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Cream bassist Jack Bruce dies, aged 71
BBC ^ | 10/25/2014 | BBC

Posted on 10/25/2014 9:02:07 AM PDT by mononymous

Jack Bruce, bassist from 1960s band Cream, has died aged 71, his publicist confirms.

Legendary supergroup Cream, which also included Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, are now considered one of the most important bands in rock history.

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To: Night Hides Not
Still looks younger than Keith Richards. Of course, everyone looks younger than Keith Richards.

Hell, Methuselah looked younger than Keith Richards! LOL

41 posted on 10/25/2014 9:54:21 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: mononymous

I saw him with back up in Germany in ‘71 great show. What a talent. Thanks Jack!


42 posted on 10/25/2014 10:17:34 AM PDT by DCmarcher-976453
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To: Night Hides Not
Was this before or after Mountain?
San Diego, 1972 - so just after Mountain broke up. Then they reformed a few years later IIRC. I caught one of Corky Laing's drumsticks that he tossed into the crowd - wasn't trying to but he threw it right at me.
The opening band was Cold Blood with that hot blond singer, Lydia Pense. She locked eyes with me during "I just want to make love to you" and I was smitten.
43 posted on 10/25/2014 10:20:01 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: mononymous

Thanks for the music. RIP.


44 posted on 10/25/2014 10:22:59 AM PDT by OwenKellogg (Fundamental transformation leads to ... ebola and vomitus for all!)
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To: RIghtwardHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9LrLUyIW3c


45 posted on 10/25/2014 10:28:55 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Impala64ssa

I saw the concert at MSG. Great show. The DVD was better,because they had three nights to chose from with Sunshine being my favorite. Also,got to see Ringo and Paul at Ringo’s 70th. The DVD shows a girl in a red dress at Royal Albert. She wanted to see the show and her friends got together to send her to London to see the show and arranged for her to be in front of the stage,since she was dying of leukemia. A lighter note the cowboy shirts Clapton wears are form Rockmount in Denver.


46 posted on 10/25/2014 10:32:49 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Squawk 8888

Sign me up!


47 posted on 10/25/2014 10:38:22 AM PDT by jobim (.)
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To: mononymous

Cream was the band who’s music I learned to play guitar to. (Well, them and KISS). And this was 12 years after they had broke up! Clapton’s playing was so awesome. And it always amazed me how well Bruce could play those lines and sing like he did simultaneously! Amazing.

Anyway, RIP and thanks for the beautiful music!


48 posted on 10/25/2014 10:43:55 AM PDT by rmccullo
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To: FatherofFive

LOL!


49 posted on 10/25/2014 10:44:56 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Right Brother
Ginger Baker today looks only a few years older than he did in ‘69.

Yup. It was Bruce who looked old and then sure enough died first.

50 posted on 10/25/2014 10:45:00 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: jobim

Done!


51 posted on 10/25/2014 10:46:01 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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To: mononymous

Man what is it with English musicians from the 1960s and liver disease? They all seem to die from that. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding from the Jimi Hendrix band are two other who died from liver disease.


52 posted on 10/25/2014 10:47:41 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama Will Say 'War on Women' But Not 'War on ISIS)
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To: newfreep

by the Crossroads. LOL


53 posted on 10/25/2014 11:02:51 AM PDT by printhead (Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
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To: Night Hides Not

WB&L did 2 albums together after Mountain. I have both. On vinyl. Of course.


54 posted on 10/25/2014 11:04:21 AM PDT by printhead (Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
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To: mononymous

I’m so sad, I’m so sad, I’m sad, I’m sad, I’m sad ....


55 posted on 10/25/2014 11:04:47 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: printhead
"Crossroads"

I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.

Down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.

Asked the Lord above for mercy, "Save me if you please."

I trust that at some point in time, Jack did that...

56 posted on 10/25/2014 11:11:33 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: mononymous

Jimi Hendrix once said that Cream was the best band
that he ever heard and Clapton,the best guitar player
that he ever heard.


57 posted on 10/25/2014 11:57:29 AM PDT by freedomtrail (EEOC- Eventual Elimination Of Caucasians)
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To: knarf
Would that have been around November/December... ?

Nope...summer.The restaurant where we saw them was called Hugo's and was on the water in Cohasset.Our family had a boat then and on weekends we'd go out for a few hours and often stop there because you could tie your boat up at their slip.

58 posted on 10/25/2014 12:41:16 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: Gay State Conservative

We lived in Sharon from 78-83 and Hugo’s was our go-to place for special occasions (even as broke, just out of Grad School 20-somethings...). I can’t imagine seeing Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton sitting at a table close by...too funny.


59 posted on 10/25/2014 12:46:18 PM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: newfreep
tiny purple fishes,
run laughing through your fingers,
and you want to take her with you,
to the hard land of the winter.

RIP Mr. Bruce
60 posted on 10/25/2014 1:09:03 PM PDT by PrairieDawg (FIRE JOHN BOEHNER!)
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