry, even in collaboration with Mike Horovitz: they both recited their works at the Royal Albert Hall in 1965, alongside luminaries of beat poetry such as Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso. Brown founded the First Real Poetry Band in the early 1960s, reciting poetry in front of a jazz quartet that included guitarist John McLaughlin. His talent piqued the interest of Cream when they saw him perform with the First Real Poetry Band. Initially, he was chosen to collaborate with drummer Ginger Baker, but the group soon realized that Pete was a better fit with singer and bassist, Jack Bruce. Brown distanced himself from the music scene after the mid-70s and turned his focus towards scriptwriting; his work includes the script for the children’s movie ‘Felix the Cat: the Movie’ in 1988. During the 1980s, he began collaborations as a singer and percussionist with artists such as jazz pianist Mervyn Afrika and the Barrelhouse Blues Orchestra. His creative partnership with Bruce remained, as did another with Phil Ryan. In 2010, he published his memoir, ‘White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns’, and wrote the lyrics for Procol Harum’s final album, ‘Novum’, in 2017. First LP pressing on coloured vinyl.