NAME: Stefan Pfeifer
LOCATION: Essen, Germany
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/2/2004
Time: 3:56:20 PM
COMMENTS
Dear Bruce, a close friends of mine whose name is Wolfgang Freye celebrates his 50th birthday septembre this year. He lives with you (and your music) for more than half of his life (even if you didn't realize). We will publish a small book for his birthday. And he would be very happy and very proud, if there were some words from Jack Bruce in this book (f.i. about concerts in Essen,in the ruhr area or in Germany). And we were happy to. Is there any chance for a message ? Please answer to the adress above.
NAME: Mick Watson
LOCATION: Notts.. England
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/3/2004
Time: 1:25:15 PM
COMMENTS
Lets all appreciate the awesome presence and musical virtuosity that has enabled the man to slot chameleon-like into any band with seamless dexterity. Its time,long overdue for the young musicians of today who wander aimlessly into styles forced upon them by the commercially driven market place to revisit the musical legacy left behind in the wake of such greats as Jack Bruce. I will never tire of listening. Mick...
NAME: Phil Townson
LOCATION: Vancouver, Canada
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/4/2004
Time: 6:15:21 PM
COMMENTS
Jack, I have a box set of The Cream. Two live disks and two studio. I play them all the time as I have most of my life. Some of my freinds tell me I'm musically stuck in the past. I tell them they have some catching up to do. Love you Jack bruce. Thank you so much. Phil Townson
NAME: Chris Burtenshaw
LOCATION: Cambridge
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/9/2004
Time: 10:45:33 AM
COMMENTS
Jack, Very best wishes and continuing good health for 2004 and beyond. Kind regards, Chris
NAME: GORDON BLACK
LOCATION: PARTICK ,GLASGOW
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/16/2004
Time: 4:23:38 PM
COMMENTS
FOREVER AN INSPIRATION. SCOTLAND,S GREATEST .KEEP IT GOING.
NAME: Alex Hutchison
LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/17/2004
Time: 6:46:09 AM
COMMENTS
I saw Cream in '69 at the Corral in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I started playing Bass 16 months later. Jack was having so much fun. The fans gave them 3 standing ovations. The next day in Edmonton they said that was the best crowd ever. Jack's best solo for me is Apostrophe with Frank Zappa. Around 1990 I bought a 1968 Gibson EB3 in tribute for the influence that Jack's playing had on me. I've had a lot of fun too! Thanks Jack!
NAME: Jean-Francois MATHIEU
LOCATION: France
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/21/2004
Time: 8:20:37 AM
COMMENTS
Well, the first time I heard Jack was when he played with a group in which a guitar player, many people called GOD, played nice blues licks. Although I played guitar, from that point on I knew which side of the music I was ! Thanks a million times to Jack for what his compositions, his bass playing and vocal have brought to me ! As I often answer in interviews when asked with what musicians I'd like to play, I answer : with Jack Bruce on bass and Jack Bruce on vocals ! jfm l'inguitarissable http://www.jfmathieu.com
NAME: Chiván
LOCATION: Puerto Rico
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/23/2004
Time: 3:15:04 PM
COMMENTS
Sugestions for recording songs: Shoot me dead- Caetano veloso. You don't know me- Caetano Veloso. Velazquez- Hanrahan. She so heavy- Lennon & MacCartney Golden sumblers-Lennon & MacCartney Sunday bloody sunday or Luck of the Irish.-Lennon Trouble everyday-Zappa Isolation,Meat city,I found out-Lennon Oh darling-Lennon & MacCartney well I must sound nuts, and I know there is plenty of songs out there, simply just wishing you could do something like Yoko Ono's Dog Town, or Loneliness,(excuse my english) Laurie Anderson's Excellent Birds, so I beg your pardon if It sounds silly, -ahh, Remember Hendrix if 6 was nine? or any Hendrix or Harrison song!! any way i'm glad I could write this message to you, Thanks and keep getting better!
NAME: Emilie Hausheer
LOCATION: Long Beach, CA
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/23/2004
Time: 10:09:05 PM
COMMENTS
I love hearing Jack sing ... I don't have any of his solo albums but hear his music on Cream albums. My favorite is Wheels of Fire ... I wore out the LP and I replaced it with a CD ...
NAME: CREAMRFEAK
LOCATION: USA
ADDRESS: POTTTUS.COM
Date: 1/26/2004
Time: 3:28:30 AM
COMMENTS
THREE HUMBLE REQUESTS: (1) PLEASE RERECORD FRESH CREAM WITH ERIC AND GINGER LIVE IN THE STUDIO AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE RECORDED IN THE FIRST PLACE. BASS LEFT , DRUMS CENTER , GUITAR RIGHT WITH HALVERSON AND BARBER AT THE BOARDS. VINTAGE INSTRUMENTS , NO EFFECTS. THIS WOULD SELL. (2) REMIX LIVE CREAM VOL.II AS ABOVE (PER ADRIAN BARBER). MORE BASS IS NEEDED HERE. (3)THE RELEASE OF ANY LIVE RECORDINGS OF THE SPEDDING/MARSHALL /BOND(?) LINEUP (1971) WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
NAME: Evan
LOCATION: Indiana
ADDRESS:
Date: 1/29/2004
Time: 3:59:58 PM
COMMENTS
Dear Mr. Bruce:
Upon hearing of your medical condition, the song "Consul at Sunset" kept popping into my head. You must know the impact of your music penetrated my sense of hearing and now resides deep in the confines of mind and has expressed itself many times in countless ways. Thank you.
I continue to "run a little too fat". EV
NAME: EJ
LOCATION: San francisco
ADDRESS:
Date: 2/1/2004
Time: 4:02:05 PM
COMMENTS
I'd like a copy of the words and music/chords arrangement for 'Victoria Sage.' Any idea where I might find it?
be well.
EJ, long-time fan
NAME: bobboblues
LOCATION:
ADDRESS:
Date: 2/18/2004
Time: 6:43:30 AM
COMMENTS
five long years eh Derek? Thank you for keepin' us in touch with Jack (never enough...)AUGURI
NAME: jn
LOCATION: northford
ADDRESS: jnsafe@aol
Date: 2/21/2004
Time: 10:39:59 PM
COMMENTS
hello Derek and JACK,
between me and my 19 year old daughter, my 15 year old son and 13 year old daughter, our favorite track is #7 from BBM. What you, Ginger and Gary do with "we're going wrong" (why does love have to go wrong") is tremendous.
I saw you at Toads in 88, and I try to emulate your ingenuity whenever I play, as I jam with my kids.
Thanks Jack
Later
NAME: GREG JR
LOCATION: OCEANSIDE ,CA.
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/1/2004
Time: 8:19:34 PM
COMMENTS
hey, there JB.I'LL BE PRAYIN' FOR YA!! JUST HEARD ABOUT THE LIVER! IM JAMMIN' WITH MY DAD AND HIS BAND, OL' BILL LORDEN IS HIS DRUMMER. (BY THE WAY, BLT IS A COOL ALBUM) IM ONLY 27 YEARS OLD! MY DAD IS GREG SERRATO(SR.)(J-BIRD RECORDS).JAMMIN AT "THE LAKE ALICE TRADING CO." RIVERSIDE,CA. CHECK OUT.....GREGSERRATO.COM I PLAY BASS AND WILL BE SOLOING......YOU'VE SHOWED ME AS A CHILD,THROUGH YOUR MUSIC,THAT A BASS PLAYER DOESNT HAVE TO STAND BY THE AMPS AND LOOK DUMB WITH HIS FINGERS BARELY MOVIN'.TO SHINE LIKE ONE OF GODS OWN ANGELS!!
NAME: Steven Kirkby
LOCATION: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/4/2004
Time: 2:09:59 AM
COMMENTS
Jack. mate just thought i'd say hi i love cream mate you guys rocked, im only 20 and i love old music you guys the beatles and hendrix are my favourites ever. Cream songs are my favourites songs to play, theres just something about them dude. SWALBR.... fuck yeah that song is everything i love about music in one little song it blows me away everytime, one of my favs that one. Don't be scared to reunite with your old cream mates and come play in townsville that would be unreal. seeya steve
NAME: Ben Buchner
LOCATION: 365 So. Forest St. Denver, CO
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/8/2004
Time: 7:44:14 PM
COMMENTS
Jack - I'm sixteen and having a good time with my band. My band plays improvised electric blues,though not to original still a good time :) I just wanted and thank you so much for everything you have done for me in the past years, with your fantastic playing and song writing. It has inspired me along with my friends (band members) to produce music we enjoy and love instead of trying to play songs that appeal to the musical wants of our generation,i.e rap and punk. Thank you so much for what you did and are doing. I hope to keep you updated on my bands progress.
keep on rockin, Ben - guitarist
NAME: George
LOCATION: New York
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/9/2004
Time: 1:44:10 PM
COMMENTS
I have loved your music for a long time. I spent part of my youth trying to play your bass lines in one band or another. "I'm so glad" you're still making music.
Looking forward to your next gig in New York....
NAME: Jeff
LOCATION: Czarnec
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/10/2004
Time: 4:48:21 PM
COMMENTS
Dear Mr.Jack Bruce, my name is Jeff Czarnec and im a 16 year old bassist.I admire your previous band CREAM a lot as well does my father. I wanted to know if there was anyway possible that I may be able to recieve personal tips or lessons to improve my bass playing becuase i want help on becoming more melodic and have better phrasing so i figure what better way to do it then from a pro.If there is any way at all i can do this via email or in person please let me know via email.
NAME: KB
LOCATION: Detroit, USA
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/10/2004
Time: 7:52:23 PM
COMMENTS
I am a huge fan of all of your work and and even bigger fan of Cream. I still wonder if you guys will ever get back together for one last run. I was too young to ever see you live so I always hope i get to see the group together just one time.
NAME: Neil Stanley
LOCATION: West Yorkshire
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/11/2004
Time: 12:33:51 PM
COMMENTS
Dear Jack (or anybody out there!). Can you confirm if you released a 12 INCH e.p. in the late 70's or early 80's on the Ampex label? If so, did it contain previously unreleased material? Mant thanks, Neil.
NAME: jack buyes
LOCATION: new york
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/20/2004
Time: 10:11:12 PM
COMMENTS
thank you for being a huge inspiration on me and my bass playing.im a huge fan of you and cream.thans for everything.
NAME: Donna
LOCATION: Essex
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/22/2004
Time: 6:49:09 AM
COMMENTS
Hi jack, get better soon and good luck with rehab. I promise we will keep margrit safe on cassio. Speak to you soon. Donna
NAME: John Pick
LOCATION: Ft.Lauderdale, Fl USA
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/22/2004
Time: 9:37:42 PM
COMMENTS
How do you address a person who is beyond addressing due to his effect on my life. You are beyond words in your playing. I have been in awe of you for 36 years. I need to ask you about what bass you used on the track "ARE YOU THE ONE" form JOhnny Mc Laughlin Electric Guitarist Featuring Jack Bruce, Tony Williams, and John Mc Laughlin. Do you remember the bass and amp you used on that track? That track made me realize what a bass monster you are, Good health to you.Thanx John Pick (954)421-4671 machine (954)655-4671 cell
NAME: Mark Grasso
LOCATION: New york
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/23/2004
Time: 12:18:33 PM
COMMENTS
Jack, thanks for the memories. I'm A fan since childhood and a Bass player. You have been a source of inspiration and influence in my playing and musical taste. I saw you about a year and a half ago in Brooklyn, NY for FREE in a park near Coney Island. The vocal during your rendition of "Elenor Rigby" can still send chills down my spine when I think about it. I hope that your recovery is complete. God Bless. I hope you are "Sittin' in top of the world"
NAME: Handlebar Henry
LOCATION: On The Gulf Of Mexico, east of New Orleans
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/24/2004
Time: 1:14:05 AM
COMMENTS
I originally wrote the letter below to your get well card but thought I would post it here as well. I hope you are having a nice Springtime like we are enjoying...everything coming back to life after the winter months.
Name: Handlebar Henry Location: On The Gulf Of Mexico, east of New Orleans Email:
I am just learning of your illness. I hope that this new year will bring only the very best for you.
Theme From An Imaginary Western is probably my favorite song...it literally changed the direction of my entire life...
I was listening to a version of Theme and looked into the mirror while driving along the beach. The sun was falling into the water*..it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
All of this happened-by accident-some 34 years ago.
Thank you so much for creating this song.
Very Best Regards,
Handlebar Henry-January 6, 2004
*It's the only place on earth where the sun can rise and set in the water while on a 4 lane highway.
NAME: Lehmonen
LOCATION: finnland
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/30/2004
Time: 2:30:30 AM
COMMENTS
Jack is best
NAME: stacy
LOCATION: usa
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/3/2004
Time: 4:32:47 PMCOMMENTS
hi i am 16 years old and my dad and i love your music... it is because of him i love your music and the music that was around before my time... i just wanted to tell you that you are one of the best singers i have ever heard love your lp songs for a tailor and all your cream lp's as well.I wanted to tell you that you a roll model to me and thanks you for that!!! so thank you for your music and everything you are ~Stacy~
NAME:
LOCATION: pittsburg, california
ADDRESS:
Date: 4/6/2004
Time: 5:33:00 PMCOMMENTS
"Wheels of Fire" is a great album. Jack's lyrics and music helped me through lonely times and painted visions in my head. "As You Said" is such a trippy song. Having met a Scottish lassie only added to the the endless want. i was wondering if anyone could tell me what kind and key of harmonica Jack used when he jammed "Traintime" on "Wheels of Fire". Thank you, Donald
NAME: Alexis Roman
LOCATION: Valparaiso, Chile
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/7/2004
Time: 6:07:34 PMCOMMENTS
I did not know about your desease, I am a big fun of you. I play the bass, guitar and keyboard. also I sing my own music in a trio, just like CREAM. I know how hard can be being in contact with you. Please remember that I am writing from a little country called CHILE, in South America. Here there is so much people who like your music, specially when you were one CREAM. Don't forget that, forgive me for my english, thank you for your music.
NAME: Michael Sherrer
LOCATION: Los Angeles
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/10/2004
Time: 5:36:14 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,how about an autobiography that tells the real story of your years in the music business, personal life experiences and observations of a period in history that affected so much of pop culture. From jazz to Scotland-and everything in between. Please get it down on paper, or disc-so that we have a record of your life and the times you influenced in such a major way.
NAME: Don
LOCATION: BOSTON, MA
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Date: 4/12/2004
Time: 11:24:02 AMCOMMENTS
Jack Bruce. Where do we start. The man that RULES the bass and still does.
Cream was just the best. He early solo stuff was just as great. I owe alot to Jack. His music made me who I am. Thanks for all the great music, man. Don't ever stop !!
PS: Hey, Jack fans check out www.jiyamusic.com for a new CREAM style band.
NAME: Mauro
LOCATION: Italy
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/16/2004
Time: 4:56:16 PMCOMMENTS
best wishes Jack
NAME: Oliver
LOCATION: Sheffield, UK
ADDRESS:
Date: 4/22/2004
Time: 5:44:24 PMCOMMENTS
Hey! I, like Stacy previously put, am 16 yrs old and both my dad and I love your music and have seen you play on several occasions. We have all your Cream lp's on original vinyls which my dad queued up to buy when he was 17! You, like Eric and Ginger are a musical inpiration to us all.
NAME: Frank Young
LOCATION: Perth, Western Australia
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/24/2004
Time: 10:22:42 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack
I found your site while I was doing a Google search for the greatest rock guitarists and thought I had to write. As much as I hate when "old" people proudly (or sympathetically) state their age, I'm 55 and wanted to let you know that Cream was an inspiration to me when I was at Uni doing architecture.
I was a lad from the country and had my first taste of new music as a big Beatles fan, then got exposed to very different music when I hit the big city. Cream really hit a nerve for me and I couldn't believe that 3 guys could make so much sound.
I played "Spoonful" so many times and was inspired by how you all seemed to go off on your own tangents, do your own virtuoso things then it all came back together for "the finale". I think I even started to appreciate bass guitar through that piece of music. To me it was enormously creative and obviously because I liked it so much, it has a similarity to what I like to do in my architecture -a sense of chaos, but with an underlying structure and pattern (not always obvious to the untrained eye/ear).
When I found this site, I was shocked to hear that you had had a liver transplant. I went to a concert in Perth a few years back where the Bill included Roger Daltry, Peter Frampton (big fan of his), Gary Brooker etc, etc and one of the main people I went to see was Jack Bruce - and he didn't appear!!!! That really took away a lot from the concert and I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that a few people around me said "Where's Jack Bruce?" I thought I'd be the only old bastard to know who you were!! I guess the liver transplant explains your absence.
