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Rip jack bruce - Mrrusty1 - 25-10-2014
It is with great sadness that i hear of the passing of the great jack bruce .Great bass player ,vocalist and songwriter ..having done great works with many great musicians and bands including
CREAM
MANFRED MANN
PETE BROWN
SOFT MACHINE
and many more
Rip jack bruce - SteveO - 25-10-2014
Oh no!!! One of my greatest musicians in history! So sad! Rest in peace Jack!
Rip jack bruce - jazzboCR - 25-10-2014
Not dissing Mrrusty1 here, but here's a bunch more photos, more accessible and including a click-through to the official JB site: https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+of+jack+bruce+musician&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=LcpLVKCWLZPCggSvsoDoCQ&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=675
Here's a bio and discog: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jack-bruce-mn0000152312/biography and http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jack-bruce-mn0000152312/discography << 28 releases in 45 years and a track-record of sustained excellence.
Rip jack bruce - Jerome - 25-10-2014
Another fantastic musician gone to 'The Great Gig in the Sky' RIP.
Rip jack bruce - CRAZY-HORSE - 26-10-2014
Jerome Wrote:Another fantastic musician gone to 'The Great Gig in the Sky' RIP.
Here,Here Jerome!!
Rip jack bruce - Mrrusty1 - 26-10-2014
one of the great songs written by jack bruce .. here mountain with theme from an imaginary western[video=youtube_share;0l_x0xH9fLM]http://youtu.be/0l_x0xH9fLM[/video]
Rip jack bruce - Music Head - 27-10-2014
no Cream without JB
R.I.P.
Rip jack bruce - Big Ears - 05-11-2014
My reaction to this tragic news was also, 'Oh, no!' When Cream reformed for the Albert Hall shows, I hoped they would record an album of new material. It did not happen, but where there was life, there was hope. With Jack Bruce gone, it is beyond the pale.
As a key part of Cream, Bruce was a groundbreaking songwriter, bass player and singer. Their version of Crossroads Blues (as Crossroads) really invented hard rock and their longer workouts pointed the way to progressive rock. One of my favourite Cream tracks is their version of Skip James's Spoonful, featuring Jack Bruce's bluesy soulful voice. As has been mentioned, Bruce's songs for Mountain (with Pete Brown), especially Theme from an Imaginery Western, are excellent and West, Bruce and Laing were better than the critics would have you believe. All Mountain fans should hear Why Dontcha? from the album of the same name.
Bruce recorded a few albums with Robin Trower, including BLT and Truce, which are reasonable but difficult to track down. BBM with Gary Moore produced at least two great tracks, City of Gold and Where in the World?, but tended to feature a bit too much of Moore's songwriting and not enough of Bruce's (although the aforementioned were co-written with Bruce).
RIP to JB. I will just have to hold out for a Baker Gurvitz Army reunion, the band being a natural progression from Cream. It may be a cliche, but Jack Bruce's contribution to rock music really will live on in countless bands.