60s band Cream's Jack Bruce has died

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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

 

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[newone]

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

RIP

 

[annemc2]

Goodbye window, tired starling.

 

[wfgodot]

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]

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

 

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[MsMarple]

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]

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

 

[Montjoy]

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

 

[MsMarple]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

 

[Treelights]

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]

From a time when London graffiti proclaimed....

Clapton is God.

 

[tlcya]

so sad to read this news this morning.