60s band Cream's Jack Bruce has died

wfgodot · Oct 25, 2014

Musician Jack Bruce - bass guitarist for 1960s supergroup Cream - dies of liver disease aged 71

◦ Jack Bruce's family said the 'world of music will be a poorer place'
◦ Cream sold 35 million albums, had world's first ever platinum disc
◦ Bruce wrote 'I Feel Free', 'White Room', and 'Politician'

story at DM link above

wfgodot · Oct 25, 2014

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wfgodot · Oct 25, 2014

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wfgodot · Oct 25, 2014

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newone · Oct 25, 2014

ouch..........Rock & Roll lives but we are losing our rockers....

RIP

annemc2 · Oct 25, 2014

Goodbye window, tired starling.

wfgodot · Oct 25, 2014

annemc2 said:
Goodbye window, tired starling.

....wait in this place, where the shadows run from themselves

(and p.s., your post is one of the best I've ever read on here.)

MsMarple · Oct 25, 2014

Awwww.... I'm so sad.:whine:

Jack's contributions to music, from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to Manfred Mann (anybody remember them?), West, Bruce and Laing and so many others - and Cream of course - really were legendary. He played with Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, John McLaughlin - the list just goes on and on.

I can still hear those awesome bass riffs in I Feel Free and White Room (which I believe Jack co-wrote).

Think I'll go have a listen to Wheels of Fire.

RIP Jack, we'll miss you! :candle:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cream-bassist-jack-bruce-dead-at-71-20141025

wfgodot · Oct 25, 2014

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wfgodot · Oct 25, 2014

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MsMarple · Oct 25, 2014

Not to date myself :blushing: but I remember seeing Cream at Detroit's Grande Ballroom in the summer of 1968. You had to be 16 to get in and I was shy by a few years so I borrowed a friend's ID. Our local darlings - the MC5 - was one of the opening acts. I still have the poster. And yes, it was a memorable night! Psychedelia!

ohiogirl · Oct 26, 2014

wfgodot said:
[video=youtu;ngIxuGOVGeQ]http://youtu.be/ngIxuGOVGeQ[/video]

One of my all time favorites! Rest in peace, Jack Bruce.

Montjoy · Oct 26, 2014

In my humble opinion, this is the Cream track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGyQIgvSV0

MsMarple · Oct 26, 2014

Montjoy said:
In my humble opinion, this is the Cream track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGyQIgvSV0

Listening now...:great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQDcm0IblGA

1968 interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Fa7drqK3M

MsMarple · Oct 26, 2014

Given that he was 71 it's amazing that his last album, Silver Rails came out in March of this year. A true musician to the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARTf9_VxArI

zwiebel · Oct 26, 2014

Cream vocalist and bassist Jack Bruce has died of liver failure aged 71. He:

'..was part Mississippi Delta and part Carnaby Street. In his glorious heyday as bassist and lead vocalist of 1960s power trio Cream he helped create a sound that combined American blues and psychedelia to thrill audiences throughout the world.

...(he) enjoyed a long, respected solo career after the band's acrimonious breakup, but will be best remembered for his stint with Cream and for classics like "Sunshine of Your Love" and "I Feel Free."

Much of the attention was focused on guitar wizard Eric Clapton, but Bruce wrote many of the band's signature tunes and served as lead vocalist.'

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jack-bruce-bassist-60s-band-cream-dies-71-26450511

zwiebel · Oct 26, 2014

Those were the (colorful) days.....

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jack_bruce/pictures/community-12931161/

Treelights · Oct 26, 2014

RIP Jack Bruce!!
Sunshine of your Love is one of my favorite Cream songs. Thanks for your contribution to music! You will be missed!!

wfgodot · Oct 26, 2014

From a time when London graffiti proclaimed....

Clapton is God.

tlcya · Oct 26, 2014

so sad to read this news this morning.

60s band Cream's Jack Bruce has died

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