NAME: olga
LOCATION: russia
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Date: 1/2/2005
Time: 7:09:43 AMCOMMENTS
happy new year:)))))))))))))))))))
NAME: olga
LOCATION: russia
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Date: 1/2/2005
Time: 7:12:02 AMCOMMENTS
ha!i,here,in Russia,being 14 years old dream of Cream coming here and having a tour!!!!:)
NAME: Penny
LOCATION: Cheltenham
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Date: 1/2/2005
Time: 5:44:45 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack
Have been a fan for 20+ years -I love your solo stuff and Cream. I'm waiting avidly for tbe reunion -will be a huge excuse for a wild night out!!!
Hope to see you soon
NAME: Doug DeShong
LOCATION: Illinois,USA
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Date: 1/2/2005
Time: 11:29:09 PMCOMMENTS
We are all excited about the May, 2005 CREAM reunion rumors buzzing about. When & where will tickets be available?!I saw Jack & Cream October 11,1968 at the New Haven Arena in New Haven,CT. To see Cream, Jack's powerful vocals, his unforgettable rendition of the blues classic "Traintime" again would be the Ultimate Event!!
NAME: Bryan Browning
LOCATION: Fort Worth,Texas...USA
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Date: 1/4/2005
Time: 1:11:28 AMCOMMENTS
I was saddened to learn of Dick's passing.Iwill miss his music.I have been a fan of yours for many decades.You, John Entwistle and Peter Green are my alltime favorite performers.I have never Peter live in concert,but I saw John in fort Worth at Caravan of Dreams and You Leslie and Corky in 1972 in Dallas.Take care of yourself ... I LOVE YOU MAN !!!
NAME: Don
LOCATION: Huntsville, Alabama
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Date: 1/5/2005
Time: 10:04:20 PMCOMMENTS
Saw Jack and Cream at the Chastain Ampitheater in North Atlanta during the summer of 1969. Still remember that concert to this day! Incredible. I think I got a 4 track player that summer just to listen to Cream!
NAME: Dan Songer
LOCATION: Bradford, Pa, USA
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Date: 1/6/2005
Time: 1:08:16 PMCOMMENTS
I am a real fan of Jack Bruce. Follwed him in the 60's with Cream. The best bass player I have ever listened to. Heard of the Cream Reunion that is happening in May of 2005. Hope there will be a CD and DVD.
NAME: matty t
LOCATION: newyorkcity
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Date: 1/7/2005
Time: 11:16:31 AMCOMMENTS
I hope you are feeling well,and all is good with your family.I really enjoy "More Jack Than God",it is an ample piece to an all ready stellar body of work.I too belive that The late Dick Hecstall-Smith truly deserves a much more revered space in music history.He was an amazing muscian and a wonderful human being.A happy and healthy new year Jack,I so look forward to the reunion of you and Eric and the mystical genius Ginger.I hope that it shall come to pass with out any problem's or egotism getting in the way.I will leave you now as the strains of my all time favorite song of yours plays on my I Pod.Rope Ladder to the Moon. Matty T
NAME: Ondrej Benki Benkovic
LOCATION: Czech republic
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Date: 1/7/2005
Time: 2:12:48 PMCOMMENTS
Live in Love and Peace Brother.
NAME: richard Lloyd
LOCATION: sussex England
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Date: 1/9/2005
Time: 8:20:58 AMCOMMENTS
We all cannot wait to c you with the gang at The Albert Hall soon! It will be the best day for years Jack for all music fans! Can you tell us when it is yet!!? ook after yourself!
NAME: DENNIS MCKENNA
LOCATION: NEW YORK CITY
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Date: 1/9/2005
Time: 2:15:11 PMCOMMENTS
DEAR JACK: HOPE YOUR DOING WELL, LIVE TO BE 100 PLEASE. I AM 52 YEARS OF AGE, AND I STILL LISTEN TO SPOONFUL TO GET MY SORRY ASS MOVING. YOUR THE MAN, BE WELL.
NAME: fabrizio micheloni
LOCATION: são paulo,brasil
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Date: 1/11/2005
Time: 3:58:38 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack:I hope that you read this personly man,because you gave a direction to my musical life since the first time that I´ve hearded your wonderfull bass/singing lines of many of your achieves.You made me develop my own style,and at this present date,I`m part of a trio here in Brasil,and it`s called Carrobomba(translating:BombCar,a rock`n roll joke to this crazy days,and I REALLY know that you and Pete Brown know what I mean!)Anyway,we are an indepedent band here and we are beginning to be noted by the rockers,music lovers and (un)fortunatelly,by the musical press!Hope you be able to hear our grounbreakin´rock,someday,because I know that GOD will not take you away from us so soon,and YOU and HIM know this,for sure.Jack,when I`ve hearded about CREAM´s reunion,I just could`n believe,man!Do me a favor:COME TO BRASIL,PLEASE!I´M BEGGING YOU!...Otherwise,I´ll have to go to London to see you play at the first line! I just want to know you someday,because your music make clear that you are a great human being.Sorry for Dick`s lost and THE POWERHOUSE SOD thrills me everyday... Lots of love to you and your family... From your undoubtelly number one follower,Fabrizio
NAME: Mostyn
LOCATION: UK
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Date: 1/13/2005
Time: 4:41:58 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Can't help it, but the magic of "cream" is still out there. I've listened to Eric and Ginger many times but there is always something missing in their performance, and that is that spark and synergy that makes it happen for us – the fans. Hendrix said it all when he went "rogue" and played "Cream" on the beeb.
I’m still hopeful that one day you will play together one more time… If so it would be the biggest gig in the history of music.
NAME: Philip
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Date: 1/13/2005
Time: 5:33:29 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: Paul Rapatano
LOCATION: Boston Ma. USA
ADDRESS: taursho2msn.com
Date: 1/13/2005
Time: 11:52:01 PMCOMMENTS
I'm so glad that you have recovered. I'm glad I'm glad I'm glad. I am estatic that Cream will reunite. I don't know if you'll make it to O'l Beantown but one can hope. I have been a fan since I first heard the opening strains of I Feel Free. Cream was a beath of fresh air. So different and ultimately one of the few truely influential musical groups of all time. They are right up there with the Beatles. Cream did for musicianship what the Beatles did for song writing. This is not to sell Creams' (escentially you) song writing short. Though Eric went on to become such a huge international star it was you that was the brains, heart and soul of Cream. It amazes me how important the band is concidering thier short lifespan. What a band! I look forward to the cd and dvd of the concert. How stupid would it be not to produce them! I am saddened to hear of the passing of "your father" D.H.S. A great muscian. I wish you good health and a long life. Keep cranking out the great music. You are unique. Your lifelong fan Paul. PS Your autograph on a brown paper bag (it held beer previously) still hangs, framed on my wall.
NAME: Russell Repp
LOCATION: Los Angeles CA
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Date: 1/14/2005
Time: 3:42:10 PMCOMMENTS
Jack is one of my favorite bass players , and I am very excited about the reforming of Cream , certainly one of the strongest , best super rock groups ever ! I need to find out , when in may 05' they will be playing so I can make travel planes . I will need tickets to the event , I miss not miss this event !
NAME: walter
LOCATION: belgium
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Date: 1/17/2005
Time: 9:38:21 AMCOMMENTS
Many of us often (and i'm one of it)talk about what you have done in the past, Jack. But for an artist his last "creation" "tribute" ( to music - in the case of Jack )is the most important. Listening again and again to "more jack than god" let me tell you, Jack, that this is one of the best things you have ever made. Thanks and have a good new year.
NAME: maurizio
LOCATION: italy
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Date: 1/17/2005
Time: 12:45:57 PMCOMMENTS
after 37 years at finally we will see cream again.For one day again will love to recove my past with your music. Jimi hendrix and Cream were my fav at the times.Unfortunately no chance to hear jimi but you, wow you're ready again. Hoping to get tickets here in italy, the fly just wait us Stay groovy, jack maurizio
NAME: Glenn Flowers
LOCATION: Hesperia, California USA
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Date: 1/17/2005
Time: 5:38:37 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I can only echo the sentiments of all the others writing here. I was a bassist/keyboardist in'68 when I heard Crossroads from Wheels of Fire. I was never the same again.
You generated within me a freedom and spirit of adventure that has served me very well for near forty years. Everytime I plug in the EB-3 I think about what Jack would do if he were here. I am constantly aware of your ethereal presence, scrutinizing and nodding approval of my performance.
Needless to say, you have been my hero both on and off the stage. There will never be another such as you.
Congratulations in whipping the illness. No, your MD's did not know you very well. I do.
In whatever you choose to do, I pray for your happiness. May you be in Heaven a week before Lucifer hears you've passed.
With undying admiration and love, Glenn Flowers-bassist
NAME: Bill Kutlesa
LOCATION: On a boat in Auckland
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Date: 1/18/2005
Time: 1:59:09 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack and best wishes to you. Thrilled to hear you, Eric and Ginger are playing together again in May. The only thing better than being there for that is if you and the band could play for my daughter's coming out party? Please let me know A.S.A.P as I'll have to adopt a girl and sell everything I own. The adoption could take a while...
Cheers Bill
NAME: Steve Gregoropoulos
LOCATION: Los Angeles
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Date: 1/18/2005
Time: 6:28:05 PMCOMMENTS
Jack - what a trip to be posting in your guestbook. It actually makes me like the internet. Which is not easy to do.
Anyway, when I was a bad kid skipping school we used to stay up all night and listen to Harmony Row. Now I'm 46. The other night I stayed up all night listening to Harmony Row with my best friend, a 28 year old punk guitarist.
She was blown away and now she plays the record all the time - and she's the hottest guitarist in the city. There you go. It's an immortal album. I hope you read this guest book and feel good about that.
Because you are one of the only people to bring any kind of real classical music sensibility into pop recordings. No pro-rock bulls**t. It's the real deal.
Keep making records. We need 'em.
-s
NAME: Pat Webb
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Date: 1/18/2005
Time: 7:01:55 PMCOMMENTS
As the reunion has been confirmed, I would appreciate it if someone in the UK could please advise when & where tickets can be obtained.
NAME: craig
LOCATION: deleon springs, fla
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Date: 1/20/2005
Time: 1:06:59 PMCOMMENTS
jack, to make any other comments about the reunion of the cream would be redundant but I feel everyone should know the complexity of this group. I probably did more research o the cream than any other rock band and for good reason. You all had a different sound...unmatched. I always wanted to pit your band against the likes of zepplin even though styles were different. Talent has a way to come to the top (ie like cream)...hope you are doing well to really the best bass player I've ever heard. Keep ginger snapping his sticks and let eric follow you every once in awhile...later from the biggest cream fan ever...craig
NAME: Paul Doyle
LOCATION: Larkhall. Scotland
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Date: 1/22/2005
Time: 2:32:50 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack
Its been a long time 35 years to be exact.
I knew your Mum “Betty” well, who could forget her ! obviously that’s where you got your sense of fun and lust for life. I would visit her regularly at her home in Chatham in Eastkilbride. She would give me fizzy drinks and biscuits and let me tickle your piano in the living room. She would then sit me down and play me the cassette session tapes that you would regularly send to her and ask me what I thought. I remember in particular the tapes for Hows Tricks. They were such an inspiration to me at my early age.
I remember your Dad “Charlie he was a character and a half, he and your Mum would pop over sometimes normally on new years after the bells your Dad would bring his fiddle and that would be that. I lived with my parents in Chatham across from your parents house.
You and I met on a couple of occasions the last time we spoke you had come up to chatham in your Jag SJX. I told you at the time that your music had inspired my to become a singer song writer. I will always remember your advice to me at the time “ Don’t do it for a living Paul, get a good career and keep your music as a serious hobby”
I took your advice and got a job in financial services. Im now 42 and the career that you advised me to get has come in pretty useful to feed my wife three children. However, I have continued to write and record my own stuff at home. I wouldn’t mind you having a listen to my stuff and letting me know if I am doomed to a further 25 years in financial services ! ha ha.
I was delighted to hear that you are having a a reunion with Cream as I was a little young first time around and hope to able to get a couple of tickets for the Albert Hall and bring my Son “Gregor” that would be fantastic !
Well Jack, I will close by saying that I was very sorry to hear how ill you had been last year and I am delighted that you have made such a great recovery. I have so much to thank you for, namely the original inspiration in my song writing which has been the passion of my life. I will never forget and often think fondly of the days spent with your Mum at Chatham.
My very kind regards
Paul Doyle
NAME: Ria Rogers
LOCATION: S. Rockwood, Michigan, USA
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Date: 1/23/2005
Time: 5:33:58 PMCOMMENTS
Read about the Cream reunion at Royal Albert Hall sometime in May. My husband wants tickets. Good time of year to visit London. Please post when tickets are available. Glad you are well. The event will be good for you as well as your fans.
NAME: Chuck Maurer
LOCATION: san antonio
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Date: 1/23/2005
Time: 11:50:01 PMCOMMENTS
keep on keeping on. loved your music since the the mid 60's.
NAME: Pete Wilkinson
LOCATION: Chelmsford
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Date: 1/26/2005
Time: 2:24:07 AMCOMMENTS
i remember the 25th anniversary colosseum gig in london when dick heckstall smith was kind enough to sign his autobiography for me and then managed to round up yourself and gary moore plus the rest of the band to sign. this was an honour for me and dick was a total gentleman who will be sorely missed at future colosseum gigs. RIP Dick!
NAME: Jim Boettcher
LOCATION: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: 1/26/2005
Time: 11:37:33 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Ok, everybody is waiting on pins and needles to hear news about the CREAM reunion, I have been waiting since '75 for it and all but gave up hope. Is there any possibility that you guys could extend tour to the "states"? I will be very satisfied to see the DVD, but, my son brought up the question "wouldn't it be the concert of a lifetime to see Cream live?" I agree, but can't afford to travel to England. Eagerly awaiting--God Bless, Jim Boettcher
NAME: Rob
LOCATION: South Shields, Far Far Away from London
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Date: 1/27/2005
Time: 7:03:51 PMCOMMENTS
Jack First of all - I hope that you're well and happy with life, which is by far the most important thing. Next: have just added to my collection of your output with Jet Set Jewel (a TRUE jewel), Songs For A Tailor (very cool and incredibly imaginative), and Doing This ... On Ice (nice and loose in parts, so a real concert - and showing how you preserve/augment the past and constantly build for the future). Thank you for your truly astonishing talent and output. I now almost have your complete output (sounds rude to me!!) with just 3 to go. Finally: the Cream reunion. Someone, somewhere is just making an obscene killing with the tickets. Hopefully you, Ginger and Eric will gain financially and musically what you rightfully deserve - but getting a ticket is now beyond a joke. 35 years on and the final Cream gigs will be rembered as much for the sell out of the true fans as for the significance of the group and its reunion. Sorry to end this mail on a down note but this just hasn't been thought through enough. Cheers all the same my friend - you remain an inspiration to many. Rob
NAME: Mandy Wenzel
LOCATION: Iddergem Belgium
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Date: 1/28/2005
Time: 1:27:41 PMCOMMENTS
hoi i just read the belgium papers, well my boyfriend did. you are playing in Royal Albert Hall i saw with your two old musiccolleagues. well i will be sitting on the PC first thing monday morning. gotta work anyhow and will book that ticket.and i hope no one dares to stop me. god i love my babes for seeing that. i hope i will be there. god bless my with two ticket. i miss you guys. my hugs and kisses to the kids. love mandy xxxx
NAME: Bill
LOCATION: Connecticut, USA
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Date: 1/28/2005
Time: 8:53:07 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
Will you play "Theme From An Imaginary Western" in May - even though it's not a Cream song. I'm amazed by the close history between members of Cream and Mountain - Felix - Leslie - Corky. Hope to see Cream play in NYC!!?? Play on!
NAME: Sveinar Hoff
LOCATION: trondheim
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Date: 1/28/2005
Time: 11:59:26 PMCOMMENTS
takk for at du den dag i dag er stor inspirasjonskilde!
NAME: John Wylam
LOCATION: Bowling Green OH
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Date: 1/29/2005
Time: 2:35:16 AMCOMMENTS
All Bright Blessings to this reunion. It's a wonderful thing and I hope that all involved find this a creative period. There's every good reason to imagine it so. I can't help but imagine what it will sound like. The DVD is going to be incredible. There will be one, I trust....
When I first heard Jack's retrospective live 2-CD set, now already over a decade old, amazingly, it was the augmentation that most struck me, how the music did not suffer. Not to say Cream wouldn't still be able to take off at Mach 15 as a trio (one could imagine the "arrangements" to work in such a way, as one example), just that if we consider the possibilities available now -- anyway, this is just one gentle opinion, but the firm truth is I'll buy the DVD on its release date, and hope that the Rock and Roll HoF footage might even be included if possible.
Finally, though, I'm anxious to see what these three musicians will say to each other through music. It's clear their mutual commication hasn't waned one bit. Their experience in the intervening years will mean everything -- Clapton's very public and all-too-genuine reasons for playing the blues, Baker's long apprenticeship in Africa and afterwards (of course his solo discs are also must-haves), and Jack Bruce's dazzling experiments. What will it all sound like, decades and decades on? I'm breathless. Absolutely breathless. And no expectations at all; this is going to be astonishing.
NAME: Martti Turunen
LOCATION: Finland
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Date: 1/29/2005
Time: 4:35:36 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack,
We are dreaming Here that The Cream Reunion II Will Happen In Helsinki 13th Nowember 2005. We had no money to go to Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki in that evening 1967. Ha Haa Martti
NAME: tom puzio
LOCATION: pequannock n.j.
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Date: 1/29/2005
Time: 10:13:11 AMCOMMENTS
let's take bets on whether jack brings out the eb-3 this may.or does he stick with the warwicks? fender just rereleased his old 6 string maybe just maybe he'll bring one of thoseout like the one he used on fresh cream.fender would probably paint it any way and color he would like.haha remember jack fans that's supposidly why he switched to the gibson tacky paint tom.
NAME: Terry Lewis
LOCATION: Alabama, USA
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Date: 1/29/2005
Time: 12:05:14 PMCOMMENTS
Mr Bruce I'm so glad...(haha) you're in better health and ready to perform again! Cream reunion very exciting. As a bass player and music affectionado practically all of my life, I can truly say you are in the pantheon of heroes (forgive my stating the obvious, but you've been such an inspiration to so many of us, sir). Best wishes and regards.
NAME: Paul Fuller
LOCATION: Sydney
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Date: 1/30/2005
Time: 4:10:53 AMCOMMENTS
I am so happy that Messrs. Bruce ,Baker and Clapton have decided to play together again. Since 1968 they have all gone on to different things , with various levels of success. Of course , most people that log onto this site believe Jack Bruce to be the influential musician of that band, and to a certain extent , that is true. We all have his solo albums (if we can get them ) . However, we must not forget that a certain chemistry appears when Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker play with Jack Bruce.Clapton said himself in 1993 that he feels "inspired" by Jack Bruce when he plays beside him. And to paraphrase ,as I can't remember the exact quote " there is that special thing that happens when he (Jack) starts to sing". Break a leg Guys . Play it loud. Dick Heckstall-Smith would have been proud to see two London lads and a Glaswegian playin' the Blues. I wish I could be there. Paul.
NAME: MARIE-DO MINNE
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Date: 1/30/2005
Time: 4:14:07 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack ! I don't know if I will be in london in May, but I wish you (and all of the band) 4 great nights ! Thank you for giving us beautifull moments with your music. and Have a very nice year.
NAME: Lance Armstrong
LOCATION: Plano, Tx
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Date: 1/30/2005
Time: 2:00:25 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, Please bring the Cream show to Dallas. If you don't know, in America, Texas is definately GUITAR COUNTRY !!!! Not to be confused with COuntry and Western. I mean.. Rock GUITAR Country. Like as in Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Johnson, and so many more influential players as you know. As a minimum, bring it to Dallas and Austin !! Lance Armstrong Plano, Tx
NAME: Rick Gutierrez
LOCATION: Dallas, Texas USA
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Date: 1/30/2005
Time: 7:36:02 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Hope all is well and you are in good health. Thanks to my longtime friend David Spurlock (Hi David, who runs your 'Smiles & Grins' fanzine) I was fortunate to see you twice in Dallas and once in New York City. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to London for the Cream reunion (financially challenged you know). Maybe you, Eric & Ginger can somehow find your way over the big pond and land in Dallas (stranger things have happened right?). Well from my mouth to GOD'S (and yours) ears. Good luck & GOD bless Rick
NAME: delbrt
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 1/30/2005
Time: 7:56:11 PMCOMMENTS
BLOODY OUTRAGED!!!!!
THIS TAKES THE CAKE- BLIMEY!! A PUBLIC OUTRAGE!! THE CHEAPEST TIX ARE 434 DOLLARS READ WGAT PEOPLE SAY- I KNOW YOU & GINGER NEED MONEY- BUT AT LEAST DO IT RIGHT AND PLAY A TOUR READ THIS ANYBODY- ABSOLUTLEY OUTRAGED!! http://vintageamps.com/PlexiPalaceUBBcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=16&t=005563#000003
NAME: jave brown
LOCATION: USA, Massachussettes
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 12:54:51 AMCOMMENTS
I always wanted to play an instument when I was growing up but I was never sure what to play. Then one day after a drunken high-shool party after being totally busted by my mother for being delinquent and drunk I saw a live video of Cream perforiming. Right then and there I knew wanted to play bass. If it weren't for Jack I may have never made that decision. I feel I owe him great thanks.
Thanks Jack for all you have given us! -Jave
NAME: Andie Nelson
LOCATION: Leeds, UK
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 5:38:01 AMCOMMENTS
which plank decided to put the cream tickets up via one 3rd rate agancy?, 2 hours trying and all i've seen is 'busy' screen' heard 'busy' messages on phone, and watched the ticket options online fall.
still none, well organised guys.
NAME: Andie Nelson
LOCATION: Leeds, UK
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 6:13:21 AMCOMMENTS
absolutley gutted, over 2 hours on both phone and net getting next to nothing but 'busy' screens & messages. got 'thru' twice on phone only to get a recorded 'busy, this call will now disconnect' damn it, put me in a queue you inept muppetts. got right thru to payment details on site, and then the site locks up with it's black 'busy' screen again. whoever got stalls block Q, 237 & 238, you have no Idea how lucky you are, they were mine till the site gave up. very poorly organised, no doubt some jammy get rang up at 11 for the 1st time and got a ticket straight off.
here's hoping this is rectified later in the year with a proper tour, please Jack, Ginge & Eric?