Something I've got into in recent times is how wonderful live DVD's are to display the talents of artists and one I've got is David Gilmour's. I love seeing guys of my vintage displaying how brilliant they are and have said a few times to my kids "Take a look at that guy, if you passed him on the street, what would you think?" I then suggested "Would you just think he's an older generation guy? Check out his talent" and hope that it gets through that they shouldn't take people of the older generation for granted. Believe me this is not a preachy thing, hopefully it's an awareness thing which will help them.
Enough rabbitting on, one request which no doubt has crossed your mind - if you're up to it - why not do at least a one off live concert with Ginger and Eric where you do your great numbers (definitely an extended version of Spoonful). I've seen so many reformations of groups recently and they've performed extremely well (the concert for George Harrison - wonderful and very touching, especially with his cloned son - that was spooky). All I ask is a one off to put on video the talent you guys have (there is almost nothing on video/DVD from your heyday). You deserve the chance to immortalise yourselves. I'd be very surprised if you didn't play and sing as well (it's amazing how powerful adrenaline is :-) ).
So there's my request and my tribute - I hope you think about the former and enjoy the latter.
Frank Young
PS Another connection - I was born in Scotland and although I feel very Aussie, I still feel a tie to Scotland and am proud to admit to my Scottish heritage.
NAME: Stephan
LOCATION: Germany
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/26/2004
Time: 12:19:24 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Mr. Bruce, just discovered your great site :) I love your music and your voice
great!
NAME: Richard Baker
LOCATION: Switzerland
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/26/2004
Time: 4:28:34 PMCOMMENTS
Hello there Jack. Just to say that I think you are the best bass palyer in the world and certainely have been an influence on my playing. "Sunshine Of Your Love" is the best song in the world in my opinion. I think Cream was an excellent group as well. I recently went to see Eric who I think is the best musician in the world and also Nathan East is a great bassist. It would be great if yourself Eric and Ginger got together to peform six one-off concerts at the Royal Albert Hall or something.
NAME: Jan Fix
LOCATION: Ottawa, Canada
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Date: 4/30/2004
Time: 3:17:55 PMCOMMENTS
Jack you are an inspiration to me !! You probably get this all the time but, I have dedicated my life to being a musician because of the music of your era. Cream is one of my biggest influences and I even bought a bass in hopes to pull off those runs in Crossroads. Still working on it... If you are ever in Ottawa you should come check us out. www.clockworkband.ca
NAME: Jens Axelsen
LOCATION: Denmark
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 4/30/2004
Time: 4:42:15 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack!
Somehow I've known you quite some time. Were but a teenager, when I first listened to "I feel free" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses", which turnes my head completely and made me and a couple of friends go see Cream live in Copenhagen. Since those days I've been hooked! For many years now (long time before the e-mail came around) I've wanted to tell you how your work has been inspiring me, and how great an impact your singing has made on me - like no other vocalist. Saw you last time in Copenhagen autumn 2001 - what a pleasure!! That's pretty much what I like you to know. Your integrity and devotion has been setting a standard to which I´ve always been referring, whereever I was engaged.
My best wishes for a long, productive future Jens
NAME: Buddy Keffer
LOCATION: Caledonia Mississippi
ADDRESS:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 5/2/2004
Time: 11:44:11 AMCOMMENTS
Keep on Rocking Man.
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/5/2004
Time: 11:35:34 AMCOMMENTS
Was reading a Clapton interview in current issue of Guitar Mag (or some such), and he absolutely shat on Cream's live rendition of Crossroads, saying he was out of synch with "1" during his second guitar solo and other disparagements. No word on the contributions of Jack & Ging.
Is this guy a jerk or what?
NAME: Tad
LOCATION: F.T. Worth Texas
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Date: 5/11/2004
Time: 9:25:57 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack!
NAME: Ed
LOCATION: Ferguson
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Date: 5/12/2004
Time: 12:20:26 PMCOMMENTS
HAPPY NATAL DAY JACK!!! HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER AND GETTING BACK IN THE GROOVE.
QUESTION FOR YA...DID YOU ANDY AND DENNIS (HOT FLASH) EVER RECORD ANYTHING THAT WAS RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC????
PEACE AND HAPPINESS
ED FERGUSON / CLEVELAND OHIO
NAME: Anton Müller
LOCATION: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Date: 5/13/2004
Time: 8:05:41 AMCOMMENTS
I'm listening to Cream right now, oh my god! What a bassplayer and a singer you are! I too play a SG-bass, don't know if you do anymore but what an instrument that is... Happy Birthday, man!
NAME: John
LOCATION: Glasgow
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Date: 5/13/2004
Time: 4:06:07 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, hope your keeping well and are fit to tour soon, my son is now a keen fan since he took up the bass,and is now keen to see you live as well.
Your the best Jack,
NAME: Martin Eberstaller
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 8:37:33 AMCOMMENTS
14.05.2005
Dear Jack,
happy birthday and all the best for you and your family. My wishes come with all my heard, besause your music has always meant so much to me most time of my life and has given me so much pleasure. (My absolut favorit is still „Harmony Row“. I have seen you several times on stage – the first time in 1972 in Frankfurt with Graham Bond, John Marshall, Chris Spedding and Art Themen, last time was in Mainz near Frankfurt about three years ago.)
Many thanks for all, good luck to you and I hope to see you soon on stage again.
Martin Eberstaller
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: Wirral - England
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 9:29:31 AMCOMMENTS
Am I the first to wish Jack a happy birthday? - 61 today and decidedly still rockin'........long may you continue to do so sir!
It's actually also my son's 6th birthday today so it's easy for me to remember both.
For British viewers it is also apparently Eric's birthday too...
No - not that one!
The great and sadly missed comedian Eric Morecambe of course (or so my diary's useful daily event says here).
I hope the recovery is continuing well Jack, and I look forward to your return to recording and performing.
Regards
HJ
NAME: Lenny Jordan
LOCATION: Atlanta, Ga USA
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 10:31:44 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack - and many more. . . . . . . .
NAME: ernie weiss
LOCATION: philadelphia, pa
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 1:22:47 PMCOMMENTS
sorry it took me so long to write. i have been a big fan for many years. ever since i heard "sunshine of your love". as a bassist you are my biggest influence. keep making legendary music. hope you come to philly soon .would love to see you live. maybe we can meet as fellow bassists. best wishes always, ernie weiss
NAME: Harry Rowe
LOCATION: Dayton, Ohio
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 1:32:39 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack! Listening to Wheels of Fire as I type. Turned 50 and decided to take up Blues guitar.
Regards,
Harry
NAME: JULIAN STANLEY
LOCATION: NANTUCKET MASS.
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 2:40:59 PMCOMMENTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THIS 14TH DAY OF MAY. GOD BLESS YOU JACK! HOW ABOUT MORE ''WEST BRUCE&LAING? I remember talking with you about this the last time I spoke with you at the ABBEY ROAD concert in HYANNIS, MASS. ALL THE BEST JACK!
NAME: Alex Fielden
LOCATION: Northwich, England
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 3:04:28 PMCOMMENTS
Hope your recovery is going well Jack, you are my greatest musical hero and teacher. Thanks you for so many lessons and so much musical pleasure. Pleasure, now THERE'S a GREAT rock n roll number!! Alex
NAME: Dan Keegan
LOCATION: Cheverly Md
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 4:17:44 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack. Hope you have many more. Happy as hell you are still walking the earth.
NAME: Dan
LOCATION: Chicago
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 5:16:16 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday, thanks for the gift of your music. Be well and hope to hear more from you soon.
NAME: John Burrell
LOCATION: Harrogate, England
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 5:17:11 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday, Jack.
I hope you are well on the road to recovery. We are all looking forward to more of your music, especially live performances. Get well soon. Love JB & family
NAME: Bob Goodchild
LOCATION: Reading, England
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 5:34:40 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack! The word unique must of been invented for your voice.Look foward to hearing you sing One Word live again, like I did on your Scottish tours of the early 80's!
NAME: Glenn Gage
LOCATION: Monterey, CA
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 7:12:16 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack! So great to hear that your recovery is going so well! Yeah, we definitely loaded the ether for you:) Always great to hear from you on the diary....Happy Birthday again and many, many more! Cheers! Glenn
NAME: Tom Frazier
LOCATION: Columbus,Ohio USA
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 7:41:23 PMCOMMENTS
A very happy birthday sir! Here's to good health and happiness. Thank you for the influence you have provided on my journey as a musician.
NAME: Mitch King
LOCATION: Rockland County, New York
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 8:33:32 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack !!! I wish you all the best and a full recovery along with wishes for a wonderful birthday! We do need "More Jack"! Looking forward to bringing the family out to see you perform again.
Best wishes, Mitch King and Family
NAME: Jen
LOCATION: Gloucestershire
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Date: 5/14/2004
Time: 8:55:45 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday! How odd that I should happen to find this website on your birthday! Last week I was listening to Take It Back while driving around Scotland and I had to keep playing it over and over. I wish I knew for sure what 'It' was. Your voice is outrageously original and will go down in history as one of the true vocal delights. Let's get you playing in Gloucestershire! Jen
NAME: DAVID STEELE
LOCATION: EASTPOINTE, MI
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 1:44:50 AMCOMMENTS
Best wishes & Happy Birthday. Thanks for the music. I wish you peace and good health.
NAME: Jens Hoppe
LOCATION: Hinte, Germany
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 5:43:48 AMCOMMENTS
Happy birthday and greatest wishes to you and your family!
Perhaps I have the luck to see you in one of your concerts in the future!
A great fan from germany!
Jens
NAME: EMEKA LOME
LOCATION: TX USA
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 10:25:21 AMCOMMENTS
I LOVE YOUR SITE.I DON ENTER,KEEP IT UP.
NAME: Mike Moran
LOCATION: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 11:16:19 AMCOMMENTS
Jack:
Happy 61st! You continue to be a great inspiration as demonstrated by your music and by your determination, spirit, and strength. As you continue to gain back your good health, please remember that there are many who care deeply about your continued recovery and who are "in your corner." You've given us so much wonderful music, and we offer our prayers and best wishes in return. Frankly, we -- your fans -- get the best of that deal! Thanks for everything.
Mike - A fan since '67
NAME: Pam Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct.USA
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 11:24:41 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack ! Pam Stoltz here! Wishing you a great Birthday and say hi to your family for Dave and I . If we are ever back in the U.k.[ITS BEEN SINCE 1994]we would love to see you if you are home. Looking forward to some more great music of yours and sending our love and much gratitude for your life and contribution to the music world ! Love, Pam
NAME: Richard Baker
LOCATION: Switzerland
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 4:06:09 PMCOMMENTS
Happy 61st birthday Jack me old bass player. You're still young at heart no doubt.
NAME: tef
LOCATION: Long Island, NY USA
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 4:15:30 PMCOMMENTS
Jack you are so missed, please hurry back to USA for a tour. Fan for 36 years, please - quick recovery -you are my idiol.... happy birthday - 61 is young....
NAME: Mark
LOCATION: Toms River, New Jersey
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 8:39:36 PMCOMMENTS
I am 15 years old and I have been a huge fan of Cream for a couple years now. I just wanted to tell you that you still have one of the greatest voices I have ever heard, and your influence as a bassist is still being felt today. I have a band of my own, and we do primarily blues-rock. As a matter of fact, the first song we ever played together was Sunshine Of Your Love. I am a guitar player and of course Eric is one of my idols, but I am just as much influenced by what you and Ginger did also, both with Cream and in other musical pursuits.
Anyway...happy birthday and best wishes!
NAME: MIKE KERPER
LOCATION: PHOENIX ARIZONA
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Date: 5/15/2004
Time: 10:15:22 PMCOMMENTS
SO GLAD YOU MADE IT THRU, I HADNT HEARD. I JUST WOKE FROM A NAP TODAY, DREAMING YOU HAD A NEW ALBAUM, AND NOW I FIND YOU'VE GOT TWO, AND A LOT OF REISSUES, JOY!
I FINALLY GOT TO SEE YOU TWO YRS AGO, ON THAT RUNDGREN TOUR BEATLES THINGY. AT OUR ROUND THEATRE. MY FRIEND GOT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND WHILST YOU WERE UP THE STAIRS - AND OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
GOD BLESS YA KID, AND THANKS FOR WHAT YAH DID, AND STILL DO. I THINK I'LL HOIST A PINT OF MCKEWINNS ALE -TO YOUR HEALTH. MIKE [ I USE PHILASTUS T HURLBUT AS A NOME DE PLOOOOM. ]
NAME: Lonesome Larry Dove
LOCATION: Arizona USA
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 6:04:04 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Your work is OUTSTANDING! I was reminded of this fact upon finding your website and playing the snippets from your solo albums.
So POWERFUL!!
I think Sting should pay you a royalty for every recording he sells.
Also, STELLAR work in "Cream". (understatement) You guys influenced a gangly fourteen year old kid (me) to fall in love with music and take up the guitar.
I still play for a living today at age 48.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for helping me find my life's work.
Get well, Jack. You mean much more to us than you'll ever know.
Larry
NAME: Carole
LOCATION: Highland Lakes NJ
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 9:18:52 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack - Feeling your energy over here in the USA.
Celebrate The Day !
NAME: Mike Moran
LOCATION: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 10:02:40 AMCOMMENTS
Jack:
Happy 61st. Thanks for your music and for your remarkable example of courage, strength, and determination. As you continue to get well, please know that there are so many of us that are "in your corner." We look forward to your next 61 years. Thanks for eveything.
Mike - a fan since '67
NAME: Dave Black
LOCATION: Madison, WI
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 11:23:04 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Happy 61st birthday. I (and surely many others) think about you and your recovery every day. All the best to you and your family this fine spring and I hope to see you performing in 2005 at the latest.
All the best,
Dave Black
NAME: walter
LOCATION: belgium
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 1:20:33 PMCOMMENTS
Best wishes , Jack and happy happy brithday.i'm at the crossroads of my age too but you're still "the sunshine of my life". "i feel free" and "i'm so glad" while listening to you. Life is then an "harmony row"...
NAME: Mike Tivas
LOCATION: U.S.A.
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 2:46:48 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, I was just forteen when I first heard you in CREAM,and decided that that was how I wanted to play bass. I have followed you through your years after CREAM and saw you twice(Roxy Theatre,L.A.). You are still an inspiration,looking forward to seeing one more CREAM tour.(please) or atleast a BBM tour. Thanks for continuing to share your musical emotions with the world.
Mike Tivas
NAME: Lawrence Ghent
LOCATION: Lake Wylie SC
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 6:11:12 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, old boy, are you really sixty one? Well my old friend you make sixty one look pretty damn good! I have noticed a strong directness to your voice in the past few recordings. No doubt about it! Your voice has a stringth these days that is nothing short of operatic. As I said to you once before, even the best of your music will not surpass what you are about to do. Do it for yourself, do it for your familey, or the rest of us but do it! I await your next masterpiece.
More than a fan,
Lawrence Ghent
NAME: Gail Finlay
LOCATION: Colorado Springs Colrado
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 10:01:30 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Happy Birthday to you ! We are all so glad that you were re-born this last year. May Fortuna smile and grin with you and good health abound. Blessings. love to you and yours, Gail
NAME: Robert Noble
LOCATION: Simsbury US
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Date: 5/16/2004
Time: 11:06:32 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack! Hope you are feeling well. Been re-immersing myself in your great voice and bass playing agin - Thanks for the inspiration...
NAME: djidjo
LOCATION: serbia
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Date: 5/17/2004
Time: 12:49:05 AMCOMMENTS
Happy birthday. Thank you for all.
NAME: Ed Super
LOCATION: Bridgeton, NJ, USA
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Date: 5/17/2004
Time: 9:21:23 PMCOMMENTS
Jack; your music is nothing short of philosophy set to sound. My life has been enhanced because of your music. Many have written "songs"; but you have composed a "music." Bach has nothing on you! Thank you and Happy Birthday!
P.S. Come back to Philadelphia.
NAME: Bev Da Bronxbabe
LOCATION: Boca Raton, Fl.
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Date: 5/17/2004
Time: 10:52:58 PMCOMMENTS
You are the BEST!!!!!! www.bronxbabe.com
NAME: Mitch Talavera
LOCATION: Los Angeles California
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Date: 5/17/2004
Time: 11:39:19 PMCOMMENTS
I have been a Cream aficionado since I was in high school so when I found that Jack Bruce had many solo albums I just had to check them out. What I found was truly amazing inspirational music. What I heard blew me away because of how different it sounded not only from music of its own time but from todays music as well. Jack Bruce has demonstrated a unique quality that only the most brilliant musicians have, which is the ability to surpass his own best to continually reach new levels of musical and artistic greatness. Thanks for the inspiration Jack and keep those great songs comin'
NAME: John
LOCATION: Chicago
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Date: 5/18/2004
Time: 1:01:04 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack,
I'm so glad you're still with us. I'm going to be there when you come to town. The last two times were excellent. In spite of things, you haven't aged.
