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Jack Bruce
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if any of you think you can do what Jack Bruce did..you are wrong..!!..and with that being said..here is Cream live at Royal Albert Hall in 2005......this one is "We're Going Wrong"....
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A lot of bass players of that era had a hot distorted sound. Like Jack Bruce and Mel Schacher (GFR). Because of the state of amplification and pick-ups at the time. Now days of course we have endless ways of pure sounding volume. Perhaps Jack was going for that sound. I love the video but don't remember a sound issue.
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You could argue that Jack Bruce was the greatest rock bass player of all time and no one would think you were crazy. To me it is him and JPJ and everyone else.
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He was a complete musician . Bass guitar , piano , cello , double bass , guitar and most of all a great songwriter .
Yes. Personally very influential, up there with Jamerson and Babbitt, Duck Dunn, JPJ and Mel Schacher on me. Our 3-piece band covers Crossroads and I try to be true to the Wheels of Fire version bass line; quite challenging but very rewarding to play. It says a lot about the musicality of his playing in general, as others have mentioned. About every other week or so I'll need a good humbling, so I'll drag out the fretless, and that's the last song I practice to on it for the day, probably one of the most challenging pieces I know. For some strange reason last fall our drummer decided to freight train the song on us; I was mad and told him to to ever do that again. Yeah, I got it all in, but it was a long night for the old fingers after that.
Jack was one of the most influential bass players of the early rock era and is often cited by other influential bass players.
Also check out his work with Robin Trower, both in BLT and on his solo work.
And he was much more than just a bassplayer, Here is one of his compositions on which he plays piano too (Eric Clapton - guitar solo)
Also check out his work with Robin Trower, both in BLT and on his solo work.
And he was much more than just a bassplayer, Here is one of his compositions on which he plays piano too (Eric Clapton - guitar solo)
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Oh no doubt Jack recorded it first, just that the Mountain version was better known for a long while...
Jack Bruce was a Bass God. Full Stop
Crossroads did it for me too. I had never heard anything like it. Led to a lifelong appreciation of all things Jack.
Just chiming in to say this is an absolutely fantastic thread and while I have to go to bed now, I'll be back with speakers turned up to do a whole lot of listening. Everything I've heard Jack Bruce do has been completely rock solid and I've heard maybe 0.6%.
I completely agree. I saw their reunion show at Madison Square Garden and the sound from that EB1 was horrible. Jack sounded 10X better, and more distinct, on his fretless Warwick. As said earlier, he recently had a liver transplant and wasn't at 100% but it was still great to see them together again. I had seen Jack many times in his solo career, including Jack Bruce and Friends with Clem Clemson, David Sancious and Billy Cobham a few times. That was an incredible group.I wasn't a fan of that violin bass he used in the '05 shows. I agree it's sound was lacking.
However in the latter part of that concert DVD he busts out his fretless Warwick. That thing is amazing and he sounds so good playing it. He used it in his solo career for a long time and I always loved the sound.
Short answer: No, Flea is a very good bass player.
Ever hear a song called 'Crossroads' from Cream's Wheels Of Fire? That's a good start to answering your question... along with most every other record he played on until his recent passing.