NAME: andie nelson
LOCATION: Leeds, UK
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 6:21:26 AMCOMMENTS
is hould say the tickets I almost got (see last post) where for the tuesday, if the lucky buyers reading!.
also, if you remember Jack, I was the long haired youngster running around in front of the stage (when everyone else was still seated!) at Leeds Irish centre back in '94, when Blues Saraceno & Gary Husband completed the band. the hair's gone now mind!. I still have some of the pics on my wall!. £6.50 that ticket, and Labour think they've killed inflation!!!!
NAME: Grant Scale
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 7:19:11 AMCOMMENTS
Well, After being pumped about booking for ticket/s for the reunion and coming over from Australia, I am sitting here utterly deavastated at midnight after missing out, unable to get through on the web or phone, only to see that they are all booked out. Talk about a feeding frenzy!! Jack and Margrit, if there is any more reunion concerts, is there any way of helping us Aussies get tickets? The Cream would book the 80,000+ venues here in Australia without any trouble - just like Bowie, Van Morrison and the Stones have over the past couple of years. I haven't given up if there's any tickets out there.
NAME: Gies Aalberts
LOCATION: Netherlands
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 7:27:00 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
I've been trying to get tickets, but the booking service is a pain in the ass. To busy to order. I dont mind at whatever price, but sure as hell I'm not going to miss this opportunity. CU in May, mark my words.
Gies
NAME: Ross Henighen
LOCATION: Glasgow, Scotland
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 9:05:08 AMCOMMENTS
Have been waiting so long for the Cream reunion. Me, my dad and brother are big fans and were planning on going to the gig in May. Just got through on the hotline after four hours of waiting to be told everything was sold out, even started at 9AM when it opened. Well disapointed, had no chance on the phone and the web booking didnt even work. Other ticket web sites have them for sale at five times the amount of face value(which is already a rip off)and they have plenty for sale. What kind of joke is that? Just making this rant coz this is truly a one off gig and im sure this happened to many people, this is unfair, anybody should have the chance to go, not just the rich who can afford to blow a grand on a ticket. Why allow other ticket companies to buy all the tickets and sell them for more? Its out of order! I guess thats just the way of the world. Hope you read this Jack, will still continue to love your music. Im sure the gig will become legend. Keep it Real! Ross
NAME: Frank teti
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 12:14:49 PMCOMMENTS
So I know where I was when Elvis and John Lennon died and now when I heard Cream is Reuniting. I saw Cream when I was 15 in Phila -- Farewell concer. An Paid $5 for a good seat, does anyone know how much the tickets are for this one. Anywho, I have seen some wild numbers.
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NAME: Steev Cursons
LOCATION: UK
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 12:49:12 PMCOMMENTS
Cream are playing The Royal Albert Hall in May this year.
I have been a fan since they formed in the sixties, albeit as a young teenager. This year I am 50. What a present that would be, my sweetheart and I thought.
I saw in the Sunday Times that tickets were to go on sale from 9.00 am on Monday 31st January.
Despite being at work I arranged the net so that I was just into the ticket site, I had 2 mobiles with the number for the booking office at the RAH programmed in. At bang on 9.00 am I hit the dial on both and clicked the right buttons on the net.
Both phones were giving the engaged tone and the net was showing that the site was very busy and to try again later.
I dialled constantly on the mobiles for two and a half hours so much so that I am surprised that the little green and red phones were not completely worn off. Not once did I get anything other than the engaged tone. Colleagues in the office tried, same result.
The net was a no hoper, 'Very busy please try later' was the best I could get for over 2 hours.
Until at 11.30 the net worked I was into the site and there were tickets showing available, until you select how many you want, then the computer says no. It is probably sold out is the best advice the net can give!
However on E-Bay there were tickets being advertised at grossly inflated prices as little as one and a half hours after the lines and net opening. These were the people who stopped me getting through. People who had no intention of going to the concert and their sole aim was to gain.
Well I will not on principle pay those prices, I would hope that they catch a cold but doubt it.
If this is capitalist Britain I am glad that I can retire in a little over 3 years and leave.
I hope some real fans managed to get through and get tickets.
NAME: paul marcovitch
LOCATION: Bristol,England
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 3:16:24 PMCOMMENTS
just to put it in perspective, i've been listening to Cream & solo Jack for around 35 years & when i heard about the reunion gigs,thought yeh at last!!! I'm sure I can voice the huge dissapointment of not only myself but thousands of other real fans,at not being able to obtain tickets!! 2 of us tried from 9am until 7.30pm.PLEASE PLEASE DO MORE DATES!!!
NAME: Jerry Lewis
LOCATION: UK
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Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 5:44:11 PMCOMMENTS
I have just spent the whole day trying to book tickets for the RAH concerts in May and could not find any way to get there. I now look on the web & find tickets going for £1,777 on the first available date. Wot's goin' on. I was at the farewell concerts - give us a break. Do we have to succumb to the cynicism of the ticket touts ????
NAME: mandy
LOCATION: brussel
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Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 7:54:37 AMCOMMENTS
hi guys i booked myself a ticket for the cream concert in London. god i am happy. i will only be able to see they lil' bum swinging over the stage as i sit behind them somewhere, but hey, so what.. just wish me luck and hope that i do get my tickets. love to all of you. and if you are there too. god bless you for being lucky enough xxx one comment dont you guys think its easier to have the last entry on the top not the bottom of the page? xxx
NAME: adrian
LOCATION: garden bay british columbia canada
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Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 8:22:57 AMCOMMENTS
Very excited,have my ticket and can't wait to be in the presence of our generation's greatest musical genius.Hope you are well and looking forward to the shows.
NAME: Andrew Cross
LOCATION: Bristol. England
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Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 9:03:24 AMCOMMENTS
Today I couldn't be more sad and disappointed.I spent from 9am 'til 7.30pm yesterday (31/01/05)phoning the Royal Albert Hall continuously. Only to eventually be told that all the tickets,for all the CREAM concert dates were sold out by 2.30pm. There has got to be a better way to sale tickets.It's so unfair. I've waited 37 years for this (I'm 57)been an avid fan,bought numerous LP's,tapes and CD's and always prayed that CREAM would reform. I was so pleased that Jack was fit enough to perform and I wish him well. I first saw Jack with the Graham Bond Organisation with Dick Heckstall-Smith (now sadly recently passed on),and Ginger Baker. I can honestly say Jack has been a great influence on my musical life. I'm just devastated at not getting tickets. "Hear me calling your name.Won't you come back again"
NAME: mark willshire
LOCATION: portsmouth
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Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 10:00:36 AMCOMMENTS
hi jack, i dont know if you get time to read these but i would just like to express my dissappointment at the manner in which the cream royal albert hall tickets were distributed. I am not just bitter about not getting a ticket, i sat at my computer, as im sure thousands of others did, and experienced a waiting time of 2 hours continously using both the net and phone. When i eventually got through to the ticket buying stage i entered in 3 tickets (one for me my mum and dad) for the S section on the monday at £75 each.(these were meant to be a present for my mums 50th on may 31st). I then clicked continue and it said that the site was busy- if this was the case for everybody then no-one would have obtained a ticket at all! this happened upward of 20 times and the dite came across as ill prepared for the massive demand for tickets. It was frustrating to be so close to a ticket so many times and to be let down. The tickets now seem to have found their way into the hands of touts who are already asking up to £795 for them. My point is that although it was no fault of the band or any of its members everytime i now put on a cream long player im filled with dissappointment rather than happiness. Unfortunately the group has been slightly tarred by mismanagement further down the chain. i only picked your site to air my dissappointment because this is the only plausable way i might have of contacting you. mark
NAME: Rob Walker
LOCATION: London
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Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 10:33:01 AMCOMMENTS
Corruption reigns. Seems like Bookingdirect have sold many seats to Onlineticketshop, who are selling from GBp225 upwards to GBP750.00. Altho* max 4seats advertised, they were willing to accept 20+ seats from agencies. I only found out today, 1st Feb,05 that Cream were playing via your site and to say i*m disappointed, well i*ve been waiting since 1968... Sorry about DHS, I loved his playing, seen him many times over the years........
NAME: Bruce Conforth
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 4:37:40 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Don't know if you'll remember me but I was the Curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when Cream was inducted. You and Ginger and I sat for a while in my suite at the Century Plaza discussing all sorts of notions about music. It was one of my fondest recollections. But that evening, when you all were on stage again and did Sunshine of your Love, Born Under a Bad Sign, and Crossroads, was the high point of my musical and professional life. Hope to see you if you all make it to the states. Best, Bruced
NAME: Anne
LOCATION: Carey
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Date: 2/2/2005
Time: 4:59:40 AMCOMMENTS
Bluesblue really is blue - redialing the Albert Hall non stop Monday morning amounted to nought, and now touts are reselling tickets at over inflated prices - ah well, just have to wait for the DVD ! Good Luck, Jack, hope it all goes off pat !
NAME: mark
LOCATION: willshire
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Date: 2/2/2005
Time: 10:06:07 AMCOMMENTS
hi jack-i would just like to express my dissappointment at the manner in which the cream royal albert hall tickets were distributed. I am not just bitter about not getting a ticket, i sat at my computer, as im sure thousands of others did, and experienced a waiting time of 2 hours continously using both the net and phone. When i eventually got through to the ticket buying stage i entered in 3 tickets (one for me my mum and dad) for the S section on the monday at £75 each.(these were meant to be a present for my mums 50th on may 31st). I then clicked continue and it said that the site was busy- if this was the case for everybody then no-one would have obtained a ticket at all! this happened upward of 20 times and the dite came across as ill prepared for the massive demand for tickets. It was frustrating to be so close to a ticket so many times and to be let down. The tickets now seem to have found their way into the hands of touts who are already asking up to £795 for them. My point is that although it was no fault of the band or any of its members everytime i now put on a cream long player im filled with dissappointment rather than happiness. Unfortunately the group has been slightly tarred by mismanagement further down the chain. i only picked your site to air my dissappointment because this is the only plausable way i might have of contacting you. mark
NAME: Bill
LOCATION: Cork, Ireland
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Date: 2/2/2005
Time: 12:19:12 PMCOMMENTS
Had to pay an agency for my Cream tickets, 2 nights hotel next to the R.A.H. and air fares from Ireland. 1500 euro - worth every penny - see you in May. The concert of a lifetime. Bill
NAME: Bruce Conforth
LOCATION: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Date: 2/2/2005
Time: 12:43:11 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, I hope this finds you doing great and that you remember me... I was the curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when Cream was inducted and you, Ginger, and I spent some time during the day before the ceremony in my suite at the Century Plaza talking about all manner of things. I just wanted to let you know that the performance that night of Sunshine of Your Love, Born Under a Bad Sign, and Crossroads still stands out to me as one of the high points of my professional and personal life. I really believed that would be the last reunion of you all, but now I can only hope that you attempt to extend the reunion to the states. I would look so forward to seeing you again. Very best Wishes, Bruce
NAME: Torben Jan Jens R Jens S Claus
LOCATION: Copenhagen
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Date: 2/2/2005
Time: 3:20:48 PMCOMMENTS
We were so excided about the four conserts in Royal Albert Hall - BUT we did not make it with the tickets - "Completly sold out" - was the answer. When will the dates for some more conserts be announced??? We want a positive answer. Have a good time on the 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 6th of May. Best regards five Danish Cream-fans
NAME: John
LOCATION: Richmond, Ca. USA
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Date: 2/2/2005
Time: 9:18:29 PMCOMMENTS
any chance that Creme will do a tour in the US
NAME: Mauno Keto
LOCATION: Mikkeli - Finland
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Date: 2/3/2005
Time: 8:15:36 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack !
I have been your fan since 1966, when I heard You and Cream playing! Spoonful and Politician are still my favorites and will remain such also in the future.
I read that you have had very serious problems with your health and that you have undergone a serious medical operation which seems to have been successful at the end, so I have understood. I wish you a lot of health for your future days. And thanks for the good news for all Cream music lovers which tell us that you, Eric and Ginger will give four concerts in May !
Regards to your family too !
NAME: Roger Bono
LOCATION: scottsdale,az usa
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Date: 2/4/2005
Time: 12:01:39 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Mr. Bruce. Just wondering what bass rig you like to play through for small clubs when you are playing a Warwick? Also,what amps did you prefer to play through during arena tours in the late 60's? Also, when will your RAH reunion concert be available to us here in the states? Who is going to be playing the kit? Thank you for your time. Roger Bono
NAME: Bill Blunck
LOCATION: Chicago
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Date: 2/4/2005
Time: 4:15:39 AMCOMMENTS
Jack -
Saw you in Chicago in 1970 and have been a fanatic fan ever since, but never saw Cream - been waiting for 35 years and I'll be there.
Are you gonna play an EB3 with Cream ?
BB
NAME: Stefan Gäfvert
LOCATION: Östersund, Sweden
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Date: 2/4/2005
Time: 4:43:26 AMCOMMENTS
I’m a 55-year-old music freak and a big Cream fan from Sweden who have been listening to the Cream records from the beginning. I still get as high as ever by this fantastic music and was very pleased to hear about the concerts in Royal Albert Hall. I tried hard to get tickets for my two daughters and me on the Internet but failed. That was a disaster because it would be a highpoint for me to be able hear and see Cream live, especially with my daughters accompanying me. Some things in life can mean a lot to you and Creams music have given me much joy. I get the most kicks out of the live recordings improvised parts, especially in Sweet Wine, Spoonful, Toad and I’m So Glad, where the ensemble playing reaches fantastic heights. Thank you for that! I have really been depressed not being able to get any tickets and sincerely hope that you acquire the taste of your playing together again and possibly decide to give some more concerts. That would be heavenly for me to get a new chance to see Cream perform live. I think there are many more people that wish the same. So good luck with your concerts and hopefully it will give you much pleasure to play and perform together again.
NAME: Pete Skjold
LOCATION: Lewisville Tx
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Date: 2/4/2005
Time: 5:12:26 PMCOMMENTS
Jack is my biggest influence as a bass player. I have played as a pro going on 18 years. Before I played bass I found a record in my dads collection called " West , Bruce and Laing Live N' Kickin" Well I loved it ! I didn't know that what I was hearing during the solo on Powerhouse Sod was a bass , I thought it can't be a bass ! When I started playing the bass a couple of years later I learned that solo and have not looked back...until just recently when I purchased the reissue of that glorious album. I can't say how much Jack's music and outlook have shaped me as a musician,( for there are no words ) all I can say is God bless you Jack and keep Thumpin out those notes. Thanks for teaching me how to find my expresion on the bass. Have fun in May !!
Best regards,
Pete Skjold
NAME: Michael Briggs
LOCATION: Mill Valley California
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Date: 2/4/2005
Time: 5:26:22 PMCOMMENTS
I am listening to the Manchester '75 2 CD Set and it is incredible... The only number that I truly miss is "Timeslip" as the bass-playing is riveting Please bring the Cream reunion tour to S.F. and L.A. where you once recorded at Wally Heiders: "Out Of The Storm" LP(1974)... Also,It would be great if Cream would do some newly written freshly Pete Brown/Jack Bruce/Eric Clapton or Ginger Baker/Mike Taylor new Material as you once mentioned back when you did the '89 Tour with Blues Scarceno and Ginger Baker...for the "A Question Of Time" LP/CD. My favorite tunes on "Out Of The Storm" are "Golden Days","One" "Timeslip",etc. "Timeslip" should now be done by the New CREAM as it is so drenched in Organic Raging Creamy jamming syncopated blues/jazz-jamming rock that it's unbelievable that no one hardly ever remembers it...It could be a new Smash Hit as it hits home in a very blisteringly intensely outrageous unbelieveable reminiscent of CREAM way! Long Live The CREAM....God Bless The Musical Genius Felix Pappalardi. Who Eric Clapton claimed would be the only Producer who would ever Produce THE CREAM...
NAME: Tony
LOCATION: Michigan,U.S.A.
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Date: 2/4/2005
Time: 9:16:20 PMCOMMENTS
Jack...I love your performance on "Sitting on top of the world" & "Passing the Time" I never tire of hearing those songs.
NAME: Frederick Wickman
LOCATION: Malta
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Date: 2/5/2005
Time: 6:07:20 AMCOMMENTS
Cream was a band that inspired me in music way back in their begining. Saw Jack Bruce live once in Germany with Ian Hammer about 1979/80 or 81, great bass player
NAME: Ruediger
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 2/5/2005
Time: 7:04:07 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I'm glad about the reunion shows. But I'm really pissed about the ticket situation. No chance to get a ticket via internet or phone. Seems that tickets have been gone to scalpers only (see ebay and other ticket agencies). If this was you intension of reunion I'm really sad. I was thrilled to come to London and visit at least one show but I think I can't (and also not willing) to afford 1700 GBP for a ticket.
My Best from Germany Ruediger (still using "Bluesbass" to learn some of your licks)
NAME: Chris Robinson
LOCATION: Lincoln, England
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Date: 2/5/2005
Time: 7:18:29 PMCOMMENTS
Just hope the Cream concerts are a great success, and remind the world who really were the originators of heavy metal/jazz rock and music that lasted longer than 3 minutes. I've never doubted !!!
NAME: Ruediger
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 2/6/2005
Time: 6:38:10 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, two hearts are beating in my chest: On one hand I'm glad that finally there is the Cream reunion. On the other hand I'm really angry about the ticket sales. I don't know what was going on there. But at least there was no chance to get a single ticket for any show. When I'm looking through the net and see that the scalpers are asking up to 1700 GBP for a ticket and even on ebay the tickets are going for over 1000 GBP.
As you wrote here on your site: Unless someone hands over tons of bucks to Eric there will be no reunion. As to say it with Zappa: "We're only in it for the money!" What a shame!
Regards from Germany Ruediger (still using your Bassbook)
NAME: Laura
LOCATION: New Ipswich,NH
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Date: 2/6/2005
Time: 11:30:36 AMCOMMENTS
Hi-Ho-Jack-- BTL Rocks and your voice is one of a kind--keep it up---Oh ya sounds awesome
NAME: Jenni
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Date: 2/6/2005
Time: 11:39:10 AMCOMMENTS
Hope you are getting better, J
NAME: Angelo Alencar
LOCATION: Brazil
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Date: 2/7/2005
Time: 9:21:21 AMCOMMENTS
jack eric ginger thanks for your reunion and music Angelo from Rio de Janeiro Brazil.PS: 05/03/2005 it´s my birthday it´s a pitty that London is very far from Rio.
NAME: Wiggy Wigstaff
LOCATION: London
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Date: 2/7/2005
Time: 10:23:13 AMCOMMENTS
What will the newly reunited Cream play or sound like at the Albert Hall? For an authentic touch, will they do lots of one chord BLooZ jammin’ at ear shredding volume in an environment with no fold back but with big stacks, tiny PA and the inability to hear what each other was playing? (Which seemed to be the way they did it nearly forty years ago and presumably led to the “free” and “innovative” way they did it) or will they attempt a rather more grown up sound utilizing a modern system with modest stage amps, up to date monitors and perhaps additional session/ sidemen musicians thus being able to play the more musical “studio” stuff live? It would be easy for them to play Spoonful, I’m So Glad, Politician et cetera but it would be great to see and hear material like Pressed Rat and Warthog, Anyone For Tennis? Wrapping Paper and the more psychedelic bits of Disraeli Gears done live. Perhaps they’ll do both. First set: long Marshall stack on full tilt jamming versions with no foldback and one overhead drum mic through a museum piece PA (400 watt Watkins?). Second set: Badge, Passing the Time, Deserted Cities of the Heart, As You Said, Blue Condition, Doing That Scrapyard Thing, The Clearout, Dance the Night Away and so forth with Jack on ‘cello and added acoustic guitars, keyboards, brass, strings woodwind, backing singers, percussion and a state of the art sound system (with a modest FOH sound please!). Last set: Back to the authentic 1960’s equipment, Sunshine of your Love/ White Room/ Crossroads and general playing to gallery type stuff.
NAME: deepinder
LOCATION: birmingham
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Date: 2/7/2005
Time: 12:18:51 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
News of DHS has hit us hard here in Birmingham,the Art School Dance is slowly becoming empty.Have you seen the musical section of 'Gonks go beat' yet. Could you rehearse some GBO stuff? ,or even Labio Dental Fricative...Eric Clapton played on this Vic Stanshall's very first single,back in '69 '70 Regards
Deepinder
NAME: Mandy Wenzel
LOCATION: Brussel
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Date: 2/7/2005
Time: 1:58:34 PMCOMMENTS
YEEEEEESSS; i got a ticket; only one.. MY OTHER HALF IS WATCHING THE KIDS WHILE I AM CATCHING CREAM. GOD I CANT WAIT; GOING FRIDAY THE 6TH. anyone that got a ticket that day, let me know... since i am going alone, i will need some company to have a drink up front. this just made my year. see you soon folks... xxxx
NAME: old muthfuka
LOCATION: amerika
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Date: 2/7/2005
Time: 2:52:02 PMCOMMENTS
u sorryazz sonofabitch. u mean we had to wait 40 fucking yrs to for creme to get back together after all that bullshit u put out since?
u know bruce, clapton and baker were the rockest sonofbitches ever invented and all that shit after creme was shit shit shit.....
nothing can touch your vocals on sitting on top of the world or politican
clapton sux and cant sing worth shit
claptop is the only one who made worth a damn although he sux except on a few songs
you little sonofabitch and creme have gone on and been bigger than the fucking suckazz stones or any other others
hell u didnt even wait for fucking woodstock
goddam what a fuckin waste and now 100 million are dead that used to listen to u bastards cuz u were so fucking good
look ath the shit that came out after u split
damn u fuckers pissed a lot of people off
so goddam ahead of youe fukin time and u didnt even die like hendrix or joplin or moon or bonham or morrison or all the others and all that punk shit came out...damn u fuckers piss us off......
