RIP Jack Bruce

[LVSteve]

The outstanding bassist with Cream passed today. Another of my boyhood heroes gone.

BBC News - Cream bassist Jack Bruce dies, aged 71

 

[gaucho1]

I had the amazing good fortune to be at Creams' first
performance in San Francisco.

All three were on a completely different level than anyone I have ever seen.

Jack Bruce did more on his bass than most lead guitar players.

He had to given who he was playing with..........

 

[labworm]

RIP Jack

"I Feel Free"

 

[rimfired]

RIP Jack! Always loved Cream. Here he is on vocals with the fret-less bass Jammin. One of my fav's! White Room.

Cream - White Room (Royal Albert Hall 2005) (17 of 22) - YouTube

 

[4006990]

RIP Bruce

 

[HalfStack]

RIP Jack. Rock on forever.

 

[DeathGrip]

RIP Jack! Always loved Cream. Here he is on vocals with the fret-less bass Jammin. One of my fav's! White Room.

Cream - White Room (Royal Albert Hall 2005) (17 of 22) - YouTube

A customer of mine played that DVD for me in his studio, I went and bought it right away. It's the only DVD I've ever bought. I think it needs some play time tonight.

R.I.P. Jack Bruce.

 

[kozmic]

Bruce was a gifted writer, musician, singer and performer. Teaming him up with Clapton and Baker was like lightening in a bottle.

 

[shouldazagged]

Bruce was a gifted writer, musician, singer and performer. Teaming him up with Clapton and Baker was like lightening in a bottle.

Talk about a supergroup!

He was a giant. I'm really sorry to hear he's gone.

 

[DeathGrip]

If someone was to ask me who was in Cream I'd say,

"Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton."

In that order. I've always named them that way. I never even thought about it until now.

 

[DeathGrip]

I just looked at my Royal Albert Hall DVD and it's'

Ginger Baker

Jack Bruce

Eric Clapton

 

[amazingflapjack]

The best base line in rock history, in my view, was the original live Cream recording of "Crossroads." I always liked the song, but then I was hit in the passenger door of my truck, and whatever happened to the speakers, accentuated the base line, and that's when I "really heard it." There goes another one.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I saw that and was at first saddened....then I realized hey, I'm getting up there too Say what y'all want but the 60's had the very best music. EVER.
Even my kids say so.

 

[Old TexMex]

A fast bassman, bloody genius. Godspeed.

 

[G-Mac]

I just looked at my Royal Albert Hall DVD and it's'

Ginger Baker

Jack Bruce

Eric Clapton

Alphabetical order....seems fair to me.

 

[timn8er]

It was with great sadness & shock that I read the title of this thread. He was always a hero of mine & back when I played bass in local rock bands, someone I strove to emulate. God Speed Jack!

 

[DeathGrip]

Alphabetical order....seems fair to me.

I know a guy named Ziggy thats always felt a day late and a dollar short. I'm a kinda middle of the alphabet kinda guy so I never felt the horrors of alphabetical order and oppression as much as he did.

 

[Ranger514]

Jack was a class act, and a great musician. Here he is at the top of his game trading licks with Rory Gallagher in one of my favorites: Politician.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXk--eL5-kQ

 

[amazingflapjack]

Marvelous Ranger 514-thanks.

 

[2hawk]

First rate rock 'n' roll, all the way. RIP Jack Bruce, long may you rock!
Cream "White Room/Crossroads/Badge" Live-2005 - YouTube

Still nailin' it in the new millenium.

http://youtu.be/Yv2pBYiS-04

 

[LVSteve]

Jack was a class act, and a great musician. Here he is at the top of his game trading licks with Rory Gallagher in one of my favorites: Politician.

Man, it hurts to see him with Rory Gallagher who was taken way too early.

 

[Ματθιας]

While Cream is a generation before me, they were one of the first cassette tapes I bought for my Walkman in the early '80s. The The Best of Cream. I still remember the first time Sunshine of Your Love blasted into my 10 year old ears. I literally wore that tape out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcIer_4OnA

"You are the Sun and you shine on me
I feel free"


RIP Jack.

 

[legelegel]

He was 71.

 

[wbraswell]

Back when it was first released, "Sunshine of Your Love" was my immediate favorite. From then on, I listened to a different kind of music. I have CDs of Disraeli Gears, and Wheels of Fire. Bless you, Jack Bruce.

 

[GG386]

All of us that grew up in that "era" are truly lucky! My 18 year old twins are listening to my albums with the same intensity we did in the day.


Take 3:58 seconds out of your day..... https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=chr-yo_gc&ei=utf-8&ilc=12&type=924581&p=cream+badge