Who was Pete Brown? British Poet and Lyricist of Psychedelic Pioneers, Cream Dead at 82

Pete Brown was a British poet and lyricist. He started his career when he was just 14 years old. His first poem was published in the U.S. magazine Evergreen Review. 

During the 1960s, he became part of the poetry scene in Liverpool and was the first poet to perform at Morden Tower in Newcastle in 1964. In 1968, he formed Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments, and the following year, the band recorded two albums dubbed A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark and Mantlepiece. 

Brown started working with Graham Bond in the early ’70s, and with input from Jack Bruce and Bond’s wife, Diane Stewart, the recorded an album titled Two Heads Are Better Than One. 

He recorded an album of his early poems, The Not Forgotten Association before recording with members of Back to the Front, including an album, Party in The Rain, which was recorded in 1976, but was released in 1982. This was after forming Brown and Friends, and Flying Tigers, though neither group went beyond producing demos.

Brown died from various forms of cancer that he had been battling for years. He was 82 years old.