NAME: sammmy g
LOCATION: manchester
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Date: 2/7/2005
Time: 5:25:53 PMCOMMENTS
im going to see the cream reunion on the 2nd of may and cant wait, just being in the same building as "jacky-b", "clappy" and "ging" is cool. its gonna tottaly rock. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
NAME: Per Kjellin
LOCATION: Sweden
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Date: 2/8/2005
Time: 2:56:19 PMCOMMENTS
Great to see Cream play again. I wish I could be there...Maybe it's possible to buy a reunion CD?
Per K from Sweden, 25 yrs with cream
NAME: johnny cats
LOCATION: the view
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Date: 2/8/2005
Time: 9:20:10 PMCOMMENTS
Bruce is one of the best out there. No one can come close to the way he puts life to words.
NAME: Phil Watson
LOCATION: Sydney Australia
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Date: 2/9/2005
Time: 1:14:03 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I love the CREAM...always have! 37 years down the track I hope every loyal fan who manages to see the 4 shows leaves with the warm feeling that the gig was THE SHOW of the past 37 years...it's going to be tough to live up to the live shows when you were all younger but whatever happens, this is THE gig.
Good luck and have a great 4 night's with Ginger and Eric.
Being in Sydney we have no chance of getting over to the shows so I assume the gigs will be available on DVD in the not too distant future.
Dick will be looking down with interest I'm sure!!!
Regards Phil.
NAME: jeff g
LOCATION: california
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Date: 2/9/2005
Time: 10:40:20 AMCOMMENTS
best music news this century. i hope you can squeeze in one of jimi's tunes cause he always would do one of yours after you guys split in 68. possible to do "as you said" as well, a pleasant tune for old ears. good luck
NAME: Dan Cox
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
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Date: 2/9/2005
Time: 8:14:39 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack,
So jazzed about the upcoming concerts in London. I guess I will have to be content with the dvd since you won't be hitting the States(I heard Ginger isn't allowed back in America...IRS B.S. I guess. Anyway, my first concert when I was 15 was the Farewell Cream concert at the Forum in Los Angeles back in 1968. Deep Purple opened for you guys. It changed my life forever. I have seen you and Eric since that faithful day many, many times. At the Roxy here in LA, you blew the roof off the place with Simon Philphs on drums...still remember it like it was yesterday. And of course I have seen EC many time and even saw GB when he played drums for Sam Kinison at the Universal Amp!!! Last saw you with Ringo at the Universal Amp. You have touched so many souls, have provided such joy and happiness to people throughout the world. Thank you and stay well. Dan Cox Los Angeles
NAME: Bill Blunck
LOCATION: Chicago
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Date: 2/9/2005
Time: 10:49:01 PMCOMMENTS
Jack - the plot thickens - saw Big? Leslie West the other night and he sounded great. He's doing a Cream tribute in his set - a great warmup for May - says he'll be there. Oh yeah - as I'm sure you know - he ain't so "big" anymore (a good thing).
NAME: Roger
LOCATION: England
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Date: 2/10/2005
Time: 8:01:31 AMCOMMENTS
What bass or basses will you use? Speaking from the viewpoint of a guitarist, I don't think fretless will give the definition a three-piece needs.A bit of distortion wouldn't go amiss either.
NAME: Chris Poust
LOCATION: Stratford-upon-Avon
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Date: 2/10/2005
Time: 5:16:10 PMCOMMENTS
Hi jack I'm the One man Band you met at The Maison kammerzell in Strasbourg busking in 1982 and jammed with you at The Irish Pub later on. Glad to hear you're OK. Any chance of tickets? Kind regards Chris Francis
NAME: dave anson
LOCATION: uk
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Date: 2/12/2005
Time: 1:18:12 PMCOMMENTS
The ticket scam warrants a full investigation and i would hope that there is an investigative jounalist out there who has the balls and resources to get to the bottom of this rip-off. In the meantime i see that the promoters have stated that they "are monitoring all tickets being offered for sale on e-bay and similar sitesand cancel bookings where tickets are being offered for sale in this way." I would like to think this staement is true but I'm afraid i don't believe a word. Come on Sunday Times Insite Team get cracking and expose the crooks.
NAME: cj
LOCATION: sydney
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Date: 2/13/2005
Time: 8:41:49 AMCOMMENTS
I return to Oz thinking the few years I was there I did all I wanted to and I now find out about the reunion... BASTARDS!!! Guess I better buy a bigger TV, wait for the DVD and pretend I'm there.
NAME: Dick Stam
LOCATION: The Netherlands
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Date: 2/15/2005
Time: 2:21:47 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack It is absolute great that you match up with Ginger and Eric for this reunion show. Ive been a fan since 1969 and just miss Cream in concert. I was just to young to go to concerts.=(((((. So I was very excited about the reunion. I was on the phone redialing the bookingnummer over and over the whole mondaymorning. Even on the net I couldn't get through. My question: Why don't you do another week in the RAH and I'm sure that its gonna be sold out and than you can give the real fans a very good change to see the long waited concert. I phoned from The Netherlands to get a ticket. But friends of mine in the UK also can't get through to get tickets. And there is so much sorry for real fans to go to the reunion show. Thanks for listen Dick Stam.
NAME: mike
LOCATION: lonodon
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Date: 2/15/2005
Time: 9:17:28 AMCOMMENTS
www.angelfire.com/fang/clairemcglinn/
Shame the reunion did n't take palce in 93
well better late than never
NAME: Nick
LOCATION: Sedona, Arizona, USA
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Date: 2/16/2005
Time: 11:33:07 PMCOMMENTS
Cheers Jack, Margrit and kids!
Geez, after reading all the recent posts from disappointed fans, I'm almost embarrassed to admit I actually got two tickets off of the Bookingsdirect website. And I'm in Arizona. It took an hour and a half of constantly trying to get through with the mouse in my right hand and speed dialing with a phone direct to RAH with my left hand. How truly fortunate I feel.
Perhaps everyone who missed out might get a second chance if the management announcement is true; that bookings will be cancelled for those caught trying to resell them. Maybe the management could give these faithful fans first crack at those tickets?
I can't stop thinking about this event. How will they play the break in Badge, a guest guitarist perhaps to play George Harrison's part? Maybe Dani Harrison? What about Steve Winwood for keyboards on a song or two? Or do they go it alone as a three piece? My wife and I will find out May 3rd. I truly wish all of you could be there too!
NAME: Ricardo Baerga
LOCATION: Puerto Rico, US West Indies
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Date: 2/17/2005
Time: 12:43:58 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack! Great site! "I'm so glad" Cream has reunited for some live shows; I've been waiting for this ever since your last interviews for a Cream video almost 10 years ago where all 3 members were up for it schedules permitting. Why not do a studio album with new songs? EC has developed into a good songwriter and now all you 5 (that includes Pete Brown and Janet)can collaborate and I know you can come up with some gems. It would be tops, probably along the lines and a little better than BBM's Around the Next Dream, which I absolutely love by the way.
For the live shows, I hope you guys kick some serious booty! Turn up that bass and get that distorted, aggressive and powerful tone that only guys like you, the Ox (may he rest in peace)and Mel Schacher (from Grand Funk Railroad)can get!!
I didn't know about your illness until I checked out this website. May God give you many more years of a healthy, happy, loving, prosperous and productive life.
God Bless from your fan and friend in the Caribbean!!
NAME: Rajshekhar Saha
LOCATION: Bombay, India
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Date: 2/17/2005
Time: 6:04:36 AMCOMMENTS
Its terrific to know that Cream is reuniting for a few concerts. Cream had started and opened the road for brilliance in musicianship in rock music. It would be a treat to listen to them after all these years after so many technological developments in audio amplification and delivery systems. Waiting for Jack's bass lines and whether Eric picks up a 'Gibson' for the performance!!
NAME: Tom Toronto
LOCATION: Toronto
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Date: 2/17/2005
Time: 3:41:25 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Very happy to see that you are back in good spirits, and good health. Fear not a bit of the single malt, and NAE SKINKING WARES to keep you strong. A humble thought to share with you. Want to hear a roar from the crowd that will bring down the roof at Royal Albert Hall? Try surprising everybody with your fine rendition of MOTHER'S LAMENT - no performance royalties needed ! Oh, and please tell Eric that when he was trying to find the 1,3 beat on his Wheels of Fire Crossroads solo, but he ended up on the 2, 4 beat - it's SYN - CO - PA - TION - I hope I never hear him say that he can't take listening to that great solo - we should all be so lucky in our musical journeys. If you want to sell out another solid 4 shows, just come over here to Toronto, and pack 'em in at our SKYDOME ( holds about 59,000 - now called Rogers Centre). You'll get everybody up here from New York City to Montreal to Chicago coming up here, and they'll be glad to open the clamshell roof on a nice June, July or August summer's evening. We'd love to see you in Canada. Give my best to the greatest drummer in history, and that guy who plays a mean guitar. Keep practicin' boys. Tom Toronto Canada
NAME: Mick
LOCATION: Ayrshire Scotland
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Date: 2/18/2005
Time: 1:33:02 AMCOMMENTS
Greetings ! Do you remember playing with my brother Harry in pollock ?
NAME: John Flanagan
LOCATION: Calgary, AB., Canada
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Date: 2/18/2005
Time: 2:52:09 AMCOMMENTS
Greetings to Jack the Bruce: Praise God, Jack! The fact that somewhere between sessions with Cream you will read this note, is in itself reason to shout, 'I'm So Glad.' 'More God than Jack' your presence with us is a great kindness not only to yourself but to all of us who love you and your music. It seems only fitting that if one of your forefathers, Robert the Bruce,so titled due to fighting for political freedom, then like title befits one also who has fought for artistic freedom. Congradulations, mission accomplished.'Jack the Bruce' is well deserved. Not that the battle is over but this one thing you do, forgetting those things of the past,you press on engaging in the good fight of faith and musicianship. In like manner,passionate as well about musical excellence are your bandmates,Eric and Ginger. The synergy in Cream is clearly unequalled by any other band, then or now.The friendship formed decades ago stilldraws a total effort from each musician when playing together.Hence, the quality in music is magnified,not by the Marshalls but by the Spirit. Yet there is this growing attitude in each player-to extoll the talents of his bandmates more than his own.The Cream Team thereby propels itself to greater heights than ever before. " Do you see one gifted in his craft, he will stand before kings and not mere men." From all corners of the earth people of reknown will come to the Royal Albert Hall to enjoy the liberation of their spirits through Cream. Even Mickey the Fiddler, would trade in his violin to hear this band but once. The new material joining the old will, like Bach's works, go down in musical history as the best in its category. The early sellout testifies to the global thirst for original music and talent. Ticket Agencies recognized the huge potential for concert demand. Not surprisingly, sales even at 10times the RAH price are doing very well. A credit to Cream if not to the rapacious scalpers. I wish Jack, above all else, that you continue to prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers. May you, Eric and Ginger have the best of times together.
Gratefully, John Flanagan
NAME: Richard Millard
LOCATION: California, US
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Date: 2/18/2005
Time: 4:18:42 PMCOMMENTS
I read the announcement from the promoters regarding ticket sales for Cream and I have to say that it infuritated me. I spent three solid hours [from 1am till 4 am California time] trying to book by the internet and phone and was unable to get through - ditto for my brother, brother-in-law and daughter who all tried as well.
I've since gone to eBay to try for tickets, and now it seems that the smug bastard promoters who ran such a poor process the first time around are going to try to take away the tickets I finally managed to acquire that way.
People are buying tickets on eBay because they desperately want to attent and there is no other recourse. Why in the world are you trying to frustrae and disappoint the most ardent and committed fans?
NAME: ernest
LOCATION: aurora,il
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Date: 2/18/2005
Time: 5:19:25 PMCOMMENTS
i alsoplqce you amongst the most achieved human beings i willever know
NAME: Craig Hudson
LOCATION: Baltimore, Md.
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Date: 2/19/2005
Time: 1:55:03 AMCOMMENTS
I'm 52 and used to try to play like you in the 60's. After seeing your tape "The Cream of Cream" i found my old bass and started playing again. You are an inspiration to me and other senior citizens. You have more talent than any of these modern music kids will ever know. Get your buddies Gary and Gary, go on tour and give the world a reality check,or at least put out more video tapes.
NAME: Greg Stewart
LOCATION: Forreston IL. USA
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Date: 2/19/2005
Time: 5:39:27 AMCOMMENTS
I think some of Jacks best work was with West, Bruce & Laing. I have been searching for a CD to be released of "Whatever turns you on". "Like a plate" is an excellent song. Thanks to you Jack for all your music.
NAME: Robert Tebbe
LOCATION: Detroit (not too far from Grandy Ballroom location and the old Gibson plant)
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Date: 2/19/2005
Time: 11:06:42 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, "Dancing on air well be there 'till the end of the sky...." That is so wonderful!!!! Creams established standards will liver 4ever! Love your BLT stuff too! (Wont let U down....etc... but that goes without sayin'.) All -n- All....Thank you forever for all your music. From many bass players far and wide, Robert T. from Detroit
NAME: James C Cook
LOCATION: Bayonne, Nj USA/In NYC backyards of rock and roll(s)
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Date: 2/20/2005
Time: 8:49:01 AMCOMMENTS
The waiting game is about to end and alas the real music begins...............cream
I only wish i could be there, but! oh well, I guess thanks to all those Jack Bruce gigs over the years it will have to do.
I am thankful that Jack Bruce did continue to play the music of cream. All you need is a little spoonful-spoonful
Jack and co-horts should at the very least have the shows made live worldwide, BB king's NYC would be a great place to have it on a large screen with a sound system worthy of Jack Bruce and the rest of Cream.
I wish the Cream a good time indeed....rock on!
Like millions. I wish I to be there......oh Well keep creaming on and on.....
anyway.....good luck to the CREAM (one of the best damn jam bands in the world)
Maybe CREAM would like to play at the Jammy awards in NYC mmmmmmmmmmm......
NAME: nate
LOCATION: MI, USA
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Date: 2/20/2005
Time: 9:07:42 AMCOMMENTS
i was excited when i heard about the cream reunion concert in May, but i was kind of let down by the fact that theyre only playing in europe they should tour in the U.S. also.. but w/e cant always get wut u want
NAME: Steve Raynes
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
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Date: 2/22/2005
Time: 8:02:59 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Longtime fan checking in again....what a long strange trip this last year must seem like to you. From your illness, transplant and recovery to the reformation of one of the greatest bands of all time. Sitting here on the outside, I would never have thought it possible; I can't imagine what you must think!! If time allows, it might be interesting if you could update us via the diary section here on your site as to how things are going leading up to the shows, your observations, thoughts, just a backdrop to a piece of musical history for us all to enjoy in anticipation. Thank you so much for all of the great music, I know you'll all set the music world on it's ear again, and hey, any chance of pay per view here in America? It would be great and you know we'll still jump on the CD's and DVD's.....might ease the ticket pains... Go get 'em Jack!! I've seen you live a number of times...the general public is in for a great musical treat.....once again.
Always your fan, Steve Raynes Chicago.
NAME: Grant Scale
LOCATION: Victoria, Australia
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Date: 2/22/2005
Time: 3:34:33 PMCOMMENTS
After a mishap on the opening day of sales, I have secured tickets for the 2 and 3 May through RAH bookings (hospitality tickets). Very excited about travelling over form Australia to see the shows. I'm in London between late April and late May and am looking to rent a room in a shared house or with someone who may be looking for a boarder for a month. Want to soak up the London scene and music to make the big trip worthwhile. I'd love to hear from anyone who may be interested and can help.
NAME: Kristoffer Gredsted
LOCATION: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Date: 2/23/2005
Time: 6:41:44 AMCOMMENTS
I love you music Jack, especially your work with Cream. Have you got any plans to release a music book of all your songs in notation and tab? I'd really love to learn your bass lines!
NAME: PhanSF
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
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Date: 2/23/2005
Time: 6:12:29 PMCOMMENTS
PLEASE HAVE A RUNION SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NAME: Michael Briggs
LOCATION: Mill Valley,California
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Date: 2/23/2005
Time: 7:08:19 PMCOMMENTS
Bright British Bayonets Bringing kingdom come to the beat of a dark drum Their work is not forgotten Red is always shamed Only playing games Hallo Jack: Would love to hear the new version of "Hey Now Princess" that Cream had never played live? Also can't wait for new versions of "Those Were The Days","Deserted Cities Of The Heart" "Timeslip" and if you could also include a new Creamy version of "Why Does Love Have To Go Wrong" BBM's best tune ever! "Obsession" from "A Question Of Time","Out Into The Fields" with Clap etc.I would feel very very blessed indeed Hopefully you'll work out the immigration problems with Dear Ginge! The Best From The West: Michael
NAME: Mandy
LOCATION: Brussel
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Date: 2/25/2005
Time: 1:42:22 AMCOMMENTS
didnt have time to buy shadows in the air yet. just read some of the lyrics. got totally drowned by Windowless Rooms. will have to go now, just to see how he translated this into music. cant wait.
NAME: Steve Erie
LOCATION: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Date: 2/25/2005
Time: 10:56:07 AMCOMMENTS
Mr. Bruce:
I'm about a decade younger than you, but I remember Cream in the mid/late 1960's, although I was too young to appreciate the music at that time.
Interestingly, when I thought of Cream over the ensuing years, I usually figured it was an "Eric Clapton band;" I knew your name and Ginger Baker's, of course, but more or less thought of Clapton when I thought of Cream.
Anyhow, I very recently picked up the 1991 DVD Cream retrospective and I've very much enjoyed watching and listening to the music, conversations, and insights.
There's no question Eric Clapton's a tremendously gifted guitarist, and I have a new and great appreciation for Ginger Baker and his work - but it's now clear to me that Cream was your band, from start to finish.
Your vocals (wailing and all) are so expressive that I can listen to them over and over; your bass guitar playing is very, very impressive, indeed; and your charisma and stage presence are riveting.
What particularly strikes me, however, is what you've done for the past almost four decades with your music - I found your website and read with great interest the different musical genres you've been involved in; you deserve much credit for being the truly great musician that you are.
Like everyone else, I'm certainly curious and excited to see what I hope will be a DVD from your 2005 Cream Reunion - and I'm sure it'll be wonderfully enjoyable for all.
But you are much, much more than Cream from a musical standpoint - and for that you should be honored and congratulated.
Very best personal regards.
Steve Erie
NAME: Brad L
LOCATION: Orange County, Calif
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Date: 2/25/2005
Time: 1:46:44 PMCOMMENTS
At 51 years old Jack I bring up your web site and up pops this Deja Vu graphic that stopped me dead in my tracks!!! I stared for moments in disbelief before I scrolled down cuz I'm thinking nah....couldn't be!!! Then I saw the dates and the venue. Life does have its truly special moments and this ones a real Peach. I won't go into particulars and specifics on musicianship,contribution and such, Its so way cool to see that after all these years there are so many other folks out there who already have, and are truly in the know about this Band. Of all the reunions that have come and gone this is THE ONE I have been waiting for!!! Truly SWEET WINE.
NAME: Suavek Zaniesienko
LOCATION: Pennsylvania US
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Date: 2/26/2005
Time: 2:29:04 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack. What a great choice with Warwick. It's got that punch, that compliments your heavy duty techique. I wish to hear you play live some day.
NAME: GEORGE KELLY
LOCATION: GERMANY
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Date: 2/28/2005
Time: 9:07:20 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I been a BIG BIG FAN for many years. I been waiting for the re-union for years....The price for tickets...All I could say is "WHAT A BRING DOWN"
Good luck with the show. Long time fan George
NAME: Duane
LOCATION: Michigan
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Date: 3/2/2005
Time: 7:25:55 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, Finally, Eric will get back his testicles for four days in May. Always been a fan of yours and Ginger, but Eric has been hit and miss and many times disappointing. Together you guys are the best. Man, I wish I could be there when you play in May.
NAME: Tony
LOCATION: Berkeley, California
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Date: 3/2/2005
Time: 3:53:18 PMCOMMENTS
Jack we are all psyched about the reunion except that us in the states won't be able to see it. Maybe you would consider a date at the Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee in June. There are 100,000 people who would totally flip out if you were to play there! Love you guys! www.bonnaroo.com
NAME: Beth
LOCATION: Manchester, NJ USA
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Date: 3/5/2005
Time: 2:27:56 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
I so wanted to see you this May!! I got up at 3:30 am....and tried for tickets....almost!! Wishing you would come to New Jersey soon.....you are just amazing!! Take care now...and thanks for reading this!
Love, Beth
NAME: jim brooks
LOCATION: bossier la.
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Date: 3/8/2005
Time: 6:02:58 PMCOMMENTS
Mr. Bruce: Hello my name is jim and i am a big fan.I truely think that you and Ginger and Eric were the best,truely the CREAM.I have recently taken up the bass an eb-o in fact,and i was wandering were to find bass tabs for your music because i would like to be able to learn and pass on your work.Tell Ginger and Eric hello and i wish them well and i hope you all cream the audiance at Royal Albert Hall.Keep rockin sincerely jim brooks
NAME: Bill
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 3/9/2005
Time: 2:27:36 AMCOMMENTS
One question about the upcoming Cream reunion:
Why?
Nostalgia is for those who cannot handle reality and the present. Who wants to see 3 old men try to recapture musical magic that they cannot possibly capture? Not me! I'm so glad the Beatles broke up when they did and never reunited. Cream should forever be a memory. There, I said it.
NAME: Ruediger
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 3/10/2005
Time: 11:45:59 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
Oh well, now I'm really down as I'm in real trouble. First, I got no ticket in the ticket presale because all went to the touts. Then I won one for me and my friend each on ebay for the 6th of May, booked flight and hotel and no we won't get the ticket because the management together with ebay sorted those people out who sold their tickets on ebay so they won't get their tickets. Would have been better to get a travel insurance... NOW I'M PUNISHED TWICE!
