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===Blind Faith=== {{Main|Blind Faith}} [[File:Blind Faith (1969).jpg|thumb|right|Blind Faith in 1969, with Clapton standing far right]] Clapton's next group, [[Blind Faith]], formed in 1969, was composed of Cream drummer [[Ginger Baker]], [[Steve Winwood]] of [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]], and [[Ric Grech]] of [[Family (band)|Family]], and yielded one LP and one arena-circuit tour. The [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] debuted before 100,000 fans in London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] on {{nowrap|7 June}} 1969.<ref>Welch, Chris (2016). Clapton β Updated Edition: The Ultimate Illustrated History. p. 12. Voyageur Press.</ref> They performed several dates in Scandinavia and began a sold-out American tour in July before their only album was released. The LP ''[[Blind Faith (Blind Faith album)|Blind Faith]]'' consisted of just six songs, one of them the hit "[[Can't Find My Way Home]]". Another, "Presence of the Lord", is the first song credited solely to Clapton.<ref>{{cite book| last = Turner| first = Steve| author-link = Steve Turner (writer)| year = 1976| title = Conversations with Eric Clapton| location = New York City| publisher = [[Abacus (publishers)|Abacus]]| isbn = 978-0349134024| page = 94}}</ref> The album's jacket image of a topless pubescent girl was deemed controversial in the US and was replaced by a photograph of the band. Blind Faith dissolved after less than seven months.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dylan Jones: 'In the film of 'London Hyde Park 1969', Steve Winwood is a revelation; a genuine pop icon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-in-the-film-of-london-hyde-park-1969-steve-winwood-is-a-revelation-a-genuine-pop-icon-1219611.html |access-date=24 October 2018 |work=The Independent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024195144/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-in-the-film-of-london-hyde-park-1969-steve-winwood-is-a-revelation-a-genuine-pop-icon-1219611.html |archive-date=24 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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