God Bless.
NAME: Søren
LOCATION: Denmark
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/18/2004
Time: 8:13:59 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack! Congratulations with your 61st birthday and even more congratulations with your continued recovery. Hope you had a good day.
Best regards Søren
NAME: Sherry Salzman
LOCATION: Lancaster county PA.USA
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Date: 5/18/2004
Time: 11:26:28 AMCOMMENTS
happy 61st b-day Jack!!! you are the most innovative musician i have ever heard-no one combines chords the way you do or gets moods in a song like you, as a singer-i have never heard anyone use their voice to convey so many colors as you-i use your recordings to keep my vocal chord warmed up and sing along with you to maintain them- not to mention being the baddest bassman who ever lived!!!!!! you are a musical treasure-!!!!! love,and good health to you!!!! Sherry Salzman
NAME: Rados
LOCATION: Poland/England
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Date: 5/18/2004
Time: 12:38:17 PMCOMMENTS
Best greetings and Dear Jack you're really "out of the storm"
NAME: johnmatlen
LOCATION: melbourne australia
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Date: 5/18/2004
Time: 3:19:33 PMCOMMENTS
To Jack, I trust you had a great birthday. Logged on a little late 19/5/04. Been a big fan since I was 16 am now 52. Wishing you many more birthdays.. JM..
NAME: Jenne McClure
LOCATION: Central Scotland
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Date: 5/18/2004
Time: 4:07:55 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
I first heard your music rather late in life - 10 years ago at the age of 34 - introduced by my husband-to-be who's a bit older and a longstanding fan. Wish I'd heard you sooner but it was all classical music in my early years (sound familiar?) and so I missed out on a lot of good stuff in the 60's! I now have a 15 year old son, Adam, who is learning to play bass and for whom you are a role model, as Ginger Baker was for my husband with his drumming. I was hoping you might play at the Scribbler's Picnic but realise now that that isn't possible - so I'll just have to hold out for next year!! It has been good to visit your website. Love,
Jenne
NAME: Chick Todd
LOCATION: Hawaii
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Date: 5/18/2004
Time: 7:41:36 PMCOMMENTS
I'm so glad . . . for you Jack
NAME: Stig Andersen
LOCATION:
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Date: 5/19/2004
Time: 7:32:15 AMCOMMENTS
NAME: Gary Conard
LOCATION: Northern Michigan
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Date: 5/19/2004
Time: 11:10:59 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack!! Many more to come. Love (a devoted fan) Gary Conard.
NAME: Allan L Tribandis
LOCATION: Methuen, MA
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Date: 5/19/2004
Time: 1:43:39 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, Happy Birthday mate! Sorry I'm a little late but my wishes for you and my prayers for a complete recovery are no less had I sent them to you on time. Keep on getting stronger cos we need your music in outr lives. It's YOU that keeps US strong. love ya man, Allan L. Tribandis Methuen, MA USA (Boston)
NAME: charlie
LOCATION: massachusetts
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/20/2004
Time: 9:53:56 PMCOMMENTS
jack, you're the best. you're a great musician and singer- i wish you all the best......
NAME: Bob
LOCATION: Phoenx, AZ, USA
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/21/2004
Time: 12:37:15 AMCOMMENTS
Happy B-Day Jack. You are, and always will be, my favorite bass player. Rock on, Bob
NAME: Keever Wallace
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
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Date: 5/21/2004
Time: 8:31:50 PMCOMMENTS
Happy birthday wishes to you from Texas! Life must be very rich and sweet when you've looked at death in the face and lived to sing about it. I am 51 and have enjoyed your music since Cream days. I still remember first seeing you perform at the Music Hall in Houston in 1970 when you were touring with "Jack Bruce and Friends" after the release of Songs for a Tailor. Your recent music is wonderful and your band kicks ass! My life has been greatly enriched by your music. I look forward to your future work with great anticipation. If you ever get to the states to tour again, I would travel a good mile to witness your resurrection in the flesh. Keever Wallace
NAME: robert taylor
LOCATION: edmonton,alberta,canada
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Date: 5/21/2004
Time: 10:10:08 PMCOMMENTS
Many Happy Returns and wishing you nothing but good health. You are the reason I picked up a bass. Cheers and Respect
NAME: Chuck Page
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
ADDRESS: chuckpagetwo@yahoo .com
Date: 5/21/2004
Time: 10:51:36 PMCOMMENTS
I first started listening to Jack Bruce and CREAM in 1967..and it changed my life forever..they always will be the best 3 pce. band of all time...and thats why I got into music.cause of..Jack ,Ginger and Eric..thanks guys ..will love you always..Chuck Page.
NAME: Mike Dial
LOCATION: Odenton, Maryland, USA
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Date: 5/22/2004
Time: 2:39:42 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
I'm playing "Sunshine of Your Love" for my guitar recital tonight. I've got the lead part down, but singing with the power and clarity that you did is the biggest challenge. The lyrics are poetry; a real man's love song.
Happy Birthday, Mike
NAME: Sigurdur Sverrisson
LOCATION: Iceland
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Date: 5/22/2004
Time: 7:20:22 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: Robert Crowe
LOCATION: Dallas, TX
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Date: 5/22/2004
Time: 10:35:21 PMCOMMENTS
Jack Bruce...what a player and composer...always have enjoyed your music...Hope you are able to get here for a performance soon...you have some really loyal hard-core rabid fans here and I'm glad to be one. Take care.
NAME: John R Mortslake
LOCATION: Sweden
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Date: 5/23/2004
Time: 9:22:21 AMCOMMENTS
Greetings on your birthday!! Had no doubts on that you would make it here!!! Can´t wait hearing from you in the future.........
NAME: Howard
LOCATION: Las vegas
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Date: 5/23/2004
Time: 9:45:05 PMCOMMENTS
JACK BABE!!
61 YEARS YOUNG!! AND MANY MORE TO COME FOR SURE KING OF ALL BASSISTS!! YOU GOT ME THINKING NOW JACK (AND I AM SURE MANY OTHERS AS WELL) BY YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT SOMETHING BIG TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. COULD IT BE?? NO, NO IT COULD'NT. BUT MAYBE, YES, G-D HAS HEARD MY PRAYERS ABOUT A CERTAIN RE-UNION OF THE WORLDS FIRST SUPER GROUP!! OH PLEASE LET IT BE!! AFTER ALL, WE ALL LOVE THE ICEING ON THE CAKE WITH THE CREAM FILLING.....................WAITING TO HEAR YOU PLAY AND SING....................HOWARD
NAME: jason jones
LOCATION: nyc
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/24/2004
Time: 12:04:57 AMCOMMENTS
jack you are the man. you have given all of us such great music over the years. both live and recorded. wishing you good health and many more years of music!@
NAME: JIM SOWDER
LOCATION: Herndon, Virginia U.S.A.
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Date: 5/24/2004
Time: 10:38:58 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday JACK!, I'm so glad that you're recovering. We love you and we need you. The gifts you give to the world are priceless. May there be many more to come!
NAME: Rob Faircloth
LOCATION: South Shields, Tyne and Wear
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Date: 5/26/2004
Time: 6:09:56 PMCOMMENTS
Jack
Congratulations on your birthday and on your continued recovery. We need you back in the studio and on the road, man. I saw Clapton at Newcastle Arena 2 weeks ago: what a flat show, no atmosphere and he didn't acknowledge the crowd once, only playing 2 encores and leaving without playing a further 4. And the point? Well - I've seen you play 5 times in the last 4 years and EVERY time you played and sang with great enthusiasm and like you were 25 years old. Couldn't fault your talent of course, and your attitude was even better. After waiting 26 years for a Cream re-union I've finally realised what I suspected for too long - that you're the driving force and frankly Eric and his laid-back approach just doesn't deserve you! So keep the Bruce flame burning and make sure you keep rocking.
Rob
NAME: PauloR Zago
LOCATION: Brasil
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Date: 5/26/2004
Time: 7:11:14 PMCOMMENTS
Caro Jack, aqui todos torcemos pela sua recuperação. Sou seu admirador desde os tempos de Cream. Você é meu baixista predileto. Tenho um Warwick, 5 cordas e um amp Hartke Systems. Parabéns pelo seu aniversário. Que Deus o abençoe e proteja. Um grande abraço... PRZ
NAME: Michelle Galerkin
LOCATION: Los Angeles, California
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Date: 5/27/2004
Time: 2:02:29 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Belated Happy Birthday wishes and the joys of restored great health. You have so much inner strength and such a big heart. I'll bet that is the key to your wonderful recovery! Please come back to L.A. and sing your heart out. Peace & Love.
NAME: hans rudi mueller
LOCATION: germany
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Date: 5/27/2004
Time: 4:08:20 AMCOMMENTS
my best wishes for your recovery, there are things to com...!!!
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NAME: MANUÉ Y ANTONIO
LOCATION: SEVILLA (THE BEST)
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/28/2004
Time: 10:13:23 PMCOMMENTS
JACK HAS SIDO, ERES Y SERÁS EL MEJOR CON TOTUS MUÉ. ESPERAMOS QUE GRABES AL MENOS OTROS TROPECIEN DISCOS Y NOSOTROS QUE LOS COMPREMOS NOS ALEGRAMOS QUE ESTES RECUPERADO Y QUE NO TENGAS NINGUN CONTRATIEMPO.!ANIMO!
NAME: Richard Cooper
LOCATION: Colchester, England
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Date: 5/29/2004
Time: 1:39:16 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack! Being a bassist myself, your music and awesome standard of playing have been a major influence. I think I practically bumped in to you a couple of times when I used to shop in sudbury Somerfields years ago and never had the courage to tell you - (you are a rock god afterall!!!)that your song writing and playing leaves me awestruck! How do you always produce such surprising and challenging stuff? Keep writing / playing (and stay well!)
NAME: Jorge Alberto Marçal de Carvalho
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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Date: 5/29/2004
Time: 9:35:34 PMCOMMENTS
Hi, Jack! You and Chris Squire are the best bass players in the world, in my opinion. When will you come here, in Brazil? I would like very much see you playing your bass in Rio de Janeiro. I play bass guitar too and the Cream records are my favorites. I have an Epiphone EB-3 bass (unfortunately, I don't have a Gibson EB-3 bass guitar). I am looking for your new record ("More Jack than God"), but here, in Brazil, we have some dificulties to find some records. I like West, Bruce & Laing very much too and I have some records of them. Thank you for you attention and we are waiting your visit here. Regards.
NAME: John Thomas
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington
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Date: 5/30/2004
Time: 12:31:35 AMCOMMENTS
1967, I first heard Jack (and Cream) is Seattle, and I've never been the same. Thanks for being such a powerful, positive influence in my life. Your music has sustained me for over 30 years! My best to you and your family. - John
NAME: Jim Lochead
LOCATION: Sarasota, FL
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Date: 5/30/2004
Time: 6:16:47 PMCOMMENTS
I was fortunate to have caught CREAM on their first tour of the US at the Murray the "K" show in NYC. Never before was there such powerful music that the seats vibrated. While I was familiar with Eric Clapton from his Yardbird days, I always considered Jack to be the heart of the band. I still consider "Songs for a Tailor" to be one of the finest albums ever. Not bad when you're supported with the likes of Jon Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith. Thank You.
NAME: Fabrizio Ciampi
LOCATION: Milan - Italy
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Date: 5/31/2004
Time: 8:50:13 AMCOMMENTS
happy to be with you in a new life - I've seen you in concert about 30 years ago in Milan (after the Cream) my best wishes
NAME: Don Stewart
LOCATION: Argyll, Scotland
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Date: 5/31/2004
Time: 4:36:18 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Best wishes for a full recovery. Thanks for all your brilliant bass playing and vocals. All the best. Don Stewart, Cream & Jethro Tull fan.
NAME: Thomas Mc Donnell
LOCATION: Dublin, Ireland.
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Date: 6/1/2004
Time: 9:49:55 AMCOMMENTS
I'm a big fan, From cream onwards you've always shown an amazing ability at what you do, your a huge hero of mine, both as a bassist and a singer, A Living legend
Happy birthday. Thank you for the inspiration along the years Tom
NAME: Doug Hemphill
LOCATION: Los Angeles
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Date: 6/2/2004
Time: 11:16:19 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Picked up a copy of your instructional video. Really loved it. Many thanks for many things.
Your fan, Doug
NAME: debbie ritchie
LOCATION: indiana
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Date: 6/3/2004
Time: 9:57:53 AMCOMMENTS
happy birthday Glad to know youre doing good!Would like you to visit my web site at
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NAME: Phil Atkinson
LOCATION: Victoria, BC , Canada
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Date: 6/3/2004
Time: 9:04:58 PMCOMMENTS
I was pretentious enough to compare my voice to yours when I was a kid, Jack. I didn't really come close. It goes without saying you're a virtuso on the bass, but I still enjoy your singing as much as ever. Still fascinated at the things I keep discovering in "Consul at Sunset." Bless you mate, keep it coming.
NAME: Gary Lewis
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 6/4/2004
Time: 6:55:44 PMCOMMENTS
Thank you so much for years of innovation and creativity. I've been inspired for four decades and anticipate several more. Best wishes and continue to push the limits. Gary
NAME: d edmondson
LOCATION: kendal
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Date: 6/5/2004
Time: 7:00:28 AMCOMMENTS
been a fan since the victor brox days and jack just gets better and better ( and in health terms) even better and better
so chin up head down and keep rocking we all look forward to seing and heraing you live again very soon
dve
NAME: hiroaki
LOCATION: Tokyo,Japan
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Date: 6/5/2004
Time: 2:47:56 PMCOMMENTS
How do you do Mr.Bruce.I worried about your disease.But I think so happy,cos you are healed perfectly.I am looking forward to playing in japan again.Please playing your own,favorite music!If you were playing what music it is,it is so happy for me to listen to your music.Please take care of your health and I hope your happiness.
NAME: Karin
LOCATION: London
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Date: 6/5/2004
Time: 7:44:49 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday, Jack!
I'm only 51 (saw you in Detroit 30 some years ago-a great memory), and I nearly died 2 years ago from a fungus in my head. At each day's end I now look back at the wonders I received that day. Sometime's it's just a child's eyes, or a black bird's song. I treasure things more. Make sure I really see them, hear them, feel them - storing them up as complete memories. I'm so glad you've survived , too, and I hope you'll have ever so many more birthdays, all more fun than the last. XOX Karin Sue Hoppe Holloway
NAME: James Thomson
LOCATION: Toronto
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Date: 6/6/2004
Time: 7:15:57 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: John Barnes
LOCATION: West Drayton Middx
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Date: 6/6/2004
Time: 8:00:01 PMCOMMENTS
We are all with you. You've contributed to the music industry more than most people realise today. The songs you wrote were very original and fresh considering what is put on the table today. Write a book There would be many who would q up to buy it.
Every good wish.
NAME: AJ Rocans
LOCATION: San Mateo, CA
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Date: 6/6/2004
Time: 8:50:51 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I'm so glad to hear you're on the road to recovery. You've been great musical influence on my life from the beginning , and I'm still playing, though I switched to guitar. I'd love to hear and see you again in the San Francisco area. Best Wishes--A.J.
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point Australia
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Date: 6/6/2004
Time: 10:18:38 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I saw on you home page a personal note from you to your friends last week on you Home page. Great to read something in your own words.You sound really positive about the future and looking forward to your surprise in 2005! All the best Dennis
NAME: Jesse Wertheim
LOCATION: Maine
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Date: 6/7/2004
Time: 10:51:04 AMCOMMENTS
Happy belated birthday, and a firm congratulations on your recovery from a member of your new generation of fans!
NAME: Jim Noble
LOCATION: Newcastle, Ontario, Canada
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Date: 6/7/2004
Time: 9:51:02 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack!
NAME: Bill Wright
LOCATION: Bassist "Roost" Glasgow
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Date: 6/8/2004
Time: 7:16:28 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Your'e the reason I started playing Bass in and around Glasgow when I was 16.
Now 49 years old and gigging in and around Glasgow and various Blues festivals with Blues-Rock Band "Roost" I am still inspired by Jack Bruce on a daily basis, as indeed I know many others on the Glasgow Blues and Rock scene are.
At a recent gig in Glasgow's "Rockers" I changed the EQ setings on my "Hartke" to emulate the "Growling" punchy "Middle" - type sound that's so much a Jack Bruce trademark.
Just as a "One Off" and as a tribute to the great survivor of our times you understand, but to great effect.
Thanks for everything.
Love and best wishes.