Sadly Ruediger
NAME: greg
LOCATION:
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Date: 3/10/2005
Time: 1:18:27 PMCOMMENTS
jack bruce you rock. i play electric bass to. i started i august do you have any sugestions
NAME: Mark Albertson
LOCATION: Norwalk, Connecticut
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Date: 3/10/2005
Time: 9:49:10 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Mr. Bruce, It is great to see that the greatest trio ever is getting back together. I hope new albums will also be a result of this new association. Music has certainly stagnated. I myself write. And I see a distinct lack of appreciation in the power of the written word. Too many artists it seems have prostituted their talents to produce subpar work for popularity and a quick buck. And for many it seems that popularity is fleeting at best. This cannot be said of Baker, Bruce and Clapton. The work produced here was certainly of creative high quality, unique and enduring. The best of luck. Sincerely, Mark Albertson
NAME: Jacques James
LOCATION: Europe
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Date: 3/11/2005
Time: 1:50:49 AMCOMMENTS
hi
though i finally got shadows in the air, i have little time to hear it. currently trying to catch up on my Cream knowledge. well, my car is hopping along the highway and i think even other people with they windows closed and other music on, are having a taste of it too.. fav song currently... Thales of brave Ulysses. i hope the play Mothers Lawnment (or what ever the title was again) as well on the concert. its the perfect pub song.. with a good pint in ones hand and a table full of friends.
NAME: Boddah
LOCATION: Pennsylvania, right near Philadelphia
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Date: 3/12/2005
Time: 4:32:24 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, Boddah here, just wanted to let you know that I'm still out here. I love your solo work a lot, especially Jet Set Jewel, you have such a way with words. Anyway, rather than sounding all ambiguous and cryptic I just like to know if you could contact me. You know how you had the wavy "In" t-shirt and Eric had the "the out" t-shirt, Wow I still actually remember that. Oh another stream of consciousness ... remember Roger Water's "The Body" album where he says "his future is your past" ... that's very strange indeed. Really, any sort of contact would be greatly appreciated.
NAME: Terry Gruber
LOCATION: West Virginia USA
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Date: 3/12/2005
Time: 2:49:34 PMCOMMENTS
I have aspired to acheive your excellence on the bass ever since I heard you as a new 11-year-old bassist in 1966. Though my quest never took me to your heights, the effort put me in the "pretty damn good" range. Thanks, teacher.
NAME: Jackie Turner
LOCATION: Fresno, California USA
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Date: 3/14/2005
Time: 7:08:31 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack. I hope CREAM extend the reunion to the USA. Would like to see you all one more time. Thank you. Regards, Jackie Turner
NAME: MA
LOCATION: Abroad
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Date: 3/15/2005
Time: 1:34:42 AMCOMMENTS
to Roger from Englang: Klugscheisser x
NAME: Michael
LOCATION: Buchholz/Germany
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Date: 3/15/2005
Time: 7:26:34 PMCOMMENTS
After all that days...jack, now that i`ive lived nearly 35 years with your music, thank you very much.It`s not that I`m hanging on that old stuff, it`s Intensity and it grows...just pure music
thanx a lot!
NAME: Louis Borenius
LOCATION: Brighton
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Date: 3/15/2005
Time: 8:19:25 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack used to see you at Klooks Kleek with the GBO in the early 60's and thought then and still think now that that was one of the greatest bands ever-Dick and Ginger and Graham and you were huge influences on me and when I later got the opportunity to tour Eastern Germany with Dick and John Etheridge and Henry Thomas and Diana Wood Iwas ecstatic. Almost as amazing was the chance to play in a band with your son Malcolm-hope the reunion gig works out and will be there if at all possible.
NAME: Ron Dolce
LOCATION: Evanston, Ill. U.S.A.
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Date: 3/17/2005
Time: 11:15:45 AMCOMMENTS
Jack: I've oftern said that the only rock reunion concert I'd ever want to attend would be Cream's and for precisely the reasons that a Cream reunion would probably never occur. The thought of three of the music world's most forward thinking artists getting back together just to bang out old hits and make a pile of money doesn't quite connect. However, the thought of those artists bringing thirty-seven years of musical and life experiences to their performances and possibly creating something really new is incredibly exciting. Having read some of your and Ginger Baker's comments and having heard your evolution as musicians I have to believe that your reunion concerts will be artistic achievements beyond belief. Circumstances do not allow me to attend but I can wish the three of you the best of luck than and always.
NAME: Patrick Breen
LOCATION: Detroit,MI
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Date: 3/18/2005
Time: 2:23:38 PMCOMMENTS
Glad to hear about the Cream reunion shows. Also, I love listening to all Cream and solo stuff. I am a bassist/vocalist havily influenced by you and always am encouraged to play after hearing the music. Thank you and I hope you are well.
NAME: DAVY RENNIE
LOCATION: CHRYSTON,GLASGOW
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Date: 3/18/2005
Time: 3:52:23 PMCOMMENTS
JACK,TYPICAL glaswegian,GALLUS,FORWARD,BUT AN ADMIRER AND LIVE CLOSE TO YOUR OLD HOMETOWN.FLYING DOWN TO SEE YOU MAY 6TH,STAYING IN KENSINGTON,BY THE WAY,SO GONNI BE CHEEKY ,N,NAT,KNOW?WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SAY "AWRIGHTNATKNOW" AFTER THE SHOW AND MAYBE GET YIE A BEER, AND A PHOTO?AH KNOW,JACK,CHEEKY AS F$&*,BUT I LOVE YOUR MUSIC!D RENNIE,TAKE CARE BUD!
NAME: jack
LOCATION: my computer
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Date: 3/18/2005
Time: 6:02:35 PMCOMMENTS
Jack Bruce is God!! and will cream be playing here in america. somewhere like the continental arena or something that would be great.
NAME: Mike Rich
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA
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Date: 3/18/2005
Time: 9:33:30 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I am glad you are feeling better and it is really exciting that you, Eric and Ginger are going to play the 4 concerts at Royal Albert Hall. I know it probably will not happen, but if Cream decides to play any dates in the USA please play Atlanta. I last saw you play with Ringo at the Chastain Amphitheater a few years ago. Unfortunately, I never got to see Cream when I was a young man, I grew up in the Richmond, VA area and Cream never played Ricmond. However, Cream was the first rock band to play at Chastain Park hear in Atlanta, I have heard Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon the local promoters talk about it. That must have been some concert as Chastain only holds a few thousand people. Since there are so many people that would like to see Cream live and so few available seats to these concerts, could you guys put together a simulcast of the concert to be broadcast to local theaters. Yes, performed a live simulcast for the release of their latest project a year or so ago and it was pretty cool. At least please release a DVD & CD of the event. A life long fan, Mike Rich
NAME: Steve Grasser
LOCATION: Salluit, Quebec, Canada
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Date: 3/20/2005
Time: 8:59:00 PMCOMMENTS
I've had many favourite musicians over the years, but none have been as consistent in their sense of exploration, commitment to excellence, and going down that "road less followed". Heh I can follow . . .
NAME: Mark Arbogast
LOCATION: St Louis Missouri
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Date: 3/21/2005
Time: 1:30:47 PMCOMMENTS
Im hoping that the Cream Reunion will be filmed and recorded so as to be shared with all of us who could not attend. This is a great thing!!! www.markarbogast.com
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/22/2005
Time: 12:57:20 PMCOMMENTS
Jack - Hope you guys are easing into this slowly with plenty of time beforehand to reflect. pLee PS: Can't get a seat unless Ging stomps off - Derek can attest :)
NAME: Goat
LOCATION: California
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Date: 3/22/2005
Time: 1:28:53 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
I'm thrilled to hear of the reunion because I have been hoping to hear what you old guys will sound like together now. I'm 26 and have been listening to Cream since high school. I just wish I could go to London for all of the shows. I definitely am looking forward to the DVD. I hope a deluxe box-set will be offered. I saw Phish's last concert ever at a movie theater because there was a live link. If Cream offered the same option for fans far away I would be much appreciative. I can hardly wait to hear what Tales of Brave Ulysses will sound like. Rock it!
Goat
NAME: Jack
LOCATION: England
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/22/2005
Time: 3:01:30 PMCOMMENTS
Cream reunion!! Nice!! Next, how about a West Bruce and Laing Reunion? I would love to see you jammin out "Why Dontcha" with Leslie!
Take Care Jack
NAME: Art Greinke
LOCATION: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Date: 3/23/2005
Time: 1:01:59 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack,
Nice web site! Very glad to hear of the reunion and I hope that it will be documented to a DVD so that those of us who are unable to attend in person can enjoy the performance. (smile)
Last saw you perform while on tour with Ringo at the Rave in Milwaukee. What a great show!
So glad to hear that your still around!!
Thank you for the many great tunes that augment the soundtrack of my life. Take care.
All the best, Art Greinke
NAME: Jim Horn
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio U.S.
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Date: 3/23/2005
Time: 11:04:54 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
My wife and I were very concerned to hear of your illness and the complications that followed. It was a relief to read that you've recovered, and we hope you're as strong as ever. We see you every time you come to Cleveland and you always remember us because we named my oldest daughter Victoria Sage.
We're very excited about the Cream reunion, but missed our opportunity to buy tickets before they sold out. We're willing to pay internet scalpers prices, but after reading statements from management we're affraid these tickets might not be issued.
If tickets are not issued to scalpers caught on the internet will they be available again for legitimate box office sale? And if so when? I'd hate to miss a second opportunity to purchase them. Can someone please let us know?
You're in our hearts Jack, be well.
Jim Horn
NAME: ian davey
LOCATION: althorne essex uk
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Date: 3/27/2005
Time: 11:29:56 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, If the Cream's re-union concert is to be filmed, plaese don't let Tony Parlmer have anything to do with it!!!!!!!!! See you on the 6th. I. Davey
NAME: Kyle
LOCATION: New York
ADDRESS:
Date: 3/30/2005
Time: 9:53:16 PMCOMMENTS
Come to the states for a few shows.
NAME: Paul
LOCATION: Leicester, UK
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Date: 4/1/2005
Time: 6:24:33 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, so good to hear u have made a good recovery from last years op.!!! I did see u In Brixton with Ginger & Gary in '96 - took me Dad with me. I was born in'68, he can remember the tunes u played that night - LOL. U R an amazing musician & so glad that ur back cats r being released with diff mixes on. I have all vinyl releases except Automatic & Jet Set Jewel (never seen in 2nd had record shops!). I still think the time u spent with Leslie & Corky u did 3 fine albums. Had the pleasure of seeing Mountain in 2002, talking 2 Leslie & Corky. Plz after the Cream tour, try Leslie & Corky for a reunion. So sorry to hear the sad news of Dick Heckstall-Smith, a very sad loss, but his music will live 4 ever on. Enjoy yourselfs in May & release the concert & DVD ASAP please. Take care PAUL
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
ADDRESS:
Date: 4/1/2005
Time: 2:52:07 PMCOMMENTS
Not to be nosey - but must it be all Hartke? - you're never going to get that nostalgia tone out of them - paper cone or no.
Give the world a sonic 'n visual thrill and start with 2 separate stacks of vintage Marshalls - then wheel them out and the Harkes in for the duration.
I've sat a few times directly [like an idiot] in front of your most current Hartke stacks at full bore and notwithstanding their obvious advantages and power - they are too fuckin' low especially with the EB1 (which gets buried anyway with only a bass pickup to sing with).
So fuck the EB3, but mind your Marshalls.
Hugs 'n Squeezes,
pLee
NAME: Trent
LOCATION: Chicago
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Date: 4/1/2005
Time: 9:51:32 PMCOMMENTS
I think cream should come to the states on their tour, they rock.
Love Trent
NAME: Pete and Nancy K
LOCATION: Connecticut USA
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Date: 4/2/2005
Time: 5:21:50 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, hope all is well with your health. My wife and I have been fans for 38 years and we appreciate your music. Thanks so much. We were fortunate to get tickets for the Cream concert May 6th and are looking forward to seeing you guys together again. Last time live was 1968 at the Oakdale in Wallingford Connecticut. Looking forward to the trip. Regards, Pete and Nancy
NAME: Ed Bertoli
LOCATION: Fonthill ON Canada
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Date: 4/3/2005
Time: 8:58:46 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
As a lifelong fan, I just wanted to send you a note to let you know how much I've appreciated your work over the years. I was listening to "Theme From an Imaginary Western" the other day - and I was transfixed!
Keep on rockin'
Ed Bertoli
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point
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Date: 4/4/2005
Time: 2:21:01 AMCOMMENTS
Really looking forward to the trip to UK and attending the Tuesday 3/5/2005 concert.My first overseas trip. Just enquirying apart from Grant Scales and my self are there any other Ozzies making the pilgrimage ? Feel free to contact me if you are and we can catch up over there.
NAME: ERIC COLLINS
LOCATION: TUCSON ,ARIZONA USA
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Date: 4/6/2005
Time: 11:19:53 AMCOMMENTS
THANKS MR.BRUCE FOR YOUR BRILLIANT AND INFLUENTIAL MUSIC.I WILL BE ATTENDING THE CREAM SHOW ON MAY 02,2005. I HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL LIVE SOUND ENGINEER SINCE THE MID 1970'S. CONSEQUENTLY I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN ALMOST EVERY ACT EXCEPT MY ALL TIME FAVORITE...CREAM. I GREW UP IN POVERTY AND WHEN I FIRST HRARD CREAM I WANTED TO PLAY THE BASS. MY MOM COULD NOT AFFORD ONE. SHE GAVE ME AN OLD RECORD PLAYER WITH BAD SOUND.I LERANED TRICKS TO MAKE IT SOUND BETTER WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE LIVE DISC OF WHEELS OF FIRE.I LOVED THE MUSIC AND LISTENED TO IT OFTEN THUS TEACHING ME CRITICAL LISTENING SKILLS AND A LOVE OF ALL MUSIC.I NOW HAVE A GREAT CARREAR THAT I LOVE, AND AM FINANCIALLY STONG. A PERSONAL THANKYOU TO YOURSELF,MR.CLAPTON,MR.BAKER, AND ALL WHO MADE CREAM POSSIBLE.I HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS SHOW FOR OVER 30 YEARS ...WOW!!!!!!!!
NAME: ken nelson
LOCATION: st. paul, minnesota usa
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Date: 4/6/2005
Time: 1:30:35 PMCOMMENTS
long time admirer of yours - particularly of your vocals...just got the cd reissue of "things we like" and it's fantastic. wish i could've seen west, bruce & laing or blt live. Ginger was dead wrong about your bass-playing style. best wishes to you always, Jack the Lad(die)
NAME: Emil Bojin
LOCATION: Bucharest, Romania
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Date: 4/8/2005
Time: 7:55:40 AMCOMMENTS
One day in April 2005 I was asking myself how is Jack Bruce, knowing he had a serious operation a few months ago. And what did I learn!? That he will play with the other members of CREAM, in May! I am: - happy he's well - amazed about CREAM reunion - frustrated not to be there ... So I will play again my old (but the real thing) records, that I have since CREAM was charming my youth. Yours, Emil
NAME: mike
LOCATION: london
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Date: 4/8/2005
Time: 1:08:25 PMCOMMENTS
http://www.angelfire.com/fang/clairemcglinn/
Great website ...CREAM LONDON ONLY TYPICAL
NAME: danny dennehy
LOCATION: tullibody
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Date: 4/8/2005
Time: 5:18:39 PMCOMMENTS
jack is your mother still with us. I remember you played at Stirling University years ago and at the end of your session we were all shouting for more when this nice older lady tapped me on the shoulder and said he wont play any more tonight son he's hurt his hand. I said jokingly only his mother would know that and she replied I am his mother. I had a nice wee 5 minute chat and went home quite happy. Hope you are doing well and maybe see you back in the Tamdhu in the future.
best regards danny dennehy
NAME: SRI-Rob
LOCATION: South Shields, England, Quite Close to Glasgow
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Date: 4/8/2005
Time: 6:06:23 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, Time to write again - this time more positively than the last!! Which means I got tickets for Cream - a.k.a. 'The Jack Bruce Is Genius' show. I for one don't buy into the tout agencies line of 'Eric Clapton and Cream' ..... designed for idiots and those who believe that you and Ginger were just a ryhthm section!! Most importantly I hope that you are well and continuing to gain physical strength. And that rehearsals go well with no bad vibes. Or at least not too many ... Unbelievably I'm going to the RAH for the first and last gigs. So one dream will come true - to see the three of you walk on stage together for the first time in 37 years and then to see you walk off stage together for maybe the last time ever. Mind you - it would be cool if this last part falls down as hopefully you'll either gig again or more hopefully record some new material. Please, PLEASE don't follow Eric's easy way (quoted in his Johnnie Walker interview) and perform songs like Wrapping Paper - other than for novelty value. I haven't heard any of you discuss this song favourably in interviews over the years, so why now?Eric's approach doesn't bode well for the man who hasn't been inspired 'by anyone else' for 20-30 years. God forbid, he'll want to do Anyone For Tennis and will probably ask you to play the Lawdy Mama bass line to Strange Brew .... Hopefully you'll do all the classics and, if you're going to experiment, perhaps play the songs earmarked for Cream and initially rehearsed, that you have subsequently recorded yourself (Hey Now Princess, The Clearout, etc). And better still ones that weren't backed by Eric, Ginger or management at the time - most importantly (for me!) 'Theme From An Imaginary Western'. Maybe even do Life On Earth, but changing it to 'Life On Eric' accompanied by plugging him directly into the 250V mains supply ..... I love him really. Honestly I do, at least up to and including Derek and The D's.
I really hope the gigs are great most importantly for yourself, Ginger and Eric and that they either close the chapter in a positive way, or they inspire you all so much that you want to create a new beginning. You deserve it.
Good luck and my best thoughts go with you.
Rob
NAME: roberto
LOCATION: roma italia
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Date: 4/12/2005
Time: 4:56:07 AMCOMMENTS
for pLee: take a look at this:http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=49&storycode=7661
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: The Wirral - UK
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Date: 4/13/2005
Time: 8:12:00 AMCOMMENTS
Yeh, like the previous post I too am going to two of the gigs. I managed to get two tickets for Thursday night and then delightedly rang up to tell my mate in London we were definitely going to one of the concerts! He then told me he had managed to get tickets for Monday as well!!!!
Hanging on for three or four hours on the web AND the phone simultaneously - when I should have been working (!?!) - eventually did the trick. Mind you, like a lot of people I had several attempts at booking tickets and each time got 'thrown out' due to weight of numbers and told to 'try later' - very frustrating indeed! At one point I had selected seats and was just going to the final stage of booking when I got turfed out! Infuriating....
I finally got through on the phone shortly before noon that day, only to be told that the system had collapsed and the guy couldn't do anything for me! I couldn't believe it!!! He promised to ring back - and I thought "yeh, right..." but true to his word he did so and so I managed to get 2 tickets. There are some good people in this world afterall....
Mind you it has cost quite a bit this. What with ticket prices (even the legit ones!) and train fares and a hotel for one night; time off work etc. etc. But it is a once in a lifetime thing....
I am hugely sympathetic to those who underwent the same process only to end up completely unrewarded. However, I have always been envious of those who saw Cream first time around - coz I never did (far too young) - and so after following them for so long I feel it is about time I finally had one dream come true.
If there are plans to do any post Cream numbers in the set - then please Jack could we have "Willpower" - which proved 20 years on, that you and Eric still had the chemistry; and/or perhaps "Waiting In The Wings" or "Why Does Love Have To Go Wrong?" from the BBM album proving the very same point about you and Ginger.
Actually, as long as I hear "Politician" I will be happy - in fact hearing anything at all will be just fine and dandy. I hope rehearsals are going well and simply can't wait to be there in May!
NAME: Layla
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 4/13/2005
Time: 5:17:32 PMCOMMENTS
Hardrock Cafe London, 6th May 2005, 11pm
To commemorate the Cream reunion Saiichi Sugiyama and his band featuring Pete Brown and Malcolm Bruce (Jack Bruce's son) will be playing a late night show. Some guest appearances are expected.
www.hardrock.com/locations/cafes/calendar.aspx?lc=LOND
Tickets www.cedarmountainmusic.com, £ 12.50 incl. snacks
NAME: Tony Steele
LOCATION: San Jose, CA
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Date: 4/15/2005
Time: 4:14:55 PMCOMMENTS
Hi, Jack. I have been dreaming and hoping for a Cream reunion for years. Thank you for reuniting with Eric and Ginger. After you have played your concerts in England, PLEASE COME TO AMERICA!!! We would love to have you here. San Jose has a large arena called the Shark Tank, and it holds about 14,000 people. You could sell out the place, I'm sure. The weather is nice and the people are friendly. Come and see us!!
NAME: Ian Davey
LOCATION: Maldon Essex UK
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Date: 4/15/2005
Time: 4:37:27 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Thanks for the music, havnot seen you live for some time, looking forward to the re union.I do remember seeing you at the dagenham Roundhouse back in the the early '70's as Lifetime.What about that supprise jam session you did with Jan Akkermann at the Melody Maker's Pop Poll awards at the Oval cricket ground, that was just amazing seeing you play powerhouse sod. Were have all the years gone??????
NAME: Michael Lawrence
LOCATION: nyc
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Date: 4/16/2005
Time: 11:39:16 AMCOMMENTS
paraphrased:
"he OWES those two BIGTIME! without the genius of bruce's writing, & the HIGHLY original playing of BOTH baker & bruce, clapton would've been nuthin' more than another brit blues player. it was baker & bruce's contributions that MADE clapton sound so odd & original! bruce freely admits that cream were really, to a large extent, a jazz outfit, & that they just "never told eric." it was those 2 who put him in the same league as hendrix, who DID have his eye on the future of music, & not just the past. good guy...he should have done this a long time ago, especially since he seems to jump onstage with ANYONE at the drop of a hat. it kinda sux that when baker needed him the most, he basically said fukk off, or that he would even allow his old manager, roger forrester, to rewrite history by telling the world clapton WAS cream! indeed! he really needs to balance the scales, here. it's not a nice thing to do, it's the right thing to do..."
