No, Jack sang that. Jack sang all of Ginger's Cream songs except for Blue Condition and Pressed Rat and Warthog.
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Eddie Van Halen on Jack Bruce
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No, Jack sang that. Jack sang all of Ginger's Cream songs except for Blue Condition and Pressed Rat and Warthog.
Jack after Cream...
Tony Williams Lifetime w/John McLaughlin ("Vuelta Abajo" is Spanish for "turn down"
)
With Frank Zappa and Jim Gordon on drums
That's Steve Swallow on the other bass (playing with a pick)
From the same record, a very different version of a song originally from Jack's solo album Harmony Row
Tony Williams Lifetime w/John McLaughlin ("Vuelta Abajo" is Spanish for "turn down"
)With Frank Zappa and Jim Gordon on drums
That's Steve Swallow on the other bass (playing with a pick)
From the same record, a very different version of a song originally from Jack's solo album Harmony Row
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Not to mention Jack on upright bass
Jack after Cream...
Tony Williams Lifetime w/John McLaughlin ("Vuelta Abajo" is Spanish for "turn down"
With Frank Zappa and Jim Gordon on drums
That's Steve Swallow on the other bass (playing with a pick)
From the same record, a very different version of a song originally from Jack's solo album Harmony Row
I never liked the real fuzzy tone Jack used on that stuff, on the other hand, Swallow had a great tone, is that his EB-2 or later on?
I loved Jack's tone with his EB-3 and Marshall amps. Big hero of mine.
This one is pretty fuzzed out too but his playing is wicked.
Jack live at the Old Grey Whistle Test with Mick Taylor and an all star cast in a short-lived version of Jack Bruce & Friends, unfortunately he seemed very "sick" but still great.
Jack was such a brilliant musician he amazed me. Excellent pianist as well as cellist and bassist and vocalist.
Jack Bruce: vocals, bass,
Mick Taylor: guitar,
Carla Bley: organ, synthesizer, electric piano, mellotron,
Ronnie Leahy: electric piano, synthesizer,
Bruce Gary: drums (who ended up with Jack's original EB-3 for years) and also played in The Knack
Jack was such a brilliant musician he amazed me. Excellent pianist as well as cellist and bassist and vocalist.
Jack Bruce: vocals, bass,
Mick Taylor: guitar,
Carla Bley: organ, synthesizer, electric piano, mellotron,
Ronnie Leahy: electric piano, synthesizer,
Bruce Gary: drums (who ended up with Jack's original EB-3 for years) and also played in The Knack
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Jack was also on Carla Bley's jazz opera (I guess that's what it was), "Escalator Over the Hill", playing in a trio with John McLaughlin and Paul Motian and singing a duet with Linda Ronstadt!
He was the epitome of a musician's musician.
When I saw him with Ringo's All Starr Band, he would more or less play whatever instrument was needed during everyone's solo numbers, and they would each grin and say, "Thanks, Jack!"
He was the epitome of a musician's musician.
When I saw him with Ringo's All Starr Band, he would more or less play whatever instrument was needed during everyone's solo numbers, and they would each grin and say, "Thanks, Jack!"
Another Ginger Baker written tune, I never realized that that was Clapton singing the verses and Bruce singing the bridges though, thanks.
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I remember when they played with Jack in I think NH and I couldn't go for some reason, I was PO'ed.
One thing that really impressed me was that when Ringo sang "With a Little Help From My Friends" and Simon Kirke sang Free's "All Right Now", Jack could have "jazzed up" the bass parts (while suspended from the ceiling and in a straitjacket), but he didn't. He played them just as Sir Paul and Andy Fraser did, respecting them.
Yup, Felix was also a big hero of mine, loved his tone and lines, I saw Mountain twice. I was really too young to see Cream though, I was fifteen when they broke up, a few of my older friends saw them though.
Something here made me want to post this tune, not sure what though 
Possibly my favorite song that he wrote.
Jack was such an amazing musician, it's too bad he was strung out all throughout the 70's, I believe that severely impacted his career.
Happens far too often to otherwise talented people. It's a sad reality.
