by Matthew Allen
We music lovers have spent hours in our bedrooms, in our cars or mid-stride blasting our iPods, dreaming with eyes wide open about supergroups, taking our favorite musicians from various bands and putting them together. What if Slash played lead guitar with Malcolm Young on rhythm, Art Blakey on drums and James Jamerson on bass?
Many musicians have certainly had those same daydreams. That’s probably a big reason why so many supergroups are born.
Since the 1960s, giants from established groups have merged to make mighty sound. Some say the name comes from 1968’s Super Session, which brought together Al Kooper, Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield, but the alliance of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker to form Cream occurred two years before; Clapton would join Steve Winwood, Rick Grech and Baker (again) to form Blind Faith in 1969, and the supergroup phenomenon continued on from there.
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