"c'mon, clapton was a raging junky & alcoholic for most of the 70's; he most certainly DID coast. & the diff between bloozbreaker-clapton & kream-clapton is incredibly compelling & visionary writing & a highly inventive & original (at least within a "pop" context) rhythm section that captivated millions & sold 35 million units worldwide, and a VERY good blues guitarist soon to be replaced by peter green & mick taylor, both who did as admirable a job in that chair, but who eventually slipped into relative obscurity.
clapton's writing in the last 30 years is laughable, & the fact that he remains as big a star today certainly isn't reflected in his work, for the most part. in an industry that has long since been turned over to lawyers, where a short attention span is encouraged by promoting tv/soap-quality "entertainers" (i mean, KRAP, we've been reduced to a public that supports kids cultivated from the country's shopping malls! we'll certainly NEVER gonna be getting a new "day in the life" from one of them!), it's no bloody wonder that "out of the storm," one of the most beautiful & poignant works of the 70's got completely ignored & passed over for "lay down sally." clapton's entire post 60's catalogue doesn't even begin to measure up. not at least to an inquiring muso looking for inspiration to grow & learn from.
clapton is not responsible for baker's financial woes. agreed. but since he DOES seem to have this penchant for jumping onstage with just about anyone, ya think he could do a couple of shows to help out an old mate he clearly loved & learned from, the guy who called him back in '66 to say "hey, i'm puttin' a band together, do ya wanna do it?" that call made him a superhero. baker COULD have called beck, or even hendrix. he was NOT indispensible."
ml
NAME: jan de corte
LOCATION: hasselt, belgium
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Date: 4/18/2005
Time: 7:14:54 AMCOMMENTS
(Nice thing, such a webpage.) Fantastic that you reunite with Cream for a week... But too bad that so few people can come and listen. (Hope you have this show filmed like the one in '68 ?) I was too young a kid to know how it was like when Cream was a hit; learned to know your music much in the late 70's when I was a teenager and started playin' guitar. You're the most guitarist-like bassplayer I ever heard - I'm a fan. I play your songs ev'ry weekend with my friends. I'll have a heart-ache in the first week of may ...! Succes to the 3 of you. Rock the place and shake the world !
NAME: craig
LOCATION: deleon springs, fla
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Date: 4/18/2005
Time: 4:31:58 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, On your farewell concert at Albert Hall in 1968, after on of your songs (can not remember) they showed you standing there looking mesmorized, almost sad. You probably were taking it all in... the whole Cream era and maybe how you wished it wasn't over maybe.. I will never forget your look. Glad you are getting another chance...you guys deserve it. We all welcome it!!
NAME: Annie
LOCATION: London
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Date: 4/19/2005
Time: 2:16:24 PMCOMMENTS
Why are you so down on people making a few bob selling on tickets for the Cream concerts? The face value of the tickets is so expensive that for some people the only way they can afford to go is to buy extra tickets and sell them on. Could you not have made the tickets cheaper in the first place?
NAME: Mandy
LOCATION: Brussel
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Date: 4/20/2005
Time: 1:53:47 AMCOMMENTS
hi guys, for those that do not know yet, but are fan enough to be on this site. there is an aftershow in the Hardrockcafe with Malcolm and Pete Brown appearing with another band. i know already some Creamfans that will attend. its on Friday, the 6th at 11pm. Tickets (hopefully still available) can be booked at http://www.cedarmountainmusic.com/. have a good day everyone. mandy x
NAME: Michael
LOCATION: Gallarate Italy
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Date: 4/20/2005
Time: 3:03:51 PMCOMMENTS
Jack! When do you come to Italy to play with cream? You're one of the most bass guitarist in the world in my opinion! If you have time, you could go to my internet site: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/minstrel-michael . Thank you and long live "fresh cream"
NAME: Kim Shaheen
LOCATION: Los Angeles
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Date: 4/20/2005
Time: 8:07:00 PMCOMMENTS
I just found this site and I'm still new to this internet stuff. Jack, it was such a joy to have you and Bruce Gary come over and visit Dan Armstrong and myself. I know it pepped up his spirits immensely before he passed away. That set of shows (Abbey Road tour)was quite amazing, and hearing you sing "Eleanor Rigby". Damn! Paul would be proud. We were all very happy to hear of your recovery. You were one of the few people who made me feel at home when I moved to London in 1969. I always have space for you. Dan Armstrong needed to talk with you, and to hear you say those things about his contribution, the tonal change, and how it affected your bass playing. That album was the one all others spring forth from. Dan Armstrong was, well just better after your visit. Your friendship has always been appreciated. I'm playing with Blondie Chaplin or I'd be there in a second for the Cream reunion.Thanks. Kim Shaheen.
NAME: Mark Hebard
LOCATION: Aptos, California
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Date: 4/22/2005
Time: 11:47:28 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
Well you gone and done it now. Thanks to my brother Doug and his supply of frequent flyer miles and a credit card we will be descending on the Royal Albert Hall opening night.The last time was Winterland in '68, what a show. I don't mind whatever you decide to play just let 'er rip. I can't wait to feel the energy when Cream takes the stage and the audience responds. That'll be worth the trip in it self.
NAME: Chris
LOCATION: Australia
ADDRESS:
Date: 4/23/2005
Time: 2:20:18 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack,
Best wishes for the Cream reunion gigs. Thinking of you guys first week May, wishing I was there, Cheers, Chris.
NAME: Tony Thomas
LOCATION: Merseyside
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Date: 4/25/2005
Time: 5:32:10 AMCOMMENTS
Well Jack, me and 'She Who Shouts' fly Liverpool to Spain on Saturday for a week's holiday on the Costa Del Sol. Then i catch the midnight flight on Sunday from Malaga to Gatwick, abandoning 'She Who Shouts' in Spain. I get a day in London before catching the Monday gig and flying back to Spain 06:00 Tuesday. I can't imagine what "She Who Is REALLY Gonna Shout" is going to have to say, but i don't wanna hear it, so do us a big favour Jack, crank up them speakers and MAKE ME DEAF! Don't know how you've come up with a set-list between you, with so much solo stuff that could fit in, but i hope it doesn't include soppy stuff like 'Wrapping Paper'! Big thanks for an opportunity that i could not resist, never having seen the original performances. I just hope i can stay awake! Regards, Tony.
NAME: Tony Howard
LOCATION: Fort Walton Beach, Florida USA
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Date: 4/26/2005
Time: 10:07:23 AMCOMMENTS
Jack- A few years ago you wrote in these pages about a project you did with Andy Summers and Dennis Chambers. Whatever became of that project? I absolutely love "Shadows in the Air" and "More Jack Than God" and anxiously await the third installment of your Cuicoland trilogy. I am especially glad that you've recovered your health. Knock 'em dead at the RAH with Eric and Ginger! I'll be there in spirit.
Cheers!
NAME: glenn j miller
LOCATION: virginia beach V.A.,U.S.A.
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Date: 4/26/2005
Time: 11:41:30 PMCOMMENTS
I have been a huge fan of cream,jack's solo music with leslie west,gary moore,and the many others.Do you think there is a chance for a cream reunion in the U.S.!.I'm sure I am not the first person to ask this question nor will I be the last but I figure if enough of us ask maybe it will happen.I joined the cream reunion website so hopefully if it does happen I'll be notified in time to try to get tickets.Well it can't hurt to dream!!
NAME: Nick
LOCATION: Sedona, Arizona
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Date: 4/27/2005
Time: 1:10:20 AMCOMMENTS
Getting set to fly out Saturday the 30th of April for London. You see, somehow I managed to (legally) get two tickets to the Cream concert on May 3rd. Must I say it's the event of a lifetime for me? I feel like I'm 17 years old again, and that's priceless. To you Jack (and Margrit, thanks again for letting me know when the tickets were going on sale) I have to say that the music you Eric and Ginger made was one of the three basic building blocks of my musical formation (the other two: Beatles and Hendrix of course). I can never thank you, Eric and Ginger enough for that. To all the apparently immature fans in the guest book, why oh why disparage Eric or anyone for making great music? Or selfish comments like "don't play Wrapping Paper"? Hear me and hear well: JACK, YOU AND ERIC AND GINGER, FORGET EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAYS (EXCEPT ME) AND JUST PLAY. PLAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. THIS FAN JUST WANTS TO HEAR YOU THREE HAVING THE TIME OF YOUR LIVES. I'M FLYING 8,460 KILOMETERS FOR THIS AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU PLAY NURSERY RHYMES ON A TOY PIANO. And also know that this fan will be cheering loudly from the the balcony on Tuesday night, I hope you'll be able to hear me!!! Break a sting Jack!
NAME: Peeter
LOCATION: Estonia
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Date: 4/28/2005
Time: 7:03:32 AMCOMMENTS
Hello to everyone! I need help, does anyone have any idea in which tuning was played "As You Said". Tablatures...I `m very-very grateful for any kind of information about this very special song. Thank you! Peeter
NAME: Malcolm
LOCATION: Mumbai
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Date: 4/28/2005
Time: 12:11:07 PMCOMMENTS
Jack - How can you do this to me? I'm on a two month assignment in India and right in the middle you do the reunion I've waited over 30 years for. I was there in '66 (Supreme Ballroom Ramsgate), '70 (Tony Williams Lifetime - Dreamland Ballroom Margate). Listen to the "Very best of Cream" I write. Will you do it again? And let me know well in advance so that I can make sure I'm in the country!!! More strength to you Jack. Best wishes.
NAME: Laurie Jones
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 4/29/2005
Time: 2:35:07 PMCOMMENTS
Thank you.. thank you .. thank you.. for the inspiration and the timeless music. I want to write a musical based on "Theme for an Imaginary Western"... let's talk.
Best of luck on the Cream reunion, however I love the solo work you've done... never stop.
Love and Peace- Laurie Jones
www.lauriejones.org
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct. USA
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Date: 4/30/2005
Time: 3:04:06 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,I am writing to wish you and the band a great week of history-making music and most of all,I hope you enjoy yourselves up there on stage.We wish we could be there,but going on line throughout the day didn't work for getting tickets and the ebay prices are just out of reach.Having owned that old EB-3 for a couple of years does make me feel a part of the whole thing and we are cheering for you.I hope maybe the band will do more dates and we will all have another chance.Just went to see our old buddy,Steve Swallow and got to chat for a while.His playing with Scofield and Stewart was incredible and he is doing great.What a great soul he is!Anyway,it is great for all of us that you guys are doing this reunion and I hope to catch up with you somewhere sometime.Love you,Dave
NAME: Mike Moran
LOCATION: Fall River, MA, USA
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Date: 4/30/2005
Time: 10:32:53 AMCOMMENTS
I've been "Googling" every day to learn more since the announcement of the reunion concerts. Are there any on-line stories about rehearsals, hopefully with photos? I've seen none. Will Jack, Eric, and Ginger hold a press conference prior to the first show? What are the overall press plans? I'm devouring every bit of coverage regarding this historic event. While I'm sure that the shows will be recorded and videotaped, I want more, more, more !! Please advise.
NAME: Dalila E Solis
LOCATION: Houston, TX (North Shore)
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Date: 4/30/2005
Time: 11:12:58 AMCOMMENTS
Great website!!! I have been a fan of your music for a couple of years now. I'm only 17 years old. Your music has influenced me greatly. Just wanted to say thank you and that your music has reached so many generations. Also It's great that you all are doing a reuion tour. Maybe you should try one in the states. Maybe even Texas? Or how about Houston? Please!!! Thank you for your music yet again.
NAME: Dan Keegan
LOCATION: Cheverly Md USA
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Date: 5/1/2005
Time: 8:25:45 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I have been overwwelmed by emotions, saddness at your illness,elation at your wonderful recovery, absoulte joy on hearing of the Cream reunion, and total devestation at not being able to attend (pressing family matters) even if I could have gotten tickets. Enough of me. The three of you just go out there and remind the world what real music is like. If nothing else, you should all just have one hell of a good time...Dan
NAME: John Hopkin
LOCATION: U.S.A.
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Date: 5/2/2005
Time: 11:46:00 AMCOMMENTS
Good Luck Tonight!!! Please come to the U.S.
NAME: Webmaestro
LOCATION: Miami,Florida
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/3/2005
Time: 5:48:33 AMCOMMENTS
Very nice and useful website Jack. Please visit my website!!! :)
NAME: gary johnson
LOCATION: surrey
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Date: 5/3/2005
Time: 10:40:06 AMCOMMENTS
last saw Cream in 1968, taking my son a bass playing 15 year old, to see them again tonight. happy days.
NAME: John Telfer
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/3/2005
Time: 1:38:15 PMCOMMENTS
Saw the concert like nite Jack, I am still speechless! Sheer raw talent on that stage last nite!! Now we have seen a Cream get togeather, lets see a WEST, BRUCE and LAING reunion!!! That would be an absolutely awesome show, to see you and Leslie trading riffs, with Corky pounding away. Just saw you'll thing about it! I am sure Leslie and Corky would be up for it!
Nice one mate
NAME: Susanne Daeschlein
LOCATION: Berlin, Alemania,Germany
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Date: 5/3/2005
Time: 4:54:21 PMCOMMENTS
Ooooooh, Jack, to me and all the Cream-loving "fat" people over here in Germany - you "did it" , too, for what we´ve waited more than 30 years long ! Do it again and please, come to Berlin with Eric and Ginger! Do you always drink tea with milk and honey ? :-) Love to you and all your beloved ones ! I wish I could be in London these days......I would have gone to all the concerts, believe ! I would have crossed all the crossroads for becoming so glad to feel the sunshine of your love! Wow! Never stop ! CU
NAME: Your Soul Mate
LOCATION:
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/4/2005
Time: 3:42:05 AMCOMMENTS
They're tearing down the Mayflower in NYC, and I'm so glad, I'm so glad... So glad, so glad, so glad.
NAME: gary johnson
LOCATION: surrey
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Date: 5/4/2005
Time: 5:52:14 AMCOMMENTS
at the concert last night, 15 year old son suitably impressed and realises he needs a little work on his bass runs. from both of us one word; awesome!
NAME: Bob
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 5/4/2005
Time: 12:32:44 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, I'm sure you won't remember this it's been 25 years. My band was working a club in New Jersey to a packed house when a guy said you were in the house. He actually was telling me all night, of course we didn't believe it.Well I announced it to the crowd and went straight into "Crossroads" and like Moses, the sea of people in front of the stage parted and you lept up on the stage. You sang the rest of that tune, did a slow blues and we finished with "Roll Over Beethoven" I didn't get to shake your hand you were pretty much dragged off by some friends. God bless you & The Cream. Please come to the USA I want to jam with your band!
NAME: Robert Rensch
LOCATION: Dayton, Ohio
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Date: 5/4/2005
Time: 10:24:53 PMCOMMENTS
Hello, Jack! Been a BIG fan of yours since '68 when I bought Wheels of Fire. I am very sorry to have not been able to make it to the wonderful shows you, Eric, and Ginger are doing, but I am keeping up as well as possible on http://www.cream2005.com/
My wish is that you three will write brand new material and make a studio album completely free of the past. Songs as you wish, play as makes you happy. Your joy is mine and my wife's!
We love you and thank you for a life full of beautiful music!
NAME: Robert Shore
LOCATION: Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada
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Date: 5/5/2005
Time: 8:44:40 AMCOMMENTS
Thank You Jack for tuning my musical ears since youth. I could never have wished for a better human Instructor.
Peace. Rob
NAME: Stu Dass
LOCATION:
ADDRESS: stu.p.dass
Date: 5/5/2005
Time: 4:34:01 PMCOMMENTS
I like cream
NAME: leon
LOCATION: La Palma/Spain
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Date: 5/5/2005
Time: 4:46:02 PMCOMMENTS
hi!!
i say 'hi' to COREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MISS YOU HERE IN LA PALMA :-(
NAME: Kim Gabrielsson
LOCATION: Gothenburg, SWEDEN
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Date: 5/5/2005
Time: 6:04:17 PMCOMMENTS
Hi there!! I'm sooooooooooooo glad you're still around -to kick ass and spread the joy I myself and a couple of million other souls are experiencing -in these days of the CREAM REUNION. It was well worth the 37 year wait and I knew it would come about, eventually. Thank you ever so much!!! THESE were the days...
Kim Gabrielsson, musician
NAME: Carol
LOCATION: London, UK
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Date: 5/5/2005
Time: 6:13:01 PMCOMMENTS
I saw the reunion gig on Tuesday and it was wonderful. It's a couple of years since I last saw Jack play and I forgotten how just watching him play can brighten up my whole life. And I've got tickets for the Dick Heckstall Smith tribute Astoria on 6th June, so all is well with the world! Thanks Jack!
NAME: Bobby
LOCATION: Manitoba, Canada
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/5/2005
Time: 7:40:46 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack,
Very glad to see The Cream reunion has come to fruition. I know you've awaited a long time. So have we... Whatever you put into life - eventually comes back. I am very happy for the three of you.
Bob. Manitoba, Canada
NAME: laura
LOCATION: the united states
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Date: 5/6/2005
Time: 3:06:08 AMCOMMENTS
jack:
i think i've logged onto every other musicians' website without knowing you have one - i'm so glad i've finally found it! there was a copy of the cd "more jack than god" at the library and i got the idea of a web search for an official jack bruce website. now that i've found it and the guestbook, i want to say hello, and tell you the cd makes me feel connected to you again. i would love to know more about your parents' musical background and how you feel about yourself as a singer because i greatly love to hear you sing. also, thanks much for keeping those of us whose life has been enriched by your very special talent up to date on what is happening in your life - both the good and (so sorry to hear) not so great. it means a lot to me because i feel like you've been a part of my life that i don't want to ever lose. what a very special person you are.
NAME: Mo Degley
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 5/6/2005
Time: 6:14:33 AMCOMMENTS
Too freakin' cool -- I learned to play right about the time you guys were hitting your stride the first time -- God bless you for having the courage to do it one more time -- and Welcome Back!
-- Now I KNOW how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.............
NAME: Martin Alston
LOCATION: Hampshire, England
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Date: 5/6/2005
Time: 12:24:02 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, I've been waiting so long! I saw Cream at the Albert Hall on Monday night (2 May 2005). You were on fantastic form. Your voice was wonderful (particularly on 'Wer're going wrong' as was, of course your bass playing on everything! I'm so glad to see you looking so happy & well. I'm 53 & have been a mega Cream fan since I was 15. Sadly you guys broke up when I was only 16 and I never got a chance to see you before now. (Although I've seen you Eric & Ginger separately many times). Without any exagerating, seeing Cream the other night was a lifetimes dream come true for me. Thank you ...you've made this old Cream fan very happy! Much love Martin.
NAME: george schroeder
LOCATION: balto. md. usa
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Date: 5/6/2005
Time: 6:59:16 PMCOMMENTS
it's great the 3 of you are still standing and able to "cook" together once again!must be heart warming to feel the crowd and the fab reviews too..you deserve them!!and what a great set list!!!hey and fans..the guys play (as far as instruments,brand wise)what they play! ec plays a strat!...jack's been playing warwick fretless since the mid 80's !!and ginger is no longer ludwig but a dw player..nice gear is nice gear but it's the person that comes up with the music and sound!!like the sign said at the RAH in 68' "God save the CREAM!!!regards george
NAME: MIKEY G MEROLA
LOCATION: MANHATTAN NYC
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Date: 5/6/2005
Time: 7:32:27 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Please stay healthy and encourage ginger and eric to keep your group together, get into the studio and record a new album. I know the best is yet to come. sincerely, MIKEY
NAME: Randall Hill
LOCATION: Tampa, Florida
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Date: 5/7/2005
Time: 1:12:53 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I have been listening to you since the Blues Breakers days and have always thought you were truly a class guy, who plays music deep from his soul and then it goes through your heart and then out into thw orld for everyone to enjoy. Being a southern boy born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1953, and then raides in Tennessee, I was raised on the delta blues. My father played the upright bass in dance bands, jazz bands, blues bands almost every weekend and I started going to gigs with him at age 5. He passed away a couple of years ago and I look back with such fondness of that time. It was way cool to be that youg, stay up late, and then listen to them jam after a gig. Your way of "pickin the blues" is so very unique to you and I enjoy it so much. Sorry to hear about your health, but hey brother, you are strong and I have never met you, but I know through your lyrics and music that you are a good man and you have spread good vibes all over this planet with your music. I ahve been playing the blues harp since I was eight years old and have all of the great harp players on record and CD. I still remember when you boys put "Rollin' & Tumblin" on vinyl. I was 13 or 14 years old and I wore that album out ( and drove my mom crazy blowin' the harp to it. ) I still play and sit in with some "real deal thumpin' the blues" pickers in Tampa now and then and I love it so much. Besides playing the harp, just like you, I have a fairly serious problem with the ol' liver also. But a life of all of those "goodies" will do that. But now sober. As my man Little Walter said, "I have had my fun, if I don't get well no more." I bought four new Hohner "BLACK HARPS" today, A,C,D,G. Think I will put a little Charley Musselwhite on the CD box and try these new harps out. Enjoy the day, and if you see ol' Pressed Rat or Warthog, tell them Randy said hello !!!
Randy Hill Tampa, Florida
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NAME: Dominic
LOCATION: Essex
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Date: 5/7/2005
Time: 4:16:57 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack Its Dominic. I Went To See You On Friday At The Albert Hall You Are Amazing And So Is Eric And Ginger. Say Hi To Corin From Me.
From Dom
NAME: Kathleen Hopper
LOCATION: UK
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Date: 5/7/2005
Time: 5:30:26 AMCOMMENTS
Just to say how I was completely blown away by Cream Reunion 2005, having seen (or rather heard them) way back in Hyde Park in the 60s. Have been a fan ever since, and now have three adult children, all huge fans also!
My son, Richard, learned Bass and is a great admirer of yours, and once spoke to you when we travelled from Stanstead Airport on the same KLM flight to Amsterdam as you.
Fabulous night, and the music has only got better.
Just like to say thanks for sharing this with us.
All the best. !
NAME: gordy
LOCATION: Near London
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Date: 5/9/2005
Time: 7:35:43 PMCOMMENTS
A Great friend of mine (Mr Dave Oswald) once and many times since descibed you as GOD and having now seen you play LIVE twice I can see why........
First at the Jazz Cafe in 2001 and now with CREAM at the RAH on May 5th.
What can I say, but I am being educated in the sounds of the greatest bass playing I have had the pleasure to witness.
and of course it goes without saying that the CREAM gig was AMAZING. Thank you Jack and Ginger and Eric.
