As they have, I matured out of Cream, Blind Faith, Traffic, Buffalo Springfield into the technical make up and transitioned towards jazz flavor like Four80East, Down to the Bone, Fourplay
Since I have to sample everything my grand daughter wants to put on her Ipod, I infrequently suffer unmentionable torture of today's teen music, so I'm glad I have mine to heal my ears after I've approved/censored hers...
” Cream, Blind Faith, Traffic, Buffalo Springfield “
You left out the Byrds.
That was an exceptional era for some gifted musicians. I suspect that some of the talent was a result of having roots in folk music.