Ric Grech

Ric Grech
Ric Grech was a member of the British group “Family”. His biggest claim to fame was when he joined the much-hyped so-called super group “Blind Faith” as bass player. “Blind Faith” was made-up of Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker from “Cream” and Stevie Winwood of “Traffic”. The band started together as an informal jam session and played small clubs around Northern Europe. They launched a seven week tour of America debuting at Madison Square Garden July 12th, 1969 in front of 20,000 people. The tour was marred by riots and mayhem. Clapton became chummy with their opening act “Delaney and Bonnie” spending more time with them than the members of “Blind Faith”. Clapton left “Blind Faith” shortly after the tour and then recruited “Delaney and Bonnie” band members for his solo album. (Clapton also guested on Delaney and Bonnie’s live album entitled “Delaney and Bonnie on Tour with Eric Clapton”. Delaney and Bonnie then scored a minor FM hit “Never ending love for you” and then tanked). Back to “Blind Faith”.By late August 1969 the “Blind Faith” album went gold but the group was soon defunct. The original album cover featured a topless teenager holding a jet, which was pulled and replaced with a photo of the band. As Clapton put it “We were nudged into a recording studio, nudged out on the road and I nudged out”. Little was heard from Grech since. He died on March 17th of 1990 from a drug overdose at the age of 44.