NAME: Howard
LOCATION:
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Date: 5/9/2005
Time: 11:42:19 PMCOMMENTS
Well after a thirty five year wait, I'll take a DVD of the reunion!! Heard that it went over just fine (how could it not?) Some rumblings about the lack of extended jams but, c'mon........... Jack, Eric and Ginger really have nothing to prove? My only question is....What next? Long live The Cream!! They started live extended jamming and apparently came full circle as a group.............Jack, we all expect more music from you real soon!!!
NAME: Chris Shaw
LOCATION: Chesterfield, England
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/10/2005
Time: 5:15:09 PMCOMMENTS
Thanks for waving at us Jack on the 6th of May, we were up in the balcony to the left of the stage. None of my mates back at school on the following Monday believed me. The show was absolutely fantastic and was a dream come true for me. I am too young to have experienced Cream the first time round, but i enjoy all your recordings live and studio, especially 'Tales of Brave Ulysses' live, that is an exsquisite recording. The Farewell Concert film is pure gold, but i do find it comical the way Ginger can change his clothes during 'Toad', that is a skill to master! Thanks Jack for the great memories.
NAME: Mandy
LOCATION: Brussel
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Date: 5/11/2005
Time: 1:56:21 AMCOMMENTS
Was there the 06th of May in RAH. i am not a quiet one, but i am gobsmacked. Wish i would have been alive in the 60th as well to them them start out. Great show, great review, great pics everywhere... Enjoyed myself to the max. (only peed off cos Beet ignored me... i wanted a pic with him...i mean we did waterfights at some stage! ;o))
NAME: Jim Nesta
LOCATION: Berkeley, CA
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Date: 5/12/2005
Time: 1:15:58 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
As a young man of the 60s who was, and still is, an ardent fan of Cream I would just like to let you know what a powerful influence you have been on some of us from that era. With the improved audio quality due to modern digital audio remakes of your masterly recordings, I have been even more able to more fully appreciate the subtle nuances of the virtuosity of you and the others of Cream. It seems to me that you are having more fun with that Warwick bass than one should be allowed to have as a human being. Take care and realize that you are always in our hearts.
NAME: Michael
LOCATION: York
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Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 3:26:55 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack!
Happy birthday for tomorrow, its my 21st then too; I was happy to find out I shared the day with such a hero of mine :o) Love your solo work so much, aswell as your cream days (I was so annoyed that I couldn't get tickets!) and can't wait to see you play at the astoria next month.
Have a great day tomorrow!
Yours
Michael
NAME: Nigel Stock
LOCATION: London
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Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 4:22:32 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack.
Hope you are well. My mate and I saw you, Eric and Ginger last week at the RAH. The best concerts I have ever seen. I hope that the 3 of you do more work together. It would be a pity if you do not you wer all magnificent.Roll on October for the DVD.
Cheers,
NAME: Steve R
LOCATION: Shropshire, England
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 7:04:53 AMCOMMENTS
So, the reunion gig was a fantastic success, everybody loved it.
So, now to the serious stuff - you guys need to get into the studio and deal with some unfinished business!!
Please, please, please - can we have some feedback from you guys?
I know you've all signed a vow of silence about the press, but it so frustrating that all this enthusiasm and excitement has been whipped up in the fans (and there are still a LOT of fans :-) and now..
...massive anti-climax.
No CD, no DVD (well, not for six months!) no interviews, no word from you three... nothing!
Please, throw us a crumb!
Cheers,
Steve R.
NAME: MASHA
LOCATION: St.Petersburg, Russia
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Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 10:58:43 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday My Darling Jack!
I often think about you and I`m so glad for you that you played those gigs in London!!! I wish I could see you.
ALL MY LOVE,
Masha
NAME: Axel Schmidt
LOCATION: Somewhere in Germany
ADDRESS:
Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 1:10:02 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
just want to say thank you! Have been to the Albert on the your last concert - it was more than I ever could have hoped for! Saw you in Bonn´s Brückenforum a few years ago and you signed my guitar. Thanks for that & for reuniting with your Cream fellows! Hope, you are doing some gigs in Europe as well - you can´t imagine how many people want to see you guys out on the road!
NAME: James Seltz
LOCATION: Edmonton, Canada
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Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 5:53:47 PMCOMMENTS
Happy 62!!! Many heartfelt wishes for your continued successful recovery and happiness. And Wow! for your reunion with Cream mates Eric and Ginger and a million and one fans worldwide. Amazing. Looking forward to more recordings and hopefully seeing you in concert on this side of the pond sometime soon. All the best from a lifelong fan, James Seltz ps. My 12 year bass-playing son was thrilled to see pic's of you with his Danelectro longhorn. Always an inspiration!
NAME: Joe Higgins
LOCATION: United States
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Date: 5/13/2005
Time: 6:34:57 PMCOMMENTS
Happy birthday, Jack. Wish I could have made it to London for the Cream reunion concerts. Too dear for me at this time. I plan on getting the dvd and any cds when they are issued. I happen to be the founder of the first Yahoo group for you called JackBruceCitiesoftheHeart. Membership climbed a bunch during the time leading up to the concerts and continues with 7 new members in the last 7 days. Glad you guys did it. Is there any hope for a 4 or 5 city US tour? I did order another cd of yours and Those Were the Days Cream box set in lieu of attending the shows. Happy your health is better and hope you continue to thrive and perform. Oh by the way one of the amateur reviews I read of you during the Cream shows complimented the the longevity of your voice and said it was better in that respect than Frank Sinatra's at a similar age. Heck personally I always thought you had a range that Sinatra could never touch. Pace amore, Joe
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct. USA
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 1:09:30 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday,Jack.U duh Man!
NAME: Kelly Ackerman
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA, (Hell) USA
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 2:57:30 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday! I wish I could send myself instead of this message! But most importantly, I thought I'd say thank you; and I want to tell you this now because if I ever meet you in person I would just stand there and drool on myself like an idiot! I started playing bass when I was 16 (I'm 19 now). There are many great bass players out there, but none of them have inspired me like you have. When I heard your bass solo in "Crossraods",(that's the only Cream song they know how to play on the radio in this town) I thought "Wow listen to that guy play. I've got to look into this Jack Bruce guy!" You once said that a lot of bands wanted to give up when they saw Cream. But I did not want to give up. From that moment, your music has inspired me to get off my a** and push myself harder in hopes that someday I can play like you. In fact, the guitar player in my band has even said my playing has improved since I became interested in you! So thank you for the inspiration, and for showing me what real music is. Have you heard some of the "music" that's out there today? By the way, I'm so glad you're feeling better. You look great! Sure don't look like you're 62! Have a very Happy Birthday! Love you, Kelly
NAME: Michael
LOCATION: Stuttgart
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 3:53:00 AMCOMMENTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!!!!! Hope you have a great day, and all the best to you! I was really happy when Werner brought me the t-shirt and the booklet of the Cream-Reunion. Thank you so much, especially for signing it!. I will keep it in honour. Best regards Michael
P.S.: Älles Guade au vo Deiner buckliga Verwandschaft (Eva ond Werner)
NAME: Susanne Daeschlein
LOCATION: Berlin, Alemania,Germany
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 8:08:07 AMCOMMENTS
Welcome, dear Jack, I can´t hold it back, On your special day Here in Berlin I stay, What else could I say, What else could I do, Just singing this way for you: Will we still need you, Will we still feed you, When you´re sixty-two , shoobeedoo, And I tell you - we ´ll do ! Can´t take our eyes of you! Even three thousand would be cool for you!
At least, here is still a nice latin wish for you: Salud, Amor y Dinero! Health, Love and Money ! For ever - siempre - not only one Happy Birthday today - but many happy returns of your Birthday! Love to your nice family! Your site is amazing! From your creamloving everlasting fan Susan(ne)
NAME: Doris
LOCATION: New Jersey, USA
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 8:27:37 AMCOMMENTS
Happy 62nd Birthday to the GREATEST bass player who ever lived!! Glad you're still here to make beautiful music and sad that I couldn't attend the Cream reunion concerts, but I will buy the DVD when it comes out. It must have brought back some great old memories for you to play with those guys again. I think your playing and singing are fantastic no matter who you're playing with, so stick around and bless us with your gift for many more happy birthdays to come.
NAME: E Dietz
LOCATION: New Jersey, USA
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 9:05:34 AMCOMMENTS
Wanted to wish you a very Happy Birthday, Jack! Keep rocking! Come back to the USA soon!
Love you, Beth
NAME: Don Kirkland
LOCATION: Dallas,Texas 75228
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 9:17:55 AMCOMMENTS
Hello,Happy Birthday.I hope it is a good one with many more good ones to follow.I also hope that your sets WITH Eric and Ginger were pleasant and exciting for all of you.Living in Dallas ,the best I can hope for is to hear and read about it.But I thought it was great it could happen and especially at The Royal Albert Hall.Once again,Happy Birthday !
NAME: Alex
LOCATION: Russia
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 1:19:48 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack! Happy birthday! We, your fans from this cold country wish you good luck and health. We will be glad to see you in Russia.
NAME: Dave
LOCATION: long island, ny
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 2:40:03 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack Just want to wish you a very happy and HEALTHY birthday. you have been, are, and always will be the Cream of all vocalists, bassists, and composers. thank you for being. Dave
NAME: Steve Raynes
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 3:04:34 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Realized that today was the 14th, and wanted to send you the most heartfelt good wishes on your birthday. It would appear that you gave us all the present this year!! Thank you. I do hope that those monumental shows will at last make so many in the general musical populace realize what I've known for 40+ years: you are the most amazing musician / songwriter on the planet!!
Happy Birthday, Steve.
NAME: Tom Hall
LOCATION: Baltimore, MD
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 3:07:31 PMCOMMENTS
Happy 62nd Jack!..(Don't worry..I'm almost there!!..Tried to get to you guys' reunion at RAH..but couldn't get tickets..but whatever..been a fan since mid 60s!!..To the Best Bassman..period..Happy B-Day!...
NAME: Wolfgang Freye
LOCATION: Essen
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 5:33:51 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
happy birthday to you!
I saw you a lot of times in concerts in Germany, first time in 1983. All of the concerts were great. The one I loved the most was your Birthday-Concert 1993 in Cologne.
But now it was topped by the Cream-Concert on May, 5th in Royal Albert Hall, which I was glad to see. It was a long and expensive journey from Germany, but I don't want to miss it. Do you guys make a new record? Or a tour?
I hope, your health will keep good and wish you all the best for the next years.
Best regards, Wolfgang
NAME: Che
LOCATION: Pittsburgh (Hell-9th Level)
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 9:46:13 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday, Jack! And many, more. I hope I should live so long, and be in such good shape! I suppose I'm going to be the millionth person to tell you how glad I am about the Cream reunion. But maybe not for the same reasons. I'm the guitarist in a blues/ rock band. The other girl from Pittsburgh/Hell who wrote you the mash note is my bassist. Anyway, around here, rock and roll is gravely underappreciated. It's hard, being broke, and an outcast, living in a city that's broke where nobody cares about the thing that matters most to you in your life. Music is everything to me. And to see you and Eric and Ginger playing together again, it inspired me. Gave me hope, something which I was beginning to lose. Thank you so much. If the Cream come to the USA, I'll be there.
NAME: Phil Manning
LOCATION: Australia
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 10:17:27 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday,Jack.Loved your work since the mid 60's and then sort of lost track...the Cream reunion has rekindled it so I'll look forward to catching up your recent music.All the best in the future, Cheers, Phil
NAME: Jaz Sinclair
LOCATION: California, U.S.A.
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 10:28:47 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack!!! You gave us all the best gift ever by reuniting with Eric & Ginger! I was fortunate enough to see 2 out of 4 shows, and you boys still can deliver the goods!! I was overwhelmed! Please continue to get better, and grace us with not only one more studio album with Cream, but I would love to hear another solo outing like SFAT or Harmony Row!! Truly Amazing work!! From one of the most influential bassist/vocalists of all time!! Keep Rockin' Jack, you are an inspiration to all of us!!
NAME: Glenn Slingerland
LOCATION: Albany NY USA
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 11:14:16 PMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Jack - looking forward to the DVD of the four historic concerts...and of course especially looking forward to seeing you next time you are in the States. As a logical follow up to the reunion, we will start featuring your great new version of I Feel Free from More Jack Than God, on our show. Best Wishes from all your friends on The Glenn Slingerland Situation...we're always thinking of you.
NAME: George Kraus
LOCATION: Mineola, New York
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Date: 5/14/2005
Time: 11:32:44 PMCOMMENTS
Great to see you back together with Cream Jack. Wishing you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many more to come. Saw you on November 1, 1977 at my Father's Place in Roslyn New York. I was awed by your prowess on the bass. Quite frankly, I had never seen a human being in such command of his instrument before. And I haven't seen the like of it since. Keep entertaining us Jack and drop by to New York again some time. You'll be more than welcome. Here's to many more!
NAME: Forrest
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 12:52:48 AMCOMMENTS
Happy Birthday Mr. Bruce! Sorry I couldn't make the shows in London but am looking forward to the DVD. Maybe just a few more select shows in the States? I did catch your 1968 gig at the old Houston Music Hall, the show with Leslie & Corky, and two later shows at small clubs in Houston, one with Ginger. Groundbreaking unforgetable music, still play it all the time at full volume. Take care, I hope to visit my ancestral home soon (Scotland). Forrest.
NAME: Charlie Bingham
LOCATION: Minneapolis , Mn. USA
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 4:35:14 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack just wanted to say was that the first rock show I evr attended was at The Grande Ballroom in Detroit around '68 the James Gang and The Thyme were on the bill...I have been a professional musician ever since...good to see you're still at it
NAME: Olga
LOCATION: russia
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 4:53:02 AMCOMMENTS
Happy birthday?dear Jack!! all the best wishes on your 62th birthday!! Hope to see you in Russia one day.
NAME: george schroeder
LOCATION: baltimore md. usa
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 11:05:30 AMCOMMENTS
ya can't keep a good scotsman down!!!and the one i refer to happens to be one of the greatest musical talents on the planet!!happy birthday jack!!ps..maybe you can keep the ball rolling(and tumblin?)in june for dick's tribute show,by adding his ole mate "ging" and subbing his other mate graham(sadly gone but not forgotten),with eric !!(very much part of the scene then)!2 others that would be right for that night would be john mclaughlin and gary husband!!god bless you jack!!!regards george
NAME: guenther demmerle
LOCATION: germany
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 1:21:46 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, happy birthday from germany!! I did not forgot your birthday, but I was too busy in the last two days! I think you don´t remember me, because you see millions of people in one year! I had the big luck to met you twice at the music fair in frankfurt. the first time 1984 at the hoyer stand, i played guitar and I gave you some pictures from the "automatic" tour in 1983. I wish you all the best of luck in your life and keep on playing!! You are the reason, why I started to play bass!! good luck my friend!! Gee
NAME: Ron Dolce
LOCATION: Evanston, Ill. U.S.A.
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 7:22:35 PMCOMMENTS
Happy birthday, Jsck. Keep those birthdays coming. Hope the reunion concerts were positive for you.
NAME: Cliff
LOCATION: California
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 8:20:06 PMCOMMENTS
Glad to hear that you made it to birthday #62 after your surgery! Hope all is well and that we'll see that third album soon. You have been an inspiration to me as a singer for years; in fact, I recently had to sing a difficult solo in church, and I wasn't able to make it really come alive until I considered how you would have done it. Thank you for tons of excitement and fascinating music always!
NAME: Mark C
LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York USA
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 8:34:48 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack:
My wife and I had the absolute pleasure of flying to London from New York to see Cream at the Royal Albert Hall last week. It was fantastic to see the band play once again. It was even more fantastic to see you in good health, smiling and having a great time. You played your heart out and I thank you. Take care of yourself.
NAME: jeff lynch
LOCATION: harrisburg, pennsylvania usa
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 10:08:26 PMCOMMENTS
dear jack,
sorry i missed the creams, but life and family called, but, jez, i'd rather hear you play solo anyday ... i'm just glad you're alive, my friend. hope we get to catch up soon, but meanwhile, happy birthday.
stay heathly and creative and true to all you are.
best,
jeff.
NAME: MIKEY G MEROLA
LOCATION: NEW YORK CITY
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Date: 5/15/2005
Time: 11:16:42 PMCOMMENTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK, MAY YOU ENJOY MANY MORE GOOD YEARS WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, MUSICIANS, AND FANS. SINCERELY, MIKE MEROLA 51 NYC UNITED STATES
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: The Wirral - UK
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Date: 5/16/2005
Time: 5:24:01 AMCOMMENTS
Jack ... two things :
Firstly - Happy Birthday man! (on Saturday last) and many happy returns of the day indeed. 62 years young and still playing with the power and passion of a man half your age. By coincidence 14th May also happens to be the same date of birth for my son Adam, who has had no choice but to become acquainted with your music over his seven years on this planet (and he seems to like it so far). He knows only too well that his dad is more than enamoured with your music, and he also knows why his middle name is "Bruce"!!! I just hope he picks up the bass when he gets a bit older (like I did in my youth)...
Secondly - thanks a million for making a dream come true recently, night after night at the Royal Albert Hall. I was there on Monday, Thursday and Friday nights. I feel very priviledged indeed! A friend got us tickets for Monday - I managed to get tickets for Thursday (all weeks in advance when the tickets went on sale) - but we never expected to go on Friday as well. We just joined the long queue of hopefuls outside the RAH on Friday afternoon; wishing and praying for those gold-dust-like 'return' tickets which magically seem to become available just before the performance starts. And we got lucky ... right down at the front by your own end of the stage ... brilliant - a real thrill for us both!
And the three of you rose majestically to the occasion. Each night was better than the previous I thought - but they were all great. I can't wait for the DVD package to relive it over again.
Eric's playing was fluid and inventive as you would expect, and yet quite different from his usual concert style. He seemed to rediscover something within himself which perhaps only you and Ginger could bring out...
And Peter Edward Baker himself - what a revelation to see that one-man percussive orchestra still battering his kit into submission each night - especially on "Toad" ... again rising to the challenge of such esteemed company on stage - again finding his 'natural' place to be - the only drummer who can do "Sunshine" properly...
And beneath it, behind it, ahead of it, and around it all - was the real motor of the band - definitely running on full throttle ... Mr. Bruce himself. I'm glad to see that you are well along the road to recovery Jack - your voice was in fine form. What a great surprise and treat to hear so much harp playing on "Rollin..." and "Sitting..." and of course the booming bass echoing around that grand old auditorium once more! As Patrick Allen narrated on the Farewell Concert film (and it still holds true) "for Jack Bruce, his voice, and his pounding guitar, speak with one voice of unmistakeable clarity and power"...
I will never forget that wonderful week I spent in London. Lovely weather during the day and great entertainment at night .. quite literally "sunshine by day - and 'Sunshine' by night."
NAME: walter
LOCATION: belgium
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Date: 5/16/2005
Time: 11:01:08 AMCOMMENTS
happy birthday jack hope to see you one day in Belgium. hope you're fit and well
NAME: Susanne Daeschlein
LOCATION: Berlin, Alemania,Germany
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Date: 5/16/2005
Time: 12:13:17 PMCOMMENTS
Wow, that´s extremely true what I just read, that
GOD SAVED THE CREAM !!!
In a double and even a triple sense !!!
Beeeecaaauuuuuse to be able - to save - this Cream,
GOD SAVED JACK for all of us !!!
I read that Jack is the SOUL OF CREAM !!!
Nobody said it better....
That´s exactly what I felt when I read about "The Reunion" - was there any other "reunion" by the way ?? :-)
I mean, tea doesn´t really taste well without the presence of some nice CREAM (and honey) - true ? Some real "bad" CREAM would be a "Mascarpone", :-)
Oh Jack, You are never "born under a >bad< " sign ?
Unless the compliment "bad" - you know what it can mean, too. Keep this your beloved "bad" voice,please, we need it !!!
Love to the whole "Bruce Gang" from Susan(ne)
NAME: Jon
LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Date: 5/16/2005
Time: 4:01:01 PMCOMMENTS
Like many of the other guests, I'm a lifelong fan. Started playiing bass in 1968 and drove my parents crazy by playing nothing but the "Sunshine" riff for 6 months! Bought an EB-3 but mysteriously never got it to sound like yours... Flew over for the Monday night Cream show and still singing the tunes 10 days later - thank you thank you. Happy Birthday and Good Health, JP
NAME: Elvir
LOCATION: Sweden
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Date: 5/17/2005
Time: 9:32:48 AMCOMMENTS
Happy birthday Jack !
NAME: Mike Sampier
LOCATION: Galway Ireland
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Date: 5/18/2005
Time: 5:50:11 AMCOMMENTS
A belated Happy 62nd Birthday greeting to you Jack!
Been a fan of your brilliant musical career since the "Fresh Cream" days and was really thrilled to witness you Eric & Ginger back again on stage for the May 2nd Reunion show. And my intuition proved correct when I had a feeling that "I'm So Glad" would be the set opener.
Yes us fortunate fans lucky enough to see the three of you perform again were certainly Glad to once more hear Cream's classic songs performed live -especially the finale "Sunshine of Your Love" - my personal favorite song.
Can't wait til the dvd/cd is released yet wouldn't it be wonderful to hear new music from the best band ever - long live Cream!
Keep well.
NAME: Dave Oswald
LOCATION: London
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Date: 5/19/2005
Time: 11:05:37 AMCOMMENTS
There was a documentary on BBCs Omnibus programme in 1969 called Rope Ladder To The Moon — A Film About Jack Bruce. It was made by Tony Palmer. You can get in touch with him and buy it on DVD.
His email address is: ["isolde" at "btinternet" dot com]
It has some intersting footage of Jack wandering around Glasgow, a bleak place back then, thats for sure. Film of him on an island too. Studio versions of Never Tell Your Mother Shes Out Of Tune and The Ministry Of Bag with Chris Spedding, John Hiseman, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Art Themen, Henry Lowther, John Mumford and Mick Pyne. It also features the instrumental ending to To Isengaard with Spedding on fine form and Over The Cliff featuring Hiseman and Heckstall-Smith. The music is fabbo, top drawer. A documentary that could only have been made in the 60s but good to see.
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
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Date: 5/20/2005
Time: 7:03:28 PMCOMMENTS
Thanks for flushing the toilet that mass music has become.
