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Jack Bruce

BassmanPaul

BassmanPaul

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Aug 25, 2007
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#1
Not the right place I know but this area is the only place I frequent.

Having just relearned "White Room" for yet another wasted project I was reminded just what a great player Jack really was. As I'm 68, his passing at 71 was a little too close to home. I will miss him and am saddened that all that skill and creativity is now lost to we players of lesser fame and ability.

Lay down your bass and rest in peace Jack.
 
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BassmanPaul said:
Not the right place I know but this area is the only place I frequent.

Having just relearned "White Room"
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Here is a pretty nice tutorial on White Room from the man himself, click "watch on YouTube" on bottom right icon:



I was lucky enough to meet Jack completely unexpectedly in the early 80s and spend a few minutes with him just talking like regular guys. He was funny as anything and a real gentleman. I got to see him play that night from onstage too, just a few feet away. Just one of many times he inspired me greatly, for sure.

RIP JB.
 
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There are "bass players" and there are musicians who chose the bass as their "instrument" Jack Bruce was the latter!! I never had the pleasure of meeting him but from all accounts he was as great a human being as he was a musician and he will be missed!!!
 
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One of my fist vinyl LP's was a Cream album. At the time I always wondered how Jack got such a growling sound out of his bass. At that time most of the bands I enjoyed played clean bass.
 
#16
One of my earliest influences when starting out, In fact 'Sunshine...' Was the first tune I learned on bass... and then blew my mind when I found out he sessioned on Zappa's 'Apostrophe'... *** ?!?

The live cream stuff, in particular the new stuff showing up on YouTube continues to inspire and amaze me...

Thanks Jack Bruce !
 
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Jack Bruce along with John Entwistle are both highly influential players for me. I discovered them both when I was about 15 and I later discovered that my Dad saw Cream's farewell concert in 1969 in the Royal Albert Hall.
I really like quite a bit of the 1969 concert footage, raw sound and all with lots of slapback echo. Some great moments there.
The bass tone he got in the studio for Spoonful is something I like a lot :)
 
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I was fortunate enough to meet Jack and work a few shows with him about 12 years ago when was doing the Walk Down Abbey Road Tour with Mark Farner, Christopher, Cross and Alan Parsons. When I was first introduced to him, he looked at me and said "I always wanted to meet a bass player". Then cracked a smile, held up a glass of wine and took a picture with me. He had a great sense of humor and was as funny as he was talented.
 

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