Bill Wright (Bass-Player, Roost, Glasgow) www.roost-online.com
NAME: Jeffrey Pierce
LOCATION: Semi-permanently in transit
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Date: 6/8/2004
Time: 9:24:21 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
I'm a first-time visitor to your website, but your music has always been a source of great inspiration to me -- probably one of the main reasons why, at the rebarbative age of 50, I have the nerve to be setting up my own recording studio to immortalize some ditties (were I a painter, I would call them "daubs") of my own.
By the way, I'm in the process of ordering an Epiphone Elitist EB-3 bass, one of the chief recommendations for which was that it was "made famous by Jack Bruce".
It's good enough for me.
Wishing you all the best,
Jeffrey Pierce
NAME: Carlo
LOCATION: Brescia/ Italy
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Date: 6/9/2004
Time: 7:43:41 PMCOMMENTS
God bless you,Jack. You're great
NAME: Karsten Soerensen
LOCATION: Denmark
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Date: 6/10/2004
Time: 5:22:55 AMCOMMENTS
I know you are all right - God can't have all the best in his band. we must have some too! And you are picked up - We want you here! becauce we love you, and we also want a great rock player/singer/maker - here. Great love to you - and thanks for the music you made in the first 61% of your life - But I want from you: Mr. Bruce will you take a talk with Mr. L. West. - And do something worldwide - Live! or CD. Just let the hungry fans be filled with pleasure - of you work With great love!
NAME: KAIREN KEMP
LOCATION: WEST SUSSEX
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Date: 6/10/2004
Time: 11:14:48 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack - So pleased that you are well on the road to health again. A very (belated in this case) happy birthday. Thanks for the help on the book - God was it really that many years ago? I've still not found time to hawk around the publishers but who knows! I'm in radio now! Much love Kairen Kemp.
NAME: Kevin
LOCATION: Mpls MN
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Date: 6/10/2004
Time: 2:32:22 PMCOMMENTS
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NAME: James F Mills
LOCATION: Savannah Ga
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Date: 6/10/2004
Time: 4:23:06 PMCOMMENTS
Wow, This is a neat Web Site!In 1978 I asked my dad to help me find a hobby ,somthing to help get my head clear,stay in high school,you know focus.After asking for either a Enduro/motorcross bike or a bass rig. Dad Took me to the music store .Got a gibson EBO Bass/Peavy TnT 100 combo amp.Thanks Dad !!!I was Blessed Aftre several garage bands Trying to cover Cuts off of Santana,Mahavishnu orcestra ,Zappa,Jeff beck ect..... began gig w/Local jazz t-bonist Teddy Adams.But I'm still need to relisten to on of my all time favorite Lps Johnny McGlaghlin Electric Gutarist.Jacks bass on that lp Was inspirational And helped shape my feel for the bass. Forever greatful To your'e skill and inovative bass lines Jack Bruce ! Thank You ,James P.S. i'm currently W/The Greg Williams Band,Playing My first love Original Rock And Roll Tunes Later all!
NAME: Gerry McFadden
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
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Date: 6/10/2004
Time: 7:36:33 PMCOMMENTS
Great to hear you are doing well Bruce and belated happy 61st!! I will be looking for the new CD with anticipation.
All the best, Gerry.
NAME: Frank Howell Jr
LOCATION: Godeffroy NY
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Date: 6/10/2004
Time: 11:34:50 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I saw you and Ginger play in 89' at The Chance in Poughkeepsie NY-Great Show.
NAME: Giuseppe Orsati
LOCATION: Santo Andre - SP
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Date: 6/11/2004
Time: 1:35:12 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, seu som viverá para sempre.
NAME: Helge
LOCATION: Bavarian
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Date: 6/12/2004
Time: 6:56:57 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
first time finding you in internet I will send you my best wishes for the future. You must know that you was it who made me loving the bass! Since the late 60’s I always listen in every piece of music for the bass! But at least I reached to buy me a bass in 1997 - when I was 49 years old! In between I own three basses and two amps with one speaker. But sadly this don't mean that I can play really the bass. There's less of time to learn powerfull.
Hope, you will do some concerts here in Germany in the next time.
Good luck and best wishes!
Helge
PS: In the background is playing "I Feel Free" from your "More Jack Than God".
NAME: Stephen Lang
LOCATION: Australia
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Date: 6/13/2004
Time: 5:09:46 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack.
A fellow Taurean myself, I understand about the responsibilities placed upon us. You have been and remain one of the last few role models left to guide the next generations. I grew up on your contributions in the musical sense, later I've learned to appreciate the person behind!
My dear brother, hang in there! There is a new wave coming, searching for credible guides. I wish you'd remain in the race for the sake of all!
My love is with you.
Stephen Lang (48) a "child of the revolution/rainbow".
NAME: Ruben
LOCATION: Tucson, Arizona
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Date: 6/15/2004
Time: 11:42:45 PMCOMMENTS
Jack you are the greatest. CREAM is my all time favorite band. Crossroads, SWLABR, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Sunshine of your love, Badge, and White room are my favorite CREAM songs. You are an awesome lyricist. I hope you get this message.
NAME: gordon the biker
LOCATION: paisley
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Date: 6/16/2004
Time: 3:03:19 PMCOMMENTS
I have just recently been given a pirate copy of songs for a tailor and was so impressed that I went straight out and bought a legit copy and also got harmony row at the same time, honest, i'kept the reciept in case you send the music polis to my door. I first heard songs for a tailor when i was about 18, some 30 odd years ago. I cant believe that i left it so long to get into jack again but i have been side tracked by the works of E.L.P especially Greg Lake whose voice, bass playing and lyrics I thought were and still are incredible but at the moment all i can play is J.B i.e when you awaken at 5.00am, go down stairs slap on the headphones and play songs for a tailor before going to work, i think that classes you as an admirer of the man (or a looney).Remember, nae polis, rock on Jack, best wishes, gordon the biker.
NAME: Ian Purves
LOCATION: Loughton, Essex
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Date: 6/17/2004
Time: 5:27:35 AMCOMMENTS
I wish you well. I have been influenced by your bass playing, your powerful voice on your recordings and in your song writing. I love the work you have done with Kip Hannaran. I shall be playing my bass on saturday at a gig to raise money to help in the fight agains cancer, my inadaquate fumblings will be driven on by example. Thanks
Ian
NAME: Greg Whittier
LOCATION: Brookhaven, Mississippi
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Date: 6/18/2004
Time: 1:31:44 AMCOMMENTS
Cream was my youth!!! I'm 55 and love the Cream classics to this day! Bass power!
NAME: David Richards
LOCATION: Newy York, U.S.A
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Date: 6/20/2004
Time: 8:22:47 AMCOMMENTS
I had been a fan since the days of Cream - I stumbled upon this site quite by accident. I had no idea that Jack had been suffereing from liver cancer. Congrtulations on a battle well fought. May you enjoy many many more years!
NAME: Ray Burke
LOCATION: Los Angeles
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Date: 6/21/2004
Time: 4:28:56 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: Ken
LOCATION: Usa
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Date: 6/21/2004
Time: 4:53:51 PMCOMMENTS
I just received harmony row. I feel nineteen again. Thank you. Ken
NAME: Dave Wilder
LOCATION: Dallas
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Date: 6/22/2004
Time: 12:38:52 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, good to see your doing well after your surgery and I wish you nothing but the best in your hopefully speedy recovery. And happy Birthday, a little belated :)
Its all about the deep end!
NAME: bob spitzbarth
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Date: 6/22/2004
Time: 2:08:37 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday, Jack!!!! I have always respected your work and found inspiration and solace in your music. Thank you. "Driving in my car, smoking my cigar,the only time I'm happy's when I play my guitar."
NAME: fred wooten
LOCATION: greenville,sc USA
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Date: 6/23/2004
Time: 8:18:49 PMCOMMENTS
I am a fan since 1967. Play in a Cream based rock band called Moonfish. Jack is my favorite bass player, and one of my favorite writers. We always use Jack as one of our references when we write.
NAME: Chris McManus
LOCATION: Philly
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Date: 6/25/2004
Time: 4:37:27 AMCOMMENTS
I had no idea you were in poor health! You are are definatly one of my faviort bass players and I too play bass. My style of playing was influenced by you tremendously and I hope you keep playing, as I will too. LETS JAM SOMETIME!!!!!!! E-mail me if you come to philly, lol. CHRIS
NAME: jan maillard
LOCATION: santiago,chile
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Date: 6/25/2004
Time: 2:19:20 PMCOMMENTS
bueno,jack,tengo aqui la reedicion de songs for a taylor y es increible.quiero que sepas lo mucho que influiste en mi estilo.aprovecho para preguntarte si alguna vez te veremos por aca...
NAME: Dan Seal
LOCATION: Stockport
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Date: 6/25/2004
Time: 10:11:02 PMCOMMENTS
Hope you're OK, first picked up on you at the age of 11. (1972),heard you'd been in some band called Cream, found you were playing with Carla Bley etc, then saw you with Charlie Watts at Bracknell 1979 playing a double bass. Great musical education for any teenager. When I was young I didn't realise rock musicians could actually play Jazz! Saw Jeff Beck last week at the Apollo in Manchester do some amazing stuff, a week from his 60th birthday. Any chance of a gig there sometime with one or two special guests?
NAME: Philip Fried
LOCATION: Minneapolis MN
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Date: 6/26/2004
Time: 2:13:35 AMCOMMENTS
I just wanted you to know how important you are to the history of music and not just popular music either. Not just to me personally thought you are a major influence to me. I've seen you perform many times. Anyway If you want to look at what happened for me take a look http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/PHILJANET/philcomp.html
Dr. Philip Fried
and feel better!!!!!!!!!
NAME: alan harding
LOCATION: Southampton England
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Date: 6/26/2004
Time: 3:12:12 PMCOMMENTS
No - Hendrix invented the stuff although Pete Townshend might disagree!!!!
A fan of JB for nearly 40 years - Cream are the only intacto(all still alive) great band/only band of the later 60's as far as I am concerned - can they not create the magic once more for us all? The heart and soul of the band was JB.
NAME: Tim Tucker
LOCATION: Arizona, USA
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Date: 6/29/2004
Time: 7:59:42 PMCOMMENTS
Good to hear that you are doing well. You are truly one of the Great Ones! I wish you the very best. Your long time fan. Tim Tucker
NAME: Hopper Dowler
LOCATION: South Mountain, Ontario, Canada
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Date: 6/30/2004
Time: 10:14:46 AMCOMMENTS
Hope things are good! The music is great!
NAME: Tony an
LOCATION: Greengairs, Airdrie
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Date: 6/30/2004
Time: 6:07:12 PMCOMMENTS
If it was'nt for a mate called Bladesy I would never have heard of Jack Bruce and never have fallen in love with your style of bass playing.You've made your mark in this life, and on Me.
NAME: Patrick Cieply
LOCATION: Austin Texas
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Date: 7/1/2004
Time: 12:45:26 PMCOMMENTS
Like no other bassist out there Jack,you have been a constant source of happiness and inspiration for me over the years.I owe a great debt of gratitude to you as playing bass has brought me so much joy,and you were the man that inspired me to choose the instrument 36 years ago.I look foward to new cd releases and shows for many,many years to come!Thank you so very much!!-Patrick Cieply
NAME: John Dixon
LOCATION: Charleston, SC
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Date: 7/6/2004
Time: 1:55:15 PMCOMMENTS
I'll soon be 50 years old and I grew up on Cream. However, except for the obvious "power rotation" numbers on corporate radio, I had not heard much of the deeper stuff in quite a while. That changed a few weeks ago when I heard "Deserted Cities of the Heart" for the first time in years and...like a revelation I understood, like several posters above, that it was Jack who was the guiding force behind this group's material. I have missed his voice; what a unique, powerful vocalist! I once had both "Songs for a Tailor" and "Harmony Row" on 8-track and hadn't heard either in years, so I ordered "..Tailor" and have enjoyed being reaquainted with those unique songs. I'll be ordering "Harmony Row" this week sometime.
Jack, I'm sorry to hear of your recent illness but relieved to hear that you're mending nicely. You could have sold out, formed a Cream-soundalike band and bludgeoned what we love about you to death but you remained true to your muse, commercial prospects be damned. That's the definition of a true artist.
NAME: Dave Bailey
LOCATION: Stockport UK
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Date: 7/13/2004
Time: 7:21:52 AMCOMMENTS
Great to hear the seminal 1975 Manchester concert (which I attended) again. It really is as good as I remember. Thanks for that Jack and I hope you are fit for the road soon.
NAME: Mark
LOCATION: Birmingham, AL
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Date: 7/13/2004
Time: 4:37:45 PMCOMMENTS
The last time I saw you live was on the David Letterman show. You were with Ginger Baker and I must say, you two were fantastic. I just heard about your transplant, I wish you the fastest recovery and a long life. Your music has meant great deal to me since the 1960's. I'm 53 now. I saw Cream near Chicago in the late 60's. The experience is still with me. Utterly superb - all 3 of you. Best Wishes!
NAME: Ron
LOCATION: Parkstone, Dorset
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Date: 7/20/2004
Time: 8:24:12 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
Was in the local drinking club tonight and played 'I feel free' and 'White room' on the club juke box ( Oh !!! Ron must be in again -- I always play your tracks off the 'Clapton' CD. Tonight I was further inspired to check out Jack Bruce on the internet search, so here I am.
I was gutted to hear I missed you in the past in Bournemouth and came looking to see if you were touring this year.
Whilst I was shocked to hear of your recent medical trauma, I am glad to find that you have successfully commenced that first step to recovery - I add my prayers to those already offered on your behalf.
The 'something planned' for next year has my attention and I hope that all of us, your fans, get to see you out there performing once again.
Every good wish
Please keep me posted on any developments.
Just another of your gratefull fans.
Ron
NAME: David McLeod
LOCATION: Greenwich Ct. USA
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Date: 7/21/2004
Time: 4:02:22 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, May the Lord be with you. I am so happy to hear that you are recovering nicely. You are a tremendous musician who has made the World a better place through music. Here is my website, www.tellmetro.com/ukp I am working on developing this project with one of your friends, Captain Madman. Sincerely, David McLeod-a fellow Scot. I am American, but my ancestry is 100% Scottish.
NAME: Diann Gaudreau
LOCATION: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada
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Date: 7/21/2004
Time: 7:41:16 PMCOMMENTS
Hi, I'm a bass player and my hero is Jack Bruce, nobody will ever come close. I just want to say you're the greatest.
NAME: tom puzio
LOCATION: pequannock n.j. 07440
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Date: 7/22/2004
Time: 4:30:16 PMCOMMENTS
god let me think why did i start playing jack. who did i try to imitate jack.why did i work hard save my pennies and buy a 1971 gibson eb-3. which by the way if he gets well is welcome to. its the year with the turned back tuning pegs collector edition?any way saw cream.1st album i bought fresh cream second disrealigears third are you experienced any way.he did more for bassists than any one.saw west bruce and laing many many times radiocity whydontcha the stage rose up the capital inpassaic . i allways wanted to dothis at the palladium?yeah i think so.bought every thing i can find saw blt 50th birthday would love to get a video of intro to rock and roll hall of fame anybody?am i a fan?i cry every time i play white room of the concert series cd with the i allways wanted to do this band is he playing 8th notes?damn.by the way my 2 favorite cream songs ? deserted cities of theheart and those where the days god bless felix may he rest in peace. gotta go now jack get well all the young dudes jammin in heaven don't need a bassist of your calliber yet. they got felix jaco humble pie dude etc etc.please get well brother.i'm prayen for you from old bass player.
NAME: dave millott
LOCATION: nyc
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Date: 7/24/2004
Time: 11:53:57 AMCOMMENTS
i have come upon an amazing rendition of a live recording of a song called "spoonful" amazing - bluesy. the only thing i know about it is that it is supposedly Dickie Betts and Jack Bruce.
can anyone offer any additional info?
NAME: michael dahm
LOCATION: germany/baden-wuerttemberg
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Date: 7/24/2004
Time: 6:17:38 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
my name is michael. Meanwhile I´m 50 years old. It was CREAM, when I got taste in rock-music. It was CROSSROADS, the song, the beginning of my rock-feeling. And the voice of Jack. For me, the only male voice in rock-music. In times, when I lived by my parents, I had many posters at the wall in my room of CREAM. Jack, for me, is the best bass player I know. And the bass is my favorite instrument. Sorry, my English is not the best. Hope, you understand what I mean. At the beginnings of the 80´s I visited a concert of you in mannheim, where I live. As much as I remember, you played with simon pilipps. Unforgettable! Ok, it´s all I wanted to say. One for all: Jack is the best rock-musician I know. Regards.