NAME: Michael Ashton
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Date: 5/21/2005
Time: 12:56:32 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Congratulations on the Cream reunion concerts – possibly too long between shows but a great way to re-ignite that particular spark without getting stale (although even a short US tour would be much appreciated). I was late to jump on the Cream bandwagon back in ’68 but I made up for lost time and have enjoyed your solo career and other group projects, from Songs For A Tailor in ’69 through More Jack Than God, plus the two concert DVDs. Your music helped stretch my musical tastes beyond ‘60’s pop and rock (not that there’s anything wrong with that), especially to blues and jazz, with Things We Like, Escalator Over The Hill, Lifetime, the “Rocket 88” concert, and even the Ellen McIlwaine and Cozy Powell LPs. I appreciate some of it more than other parts, but knowing you were involved made me at least check it out, so thanks for all the enjoyment your music has brought me. Regarding Cream’s legacy, I think one of the main factors is that the group broke up before the major festivals of the late ‘60’s and the “arena rock” era of the ‘70’s that contributed to the legends of such bands as The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, and The Who. As long as the music is out there and fans like me turn our kids into Cream fans the legacy will live on.
NAME: Herb
LOCATION: Brooklyn
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Date: 5/22/2005
Time: 1:59:21 AMCOMMENTS
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY JACK AND MANY, MANY MORE. Best Wishes to you and yours, Herb
p.s. You are truly a consummate musician and my inspiration. Your fiery passion and heart and soul style of singing and playing remains unmatched. You are definitely the ruler by which all other bass players and musicians should be measured by! Anxiously awaiting the new Cream dvd and hopefully, godwilling, a new solo disc by you to complete the trilogy of "Shadows" and "More Jack"!!! God Bless Jack and take good care!!!
NAME: Barry Blaize
LOCATION: Stoke-on-Trent
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Date: 5/22/2005
Time: 3:50:58 PMCOMMENTS
A silly question this!
Did Jack live in Bradford in 1962 and did he win a set of luggage in an ABC Film Review competition? I recently bought an old copy of the magazine in which a Mr Jack Bruce won such a prize. Probably not the Jack Bruce but worth asking! Barry Blaize
NAME: Chris
LOCATION: Johannesburg, SA
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Date: 5/23/2005
Time: 5:29:48 AMCOMMENTS
I remember well as a schoolkid in Crieff, Scotland in 1968 the songs of Cream being performed by the legendary Crawford Marshall and Odyssey. I was devastated when Cream split that year. I saw Jack Bruce performing with a band at Stirling University in 1970--very smooth, jazzy stuff. I kinda lost track of Jack and Ginger, though I note that Ginger lives in KwaZulu Natal these days.
I'm so glad to hear that Jack has made such a great recovery from liver cancer. I just wish I could have been at the Albert Hall to see this reunion.Hopefully, there'll be a few more concerts--roll on the release of the DVD in autumn.
NAME: Crush Harris
LOCATION: Capistrano Beach,CA USA
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Date: 5/23/2005
Time: 5:24:19 PMCOMMENTS
The most wonderful musical influence on me, along with Miles Davis, Tony WIlliams, Larry Coryell, Elvis Costello has been the Jack and Pete! If only the rest of the world knew of Jack's heroics! Cream was a fabulous plateau but Jack has offered so much more! Jack you are a true luminary amongst luminaries!
NAME: Daniel
LOCATION: Mexico city, Mexico
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Date: 5/24/2005
Time: 4:45:01 PMCOMMENTS
hi, I would like to know if there`s gonna be released maybe a dvd or live album from your performances at the royal albert hall, because you only gave 4 shows with cream, some fans of yours around the world may be as interested as I
NAME: daniel
LOCATION: mexico city,mexico
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Date: 5/24/2005
Time: 4:49:06 PMCOMMENTS
oh also i would like to cream to consider a world tour, mexico included for us young fans to enjoy your great music live, hey i`m only 20 years old so please consider!
NAME: Dennis A Alonzo
LOCATION: Albrightsville P.A.
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Date: 5/24/2005
Time: 7:38:39 PMCOMMENTS
Hard to put into words what you have meant to alot of us but I know to me there will be no greater musician or idle. Cream, West Bruce& Laing, Jack Bruce solo, the best!
NAME: David Faytell
LOCATION: Amherst, Massachusetts
ADDRESS: faytell@aol
Date: 5/26/2005
Time: 6:44:32 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack;
Saw you and Cream on the final night at RAH. Went with 4 other guys who last saw Cream at MSG in 11/68. What an amazing event!! We're Going Wrong was clearly a highlight though truly everythine else was. Hoping you will continue touring and cut a new disc. Very satisfying my friend. Would have loved to have seen The Clearout and Princess as the demos showed.
Best to All, David Faytell
NAME: billy
LOCATION: scotland
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Date: 5/29/2005
Time: 1:01:29 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Hope your well, it was great to hear that you guys were doing three gigs in the RAH, iwasnt able to make it unfortunatley, next time around i will. I have followed you guys for some time and can i say you blow any of the new guys out of the water. Cream enspires and inspires guys like me to pick up an instrument and try and play and want to keep on trying . all i can say now is thanks and stay well. Billy.
NAME: Will
LOCATION: Southport
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Date: 5/29/2005
Time: 7:16:50 PMCOMMENTS
When Cream split I slept out all night to see Blind Faith in Hyde Park – it was the worst concert I have ever attended. The combined talents of Stevie Winwood and Rick Gretch could not replace Jack. Ginger went on to form Aeroplane (yawn,) and have “drum battles” with other drummers whilst Eric made elevator music. Only when they had Jack’s driving musical ability did they play well.
Saw you in Liverpool with Lifetime many years ago – what a concert!
Best wishes,
Will
NAME: Wayne
LOCATION: North Carolina
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Date: 5/30/2005
Time: 7:47:22 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack. You are one of the greatest bassist in rock history with few equals. I have to admit I'm not too familiar with your music as a solo artist. Cream is one of the greatest rock bands of all time who kicked the doors in for hard rock/heavy metal. It's great to see you guys reunited a couple of weeks ago for a few shows at Albert Hall. I hope there will be Cream reunion concert special on TV before too long. I know there will probably be a live CD & DVD soon of this historic event in rock history.
NAME: STEWART BROWN
LOCATION: ATL,GA/USA
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Date: 6/1/2005
Time: 1:34:01 AMCOMMENTS
DEAR JACK, IT WAS SO GREAT TO HEAR OF MAY REUNION. I HOPE YOU CAN BRING IT STATESIDE, AS I COULD NOT GO...I DID SEE YOU HERE IN '69. THERE'S ALWAYS A HOT MEAL AND FREE PLACE TO STAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DVD AND ANY CHANCE TO SEE CREAM AGAIN! PLEASE ADVISE, STEWART BROWN
NAME: Mark Gillespie
LOCATION: Glasgow
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Date: 6/3/2005
Time: 12:05:11 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: Mark Gillespie
LOCATION: Glasgow
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Date: 6/3/2005
Time: 12:10:15 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack...I only just found out that your from Bishopbriggs originally! I'm from Kirkintilloch myself, the next town along and am a struggling young pro bass player. I take comfort in knowing that someone from so close by has done so well. I'm only new to your work but it's great to know one of the best bass players ever is a Scot!!
NAME: Joshua
LOCATION: tree
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Date: 6/3/2005
Time: 10:46:29 PMCOMMENTS
Jack the show in Oakland some time about 1989 rocked so much ginnger was there come back Jack Joshua Tree http://www.genericnoboddysproductions.com/
NAME: Ian Hinsley
LOCATION: Manchester, England
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Date: 6/4/2005
Time: 5:37:46 PMCOMMENTS
Just to say thanks for the reunion concerts. I never thought it would happen, but I was there on the 3rd! Fantastic and thanks to all three of you.
NAME: seymour duncan
LOCATION: Santa Barbara, California
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Date: 6/6/2005
Time: 8:04:40 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack...wanted to say Hi and say thanks for all the great music over the years...I enjoyed playing with you in Germany many years ago and hope we can do it again...Your music and performances have been an inspiration to many of us musicians and I continue listening to your music...your pal...seymour w. duncan---santa barbara, california...
NAME: salvador
LOCATION: guadalajara mexico
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Date: 6/8/2005
Time: 12:34:38 AMCOMMENTS
Dear dear Jack
I've followed your career since the Graham Bond days and you became such a major influence through the years, "the influence", and now a Cream reunion Jesus, go to the States and I swear I'll be there. I'm very sorry for DHS's passing, his music is so familiar to me, I used to know every note of The pirate's dream and his exquisite work with Colosseum. My deepest condolences. And Mr.Bruce, I thank God for your presence on this messy planet, hopefully for a long long time to keep feeding our spirits. They make a "soda" here that is some sort of liver food, I can send some if you want to try, doctors can check the formula and give their approval. It works. Jack, I don't care the gear you use, it's the way you play and the music you make. God bless you Salvador
NAME: Shaun
LOCATION: London
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Date: 6/8/2005
Time: 1:01:20 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack
Firstly may I start by saying a much belated happy 62nd birthday, and secondly, thank you for allowing me the privelage of seeing you live twice in the last 2 months. Saw you with firstly with Cream (5/5/05) and secondly with Gary Moore and Gary Husband at the Astoria for the DHS concert Monday night, and what a show you 3 put on! I could have listened to you all night, the 5 songs (White room, born under a bad sign, sitting on top of the world, I feel free and sunshine...of course) just were not enough! Would have loved it if you could have gotten Ginger to sit in on drums and had a BBM reunion. Gary Moore was excellent playing the Les Paul almost note for note as Eric did on the Cream studio recordings all those years ago. I have to say I thought the three of you on Monday night sounded more like Cream than Cream (if that makes sense) with possibly the exception of Mr Husband on drums, who was great but just didnt have that Baker touch. Its such a shame Eric didnt pick up a Gibson for the Albert Hall shows, would have made the diffrence I think. Still, It was a great night out and a fitting tribute to Dick, I'm sure he was looking down. Will be keeping my finger on the pulse for any more live shows you will be doing, I'll do my best to be there.
All the best
Shaun
NAME: Bill Berends
LOCATION: New Jersey USA
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Date: 6/11/2005
Time: 6:19:41 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, just wanted to say thanks for the Cream shows!! The bits I've heard are once again truly inspiring in this age of everything sounds like Pro-Tools (THAT'S an understatement!!!)... but Flying By Now still moves me every time and looking forward to new music, Cream or no! Although an all new Cream album would be nice. :)
"I don’t wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton...." LOL. Thank god! We met briefly years ago and you said nearly the same thing then. I gave you "No Answer" to sign and you said... "oh so YOU'RE the one who bought that" Yup, that was me... and it's still amazing. :)
Best wishes, good health, live long and prosper my friend!! We all hope to see you stateside again ASAP!
Bill Berends -JB fan since 1967 (shhh ;))
NAME: Roger Adams
LOCATION: West Sussex, England
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Date: 6/13/2005
Time: 12:36:15 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Just wanted to say how much my wife, Sarah and I enjoyed both the Cream Reunion at the Albert Hall, and your performance with the "other two Gary's" at the Astoria. Gary Bruce indeed! I hope you will break radio silence soon to share your thoughts on how it all went at the Albert Hall. In the meantime, if you should ever need a good guitar player......
NAME: Pete Wilkinson
LOCATION: Chelmsford
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Date: 6/15/2005
Time: 2:02:22 AMCOMMENTS
many thanks for the set at the tribute concert for Dick Heckstall Smith with Gary Moore. It was a great night for a great guy. Lets hope it can be repeated next year as proposed by Pete Brown. Thanks Jack.
NAME: Stefan Ellertsson
LOCATION: Iceland
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Date: 6/15/2005
Time: 9:33:02 AMCOMMENTS
Saw you at Astoria on the 6th of June ,fantastic.Clapton who ? Moore blew him away
NAME: Philly Flynn
LOCATION: Donegal, Ireland
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Date: 6/15/2005
Time: 8:04:07 PMCOMMENTS
Hello all, Early memories...heard that Manfred Mann had a new bassist..a bluesy, jazzy player circa 1966. Heard his magnificent contribution on bass to some of Manfred`s lesser known jazzy tracks, like `Spirit Feel`. Excellent...heard Jack on Pretty Flamingo, playing bass and singing harmony. Then, heard that he was with Clapton and Baker in Cream. Wow!! Jack`s singing on `We`re Going Wrong`, `I Feel Free`, `Tales of Brave Ulysses` and `White Room` was, as the Yanks say, AWESOME! So glad to see Cream back together...Hope a DVD is issued. Last word...Student party, Galway, Ireland, circa 1969/70. 5 o clock in the morning..dancing solo on a dodgy table to `I FEEL FREE` on the turntable as the dawn broke...the hangover was terrible but it was worth it for that moment...for that moment we were FREE!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the memories, Jack!! regards, Philly (aged 55)
NAME: Al Knight
LOCATION: Montclair USA
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Date: 6/16/2005
Time: 4:32:33 PMCOMMENTS
NEVER STOP. Thank you, Alan
NAME: Mandy
LOCATION: Brussel
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Date: 6/17/2005
Time: 1:23:11 AMCOMMENTS
its good to see that this site is being updated again. Jack showed he is still active, so Derek picked up the site again. nice. i heard a little interview from ages ago with jack last night in which he mentions that music is everthing. may you be able to do your music til you drop (and that hopefully not for another 20 odd years :o))
NAME: Tom
LOCATION: Toronto Canada
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Date: 6/17/2005
Time: 12:54:50 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, What to call your historical RAH recording and DVD ? How about... ReFRESHed Cream ... or
HELLO Cream.
Tom Toronto Canada
NAME: Tom
LOCATION: Toronto Canada
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Date: 6/17/2005
Time: 1:02:17 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Been busy lately ??? You certainly deserve a long holiday, on a lazy, sun-soaked beach in Bora Bora - (went there in '83 myself, well worth visiting again). Now that you have made musical history, again, try this: a. Book the ROGERS CENTRE in Toronto, Canada, for a 2,3 or 4 night stretch b. Hire IMAX (the mega-film 70 mm production company, happen to have their Head Office, right next door to Toronto, in Mississauga ) to build a stage to their specifications, in order to create an IMAX film of your performance c. check out SAMBA SQUAD, the greatest percussion group you'll ever see (I am an admirer only, and have no commercial or other interest in this great band )... just go to www.sambasquad.com, - guarantee you that GINGER would love this wild band of percussionists, and would probably jump in and join them - you really must witness their performance while you are on this earth !!! think DEMON DRUMMERS OF JAPAN, and then add a few tons of SALSA SAUCE and JALAPENO PEPPERS, with a TEQUILA CHASER, and you got SAMBA SQUAD d. ask SAMBA SQUAD to be your show opener at ROGERS CENTRE e. put tickets on sale for 4 nights in Toronto, on a soft, smooth summer long weekend f. sell out 60,000 tickets x 4 nights in about 15 minutes g. make musical history again - SAMBA SQUAD opens for you, IMAX produces the mega-film of your concert, to beat out anything filmed at RAH, to play at all the IMAX theatres world wide, and double as a DVD h. make it an extended holiday in CANADA, come to see NIAGARA FALLS, where I grew up as a kid, and take the greatest train ride in the world, to see the ROCKY MOUNTAINS, and stop off in LAKE LOUISE, Alberta, to see a lake that looks like it is flooded with diamonds, near BANFF, Alberta - tell Eric he must see this, because after all he is half-Canadian, isn't he??? which might account for why he is SUCH A NICE GUY ALL AROUND, eh ??? i. relax on a lazy, sun-drenched beach, where ever in world you like, for as long as you like, because once you have your IMAX film in the bag, and you've done with your record breaking performance in Toronto - you deserve to RETIRE, and Ginger can ride horses for as long, and as far, into the SUNSET as he ever wished You don't even need to think of asking Michael Cohl to arrange this for you. He doesn't need the 20% . He's getting more than enough from Bono and the Boys, and Mick & Keith. You'll take in at least a cool $20 million for a gig in Toronto, and all related film, DVD sales. Every fan from New York, NY, Chicago, Detrioit, Montreal, and Eastern USA will come to Toronto. Just some admiring advice from a great, long-time fan of yours. Sorrry I couldn't make it to RAH, but I will definitely see you in Toronto, if you decide to come to see us. Might as well GO OUT WITH A BANK, sorry, I mean BANG. Happy Travels - hope you are reading this in the sunny tropics !!! Glad to see that you are still blowin' that HARP as great as ever ! Keep Practicin' Tom Toronto Canada p.s. please tell Eric that he is to be congratulated for his diplomacy, when Her Majesty, E II R asked "...and what do you do ?"... , when he could have said, "and pray tell YOUR MAJESTY, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING ???? " - My DEAR, CHARLES, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS !!!,
NAME: Charlie
LOCATION: kinross(formerly Glasgow)
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Date: 6/18/2005
Time: 7:28:14 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, nice site. I saw you in Glasgow in a club in Sauchiehall street a good few years ago. An enormous bouncer walked in with a little old lady who stood beside me. At the end of a song, curiosity got the better of me and I asked if she was enjoying your show. "That's my son, I always love tae hear him play" she replied. So it was nice to meet your mother, and you put on a great show. I think Zal Cleminson was also playing that night. Anyway, my 15 year old son has been playing guitar for 2 years now and I was delighted to see him have a go at 'sunshine of your love'with his band. Would love to see you play in Scotland again. T in the park in Kinross would be ideal ! All the best. Charlie. All the best.
NAME: Scott PArker
LOCATION: Cumbernauld
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Date: 6/20/2005
Time: 1:58:29 PMCOMMENTS
HI JAck im am only 8 but i like you cream and eric clapton i wish i could have saw the cream renunion but i live to far away could u tell how to contact eric please i am listening to my favirote cream song white room right now thanks JAck.
NAME: Leonardo Valentin
LOCATION: Springfield, Massachusetts
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Date: 6/20/2005
Time: 4:20:06 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, THANK YOU!!! Thank you for your wonderfully crafted songs. Everyone of them a perfectly crafted gem of timeless beauty(Rope Ladder To the Moon- being my all time fave!!) As well as being an inspiration & influence to all us bassists. There's always a song I can find to fit my mood at the time, or even if I just want to pick up my fretless and play along, you don't disappoint...(LOOOOOOVE the bass line to "Life on Earth!) Once again, Un vastante gracias... Leo
NAME: Rick
LOCATION: Parker, CO
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Date: 6/21/2005
Time: 11:11:05 AMCOMMENTS
Hi, thanks to Cream for a lifetime of music! Odd request here: I recently acquired 3 books from our local library sale that are inscribed to Ginger from Mickey Hart, Dick Heckstall-Smith, and Harry Shapiro. I'm wondering if Ginger wants them back, I would think they'd have sentimental value, maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, if there's a way to forward this to him and he wants them, they're his, no strings. Least I can do for all the music that means so much to me, especially Blind Faith! Thanks. -rick
NAME: Ricky Larose
LOCATION: Island Lake, Illinois
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Date: 6/21/2005
Time: 3:59:13 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Thank you for your music and inspiration
NAME: Alan Budick
LOCATION: Oceanside, NY
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Date: 6/22/2005
Time: 10:18:06 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Hope your doing well....saw you jam a few years ago on Long Island...I heard those Cream shows in London were great....Bring them here....
NAME: Mark Souders Fire Chief
LOCATION: Bradenton, Fla
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Date: 6/22/2005
Time: 10:59:42 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I was working out the other day at the gym and they have video TV's all around. There you were with Cream singing "White Room." I just stopped and stared. I was oblivious to anything around me, as I went back to the early years and somewhat of a memory recall. When the song was over, I turned around and everyone else in the gym (about 40 people) were doing the same thing. Nobody said a word. We all just look at each other and went back to working out. I think everyone had some sort of memory recall. Stay cool and keep playing. I would love to see you and the band (Cream)...I think I would be ready to die after that, for I would have seen it all.
Mark
NAME: David Mulhern
LOCATION: Portsmouth, NH
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Date: 6/22/2005
Time: 4:32:21 PMCOMMENTS
Jack --
What a tribute to the resilience of your spirit to see you recovered from your surgery, and going on to do the Cream reunion. Fabulous! You've been an exciting musical force in my life for decades, and I'm grateful to you for your body of work. I couldn't be at the Royal Albert Hall in May, but will definitely buy the Cream Reunion DVD as soon as it is available!
Thanks again for all the great music. Can't wait to see what's new sounds are still to come from you.
All the best, David Mulhern
NAME: jmidnight
LOCATION: Connecticut
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Date: 6/29/2005
Time: 12:38:00 AMCOMMENTS
From Yardbirds to Mayall to Cream to Songs for a Tailor(which my immigrant grandfather was), to Blind Faith to Delaney&Bonnie to Derek & the Dominoes to your solo recordings.....all the way to New Haven. Pat Thrall was your guitarist. Corky was there! Oh, 1973, West, Bruce & Laing. Waterbury, CT Willimantic, Mohegan Sun, I was there, or, own!!
NAME: Axel Wasmuth
LOCATION: Wiesbaden , Germany
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Date: 6/30/2005
Time: 6:42:02 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack ,thank you for the ongoing extraordinary music . When I was 16 (1964 ) ,I decided to play the bass , after piano and trompet .And now , I have a lot ,including a Gibson EB 3 , but my favorite is a Guild B302 frettless . .It s pity , I never seen you live . Today , I am a General Surgeon and I
knew , what you sustained . But musicians , especially bass ,players are strong men .Best wishes for your health and exploding creative moments
Axel
NAME: adrian
LOCATION: garden bay ,british columbia
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Date: 7/3/2005
Time: 12:30:49 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou .Listening to live 8 and thinking what a load of crap. Was lucky enough to catch one of the shows at the RAH. When I really want to listen to music I listen to you. I have a lot of it and that's what turns me on. Whether it is Cream, Songs for a Tailor, Harmony Row, West Bruce and Laing or the Cuicoland Express etc it is all so far ahead of whatever is second that we are forever in your debt. Looking forward to the RAH DVD and may you continue to make your genius felt.
