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Jack Bruce was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the co-lead vocalist and bassist of British rock band Cream. After the group disbanded in 1968, he pursued a solo career and also played with several bands.
In the early 1960s Bruce joined the Graham Bond Organisation (GBO), where he met his future bandmate Ginger Baker. After leaving the band, he joined with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, where he met Eric Clapton, who also became his future bandmate. His time with the band was brief. In 1966, he formed Cream with lead guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker; he co-wrote many of their songs (including "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room" and "I Feel Free") with poet/lyricist Pete Brown. After the group disbanded in the late 1960s he began recording solo albums. His first solo album, Songs for a Tailor, released in 1969, was a worldwide hit. Bruce formed his own band to perform the material live, and subsequently formed a blues-rock band West, Bruce and Laing in 1972, with ex- Mountain guitarist Leslie West and ex- Mountain drummer Corky Laing. His solo career spanned several decades. From the 1970s to the 1990s he played with several bands as a touring member. He reunited with Cream in 2005 for concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Bruce is considered to be one of the most important and influential bassists of all time. Rolling Stone magazine readers ranked him number eight on their list of "10 Greatest Bassists Of All Time". He was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, and was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, both as a member of Cream.
John Symon Asher (Jack) Bruce was born 14 May 1943 in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, to Betty (Asher) and Charlie Bruce.
Jack died 25 Oct 2014 of liver disease at age 71 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He was cremated and his ashes were interred at a private family ceremony on 31 December 2014 at the Golders Green Crematorium in London.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jack-bruce-funeral-eric-clapton-4572249
- ↑ Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #137739182 (accessed 15 October 2022)
Memorial page for Jack Bruce Famous memorial (14 May 1943-25 Oct 2014), citing Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (plot: Ashes buried below the statue of an angel :); Maintained by Find a Grave.
See also:
- Wikipedia: Jack_Bruce
- Wikidata: Item Q313683, en:Wikipedia