NAME: Federale
LOCATION: Brooklyn
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Date: 7/25/2004
Time: 12:22:38 AMCOMMENTS
Mr. Bruce---A couple of the fellas from the great rock and roll band from Brooklyn called Federale were hangin' out recently listening to your incredible bass playing throughout your career. Over a couple of beers, the West Bruce and Laing album "Why Dontcha", and the legendary Cream album "Disraeli Gears", as well as some sundry other additives--we came to a conclusion: You are, indisputably, one of the greatest bass players that ever lived. Thank you so much for all you have done--keep rockin'. And if you're ever in Brooklyn...
NAME: Bob
LOCATION: Cuevas De Reyllo, Spain.
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Date: 7/25/2004
Time: 8:02:27 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, Only saw you once, Southport Floral Hall in England back in '67. You've been an inspiration ever since, causing me to buy a new EB3 in '73 which I still have and use. Best wishes to you and hope to see you back on the road soon.
NAME: sascha kaukars
LOCATION: duisburg / germany
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Date: 7/29/2004
Time: 2:08:20 PMCOMMENTS
your lyrics in connection with your music can prduce every feeling that has ever been felt in me! you´re one of the greatest men alive. go ahead in eternity. sascha
NAME: GREG RZAB
LOCATION: CHICAGO
ADDRESS: 222222222
Date: 8/3/2004
Time: 11:12:58 AMCOMMENTS
JUST THINK...JACK WAS PLAYING ALL OF THAT STUFF ON BASS IN THE 60'S, WAY BEFORE ANYBODY!!!!!WELL DONE MR. BRUCE!
NAME: Paul Burstyn
LOCATION: New York
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Date: 8/4/2004
Time: 7:40:22 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I saw you last year at BB Kings when you performed in your pajamas. I hadn't seen you since your first shows in New York. I sat in the first row at the Murray the K Show at that show that Cream played, as well as The Who, Mitch Ryder, The Blues Project etc. I was also at that show at the Anderson Theater in the East Village (pre Fillmore East) where Cream and Moby Grape headlined but Moby did not show up so they had Richie Havens, the Soul Survivors and PG & E play. I still listen to Fresh Cream often in the morning, in my car on the way to work to get my engines revved up. I probably wouldn't have written except that I saw that you were sick and wanted you to know that I've always respected and admired your music and ability. I sincerely hope that you recover fully and can come back out to play again. Best regards, Paul Burstyn
NAME: Ted Logsdon
LOCATION: Austin,Texas
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Date: 8/6/2004
Time: 10:05:39 PMCOMMENTS
My Heart is with you Buddy.....Always followed you.. You'll be OK..I'm Sure....
NAME: Rob Bolton
LOCATION: Upland, CA
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Date: 8/7/2004
Time: 11:30:54 PMCOMMENTS
Jack - I just saw where you underwent treatment for liver cancer. My best wishes to you, old friend, may you make a speedy recovery and get back to your friends and family! I saw you at the NAMM Show, back in '90 with Ginger and Blues Salcedo, I got right up front and let me tell you, that show blew my mind. You were more of an influence on me than my parents(good or bad) and without your music, I'd probably have taken up the accordian! God Speed Jack Bruce, may the wind be at your sail and the sun always on your horizon.....
NAME: Peter Scadding
LOCATION: Nailsea, North Somerset, UK
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Date: 8/9/2004
Time: 5:34:54 PMCOMMENTS
I first heard Fresh Cream when I was 15 (now I,m 50) from that moment on I was hooked. Sadly Cream had just broke up, but I've been a staunch fan ever since. Most weekends I put on one of the 'Those were the Days' CD's and drum along trying to emulate Ginger's poly rythms (with some success after all these years) I have never tired of the music and it's just as exiting as when I first heard it. There will never be trio to match Cream. Jack I just love your harmonica playing and singing on 'Traintime', classic stuff. 'Never tell your mother she's out of tune' is brilliant as well. God bless you squire.
NAME: jon vigi
LOCATION: michigan
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Date: 8/12/2004
Time: 10:39:41 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, you are the best bassist of all time. I'm gonna say it again, You are the best bass player of all time. You have inspired me so much, you are the reason i play the bass. I saved up my money to buy an SG style bass (epiphone) to be as much as i could like you during cream. Cream has such good music and was so influential to rock music. Your solo work is also fantastic and i think it is over shadowed a bit by your cream days. I wish you great health and full recovery.
NAME: Dan McCarthy
LOCATION: Meriden, CT
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Date: 8/16/2004
Time: 10:41:28 PMCOMMENTS
Dude! Love that EB-3 you had... I've got a black 5-string Epiphone variant as well as an EB-0 that looks almost exactly like your old Gibson. Anywho, keep up the good work and take care of yourself.
Dan
NAME: ME
LOCATION: Arlington,TX
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/17/2004
Time: 9:34:02 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, im just a kid but i love what u do with cream and by yourself, u rock man!!
NAME: joseph
LOCATION: shoreham n.y.
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Date: 8/20/2004
Time: 1:01:06 AMCOMMENTS
hello jack, friend of larry coryell and wish you well. love to find jack bruce and friends jan. 1970 at the fillmore east but i can't. can you help me??? hope your well you legend, joseph....
NAME: Lori
LOCATION: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Date: 8/20/2004
Time: 11:32:26 AMCOMMENTS
Thank you for your wonderful contribution the world. :-D. Would you consider a message board of some sort on your site?
peace.
NAME: Jim Hickey
LOCATION: New York ,USA
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Date: 8/23/2004
Time: 3:14:50 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! Your bass, vocals, and recordings have been a source of inspiration for me and every electric bassist I know. All the best, JH
NAME: Tom
LOCATION: Baltimore, MD USA
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Date: 8/23/2004
Time: 8:48:56 AMCOMMENTS
Just..Thanks..Thanks for the memories..Pulled out my "Wheels of Fire" Album today & played it..Geeesh..What great stuff!..Just thanks Guy!...I grew up with that music..I'm 52..Man, what a ride!! Just, thanks!....
NAME: John Flanagan
LOCATION: Calgary, AB. Canada
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Date: 8/27/2004
Time: 2:51:25 PMCOMMENTS
Greetings Jack! Praise the Lord !!! I thank God for answering prayer and putting you back on the road to recovery. It was gratifying to have read your letter confirming this fact even on your birthday, May14. You've only begun to recover. You will see your 70th birthday and beyond. Upon hearing last year that you were seriously ill I was much concerned and began praying for you. Frequently I would lift you up before the Messiah saying , " God, heal Jack!" Time and again I would apply Messiah's blood for your healing . The robber that would suck on your soul will not reach his goal of cutting your life short . I'll never let him get above. No surrender ! Your right to another 9 years of life at least is promised by God. "Threescore and ten years have been allotted to man and if by reason of strength even more." Do not let the assassins of faith rob you of that power. How ? By condemning and judging the conduits of His healing streams. Such names would be Graham Cook, Benny Hinn , Morris Cerillo or Bart Pierce. These servants of God are used by Him for working His miracles. Such men are only a few of the many He is using in these modern times to transmit His power. Creative miracles are occurring. New body parts are being formed in Messiah's name, Jesus. No doubt the religious crowd has judged you Jack but Yeshua never has. He wants to fully restore your health because He loves you. He gifted you with that musical brilliance. In your case The Best Is Still To Come. Not surprisingly when you fully recover I will be singing at full voice, I'm So Glad, in the highways and cafes.
Thanks for the excellence in music from Cream to the present. GratefullyJohn Flanagan
NAME: Régis KOWAN
LOCATION: France
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Date: 8/30/2004
Time: 12:03:03 PMCOMMENTS
Hello from the french acoustic guitarist of KOWAN duo ( http://kowan.free.fr) because Jack Bruce is one of the artists who made me a musician! Thanks a lot............
NAME: Terry Ladd
LOCATION: Montreal, Canada
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Date: 8/30/2004
Time: 10:10:48 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
I missed you when your show was canceled in Montreal a couple of summers ago. Bummer. Thanks for the music and inspiration in my playing over the years. You've helped me through some rough times, too.
Keep well. Play on.
Terry
NAME: Patrick Prosser
LOCATION: Glasgow
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Date: 9/3/2004
Time: 7:37:01 AMCOMMENTS
Just bought Wheels of Fire on CD, the first time I've listened to it in ages. Gosh, it really does sound to me that Jack was the driving/creative force in the Cream. I never realised this before.
It's nice to listen to it again and reafirm that as a kid of 16 in 1968 I really did have good taste
Jack, come visit Glasgow
Patrick
NAME: randall davis
LOCATION: sumrall,mississippi
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Date: 9/4/2004
Time: 11:44:45 AMCOMMENTS
what's going on?may this find you fine asd frogs hair.just a few lines to let you know i really enjoy your music.i just recieved blt/truce,it is great!justlistening to pressed rat and warthog and out into the fields.take care of yourself.thanx rd
NAME: Scott MacGillivray
LOCATION: Traverse City, MI
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Date: 9/7/2004
Time: 11:57:49 AMCOMMENTS
Hope Jack is doing better health wise. Can anyone tell me what N.S.U. (Fresh Cream) stands for? Great site!
Thanks
NAME: Dennis McKenna
LOCATION: Ronkonkoma, new york.
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Date: 9/8/2004
Time: 2:58:53 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack: Let me start by telling you, You are the best. I have one wish before i go to heaven, and that is that the cream get back together just one more time. I know you and Ginger have problems, but just think how much money you can make on this. Plus, just how happy you would make alot of us old hippies. To be honest, i don't even know if Ginger Baker is alive and well. And if he is alive and well, can he still play as well as he did. oh yes, i remember toad I still listen to it. Wheels of fire baby, oh ya!! But anyway, thankyou for all the years of good music.
NAME: Jeffrey Jones
LOCATION: Louisville KY
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Date: 9/11/2004
Time: 11:02:24 PMCOMMENTS
Fearfully worried was I when I learned of JB's medical problem. Until now I had not lately visited his website, but to seek reassurance of his recovery, today I took a peek.
So relieved am I to read of his successful surgery and recovery. To be told that he expects to be back in action soon enough is to me incomparable delight. For all the brilliant work he has produced for nearly forty years he remains for me a principal beacon of musical power and beauty. To think that I may look forward to more of his endeavors (and maybe, I pray, another USA tour?) fills me with anticipatory joy. May we hear the wonder of his music for years to come.
Just chuckled at a thought. Back in the '60s, London graffiti read "Clapton is God". But as our man's last album points out, Bruce is even more Jack than that.
NAME: Conan
LOCATION: Essex UK
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Date: 9/16/2004
Time: 5:27:30 PMCOMMENTS
I have recently taken to playing the guitar after 32 years on this planet.The whole time,my dad had been trying to get me to do it.Anyway,my biggest inspiration has been Cream.And although I am not gonna say the exact area,when I found out that Jack lives near me I was overwhelmed.I hope you are feeling better dude,and thanks for the inspiration.
NAME: simon loveland
LOCATION: Brighton
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Date: 9/17/2004
Time: 10:19:31 PMCOMMENTS
I know that Ginger used to tell you you were too busy, but before you burst onto the scene, the term creative and bass player were totally mutually exclusive in rock music. I'm glad you had the balls to risk upsetting Ginger and that you invented instrumental/improvisational rock. When I hear some of these bands today, they're so boring, I wonder if they even know what the term "buzz" really means. Cream gave me a massive "buzz" when I first heard them and they changed my life forever. Eric's beautiful,emotionaly pure blues guitar, your amazing pulsing, Beethoven style bass and Ginger Baker's fantastic Salvador Dali Style Drumming(Thumping anthemic tom toms, bossa nova, rock, jazz seamlessly blended together in the SAME SONG???!!!) produced a sound that was completely unique. Thanks for the most intense 'buzzes' I ever experienced through music or anything else...
NAME: Mark Rodgers
LOCATION: Orlando Florida
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Date: 9/20/2004
Time: 12:42:32 AMCOMMENTS
Love all your work. I was just wondering why no mention of the great music you did with Robin Trower?? Not one word???? I loved those albums.
Anyway, "I Feel Free" on Live Vol 1 is still one of the greatest jams ever. Thanks Jack.
Mark Rodgers
NAME: Mark Rodgers
LOCATION: Orlando Florida
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Date: 9/20/2004
Time: 12:44:48 AMCOMMENTS
Love all your work. I was just wondering why no mention of the great music you did with Robin Trower?? Not one word???? I loved those albums.
Anyway, "NSU" on Live Vol 1 is still one of the greatest jams ever. Thanks Jack.
Mark Rodgers
NAME: John
LOCATION: Detroit, MI.
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Date: 9/20/2004
Time: 5:35:49 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
You have the all time greatest rock & roll/ blues voice I have ever heard.
You are my favorite. I hope you are doing well, and I wish you good health
NAME: Scott Shelton
LOCATION: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
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Date: 9/23/2004
Time: 10:28:13 AMCOMMENTS
Stay well, friend Jack! And thanks for all the great music. "Ye wuz always the best, ye'll always be the best!"
NAME: Robert Mallon
LOCATION: Caldwell NJ
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Date: 9/25/2004
Time: 10:49:37 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I wish you and your family all the best. I sincerely hope you are well. My 13 year old has a harmonica and a bass and tries to make music like you - not easy! Your music endures - get well and give us more. Best Wishes & Best Regards
NAME: Hans Martinek
LOCATION: Austria
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Date: 9/29/2004
Time: 12:59:40 PMCOMMENTS
Ich sitze gerade wieder einmal vor meinem PC und höre "Theme fpr imaginary western"... unglaubliche Musik, auch noch 2004!
Alles liebe Hans M.
NAME: paul schmelzer
LOCATION: Hasty, Co USA
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Date: 9/29/2004
Time: 3:04:42 PMCOMMENTS
I teach a music appreciation class at a small College in South Eastern Colorado. I played a de Machaut, "Quant en moi" composition as an example of a Motet. The text pointed out that the two poems in the piece each stood on their own individually, but also interacted with each other to create a new meaning. I was reminded of Jack's "Boston Ball Game 1967," that follows a similar pattern. Anyone out their know, was this a conscious emulation of Machaut or some other composer? Anyone know of other examples that I might share with my class? I know Jack attented formal music school and may have been exposed to Machaut.
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
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Date: 10/1/2004
Time: 10:01:04 AMCOMMENTS
Hope you are feeling and doing well - a year is quite a milestone.
NAME: jean louis
LOCATION: somewhere in france
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Date: 10/1/2004
Time: 3:47:20 PMCOMMENTS
i started playing electricbass at age of 13 after listening "fresh cream", now i'm 48 and professional jazz uprightbass player , i would simply say thank you jack for your career as a composer , singer and bass player , wich was always a source of inspiration ......merci encore ............jean louis
NAME: Bill
LOCATION: Islip, NY USA
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Date: 10/4/2004
Time: 1:53:26 PMCOMMENTS
Jack: I was an avid fan of Cream and saw you, Eric and Ginger during the final tour in November 1968. You were my favorite member of that super group and I tried to be like you (I did play bass at the time). You also wrote the group's best songs (except for the the old blues standards by greats like Robert Johnson and Skip James). I just found about your surgery, and am pleased that you are recovering.
NAME: roberto
LOCATION: italia
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Date: 10/5/2004
Time: 7:40:18 AMCOMMENTS
just take a look at this address...
http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/brucej.htm
ciao Jack
NAME: HK
LOCATION: las vegas
ADDRESS:
Date: 10/9/2004
Time: 9:56:15 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
You have mentioned that something special will occur next year...................we can only hope and pray to the G-DS of music that you are refering to a CREAM Reunion. We know that you and Ginger would go for it, Clapton is the only hold out...........or is he?? 2005 WILL BE A CREAM YEAR
NAME: Terry Boardman
LOCATION: Stourbridge, England
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Date: 10/14/2004
Time: 4:50:51 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I felt moved to write this after visiting your website for the first time in a while and finding the news about your illness, the operation and your recovery. Because you have been so important to my musical development (amongst other things, without you I would haven't discovered the guv'nor, J.S.Bach), I wanted to write and say a profound "thank you".
Because of your obvious respect for classical music (which now includes jazz, blues and rock) I feel sure you will understand what I write below about Cream and Lifetime, who were truly "classic".
I was never into rock bands in which the other members simply supported the guitar hero. Some people still don't get the idea that Cream were truly great because they were perhaps the ONLY rock band in which all three members were equally leading while yet really listening to each other. Three tremendously free musical talents steaming ahead in a spirit of creative joy, sparking and stimulating each other. I believe it was this image of evident musical brotherhood (despite or even because of the rows between you and Ginger)and this image of such dynamic joyous creativity in action that made people love Cream so much and remember you all so affectionately. That love surprised the band members themselves on 26 Nov 1968 at the farewell gig at the Albert Hall, right Jack ? As you once said, Jack, "Cream was really a jazz band; only we didn't tell Eric". The very best example of Cream's genius, I feel is "Spoonful" on the "Wheels of Fire". The greatest improvisation in the history of rock I have always felt, it is perfectly balanced; everything happens just at the right instant - every Clapton chord, every Bruce bass note, every Baker cymbal hit - just perfection. The song around the improvisation is also a blues masterpiece with tremendous phrasing and nuances of feeling - one of your greatest pieces of singing. I have listened to "Spoonful" hundreds of times, never tiring of it. It is an inspiration to hear such a performance of three great musicians inspiring each other at such a dynamic level. The only time I've heard anything comparable was when you played in "Lifetime" in Nov 1970 at Manchester University - the greatest electric gig I've ever been to - a life-changing revelation for me. The lack of a Lifetime live album from 1970 is a great loss to music.
