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Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: tomhug on October 25, 2014, 09:38:10 AM

http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/779531-rip-jack-bruce-of-cream-dead-at-71
 
He left us an incredible musical legacy.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: 12stringwilson on October 25, 2014, 09:54:54 AM

He will always be one of my idols. Listening to Badge right now.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: smokinbear on October 25, 2014, 10:03:15 AM

Huge loss.....    :.-(

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: sonicus on October 25, 2014, 10:16:14 AM

So Sad____ I really liked so much of his work. I think that there is so much of his post Cream work that I have heard that really resonated with me . His album collaboration  with Ellen McIlwaine (Everybody needs it ) in 1982 was spectacular. In particular his fretless work on  Hang On To A Dream on that Album was wonderful . He was still to young to leave us _____ . He was most definitely a guy that I listened to and learned from .  I send my love and respect _____.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: wfmandmusic on October 25, 2014, 10:50:33 AM

Yes love and respect....

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: lbpesq on October 25, 2014, 10:57:06 AM

Another one of the greats is now gone.  I still remember excitedly first listening to Disraeli Gears as a 13 year old.
 
May the Four Winds Blow You Safely Home.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: slawie on October 25, 2014, 01:03:44 PM

Jack was a significant influence on my playing.  
Peace, love and prayers to those he leaves behind.  
May God bless you Jack and hold you close.  
For me and many, this is indeed a sad day.  
 
Slawie

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: David Houck on October 25, 2014, 01:17:03 PM

Thanks for posting this.
 
For me, Cream was a major turning point in the music.  The three of them created something extraordinarily new; and that music influenced not only my music, but, as a major influence on the culture, my life as well.  And for that, I am very grateful.  Thank you Jack.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: hammer on October 25, 2014, 01:25:56 PM

Another legend passes on to a better place.
 
Thank you Jack for the incredible body of music that you left to human kind. You will certainly be missed, but never forgotten.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: pauldo on October 25, 2014, 01:29:50 PM

oh crap.
Not what I was expecting to see when I came to the site.
 
Sitting here at work with tears in my eyes.
 
Legacy indeed, legendary bassist and vocalist. Thank you Jack for the inspiration. . . and the beauty of your skills.  
 
Out into the fields, Jack, you go flying. Go on and keep flying. . .  
 
shit :.-(

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: musashi on October 25, 2014, 01:44:49 PM

Perhaps my first influence....  Jack, you will be missed mightily, brother.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: mavnet on October 25, 2014, 02:54:57 PM

He was the reason I became a bassist, and probably influenced my playing more than anyone else. Lost a lot of musical heroes, but i'm feeling this more than most.
 
Dammit.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: musashi on October 25, 2014, 03:35:18 PM

My first thought was, Sh*t.......

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: JuancarlinBass on October 25, 2014, 06:54:13 PM

Oh, man... sad, sad news.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: 57basstra on October 25, 2014, 07:41:39 PM

When I heard the news I also thought about this group of musicians  --  
....Come on home
All those promises
That we drove
Together
With nowhere to go
Well we started out so fine
Now the flame is all but dying
Ooh, waiting on a word... ~ 'Waiting on a Word' ~ Jack Bruce

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: dead_head on October 25, 2014, 08:05:04 PM

Jack Bruce was a huge influence in my bass playing and sound during the 1970's, right up to owning an old EB-3 and a 200w Marshall stack! Listen to his playing on NSU from Live Cream 1, or Crossroads or Spoonful live on the Wheels Of Fire album. Brilliant! Not to mention his solo albums from the early 70's as well, or West, Bruce, and Laing. May he rest in peace...

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: richbass939 on October 25, 2014, 09:30:16 PM

Sad news, indeed.  One by one the heroes/influences my generation loves are leaving us.  Over the past year, my own health issues have made me think about this more and more.
Last night, for the first time in a year, I felt like going out to hear a band play.  One of the band members asked me if I wanted to sit in with them and suggested a song to play.  So, I played one song, a favorite, Crossroads.
Rich

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: Glynn on October 26, 2014, 01:46:16 AM

For those of you who know the Midlands in the UK, I saw Cream at Stourbridge Town Hall when Vox AC30s were all you needed. I had a Vox AC30 bass amp.
Sorry to hear this.  
A sad loss.
Glynn

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: bassman10096 on October 26, 2014, 04:54:12 PM

I'll miss him a lot.  His music was very influential to my playing.  By coincidence, I discovered this Youtube:  ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ZcoqkQy8w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ZcoqkQy8w) ) for the first time just a few weeks back.  What a pleasant guy - great stories, plus a great pleasure to see him play in a couple of contexts that allow the viewer to see his technique and some of his thinking up close.  
 
Oh, and I just couldn't resist picking up a Warwick on ebay this afternoon!

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: JimmyJ on October 26, 2014, 06:14:29 PM

A sad loss of a great and influential musician. His bass tone was a force of nature!  And rocking the fretless electric bass as early as '76.  So great.  
 
He also had a fine and immediately identifiable voice.  
 
Big loss.
 
Jimmy J

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: jacko on October 27, 2014, 05:29:19 AM

Goodbye Cream was one of the first albums I stole from my brother. I think the riff to Badge was probably one of the earliest lines I learned on the bass although it was most likely a guitar riff.
Jack will be sadly missed
 
graeme

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: 5a_quilt_top on October 27, 2014, 08:26:40 AM

Walked into the guitar store where I work part time on Saturdays and was greeted with this news.
 
It was like a punch in the gut and a very somber way to start the day.
 
Huge influence on me via Cream and BLT - taught me that  powerful basslines could be both melodic and supportive.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: harald_rost on October 28, 2014, 12:35:47 AM

http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/eric-clapton-shares-jack-bruce-tribute-song/49240

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: pauldo on October 28, 2014, 04:45:48 PM

 
 
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Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: mica on October 28, 2014, 07:20:41 PM

It's taken me a few days to even open this thread. Sigh. I can't really say anything that hasn't already been said.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: hankster on October 30, 2014, 07:00:36 PM

Saw him with Spectrum Road about 2years ago. It was a trip. Glad i went then.

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: georgie_boy on November 03, 2014, 09:33:49 AM

Had it not been for Jack, I would not be playing bass!
His influence on me was colossal as with 2 others....J.E. and Stanley.
Still listen to Jack nigh on every day, since Songs for a Tailor.
A MASTERPIECE inmho
G

Title: R.I.P. Jack Bruce
Post by: musashi on November 20, 2014, 04:08:03 PM

The best intro ever:  I'd like to introduce, on bass, finest in the world......
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpe0sTUrZw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpe0sTUrZw)