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| Jack Bruce 1967 (photo credit:jackbruce.com) |
Rock fans all over the world were greeted with a shock this morning over the sudden death of Cream bass player Jack Bruce.A message on his own facebook page has confirmed the once speculated Morgan Freeman type of hoax for the 71 year old rocker:
“It is with great sadness that we, Jack’s family, announce the passing of our beloved Jack: husband, father, granddad, and all round legend. The world of music will be a poorer place without him, but he lives on in his music and forever in our hearts.”
Several obituaries including that of premiere rock magazine Rolling Stone made tributes to Bruce who became known for his virtuosity alongside Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker.Though his fb page and website didn't actually mentioned the cause of his death,some sites like those of the Associated Press and Wikipedia were attributing his sudden demise to liver disease.
Born in Scotland,Bruce was known for his trademark:a fretless electric bass.His virtuosity got him several gigs with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers where he met his friend and bandmate Eric Clapton.Once interviewed in a magazine he said he preferred playing the bass over the reason that he finds it easier to play and regarded the electric guitar as the 'bastard instrument'.Cream has been known for inventing the rock power trio which was later adopted by latter day bands such as Nirvana and Silverchair.The band existed for only more than two years but the impact and influence that they had left in the music business is conspicous to the fact that their reunion tour in 2005 grossed a record breaking number of audiences most of which were young people who weren't even born yet during the band's hey day.
(c) Keith Vernon Adagio
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Thanks for this info, Keith. A sad day in Rock.
ReplyDeleteJack could also play piano, guitar, harmonica & cello. Listening to his solo music you can hear how much further he took his music. Jack could do it all.
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