I thank you deeply for all the wonderful music you've put into the world, Jack, not least for the bass which you single-handedly ennobled, and I wish you many more equally creative years ahead.
Terry
NAME: Steve Neal
LOCATION: Indiana
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Date: 10/17/2004
Time: 6:40:34 PMCOMMENTS
You have been in my musical life since the 60's. you have always been one the premier "Lead Bassist's" of all time as well as your keyboard abilities. If you ever have time to respond, One of my favorite albums is West Bruce & Lang "What ever turns you on" which i still have; How did you ever get together with this mid-west guitarist? I will always have a special place in my heart for your "Slow Blues" from the above mentioned album. Was West and Lang there when you did the keyboards? I was in the military at the time of this album release, and heard some cuts from John Peel on Radio Luxenburg; We drove to a Canadian PX in the Black Forest to buy it. I am so gla you are still out there,..... Thanks for everything.
NAME: Gerd Bobermin
LOCATION: Bielefeld, Germany
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Date: 10/21/2004
Time: 12:52:46 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct.USA
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Date: 10/22/2004
Time: 3:07:58 AMCOMMENTS
Good morning,Jack Bruce!I miss you alot and look forward to your return[in your own good time,of course!].Be well,my friend,Dave
NAME: Tristan Mulrooney
LOCATION: Atlanta, Ga.
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Date: 10/23/2004
Time: 5:33:12 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I grew up on bass listening to you as my absolute idol and inspiration, in the seventies. I had my elbow on the stage when you played the ROXY on sunset in '76, when you played the fretless. I wasn`t the only one who saw the neck smoking when you were finished that night. Yours was the best concert I`ve ever seen, bar NONE! I bought an EB-3 and had a lot of fun playing in bands in the seventies. I owe all of that to you, and I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart , for you made it what it was for me. Theres no words to convey the depth of your influence but I know your soul touched mine somehow and truly affected my life in a magical way through your excellent music. You have always been my main hero !
Hoping you're doing well Jack! Take care, Tristan
NAME: Emilie
LOCATION: Long Beach, CA
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Date: 10/24/2004
Time: 9:51:05 PMCOMMENTS
I love hearing Jack's beautiful voice ... stay well, Jack!
NAME: Mike Vernon
LOCATION: Austin, Texas USA
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Date: 10/26/2004
Time: 8:49:24 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Haven't been on the site for awhile and to learn that you have been ill and recovered is a shock for me but am so glad you are feeling better. I have all of your albums(well, a lot) and want to say thanks for the many fantastic compositions and hope to hear more in the future...I am counting on you! Please come to Texas, we need you!!!
NAME: john ott
LOCATION: indianapolis, indiana
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Date: 10/28/2004
Time: 8:04:58 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, Just a few words to thank you for sharing your great talent. Your bass playing inspired me as a young bass player, and the music you created opened my mind to the many forms and styles you worked in.I recently purchased the Cream box CD set and upon listening I was immediately electrified and transported to that incredible time.Your music will live forever. Thank you, John Ott
NAME: Peter
LOCATION: Germany
ADDRESS:
Date: 10/29/2004
Time: 4:01:57 AMCOMMENTS
I wish you all the best and hope you be back soon on stage!
NAME: helene greth
LOCATION: 7414 alma st. #1 phila,pa.19111
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Date: 10/31/2004
Time: 1:50:25 AMCOMMENTS
HELLO MR JACK BRUCE, I REMEMBER SITTING ONE CHAIR AWAY FROM YOU AT THE SUSHI BAR, AT THE TAJ MAHAL IN ATALANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. YOU DID NOT FINISH YOUR SASHIMI. I DID NOT WANT TO BOTHER YOU...SO YOU COULD KEEP YOUR PRIVACY..RTC...THAT LONG HAIRED WOMAN JUST WOULDN'T STOP STALKING..I FELT FOR YOU..I HATE BEING BOTHERED WHEN I AM HAVING DINNER, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU HAD TO GET UP AND YOU SAID TO HER, I HAVE A PLANE TO CATCH!! I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE HEALTHY AND DOING GREAT AFTER YOUR SURGERY...PLEASE BE HAPPY AND LIVE YOUR LIFE AND MAYBE YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT GIGGING COME 2005? YOUR A GREAT PERFORMER AND DON'T FORGET YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS!! TAKE CARE AND BE HAPPY! PEACE AND HAPPINESS, HELENE
NAME: DD
LOCATION: D lan d
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Date: 10/31/2004
Time: 1:54:56 AMCOMMENTS
You're great!!!!!!!!!!!
NAME: terry hamlin
LOCATION: huger,s.c.
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Date: 11/1/2004
Time: 4:50:38 PMCOMMENTS
I bought Songs For A Tailor in 1970, and it continues to be some of my favorite music. Took my wife to see Ringo Starr's Alstars when Jack played and she is a fan now,too.
NAME: Jorge Alberto Marçal de Carvalho
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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Date: 11/2/2004
Time: 3:24:01 AMCOMMENTS
I play bass too. Certainly, Jack Bruce and Chris Squire are the most important bass players for me. I have the completely collection of Cream and I hear "Spoon Full" (Wheels of Fire) almost every day. Nobody plays bass guitar like Jack. He is unique. Jim Roberts wrote that Jack "inspired him to become a bass player" (How The Fender Bass Changed The World). I hope that Jack Bruce come and play here, in Brazil, some day. The first ticket will be mine. Long live, Jack! In portuguese (em português): Eu também toco baixo. Jack Bruce e Chris Squire são os baixistas mais importantes para mim. Eu tenho a coleção completa do Cream e ouço "Spoon Full" (Wheels of Fire) quase que todos os dias. Ninguém toca baixo como Jack. Ele é único. Jim Roberts escreveu que Jack "o inspirou a se tornar um baixista" (How The Fender Bass Changed The World). Eu espero que Jack Bruce possa vir e tocar aqui, no Brasil, algum dia. O primeiro ingresso será meu. Vida longa, Jack!
NAME: Deryl Hall
LOCATION: TX
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Date: 11/3/2004
Time: 1:36:50 PMCOMMENTS
Ive listened to cream since 1968,played guitar for over 25 years.I have always enjoyed your playing and because of your influence im considering switching to bass,in theses days of nothing but guitarists a good bassist is hard to find..you are a great bassist..always have been.You have shown me 2 things through your playing..1 a bassist can write songs..2 a bassist can lead a band.Of course guitarists dont like that fact.Hope you get back with cream,just so we can see the power once again.Best wishes...a dedicated fan..36 years.
NAME: Jimmy Craveiro
LOCATION: colorado
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Date: 11/4/2004
Time: 10:51:46 AMCOMMENTS
NAME: Walter Serri
LOCATION: Italy - Torino
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Date: 11/8/2004
Time: 3:09:32 AMCOMMENTS
Yeahhhh! I'd like to thank you Jack for the inspiration that you give me (at the past and at the present...). You're a great source of musicality for us, bassist or guitarist (I'm a guitar player). I hope to see you soon in Northern Italy or France! Ciao! Walter
NAME: Dave Oswald
LOCATION: London
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Date: 11/10/2004
Time: 9:19:17 AMCOMMENTS
Rumour has it that Cream are playing 5 concerts at The Royal Albert Hall in London sometime in 2005.
NAME: plee
LOCATION: Manhattan
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Date: 11/10/2004
Time: 2:43:35 PMCOMMENTS
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cream%20to%20reform%20in%202005
congratulations, true or no.
NAME: John Hopkin
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 10:10:52 AMCOMMENTS
I've been bouncing off the walls for two days since hearing of the possible Cream reunion. I REALLY hope it's true.
NAME: Donald Henry
LOCATION: Minnesota
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Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 6:06:37 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I just want you to know that you've influenced me greatly as a musician (also a bassist/vocalist), and would just like to say Thanks! My dream is still alive because of you and the others that have given me the inspiration to continue on as a musician for the last 38 years. sincerely, Donald
NAME: Alexandre
LOCATION: Sao Paulo - Brazil
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Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 8:14:13 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Master! "I´m so glad, I´m so glad, I´m glad I´m glad I´m glad"...to know that you are in a good recovering. I really hope see you with Cream here in Brazil some day. It would be a great time!
NAME: Bill Fiene
LOCATION: Cape Coral, FL
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Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 10:49:36 PMCOMMENTS
Just read that Cream are considering playing again. Hooray, for that must mean you are feeling much better. I recently purchased a CD of the BBC sessions. That version of "Politician" is fantastic, it is now my favorite recording by Cream. If the reunion goes well in London, hopefully Cream will cross the pond and play some shows in America. Good luck, and all the best.
NAME: Dave Smith
LOCATION: UK
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Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 10:46:07 AMCOMMENTS
Hi I heard, on a Canadian news programme, the one with nothing to hide,that there will be a Cream reunion at the Albert Hall - a week long concerts. Is this true,what are the dates,and how do I get tickets?
Regards Dave Smith
NAME: Joe Higgins
LOCATION: Blue Island Illinois USA
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Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 12:03:45 PMCOMMENTS
Word is out Jack plans to begin rehearsals in January for a May 2005 five show gig at The Royal Albert Hall with Eric and Ginger, Cream. All I can say is I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad. I hope it will be on pay per view in the USA and they will make dvds and cds availlable for us travel impaired Cream and Jack appreciators worldwide. The best news is that Jack is healthy enough to do it. Peace and love, Joe
NAME: HK
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Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 7:25:56 PMCOMMENTS
As I mentioned many weeks back.................The Cream it appears are re-uniting. What an incredible thought!! BUT where are the shows in the States?? I understand that they will only do five shows in England. JACK, IF YOU EVER READ THESE COMMENTS, YOU GUYS NEED TO COME TO THE USA!!! DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF FANS HERE!!! C'MON DOWN!!!
NAME: Ed Tracey
LOCATION: Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 11:30:00 PMCOMMENTS
Is this true, that a week-long engagement at the Albert Hall is in the works for 2005? Oooohhh....how did we get so lucky? Derek, if you have information on obtaining tickets (or if other shows are planned world-wide) please post that information here!
NAME: KEN
LOCATION: LONDON
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Date: 11/13/2004
Time: 8:59:14 AMCOMMENTS
jACK BEEN SEARCHING ALL THE SITES AFTER THE DAILY MAIL MENTIONED YOU ARE BACK REHEARSING WITH GINGER AND ERIC FOR AN ALBERT HALL RE UNION. ANY COMMENTS OR DATES AT THIS TIME AS I HAVE TO TAKE OUT A BIG LOAN AS ALL THE FAMILY WANT TO GO. THANKS
NAME: Ken Klein
LOCATION: Portland Oregon
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Date: 11/14/2004
Time: 9:28:44 PMCOMMENTS
The rumors are fast and furious, reported most recently on CNN that Jack, Ginger, and Eric are currently in rehearsals for a Cream reunion concert to be performed at the Royal Albert Hall early next year. I never thought I'd see that happen!
NAME: Gies
LOCATION: Hilversum (NL)
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Date: 11/15/2004
Time: 6:06:13 AMCOMMENTS
Great news: I just read that Cream is re-invented and planning a tour. I'll be there!
NAME: tom
LOCATION: IN
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Date: 11/17/2004
Time: 3:27:47 PMCOMMENTS
Cream Reunites?!? Unf***ingbelievable!
CNN and www.pitchforkmedia.com have reported that JB, GB, and EC will rehearse in 2005 and perform at the Royal Albert Hall during the same year. Does anyone have any information regarding that? Derek, please post an update on news if you have any information! Keep your fingers crossed!
NAME: Heyjay
LOCATION: Texas
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Date: 11/17/2004
Time: 3:58:17 PMCOMMENTS
Luv da Bruce! Luv da Cream! http://www.lykaden.com
NAME: peter boykin
LOCATION: longbranch
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Date: 11/18/2004
Time: 2:15:14 PMCOMMENTS
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NAME: Larry
LOCATION: Boca Raton, FL.
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Date: 11/18/2004
Time: 10:23:22 PMCOMMENTS
Mr. Bruce: (Like this will ever happen) Please contact Mr. Baker, Mr. Clapton and Mr. Winwood (some delicious frosting)and get the best musical ensemble our generation could have put together and let's show this non-musical generation what it feels like to really truely hear the "Cream" of Blues/Jazz/Rock and to experience the real "Blind Faith" (no offence to Ric Grech and associates) before it's too late. You're the best!
NAME: uli rohde
LOCATION: heidelberg, germany
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Date: 11/19/2004
Time: 6:39:38 PMCOMMENTS
now after 40 years of knowing jack bruce´s music there has been enough time to become tired of it. today i listened to "songs for a tailor" again and again I´m overwhelmed! deeep bow!
NAME: Trevor Kempin
LOCATION: Perth, Western Australia
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Date: 11/19/2004
Time: 8:45:27 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I sincerely hope that your health is progressing in the right direction. Regrettably we don't get the opportunity to see too many great artists here in Perth. If all of the rumours are true about a Cream reunion sometime next year at the RAH then I really need to start saving my pennies.
Kind Regards Trevor Perth Western Australia
NAME: Cory west
LOCATION: Plano texas
ADDRESS:
Date: 11/19/2004
Time: 10:53:24 PMCOMMENTS
Dear jack, I heard a rumour that cream is getting back together for a week at the royal albert hall. if its true,groovey!, but if not when ever you are ready, post it on this site. Im only 14 and i primarily listen to cream and other things from 65' until 79'. don't like the 80's. bye.
NAME: jeff stratton
LOCATION: tweed heads, australia
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Date: 11/21/2004
Time: 11:10:40 AMCOMMENTS
jack, it's wonderful to hear of an upcoming cream re-union......."songs for a tailor" has always been one of my 'desert island discs'.....you've been a real inspiration to this musician.... i've regarded your singing as unique and your songwriting style just as distinctive........in short, i believe there's way too much talent bottled up inside this one scotsman than should ever have been allowed !! hey, mate, keep taking that 'spoonful' and make a full recovery ....
NAME: Randy Davis
LOCATION: South Mississippi
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Date: 11/21/2004
Time: 10:25:03 PMCOMMENTS
There's not a day that goes by without playing a few of your songs.Hope you are doing well,you are the man Out Into The Fields,Theme To A Imaginary Western,Wor ld of Pain @ Wheels of Fire are my favorite.You and F elix are the best. Take Care...
NAME: Mike Moran
LOCATION: Fall River, MA, USA
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Date: 11/22/2004
Time: 7:33:22 AMCOMMENTS
Jack:
Is it true? So many press reports of a Cream reunion. What a wonderful gift that would be. I haven't found any public comments from Jack yet in print or on the web. Asking again -- is it true???
NAME: Davee
LOCATION: Houston, Tx. USA
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Date: 11/22/2004
Time: 2:10:07 PMCOMMENTS
... Hang in there and take care of the new addition. Thoughts and Prayers are with you and yours.
NAME: olu
LOCATION: lome
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Date: 11/23/2004
Time: 12:19:49 PMCOMMENTS
jack is my favourite haaaaaaaaaa
NAME: Jonathan Andrade
LOCATION: Juiz de Fora-MG, BRASIL
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Date: 11/23/2004
Time: 9:30:52 PMCOMMENTS
Hi!
I´d like to go to the Royall Albert Hall in 2005 to see the best trio of the world... The Cream!!!
When i saw the article in billboard.com i cannot belive in my eyes!!!
I´m a bassist too... i wish play as Jack one day...
Come to Brazil Jack! All your fans and Cream fans wants to see you here!
best regards!
John
NAME: Lou Muradas
LOCATION: New Jersey, USA
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Date: 11/23/2004
Time: 9:35:53 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, hope you're feeling chipper. Also hoping that you, Eric, and Gin find your way to us for a bit of fun.
I never heard you live, although my friend Jack (short, blond, wired, pudgy guitar player with a little cheap acoustic that you autographed) met you in Atlantic City, and told me what a great guy you were. I'm now 46 years old and counting. Seeing you guys together just once would be an honour & thrill to an aging picker. Hope to see ya!!!
