Jack Bruce RIP

Eric Clapton's comment ..... from his Facebook page.

It is with great sadness that we learned that Jack Bruce had passed away this morning at his home in England.

"He was a great musician and composer, and a tremendous inspiration to me" ec

https://www.facebook.com/ericclapton

 

Ride easy, Jack.

 

Rest easy, Mr. Bruce.

 

This is terrible news. One of my major musical heroes. I played Wheels Of Fire at work today in his honor/memory. Rest In Power, Jack Bruce.

 

One of the all time greats. R.I.P.

 

R.I.P. Jack I'll be playing 'Live & Kickin'

 

The first thing that pops into my head when I think about Jack Bruce is the great live Cream recordings where the three players are going nuts, with the train seemingly about to derail and go off the tracks, Jack's bass wonderfully distorted and busy in a good way, easily going head to head with Eric's leads.

But I also cherish the other Jack Bruce. This Jack Bruce :



The guy was a hat trick : He could sing with the best of them, play with the best of them, and
write with the best of them.

 

I heard about Jack's passing around 1am Sunday morning, only now have I realised I was wearing a Cream tshirt on Saturday night. I'm still shocked by this news.

 

Listening to the deluxe 2CD version of Cities Of The Heart. It includes the prequel to the formation of BBM, as well as huge numbers of ace musicians playing with Jack. And all superbly recorded. RIP, Jack.

 

True story: I opened up the iPad this morning with the morbid thought that one day I 'd be opening up the iPad and be reading that Paul McCartney had passed. This news is just as bad. RIP Jack Bruce.

 

What a loss it is to the world of music. His artistry was more that just him being a great bass player with many great bands and musicains.
But that's what Jack truly was a "Musician" and a great one.
I will miss him but I'll always hear his music in my head, my heart and my soul.
Rest in Peace, Jack.

 

I was just listening to his Live at the BBC set, and this track literally brought tears to my eyes.
Yes, he's gone now, but he'll live on in his music and in the hearts of his fans.
RIP

 

RIP Jack Bruce... October 26, 2005 Madison Square Garden Cream Reunion Concert... and here we are 9 years later.

 

Sad sad news. Such a distinctive bass player, a distinctive singer. He had such an original and unique sound and style. I gave Songs For A Tailor a spin today, but I rarely go more than a day or two without hearing something with Jack on it. Saw him three times, and among the many great moments, I'll never get when he started doing the Politician riff as Spectrum Road kicked off into their last song of the night. It was one of the goosebumps inducing moments. I made sure to put Politician on the jukebox today. RIP Jack Bruce.

 

I was at this show also. I shall play my bootleg dvd and cd of that show today in honor of one of the greatest musicians this world will ever know. This one is hitting me hard man...

 

Here he is with a cusp-of-fame John McLaughlin in 1968. Kind of shows his versatility.

 

Here are some great tributes from other musicians. The thousands of great musicians Jack has inspired just speak volumes...


http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-10-26/cream-bandmates-hail-jack-bruce

 

oh man... soon, the whole generation will go away and I will have to witness it. ((( immensely sad.

 

I heard a track from Jack's 2014 album Silver Rails on RTÉ Radio One this morning. His voice sounded great, I'm gonna buy the album. R.I.P.

 

you won't regret it

 

R.I.P. sad...sad.....sad....

 

R.I.P. Very sad news, one of the greatest

 

Brought joy to a lot of people through his music for 4 decades, we'll never see his like again! RIP Jack Bruce!

JG

 

4 decades? try 5. also he performed/released music in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90', 00's and 2010's so you could say he was part of 6 decades if you wanted to get technical about stuff

 

RIP. Thanks for all the great music