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A great one! R.I.P.
I remember seeing him in the super-group West, Bruce, and Laing way back in the early 80s. It was a spectacular show and Jack was one helluva bassist and singer. RIP, man, you are a hero to me....
-RW-
Cream hit SF in 1967, nearly a year after Fresh Cream came out. A friend got us backstage and we met the band, smoked some hash and just yakked with them. There was some very hard drug use in plain sight and when they went out to play we were both on stage left and behind the amps for the whole show.
It was one of the most intense nights of music in the SF bay area. Ever.
I can still hear Jack's laugh and his English accent in my mind...
The world is a poorer place without him and his chops and vocals..
I saw them at the Filmore, I think in 67 as well.
Concert lineup was Cream, Butterfield Blues Band and Charlie Musselwhite, three was the top white blues bands of the time. Kind of a guitar shoot out! I remember at the time thinking that Harvey Mandel (from Musselwhite) blew Bloomfield and Clapton away. I didn't say it at the time since Clapton was supposed to be the guitar God. And yeah, the Marshall amps kept blowing out.
Years later, I saw Motorhead. They couldn't get through three tunes without their Marshall amps blowing either. English tradition, I guess.
Gotta love this thread! Nothing but blue hairs.
The February Winterland show with The Loading Zone and Big Black? I'm looking at the poster and the hand bill right now. Winterland, we may have traded sweat in passing.
Oddly, I was at a Bar Mitzvah last night on Balboa with a sizable attendance of BGP relics and the forty-seven year old David Graham son of. The beat goes on...
peace
but I sure recall that night with Cream....
I remember hearing about one show in the bay area. They turned everything up to 11 and the Marshall amps on one stack kept blowing fuses. I don't remember if it was Jack's or Eric's. They ended up pulling the fuses and putting in paper clips.
Good memories but Jack never had an English accent. He was a Scot.
I saw him numerous times in the early sixties with the Graham Bond Organisation (with Ginger Baker). Later at what I believe was the first ever gig of Cream at The Marquee, Wardour street, London - I queued for three hours to get in. Even later at what was supposed to be the last performance of Cream before they broke up at The RAH (not the comparatively recent reunion there).
What a great and inventive player.
My error, but I shoulda known...
:-(
This is sad news.
Sadly his abilities were stunningly under rated which were made evident to subsequent generations with the Albert Hall reunion. Jack Bruce was Cream IMO. Pre music video, even my wife, a radio industry professional in the early 70s, assumed Cream was all about Clapton.As a Bassist I was thrilled to see and hear those old Bass parts come alive with him playing fretless. Crossing over from Upright to fretted can be balky, it was for me. Once again, thanks John Francis.
Shoulda coulda, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Mitch Mitchell.
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your moniker.
Nice to see you're still posting hear!
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Felix Pappalardi was cream. At least a big part of it, the studio stuff, anyway.
"We are all in God's hands... and God is a malign thug."
-Mark Twain
And Leslie West, the big man hisself, was every bit as big in that band as Felix. I remember seeing West, Bruce, and Laing back in the day - Leslie was phenomenal.And Corky Laing had this schtick (heh, heh!) where he was pounding the skins faster and faster and with each drumstrike he would grab another stick out of this quiver he had behind him. The sticks would bounce off the drumheads and were launched out into the audience. I've never seen anyone else do anything like it, it was VERY cool!
-RW-
Edits: 10/26/14
, underground, that was the size of a diva's closet. Hot as hell, sweaty, stinky--- but god almighty, what a late night of music. The fat man had endurance and all the chops your ears could handle. Pap was sensational, as well. Underrated band. Dynamite live.
"As a producer, Pappalardi is perhaps best known for his work with British psychedelic blues-rock power trio Cream, beginning with their second album, Disraeli Gears. Pappalardi has been referred to in various interviews with the members of Cream as "the fourth member of the band" as he generally had a role in arranging their music. He contributed instrumentation for his imaginative studio arrangements and he and his wife, Gail, wrote the Cream hit "Strange Brew" with Eric Clapton"
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
What ever happened to fat Leslie? One hit wonder Mississipi queen.
Leslie West, no doubt Sputz, has done way better than you, as everyone else reading this post. Wallow in the mire!
I think the big fat slob died of a heart attack! Now I think I will eat a kosher dill.
Putz.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
You are wrong. Imagine that.
Leslie is alive, well and touring. I saw him on 2013 ...he put on a great show.
Try not to choke on that pickle.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
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Last time I saw him he weighed 400lbs. He must be a medical miracle. Doctors say morbidly obese people don't live to long.
What are you? Some kind of fisherman?
nt
all the best,
mrh
I've seen them all and John Entwhistle was the best hand down.
Helped develop round wound strings and usually had incredible tone that always cut through. He understood biamping highs and lows, clean and effects. He had a solid ascending triplet which allowed him a more lyrical playing voice.
Better or best? Like all artist he was the best at doing John Entwhistle.
Speaking of round wounds and the best, there was this kid from Florida.
Perhaps you mean this guy?
Too tragic that he left us so early in life. Yes, he could be a braggart, but he did his best to back it up. The best? That could be argued forever. A unique and original voice? For sure!!!
My heart goes out to JB, JE and JP for bringing life tot eh electric bass guitar, and along with such luminaries as John Paul Jones. Geddy Lee and Chris Squire, who helped me to develop my voice on the instrument too!
Dman
Analog Junkie
I met Jaco's son Felix a couple years ago at Victor Wooten's camp. What a guy, great personality, and I dare say, an even better player than his dad. Of course, when your father is Jaco, you're starting point is a lot higher off the ground than most cats...
Jack Bruce was one of the greats, truly sad to hear this.
-SF
eadg
Those you mention:
Jack Cassady
John Cale
James Jamerson
Jah Wobble
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jonas Hellborg
Probably missing a few...
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
are a total idiot
ET
The Ox was the best bassist I've ever seen. Closely followed by Stanley Clarke and Tony Levin. Jaco wasn't too shabby, either!!
-RW-
Tactless buffoon.
axolotl
Putz.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
But relatively tame compared to his racist rant over on Central.
SF
What a shocker. This guy revolutionized how rock bass players play. It became a lead instrument as well as setting the backbeat. The group dynamics were greatly increased by this innovation. RIP
A sad day indeed.
besides what he's deservedly best known for, his work with Kip Hanrahan/American Clave and their wonderful band of players is SUPERB!
He's singing with the Angels and tossing in some GREAT bass parts as well.
RIP to a treasure.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I am totally devastated! He, along with Geddy Lee of Rush and Chris Squire of Yes shaped my whole vocabulary on the bass guitar...
Rest In Peace, Jack. If you can't do that, then crank that bass up like it was at the Royal Abert with Ginger and Eric!!!
Dman
Analog Junkie
Wow. Just wow. A huge part of my musical life.
His last album, Silver Rails, btw, was truly excellent.
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