NAME: bruce
LOCATION: boise, idaho
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Date: 11/24/2004
Time: 9:22:42 PMCOMMENTS
I am thrilled to have been directed to this web-site. Thanks Bobby! After seeing you perform several times with Cream, West Bruce and Laing,(in 1980 in NYC when Lennon died) Jack Bruce and Friends, and last here in Boise, Idaho, 2000 with Ringo's All-Stars!! Wow!! I am ready to see Cream Re-Unite and Get us back where we belong, As You Said. Peace and Prayers and Good Health.
NAME: johncameron
LOCATION: grandisalnd ny
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Date: 11/25/2004
Time: 1:01:13 PMCOMMENTS
JACKSthe man the greates af all time so is the cream .I still listen to the CDS all the time please tour again johncameron fan buffalo NY
NAME: SRI-Rob
LOCATION: South Shields, England
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Date: 11/25/2004
Time: 3:51:58 PMCOMMENTS
Jack All has gone quiet on the news front for you ..... I hope that you are well and continuing to improve. I've just ordered More Jack Than God and can't wait to hear it, although I know it will of course be superb. Hope you're already getting everything ready to cook the Christmas dinner! Take care of yourself
Rob
NAME: Lee Robison
LOCATION: Lake Havasu City Arizona
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Date: 11/26/2004
Time: 12:30:52 PMCOMMENTS
Hi jack. I hope this post finds you recovering and in good health.Im 52 and I still remember hitch hiking to God knows where in the San Fernando Valley when I was 15 or 16 right? Ans a guy with am 8 track stereo and speakers lining the back seat was blaring White Room, and other Cream songs at full volume.it was like hearing Jimi Hendrix or Johnny Winter for the first time.You never forget that rush!You make beautiful music my friend.And "that" makes the world a better place to live. Be Well Be Safe. Lee Robison.
NAME: Roger ODonnell
LOCATION: England
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Date: 11/28/2004
Time: 9:49:19 AMCOMMENTS
When I was a 15 year old just getting into music and watching Jack play a benefit concert in London I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would meet jack and play on the same bill . Last night I did and I have to say he's one of the nicest people I've ever met in this business , sometimes its ok to meet your heroes. He's an inspiration now as he was then when 30 years ago.
NAME: bob schryver
LOCATION: coram,n.y.
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Date: 11/28/2004
Time: 9:59:49 AMCOMMENTS
Jack I hope you are feeling well.I`ve always loved your bass playing,you are a fine player.I hope the rumours about cream reuniting are true.you have an artists heart and it is greatly appreciated.take care
NAME: J FERGUSON
LOCATION: OKLAHOMA,USA
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Date: 11/29/2004
Time: 3:04:55 PMCOMMENTS
Jack we have certaintly enjoyed your music over the years. Understand you are considering a comeback with CREAM. What a show that will be. Hope your health is on the mend. Any chances there would be a follow up tour in the US? We can only hope. A sellout in any city.
NAME: Lyn Ze Bond
LOCATION: Orlando,FL USA
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Date: 11/30/2004
Time: 1:06:53 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack,
It's ZE BOND ROCKS. We hope you are feeling better and ready to play again. I hear that a Cream reunion/rehersals and shows in London are in the works....That will be Great!!!...I hope we can be there....Cream Rocks!
It was a pleasure to meet you & your wife at the train station in Leicester earlier this Spring(end of May.) Lyn Ze was carrying her guitar(Les Paul) and we talked with you for a minute. We asked you for directions to the bus station.
We were so disoriented & didn't have a chance to explain our situation. We were invited to come over to England from America to play a benefit for Parkinson's Disease in the West Midlands at the end of May put on ex-Budgie member Pete Boot. We payed our own way there. He arranged an opening gig for us(for which we didn't get paid), We recieved our picture & press in the Express & Star(Walsall edition), did some interviews for a music magazine and then were dropped from the show and left at the Train Station in Wolverhampton......without explanation, $$$ or direction.
We struggled & stood strong thru it all....Walked alot(passed many Clock towers) and played at Vic's Pub. We sold our band CD's & T-shirts on the street to earn $$$ for bus tix and food and we were very glad to make it to Amsterdam-where we had paying gigs that we booked ourselves.
Please visit our website @ http://www.zebondrocks.com and let us know if there are any upcoming performances that you might need an opening band for. Royal Albert Hall, etc. We are a full sounding, dedicated 2-piece band.
ZE BOND ROCKS would like to send you a CD sometime. Thanks for the cigarette & Tell Nancy we said hello.
Keep Rockin' The Music Lives On Forever!
Florida's Female Rockers ZE BOND ROCKS http://www.zebondrocks.com
NAME: Alan Mackie
LOCATION: Aberdeenshire Scotland
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Date: 11/30/2004
Time: 2:01:00 AMCOMMENTS
Glad to hear that you are on the "road" to recovery. Also was chuffed to buts to hear that the 3 of you are reforming next year. I have always said that the 2 Bands that I'm sorry I never saw were Jimi Hendrix and the Experience plus Cream. I know that Hendrix is not an option but seeing Cream is a real bonus. I just hope that I can get tickets as living in the North East of Scotland makes it difficult at times. All the best, and I look forward to seeing you (hopefully) at the R.A.H. Alan Mackie
NAME: David F
LOCATION: Northampton
ADDRESS:
Date: 11/30/2004
Time: 6:20:30 PMCOMMENTS
Just a surfing fan who would like to add his thanks
NAME: desert dog
LOCATION: taos, new mexico
ADDRESS: dcm_music
Date: 12/1/2004
Time: 12:31:45 PMCOMMENTS
my dad had liver cancer and tried experimental treatments, to try and defeat it. i hope the technology has advanced enough in this time and age to help a person heal from this life threatening disease. I must admit that when i saw the cream at the syndrome in chicago in 68, that ginger baker was my hero, even though he sounded like 10 drummers playing at one time, he needed you jack, to compliment his playing when he wasn't doing a solo. When you do get on your feet again, and start rehearsal for the re-union at ralh,a song that would really sound good with a cream touch,is the john mayall tune "california". i heard a version of that song by the cashman vaquero band years ago, and thought that the cream could really do a great jam on this tune. get better soon before that bass and amp start getting dusty. dd
NAME: abv
LOCATION: new york
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/1/2004
Time: 3:53:58 PMCOMMENTS
hey jack - it's a given you're doing the cream reunion - who's opening? MOUNTAIN????? what a show it would be...well for us anyway...can you toss me a ticket?
NAME: Patricia Webb
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Date: 12/1/2004
Time: 6:49:29 PMCOMMENTS
Looks like I'd better get my passport renewed and organise long service leave. If Jack has the willpower to overcome illness and get back on the road, the least I can do is make it to London next May. 6 months and counting down!
NAME: Roger Rhinte
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 12/2/2004
Time: 9:17:27 AMCOMMENTS
I saw the Jack Bruce Band,at the Fillmore East,NYC always loved his stuff. Its 12.02. 2004, i heard a rumor, Cream is reuniting ? tour ? Please respond to me about tour. I was supposed to see the Cream at Madison Square Garden with the revolving stage etc, one of those dates, but it never happened. Been waiting 37 years for this. Jack thanx for all the tunes & stay well, Roger Rhinte
NAME: Wiel
LOCATION: Venlo Netherlands
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Date: 12/3/2004
Time: 10:41:14 AMCOMMENTS
I saw Jack Bruce preforming sunshine on a German TV show, 50-years rock love songs!!, last saterday evening.( with Ian Anderson from the Tull) Great to see him on stage, he did not lose his power on bass and vocals As a cream fan I'm look forwards to the shows next year in London. To go to London is not a problem, the problem is to get tickets but I have good hopes for that. Is ther any one who can tell when these gigs are???
NAME: jw smith
LOCATION: usa
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Date: 12/3/2004
Time: 3:02:34 PMCOMMENTS
re: rumoured cream reunion in 2005. *** please *** beg eric to play a gibson and run thru a marshall !!! no strat, no matchless ** please !! - see if todd rundgren will loan the les paul/sg ??? i beg !!!
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: NYC
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/3/2004
Time: 9:42:45 PMCOMMENTS
Maybe 5 nights is enough.
NAME: John Forster
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne,U.K.
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Date: 12/5/2004
Time: 11:27:30 AMCOMMENTS
I'm so glad that you are now fit and well after your illness.I play bass in a Clapton tribute band - 'classic clapton' and we were in Scotland during that time.We made a point of mentioning your situation and were alaways touched by the reception your name got. There's a lot of love out there for you mate. The 'news' about Cream next year is phenomenal - cant wait to see you... again !
NAME: Howard Moss
LOCATION: Las Vegas, NV
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Date: 12/6/2004
Time: 5:51:16 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Mr. Bruce, I was just at the Leslie West site where I read you have been diagnosed with liver cancer. Your music has brought me many, many hours of listening pleasure. I will include you in my prayers. Please get well soon. Yours truly, Howard Moss
NAME: Paul Donald Benham
LOCATION: Whidbey Island, Washington state USA
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Date: 12/7/2004
Time: 5:05:58 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I last saw you live with West, Bruce and Laing in the Seattle Center Arena many years ago; I have never been so impressed w a singer nor any other bass player. Lately, I have been exploring the possibility of getting fine artists like you of our generation prime time airplay in the US market. I have been dismayed to find that artists such as Neil Young get so little exposure for their current work that they turn to other media, like moviemaking! I feel your current/recent work as well as most of your solo recorded performances stand up well to the classic rock standards played by our local C Rock stations, but they won't play them. The genra is the same or similar, so what's the problem? I hear there will be a live Cream reunion next year. I wonder if you three can break this "spell" for the rest of the fine, more matured rock artists who are being frozen out! I have suggested to several stations that they try playing say a "Cream" version of "White Room" with one of your or Eric's newer renditions with no success. What do you think is up with this?
NAME: Russ
LOCATION: Barrie, Canada
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Date: 12/7/2004
Time: 7:39:16 PMCOMMENTS
Just wanted to say thank you for showing me what is posssible to do on a bass. You changed my world musically, and I managed to eke out a 15 year career trying my best to be as busy as you. Can't thank you enough for opening my mind to the possibilites. good health! Long life!
NAME: Kirk
LOCATION: Florida
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Date: 12/8/2004
Time: 9:57:03 PMCOMMENTS
I LOBE YOU JACK! YOUR MY HERO AND MY INSPARATION. I HOPE SOMEDAY TO BE HALF AS GOOD AS YOU!
NAME: paul schmelzer
LOCATION: Hasty, co usa
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Date: 12/9/2004
Time: 1:52:51 PMCOMMENTS
I'm glad I visited the guest-book. I was unaware of any rumblings about a Cream re-union. Great news. I saw Cream at the Family Dog in Denver, Colorado in 1967 when I was really too young (12) to go to concerts.
Anyone out their find it ironic that the least versitile and technically gifted of the Trio, (Clapton) has had the most successful career? Don't get me wrong, I've always loved Clapton's playing, but unlike Jack, your never going to see Eric play with a Tony Williams, a John McGlaughlin, a Larry Coryell etc. I was always disapointed that Eric never got into a Jazz /Blues thing like a Kenny Burrel or like George Benson with Jimmy Smith. Unlike Jack, he never learned to play changes. Share your thoughts with me.
NAME: Shaun
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/9/2004
Time: 4:15:58 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack
Glad to hear you are recovering well! I am 17 and have been listening to Cream since I was knee high, it was all my dad would play! I have always enjoyed your music, and now I am older I have tracked down your back catologue, which I enjoy just as much as the Cream stuff. Hope the rumours of a reunion are true! If they are I would give my right arm to come and see the shows, as, for obvious reasons I was just a bit too late to see Cream in 1968!
Take care & hope to see you on tour soon
Shaun
NAME: John Mancino
LOCATION: Mission Viejo, California USA
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Date: 12/9/2004
Time: 4:55:53 PMCOMMENTS
I am such a great fan of Jack. I was wondering when Jack might be back in the U.S., especially in California. If someone can advise me of any plans for this,I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
John
NAME: Rondi Moreira
LOCATION: bh Brazil
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Date: 12/10/2004
Time: 5:29:18 PMCOMMENTS
Hello jack Last saturday,my brother and myself get completely drunk at a party,and i take the guitar and stared to play some Cream stuff,like"Tales of brave Ulisses","Strange brew","White room",'Those were the days",etc.Nobody understud nothing. i'm telling you that to show that your fantastic music reach evrybody,everywhere. I'm hoping cream shows in 2005.Me and my brother we'll see you anywhere sorry my very poor english! Thank you!
NAME: Peter Hendriks
LOCATION: Netherlands
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Date: 12/13/2004
Time: 5:41:55 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I was delighted when I heard about the Cream reunion, but I have one request. Keep Eric Clapton on his toes. He is a great guitarist, but for the last thirty years he has been relying on his routine. He seems to shun adventure and musical challenge. (How did he get away with that for so long?) So make sure he doesn't claim the position of frontman. Let him concentrate on his guitar and leave the lead vocals to you. He can sing harmony and do the lead vocals in crossroads and badge, but no more.
Peter Hendriks
NAME: Allen Bomar
LOCATION: Bakersfield California
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Date: 12/14/2004
Time: 4:29:02 AMCOMMENTS
I just heard a rumour that you and Eric may put together a Cream reunion , and put together a new album , I hope it's all true , I have been a Cream fan from day one , I have also collected as many Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton solo albums as possible , and they are all great ! > I hope you and Eric do it , and I hope you will include Ginger as well , to me Ceram would not be Cream without Ginger !
NAME: ian smith
LOCATION: coromandel, N.Z
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Date: 12/14/2004
Time: 10:21:38 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,when I was 19 & cream had recently broken up I was hitching with a friend up the west coast of scotland. A nice bloke in a small ferrari stopped and gave us a ride even though we were making rude gestures; went to a great deal of trouble rearrainging his baby and luggage to squeeze us in with our packs. Thanks for going to all that trouble and for the memory.
NAME: Claudia
LOCATION: Chile
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Date: 12/16/2004
Time: 4:13:50 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, I did'nt know you were so ill, I am so sorry for that, but now I feel happy you are recovering with success, I wish you all the best always, and I'm glad you are getting well and making more wonderful music, we don't forget you in Chile... all the best
NAME: Shaun
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 7:43:20 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack
Great to hear the May Cream concerts finally confirmed! Look forward to seeing you.
Shaun
NAME: Helen
LOCATION: Bedfordshire
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 9:07:00 AMCOMMENTS
Not a regular surfer but just heard about your illness. So glad you fought back, that's the Bruce spirit. A revived Cream would be good because how can all these years go by and that good stuff not be played again? Tell Eric everyone says so. But the most important thing is that you keep on singing and playing Jack stuff. Happy Christmas.
NAME: kosta
LOCATION: brazil
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 1:42:34 PMCOMMENTS
Great news.This will be really exciting.I hope more dates will follow.I wish you all the best.Kosta
NAME: Henk Buss
LOCATION: Haarlem, The Netherlands
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Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 9:31:16 PMCOMMENTS
At first I could not take it for real, the rumoured reunion but there it is, its now official: after 37 Years of wishing & hoping its finally true: the three Gods of contemporary music are leaving the Olympus and are showing us their good grace.... But it will be a hefty pelgrimage to London, next year. Only 4 shows are planned and I'm afraid that lots of tickets will go to people who are close to the nucleus of the musical-industrial complex. Nonetheless I'm thrilled and will do anything to get there... This is the text I borrowed from Eric's [Where's Eric] site:
CREAM REUNION: IT'S OFFICIAL! After weeks of speculation it was announced today by Eric Clapton that legendary 60s supergroup Cream will reunite for 4 shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The venue was the scene of the trio's last appearance in 1968.
Concert appearances have been scheduled for May 2005. Information regarding ticket sales has not yet been made public. These are the only Cream concerts scheduled. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Eric Clapton made the announcement on BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker show. The shows will be recorded. Eric also said that tickets will go on sale soon.
After leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in 1966, Eric accepted drummer Ginger Baker's offer to start a new band. Eric suggested bassist Jack Bruce. During its two-year life span, Cream - as in "cream of the crop" - released four albums: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1968). The band's performances were not a series of three-minute hit song recreations but featured ground-breaking long-form improvisation around album cuts. The band's final two performances on 26 November 1968 at London's Royal Albert Hall were filmed. Farewell Cream has been released on DVD demonstrating the band's continuing popularity over the years. In the decades since the band broke up in late 1968, countless musicians have pointed to the power trio as an important influence on their own playing and style and the hard rock genre.
Cream reunited once before in January 1993 when they performed three songs at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
NAME: Martin Johnson
LOCATION: Liverpool
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Date: 12/19/2004
Time: 7:57:43 AMCOMMENTS
Just read the announcement of Dick Heckstall-Smith's death. Dick's contribution to british jazz and blues has been inestimable and his will be a very very sad loss not only for his friends and family but for lovers of all good music. With two thirds of the great Graham Bond Organisation playing in London in April I hope that the Cream reunion could also be used as a tribute to Dick as well
NAME: Joe Higgins
LOCATION: Chicago Illinois USA
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Date: 12/19/2004
Time: 10:29:26 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your good friend Dick Heckstall Smith. I loved his work with you and I will be sure to check out more of his other work. I've lost a lot of people in my life, parents, grandparents, a dear love, but never my closest friend. Must be very difficult. My heart goes out to you.
Peace and love, Joe
NAME: Eric Vincent
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Date: 12/19/2004
Time: 11:00:46 AMCOMMENTS
Jack;
Sorry to hear about Dick Heckstall-Smith My deppest condolences go to you and your family.
Eric Vincent.
NAME: Larry
LOCATION: The Bronx, NYC
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Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 12:53:39 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, My sincere condolences on the passing of Dick H-S. I know he was part or your musical family. You two communicated so beautifully on "Things...", "Never Tell..." etc. And I love the way you intr'd him on "Cities..." as:
"My Dad, Dick Heckstall-Smith".(that says it all). May he rest in Peace.
And to you, Jack, and your family,
Happy Xmas and a happy and healthy New Year. Peace, Larry
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct. USA
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Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 3:30:59 AMCOMMENTS
Jack........what can I say? I am so sorry to hear about the passing of Dick Heckstall Smith.He was a true legend and a big part of your music that was a one of a kind fit."Never Tell Your Mother..." and many other songs were what they were because of him.As hard as this news must be to accept,I only hope that you find some solace in the fact that we appreciated him so much and that you were the one who presented him to the world,America in particular.Many of us may not have known about him,if not for you.He did alot for you and you did alot for him,too!He must surely be up there smiling down on you,Jack.Many hearts are with you at this time.
NAME: Dave Oswald
LOCATION: London
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Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 8:38:41 AMCOMMENTS
CREAM REUNION: IT'S OFFICIAL!
After weeks of speculation it was announced today by Eric Clapton that legendary 60s supergroup Cream will reunite for 4 shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The venue was the scene of the trio's last appearance in 1968.
Concert appearances have been scheduled for May 2005. Information regarding ticket sales has not yet been made public. These are the only Cream concerts scheduled. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Eric Clapton made the announcement on BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker show. The shows will be recorded. Eric also said that tickets will go on sale soon.
After leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in 1966, Eric accepted drummer Ginger Baker's offer to start a new band. Eric suggested bassist Jack Bruce. During its two-year life span, Cream - as in "cream of the crop" - released four albums: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1968). The band's performances were not a series of three-minute hit song recreations but featured ground-breaking long-form improvisation around album cuts. The band's final two performances on 26 November 1968 at London's Royal Albert Hall were filmed. Farewell Cream has been released on DVD demonstrating the band's continuing popularity over the years. In the decades since the band broke up in late 1968, countless musicians have pointed to the power trio as an important influence on their own playing and style and the hard rock genre.
Cream reunited once before in January 1993 when they performed three songs at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: The Wirral
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Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 10:51:58 AMCOMMENTS
What a weekend for receiving mixed news... The bad news first is that Dick Heckstall-Smith has passed away. What a great shame and what a great player. His playing on "Things We Like" in particular was quite inspired. I saw him play in concert with Jack many years ago, and he was an outstanding musician.
It must be especially heartbreaking for Jack, coming as it does, so soon after recovering from his own serious illness. D H-S will be greatly missed amongst all lovers of great jazz and blues.
Of course, very sadly, that puts a hude dampener on the good news. The latter is of course that Eric finally confirmed the rumours of the long awaited Cream Reunion. He spoke on last Friday's BBC Radio 2 "Johnny Walker Show" and revealed that 4 shows will be played next May at Cream's ancestral concert home - The Royal Albert Hall in London.
Apparently they will all be recorded for posterity. (I hope they receive better treatment than the last recordings made there of Cream back in 1968.)
And I suppose I'd better start queueing now.....
NAME: John Burrell
LOCATION: Harrogate
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Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 5:16:41 PMCOMMENTS
I'm sure we are all saddened by the death of Dick Heckstall-Smith. I remember buying my first Alexis Korner LP on Ace of Clubs and being turned on by the the music. Graham Bond followed, then I managed to see Dick with the Mayall Bare Wires band, which contained the nucleus of Collosseum. I saw Collosseum many, many times and they remain to this day one of my favourite bands - one of my favourite numbers being Tanglewood 65. How will he be replaced on the forthcoming tour, I wonder. I only saw him with Jack on two occasions but thoroughly enjoyed his contributions. One of my favourites is his playing on a trio with John James the acoustic guitarist. I remember he was in the crowd at the Cuicoland debut at Londons Jazz Cafe, enjoying his mate's new line up. I have just got his book and was looking forward to getting stuck into it when I was stunned by the news on Jack's web site. A great guy, a great player and a stalwart of the great British Blues scene. Rest in peace, Dick.
NAME: Phil Watson
LOCATION: Sydney Australia
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Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 6:40:57 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
I am so sorry to hear of Dick's death...he was a fantastic musician and the godfather of the British blues scene for so many years...he will be terribly missed.
After hearing Fresh Cream in 1966 and later Disraeli Gears I was taken aback when I first heard the Colosseum classic, 'Those who are about to die, we salute you'.
What a band! the fact that they are still making records AND touring is a testament to the great music that Jon Hiseman and the band have written and played over all these years.
It's ironic that with Dick's illness, Jon's wife Barbara Thompson has been filling in on saxes with Colosseum on gigs. Given Barbara's own battle's with illness the band still gets it on!
As soon as I get home tonight I will slip on the Colosseum live DVD and relive the great Dick Heckstall-Smith as he would like to be remembered...on fire with one of the world's most underated bands.
I hope your health is improving and it's not too long before you are back on the road.
I am gonna sit on the beach this weekend and crack a nice cold beer in memory of Dick, one of the best!
Have a great Christmas and best wishes to all Jack Bruce fans around the globe.
Phil.
NAME: Geoffrey Neill
LOCATION: New Zealand
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Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 3:12:10 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, sincere condolences for the loss of your friend, Dick H-S. Sadly, or perhaps fortunately, I read of his passing while listening to his dual-soloing on Colosseum's "Those About To Die..."
There has always been, for me, a shortlist of names that would make me prick up my ears when I heard them. One of those names was Dick Heckstall-Smith.
I hope he enjoys the big jam in the sky. RIP Dick.
NAME: jeff lynch
LOCATION: harrisburg, pennsylvania usa
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Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 9:11:23 AMCOMMENTS
so sad to hear of the departure of dh-s ... he was clearly so close, so important. hope to talk soon ... stay on the road to better, ok? wishes for peace and happiness in the coming year ... and sounds!
jeff.
ps: note the change in the email addy. the spammers finally did the old one in!
NAME: Bill Flynn
LOCATION: Virginia, USA
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Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 10:16:22 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
I wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday season and good health in 2005 and for many years to come.
Long time fan, Bill
NAME: Dave Oswald
LOCATION: London
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Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 12:00:53 PMCOMMENTS
So sorry to hear of the passing of Dick Heckstall-Smith. Saw him with Colisseum and Big Chief. Loved his work with Jack on Things We Like and Cities of the Heart. Got his album Woza Nasu too. Rest in peace.
NAME: bob goodchild
LOCATION: reading england
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Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 1:30:42 PMCOMMENTS
cream reunion would be interesting but that would mean clapton vocals would much rather hear your brillant vocals solo .i have seen you live 35 times over the years. in various settings starting with one of your solo gigs lyceam in the strand i think.you have surpassed cream years ago.but i havent enjoyed claptons playing post blind faith. now if you had jeff beck on guitar and christian vander from magma on drums and vocals that would be my dream team. and the finest trio of talent in the worl
NAME: Seppo Valjakka
LOCATION: Finland
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Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 4:51:17 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack! I just wanted to thank You for Your great music and singing and playing during last decades.I have been your fan ever since the "wrapping paper"!I play guitar for as a hobby,but have released a couple of albums called "Blackbird"and "Taking it back"including your songs like "WHITE ROOM"and "TAKE IT BACK" Thank You again and God blessing to You and Your loveones!!
Yours sincerely Seppo Valjakka,Finland
NAME: tom puzio
LOCATION: pequannock n.j. usa
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Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 5:41:24 PMCOMMENTS
holy cow heard today on q104.3 cream will reunite this spring?jack you have to bring out the eb-3. or i'll send you mine tom old bass player.
NAME: Martti Turunen
LOCATION: Finland
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Date: 12/22/2004
Time: 7:46:51 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
I give my condolences for Dick´s death. He was a nice person and player, playing with you in many fantastic sessions. We´ll never see "Never Tell Your Mother..." any more.
Martti
NAME: guido
LOCATION: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
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Date: 12/23/2004
Time: 9:58:37 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Mr Bruce, Saw just in your diary Dick is no more.How is it possible,except You nobody say anyword about it or did'nt I lissen?I know Dick for years,from the sixties with Mayall,and saw him on stage with Mike Harison last year.He's the best on sax.As we say in french Mr Bruce,sincères condoléances. Saw you on stage a few years ago in Antwerp.Great as usualy.See you in London next year.Merry Xmas. guido.
NAME: Layla
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 12/23/2004
Time: 6:17:43 PMCOMMENTS
Great hope for a Cream Reunion at the Royal Albert Hall, London in may 2005:) I`ll be there! Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year Layla
NAME: Layla
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 12/23/2004
Time: 6:24:05 PMCOMMENTS
CREAM REUNION: IT'S OFFICIAL!
After weeks of speculation it was announced today by Eric Clapton that legendary 60s supergroup Cream will reunite for 4 shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The venue was the scene of the trio's last appearance in 1968.
Concert appearances have been scheduled for May 2005. Information regarding ticket sales has not yet been made public. These are the only Cream concerts scheduled. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Eric Clapton made the announcement on BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker show. The shows will be recorded. Eric also said that tickets will go on sale soon.
After leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in 1966, Eric accepted drummer Ginger Baker's offer to start a new band. Eric suggested bassist Jack Bruce. During its two-year life span, Cream - as in "cream of the crop" - released four albums: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1968). The band's performances were not a series of three-minute hit song recreations but featured ground-breaking long-form improvisation around album cuts. The band's final two performances on 26 November 1968 at London's Royal Albert Hall were filmed. Farewell Cream has been released on DVD demonstrating the band's continuing popularity over the years. In the decades since the band broke up in late 1968, countless musicians have pointed to the power trio as an important influence on their own playing and style and the hard rock genre.
Cream reunited once before in January 1993 when they performed three songs at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame www.whereseric.com
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Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 1:02:15 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: Scott Carey aka Chang Noi
LOCATION: Bangkok, Thailand
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Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 11:04:01 PMCOMMENTS
Jack it is great to hear that you guys will getting back together! I will be playing your music tonight as I do almost every night here. In Thailand there is a great appreciation for Rock and especially the music of Cream. 41 years playing guitar and you guys have always been my greatest influence Pleae visit and sign our gusetbook http://geocities.com/chang_noi_band Thanks for all
NAME: dave
LOCATION: nyc
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Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 11:18:37 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack i'm very sorry for the loss of your great friend. Dick Heckstall-Smith was one of our finest musicians and will be sorely missed. May you have a very healthy and happy new year.
NAME: Charley
LOCATION: Baltimore, MD
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Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 11:40:21 PMCOMMENTS
I saw you play at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA on 4-19-1968. Aawesome show. In fact, it remains the best concert I ever saw. I would love to see a reunion. Thanks for the memories. Charley
NAME: Rob
LOCATION: South Shields, England
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Date: 12/25/2004
Time: 2:22:49 PMCOMMENTS
Jack
Have a great Christmas and most importantly a healthy new year. Then a few Cream gigs wouldn't go wrong ..... although how we're all going to get the few tickets available is another thing. Looks like it's on the streets again for me. That'll pay off at least the card booking fee! And 'thank you' for More Jack Than God - it is wonderful. Best wishes. Rob
NAME: Ron Dolce
LOCATION: Evanston, Ill. U.S.A.
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Date: 12/26/2004
Time: 11:36:05 AMCOMMENTS
Deepest regrets on the loss of your friend, Dick Heckstall-Smith. I remember first hearing him on "Songs For A Tailor" and having to defend his playing to the college jazz-band members I hung out with at school (this was pre-Bitches Brew, so college jazzers were very closed off to anything outside their big-band-bebop-Miles universe).I've always found his music to be challenging, but emotionally and intellectually rewarding and it was worth following his career up to the end. Incidentally, I just finished reading "Blowing The Blues" a couple of days ago and I'm impressed with his deep committment to his musical vision and I'm glad he got to tell his life story. Sorry again. P.S. I eventually won most of those college debates.
NAME: Tony Brennan
LOCATION: Airdrie, SCOTLAND
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Date: 12/28/2004
Time: 6:28:56 PMCOMMENTS
If it was`nt for Jack Bruce and Bladesy I would`nt be a Bass Player. You don`t know it but it`s true.
NAME: RONI MILAZZO
LOCATION: JAMESBURG N.J.
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Date: 12/29/2004
Time: 2:30:41 PMCOMMENTS
DEAR JACK, THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG INFLUENCE ON ME. I AM A HUGE FAN AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. I HAVE AN ALBUM OF YOURS WITH THE GRAHAM BOND ORG.THAT WAS RECORDED LIVE IN 1964 AT KLOOK'S KLEEK IN LONDON. I MUST SAY YOUR EARLY VERSION OF TRAINTIME IS AWESOME.I AM GLAD YOU ARE BETTER.I AM LOOKING FOWARD TO THE CREAM REUNITING AGAIN. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE SAID YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO REHERSE EARLY IN 2005 AND DO A WEEK OF SHOWS IN LONDON. IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF GOING TO THE USA? IF NOT WILL THERE BE A VIDIO OF ANY PEFORMANCES? IN CLOSING I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS AROUND. I KNOW THAT MY PLAYING WAS INFLUENCED BY YOU. I WAS A FAN IN 1966 AND STILL AM IN 2005. YOU SIR ARE THE BEST. THANKS YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES. RONI MILAZZO
NAME: Jana a Veronika
LOCATION: Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, Earth, galaxy of Milky Way, turn left at Aldebaran, and you're there in no time...
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Date: 12/29/2004
Time: 7:50:35 PMCOMMENTS
Hi jack,
just heard the news about your illness today... and it had shocked us and everything... just can't find the words. We only want to wish you all the best, good health and above all A LOT OF LUCK (because, as they say - there has been a lot of rich and healthy people on Titanic, after all... :-)). Hope to hear some good news soon. Veronika says she knows you'll make it - she's the same sun sign and she says she would... :-))) So you'd better... Loads of love from silly pair!
NAME: Dave Pickel
LOCATION: Somerset, NJ, USA
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Date: 12/29/2004
Time: 11:25:40 PMCOMMENTS
Once in a while, a definitive song comes along. Some examples: Purple Haze, We don't get fooled again, Wanted Dead or Alive, and many more. These songs are the ones you LOVE the first time you hear them, and from then on. I was in High School when I first heard White Room. It took over 30 yrs for me to even start to grow a bit tired of it. Even though I don't play it as often, It still sends shivers down my spine. So perfectly written. Jack, Thanks so much for all the music. Live Cream Vol II is still one of my most prized possessions. My kids knew who Cream was before they started school. Best Regards, Dave Pickel PS-Please take the re-united Cream to the New York area :)
NAME: Brian Miller
LOCATION: Denver, Colorado
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Date: 12/30/2004
Time: 6:53:07 AMCOMMENTS
Jack:
How about LAZARUS RISING as the album name?
Thanks for taking my suggestion, that evening at Don Quixote's in Denver, for creating an acoustic version of "As You Said" with your son, Malcolm.
Coming in on the 4th beat for the Sunshine guitar solo, Cole Porter's Refrain from "Night & Day" in Octaves may work (starting with E5 on the 9th position to G5 on the 12th; fretting and opening the 3rd string during chording also seems to work here). Playing Sunshine in E, I think the refrain ends in G Major. After a 3 beat tacet interval to finish the bar, I play a unison bend on C# , then B C# G A for the main sunshine riff, which again becomes the subdominant in E, leading back to tonic.
Additional words for Strange Brew:
"On a Rainbow Malestrom in an Ancient Sea
We will take our Stand for Eternity..Because.....
You Know All Else is Lost"
Strange Brew..... A Panorama of Life Inside You"
(2nd verse)
"Near a House at the end of 47th Street
We will turn Ourselves back to The Broadway Beat......Because.....
Know Mr. Jimi'...s Boss
Strange Brew......A Panorama of Life Inside You"
I know this will come off - You are all wiser for the years.
Thanks,
Brian Miller