NAME: alan johnson
LOCATION: bath uk
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Date: 7/6/2005
Time: 6:09:33 AMCOMMENTS
Jack just keep on going this world needs good music right now take care aln
NAME: Christoph Becker
LOCATION: St. Ingbert / Germany
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Date: 7/8/2005
Time: 8:35:15 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
for me the CREAM concert was a nightmare. But that was not your (or Eric's or Ginger's) fault.
It was because I bought a ticket for concert on the 6th via the web. I payd 295 GBP but these people fooled me like a stupid lamp. They promised to hand it over to me in front of the Royal Albert Hall. But on 3pm I received a phone call from them. They said that I will get nor the ticket neither the money back. So my day in London was very sad. I cried the rest of the day..... Hopefully I will get the chance to see another CREAM concert in the enarest future. Kind regards from Germany. Christoph
NAME: Jackie Turner
LOCATION: Fresno, California USA
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Date: 7/10/2005
Time: 12:42:11 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, Hope to see Cream extend their reunion to the USA, if only for a few major city dates. Last time I saw Cream was in Fresno, Ca on March 13, 1968 (Tickets only $3.50). Thanks Jack. Peace
NAME: Neil
LOCATION: NYC
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Date: 7/12/2005
Time: 4:13:19 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, when I hear your music I feel it in my fingers & I feel it in my toes. Your sound expands exponentially & the music that you make grows an' grows. Don't ever stop, Man! We need your grooviest contributions always. Pax Romana
dada fo' now... : )
NAME: Fern Valois
LOCATION: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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Date: 7/12/2005
Time: 4:43:50 PMCOMMENTS
In the early 1970's, when I had posted an ad in the local newspaper for a bass player, I got an evening 'phone call from a gentleman who said he was travelling across Canada on vacation and was just interested to know about the state of musicians and bands in the city. He said his name was Jack Bruce, and he had an appropriate accent. We had a short conversation.
I wasn't about to get inquisitive and intrude on anyone's vacation, but I have always wondered if it was you who called.
NAME: Dave Hughes
LOCATION: Austin, Texas USA
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Date: 7/14/2005
Time: 8:58:34 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Thank you for being an inspiration for (at LEAST!) this bassist for all these years. And don't stop now!
Dave Hughes
NAME: Henrique Utsch
LOCATION: Brazil
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Date: 7/16/2005
Time: 4:54:27 PMCOMMENTS
Hey jack, How are u doing? I´m your big fan and i just wanted to tell you to keep doing your good music, and maybe if you have time, come to brazil to play for us, i´ll be waiting for that moment. bye
NAME: Barry
LOCATION: Maine,USA
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Date: 7/17/2005
Time: 6:30:15 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack: You've allways been there.Please keep your gift going, and may you share some with us...
NAME: carl
LOCATION: sheffield.england
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Date: 7/18/2005
Time: 1:51:33 PMCOMMENTS
hi jack bruce my bessie friend is called jack bruce just thought u wud like to know! bye
NAME: Fred Garajalde
LOCATION: Jersey City, NJ, USA
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Date: 7/18/2005
Time: 3:21:48 PMCOMMENTS
Nearly 35 years ago I saw a local TV broadcast of the "Farewell Cream" Albert Hall show, and within a couple of weeks I picked up my first bass guitar. I've yet to get that DVD but I haven't stopped growing on the instrument. I can't count the number of times I've turned to one of your recordings for inspiration or just to enjoy something not created for commercial appeasement. Hopefully you are in great health and are inspired by us around the world to continue bringing yourself and your music to old and new fans alike. We hope you make it back to the States soon. The Lord is truly with you!
NAME: Vincent
LOCATION: Oakdale NY
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Date: 7/20/2005
Time: 1:13:25 PMCOMMENTS
Today is the 21st anniversary of meeting Jack for the first time. My Father's Place in Roslyn 7-20-84. I'll never forget it. Thanks.
Just wish I knew what Jack thinks of Gerald Veasley's (Pieces of a dream) bass playing? He's fantastic.
NAME: ell dog
LOCATION: US
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Date: 7/21/2005
Time: 7:15:01 PMCOMMENTS
Hey, Jack. Right on, mate. I'm coming to the Cream show at MSG. In order to go, I am selling my liver on the black market. But, that still isn't enough for tickets, so I'm selling my car, my wife's car, my son's car and liver, and I'm taking a second mortgage out on my house. Hopefully, that will be enough for me to afford the reasonably priced tickets for the show. Give my best to Slowhand. Latro......
NAME: rocky minozzi
LOCATION: nantucket
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Date: 7/22/2005
Time: 9:18:30 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I knew felix on nantucket where i was born, I never met you unfortunately, I would like to add to millions of your freinds opinion that essential ingredients to cream as well as music after were most obiously your genious and I am a guitar player NOT a bassist. this is most often not the case in myriads of bands, you have still a dynamic musical axiom that makes you MORE than human. God bless you Jack the BRUCE my son is nineteen and plays guitar but realizes you are the great Jack sprung from an era that will never be rivaled on this planet in any time.The wheel can never be reinvented.Gods speed to you.
NAME: John J Dalesandro
LOCATION: Arlington Hts, Il, USA
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Date: 7/23/2005
Time: 5:16:17 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, hope you & yours are well. Your vocal on the live "Spoonful" from Wheels of Fire, is by far my favorite of all rock performers' vocals. I'm anxious to hear the Reunion CD's. Thanx for what you've given us.......you, & Eric, & Ginger. P.S....you couldn't've picked a better name for the band!!! God Bless, John J Dalesandro
NAME: dave
LOCATION: ny
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/29/2005
Time: 10:48:21 AMCOMMENTS
hi jack
thousands of people are soon to be ripped off for thousands of dollars in the grand effort to try to see the mighty Creams at MSG. just wanted to know your thoughts on that.
NAME: butch royce
LOCATION: east hampton CT U.S.A
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Date: 7/31/2005
Time: 6:40:21 PMCOMMENTS
finally reunion shows!!! hopefully rumors are true and the US will get some shows ..Im already saving up for many tickets for many nights..after that it would be the right time for that west,bruce and laing reunion!!! boy would that make for agreat year!!!can you say hell yeah!!!
NAME: Chris
LOCATION: California, USA
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Date: 7/31/2005
Time: 8:18:29 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, My name's Chris and im a 15 year old muscian from the U.S. Lately,I've been contemplating my vast list of musical influences and your work has truly inspired me in my music. Im not here to give you any of that "biggest fan" nonsense, i just thought i would say that i truly appreciate your work and that you continue to be a big influence in my musical "quest". Thank You, Chris
NAME: Willian Brito
LOCATION: Ecuador
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Date: 8/4/2005
Time: 8:45:29 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, you are one of the best bass players in the world, you are amazing. Thank you for giving us your music
NAME: ARCHURE
LOCATION: Las Vegas
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Date: 8/7/2005
Time: 6:06:25 AMCOMMENTS
Music being a major mood enhancer, and social tool; CREAM meant so much to me. I went down to the cross roads, growing up in Northern CA (and Hollywood too), was in a rock band, and still just can't stop rocking. I was heartbroken when Cream broke up. And years back I heard that (one by one) both Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker had both died; only to recently hear 2005 on the Radio (Lyons Den, KULV in Las Vegas) that there was a Reunion planned. I hope it gets here, and hope I can afford it (always just barely hanging in there, being a musician myself). You can hear my music at www.archure.net and I wonder if CREAM in the early days played at the Teen Fair at the Paladium in Hollywood, was that you? (inside a Tent outdoors). MUSIC MEANS EVERYTHING. More power to the hip and cool people. -Chris Holley aka ARCHURE, formerly of Mendocino, Marin, Hollywood, and now stuck in Las Vegas, but still rockin
NAME: Joe Tartaro
LOCATION: n.babylon,n.y.
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Date: 8/7/2005
Time: 2:07:36 PMCOMMENTS
jack,have been listening to,and have been learning from you for over 35 years now.when i put some of you in my playing,heads turn.thanks for the lessions.also i saw you guys<cream>many tines,but my favorite,and i have a recording of it,was filmore east-1967-your first show there,from there you went to the cafe au go go in the village. thanks-JOE~T.
NAME: Geoff Brown
LOCATION: Chicago, USA
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Date: 8/8/2005
Time: 3:49:07 PMCOMMENTS
To Jack Bruce -
You were definetely one of my childhood heros as an aspiring bass player. I remember first hearing Crossroads and deciding to save up and buy an EB3. After packing up for college, i found several old Cream records as well as the Songs for a Tailor and Zappa's Apostrophe album. It's good to see that you are still very much alive and well in music. Good luck to you, come to Chicago!
Geoff Brown
NAME: Jan Pfuhl
LOCATION: San Francisco, Ca.
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Date: 8/10/2005
Time: 4:12:25 PMCOMMENTS
I have a question that I've been trying to figure out how to get the answer to for along time now. Watching the series "The Blues" on PBS here in the states a few years ago and particularly the segnment on Skip James that mentioned his cancer in the late 60's, the thought occured to me, did Cream record "I'm So Glad" to generate some royalties for his treatment? If that is the case, one of THE coolest and, apparently, unknown gestures to one of THE greatest of the bluesmen. My sister in law is good friends with Steve Gadd and, kind of as a last minute thing, was seated at Eric Clapton's table at a post tour dinner not too long ago. I couldn't get her on her cell phone before the dinner to ask the question and figured my best shot was lost. Then I ran into your Web page while searching the Web following the reunion shows. Interestng comment by Clapton that playing with you and Ginger again was the first time in 35 years he's been inspired by the people he was playing with. Some of the other people he's played with, such as the aforementioed Steve Gadd, might have been just a little suprised to read that. Hopefully the reunion will make it to San Francisco. Afterall, 1/2 of "Wheels of Fire" was recorded here and likely some good times were had as well. Thanks
NAME: Brian Ash
LOCATION: Bristol
ADDRESS: brian.ash @btinternet.com
Date: 8/14/2005
Time: 5:28:27 PMCOMMENTS
I think this is more of a question for Jack than a comment. I am researching famous drivers of Austin Westminsters (for a car Club Magazine) and I wonder if you can help.
I have an old Cream video documentary that includes an interview with Ginger Baker. He mentions that Cream toured the States in a Westminster and it appears that the band may have arrived at the name Disraeli Gears whilst travelling in the car.
I was wondering if there are any photographs or recollections concerning the car that could be made available for possible publication in the magazine of the Cambridge and Oxford Owners Club(which also covers the Westminster).The Club would be willing to consider any terms and conditions of use where appropriate.
I have tried to find a fan club contact for Ginger Baker (who makes the comments about the car in the interview) but have not been successful hence my E mail to you.
Thanks, and greatly appreciate any assistance or guidance you may be able to provide.
As a coincidence I play in a blues band in Bristol and the my Westminster (actually a Vanden Plas) has become our "mascot". Thanks for the great music over the years.
Brian Ash.
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 8/14/2005
Time: 11:44:45 PMCOMMENTS
Rio de Janeiro, August 15 2005--
Hello, Jack Bruce! It's such with an enormous pleasure and enthusiasm that I e-mail to you. The very first time I heard you playing was when I was a kid, I was at my uncle's apartment in Copacabana and my brother had put the Cream's GOODBYE album in the turntable. I was clever, and I was very, very impressed with your amazing speeded up improvisations in I'M SO GLAD, the fat notes that you so electrifyingly played were so exactly placed in the frets that I then became fascinated by such tremendous, total command of the bass's neck! Oh, man!!
Later on, I bought me a bass and started fingering it and marvelled with OUT OF THE STORM, which I bought me in early 1974; INTO THE STORM had those dramatic, intense notes and phrasings that seemed that you was trying to say something...your husky voice was complimented brilliantly by the bass's subtle runs, I was absolutely out of this world, this song brought me a deep, nice state of mind. PIECES OF MIND has those pull-off descending notes, and ONE is a masterpiece, as all your songs! OUT OF THE STORM is still like the sun rays in the street in the morning. It is tremendous!!!
AS YOU SAID came too. But, Jack, your fantastic bass solo, so intense and refined, and incredibly distorted - oh man, those feedbacks and distortions, I said, "oh, but looks like a guitar, looks like Hendrix" and "it's a bass"!!!!!, things like that...I'm talkin' of POWERHOUSE SOD and it is unmatchable, the most electrifying bass solo I ever heard! Man, you have to call Stefan Grossman (who did true "detective work" to find rare Freddy King's material and put them on the video market...) to search those old WEST,BRUCE & LAING shows and market them as DVDs in the market, please try to find the show of the LIVE'N'KICKIN' album (was it recorded at the Spectrum, in Philadelphia?) and put in the DVD market!
SMILES AND GRINS, THE NIGHT THAT ONCE WAS MINE, TO ISENGARD, your current incredible Cream's concerts...hey Jack, you're a true bass hero, a Bass Transformer, with all your wild string bends, distortions, improvisations...Mick Taylor, Carla Bley live in 1975 in the OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST...thank you very much! In my website: www.theoldblues.weblogger.com.br you can see me playing in the link ARQUIVOS - NOVEMBRO 2004. My e-mail is:<
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Please, e-mail me back if you can! Congratulations, sincerely, from Carlos Bill, 44, brazilian semi-pro bass player.
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 8/18/2005
Time: 5:11:58 PMCOMMENTS
Rio, August 18 2005--
Hi again, Jack! I'm glad to tell you that I pursue the CITIES OF HEART live double cd - a virtual textbook of your fantastic career! I'm - oh my, what a feel to see Jack Bruce performing live TIMESLIP! And what amazing bass runs and wild bends and subtle fingerings as solid as Everest in WHO KNOWS?, of the 1991 Rockpalast-Koln concert - the Spirit of Jimi Hendrix! Hey, Jack, so great! Thanks, from Carlos Bill.
NAME: Carl
LOCATION: Baltimore, MD, USA
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Date: 8/20/2005
Time: 12:05:11 AMCOMMENTS
I'd just like to say ditto to every great comment ever made regarding your contribution to music.
NAME: Andrew
LOCATION: USA
ADDRESS: andrewakstin
Date: 8/20/2005
Time: 1:24:52 PMCOMMENTS
Long time fan here. Recently heard the Reunion CD. Bravissimo! Jack, you are still Rock's premier balladeer without peer. The bass lines weave throughout the songs like an intricate knit. More accurately, like an eagle soaring upon updrafts. With all best wishes to you and your loved ones, Andrew
NAME: Bill Blunck
LOCATION: Chicago area
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Date: 8/22/2005
Time: 1:44:08 AMCOMMENTS
Jack - 1. saw you at RAH - best singing I've ever heard you do in all the times I've seen you 2. also interesting to see you play a standard bass part (Stormy Monday) - fabulously professional 3. loved the RAH setlist, then got to thinking, it would be great to add Tales of Brave Ulysses to the setlist for MSG . . . and I'd love to hear TrainTime
NAME: MBriggs
LOCATION: Mill Valley California
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Date: 8/25/2005
Time: 8:01:21 PMCOMMENTS
JACK!: It's really great to hear the new RAH CD's The Bass Playing and your singing and Ginges'drumming is as always incredible and full of youthful-vitality and innovation,newness... The thing that I did'nt enjoy was the way that Eric does "Badge" as it was in his band,singing it in yet another key or note,like The Eric Clapton Band, NOT as I bought it in 1969 as a hit with CREAM I also Thought that Eric,sounded a bite too thin in Sound as he is using amps that are probably not: Marshall's or Hi-Watts,or Oranges,If he is using Mesa Boogies then that is cool,as Terry Haggerty from the Sons of Champlin used them in the 70's,along with Carlos Santana and also Pete Townshend,Haggerty is one of Claps biggest earliest fans and has listened to him since the old daze of John Mayall's Blues-Breakers!,'66! Hag as he is called also was the first person that I know who played through Mesa-Boogies,as he lived right next store to the orig.maker/inventor in Lagunitas,CA in the 70's..I think that since Felix Pappalardi is now long-deceased and Cream needs a phatter,more edible twin-guitar sound to infuse new organic-energy and life into the original fold...And also since George Harrison is dead..It would be incredible if you could reconstruct the original organic Cream sound that Pappalardi produced and acquire either Leslie West or Gary Moore or someone with a very Phat Full-Arse Heavy-Ballsy Raw and Organic Sound into the Cream fold to make Clapton play harder and more imaginative and with more of a heavier,less light-weight,yet clean "Slowhand" Sound,as he was beginning to do in Blind Faith,as Ginger has noted and spoke about in interviews concerning E.C.'s imaginative free-improvised playing on "Do What You Like"...Also as in the '89 "A Question Of Time" Tour interviews,you were speaking about Cream writing new material if they ever reformed...PLEASE I LOVE THE OLD STUFF ALOT....Yet "Badge" sounds like the 70's EC Band Version and that ain't right. You sound great and identical almost to your monumental ways of playing on the orig. Pappalardi prod. track from '68.Also I would love to hear CREAM doing "Timeslip" and also "Obsession","Why Does Love Have to Go Wrong" and many other great tracks from your solo efforts,I.E."Harmony Row" and "Songs For A Tailor" and West Bruce & Laing" material like "Love's Worth The Blues" and Jam on these like the old daze brotha! These tunes cain't be forgotten and buried quite-yet! It's All Good!: Love Ya Jack,We'll Jam someday I hope,I'd love to jam with you on "Apostrophe" and "TimeSlip" and tons of others...I'm a drummer since I was 9 in '66!
NAME: gregory shackel
LOCATION: los angeles, ca
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Date: 8/30/2005
Time: 12:37:17 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Just turned 45 last March, and had the wonderful advantage of an older brother who turned me on to "Wheels of Fire" when I was seven, I've been a fan ever since. Spent my childhood in church choirs wanting to be a rock bass player; I finally started playing when I was a teen. Currently play with a Brit invasion band (we play Cream)! Thanks for being my biggest influence! God bless- Greg
NAME: Tim Aamodt
LOCATION: Shreveport LA
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Date: 8/31/2005
Time: 11:23:02 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack Cream has been my favorite band for 5 years now and I am only 16 years old. I've been hooked ever since I heard Sunshine of your Love in 1999. I was extremly excited to hear about the Cream reunion and feverishly hoping for a U.S. tour until I saw the ticket prices for the MSG shows. If the ticket prices are this high all across the country then I wont be able to afford to go. And if Cream regrouped, toured, and dismembered in my life and I didnt get to see them then I would regret it for the rest of my life. Please lower the prices, Jack , Please!
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 9/1/2005
Time: 3:07:20 PMCOMMENTS
Rio de Janeiro, September 1 2005--
Dear Jack Bruce, hello again! I was thinking of a way of your manager go searching for older Cream live music - for example, Cream's incendiary performances at the Winterland! Sure, I and millions of professional musicians are absolutely eager for seeing the Royal Albert Hall's comeback (or revival...) concert at DVD coming October now, but Cream's live oldies must be unmatchable to see either.
Furthermore, Jack, I insist in telling you that you should (even being a little sacrifice) try to search older West, Bruce & Laing stuff so that your company can put on the market the live full of fire music of POWERHOUSE SOD - man, what a phenomenal bass solo!, you are tremendous! - and THE DOCTOR or TIMESLIP and TO ISENGARD. KEEP ON WONDERING is too an enigmatic hybrid, a jazz/rock tune with those fat bass riffs while you kept on doing little harmonica riffs...OUT OF THE STORM was recorded live as a whole? I mean, Jack Bruce, are there recorded material (other than you with Mick Taylor and Carla Bley at the 1975's Old Grey Whistle Test) of you spreading the album OUT OF THE STORM on trips? If you have, oh man, please try to market it! What an incredible demonstration of your top skills there!
To close: I am eager to buy the DVD of the 2005, May's month Cream's Royal's concert...are you goin' to reunite again in October in New York with Eric and Ginger? Okay...great. But, please, it should be marketed forever...it should be recorded, as Beatles and Presley were for the upcoming years. By the way, Jack, in 6 or 12 years, there should have a fat, full live material of OLD AND RECENT CREAM AND JACK BRUCE'S LIVE MATERIAL, believe me, brazilians consider you a big superstar, totally. From Carlos Bill, 44, bass player and singer, songwriter (Disco Voador, Norma and Suzy are songs of mine and I have many others...). Congratulations, sincerely. It will be unforgettable to see you with Cream performing NSU, SLEEPY TIME TIME (hey there!!), CROSSROADS...
NAME: Susanne Daeschlein
LOCATION: Berlin, Alemania,Germany
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Date: 9/2/2005
Time: 4:48:44 PMCOMMENTS
Dearest Jack! I hope that you and your family and relatives and all the people you love are alright. I write something untypical to you tonight - it is also for Eric and Ginger....because you have the power? Surely you have realized what´s "happening" since last monday, August 29th, 2005, in America´s "Deep South" - I remember big musical international events very recently for or against the hunger in Africa.....what about something like that for collecting goods and money and all what is so badly and urgently needed by these so badly hurt and attacked people over there who really have nothing....you and Eric and Ginger love the Blues, the Gospel, the Jazz, it is from the very heart of Jazz where the people are dying and crying right now - wouldn´t you or could´t you and your friends organize such a music event to support these people , this area just a little bit ? So many many nice American musicians come from New Orleans , the whole neighbourhood, think about it, it just came to my mind...Call it "Let´s Save America´s Deep South!" or something like that... or "No More Tears ".....I´m just a little fan of you and Cream, Iam too sad to be able to make a poem right now. Love Susan
NAME: Charles
LOCATION: Oregon
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Date: 9/2/2005
Time: 8:50:22 PMCOMMENTS
Hey jack thanks so much for the inspiration throughout the years! Oh and by the way... Can I be your guitar player???? he he.. Take care m8 :)
Sincerly, Charles
NAME: Taylor
LOCATION: Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
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Date: 9/2/2005
Time: 11:04:48 PMCOMMENTS
I just ordered my Gibson SG Bass Reissue from '61, and can't wait to play it. Rock on Jack, and keep playin' the blues!
NAME: john and martin
LOCATION: brooklyn ny
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Date: 9/4/2005
Time: 6:24:33 PMCOMMENTS
Listen, Jack Bruce is wonderful, but the real star of the show here is Herb Vargas. We've been looking for this guy for years. In fact we were just at his old place and were told that he moved.
This an open letter. Know HV's email address? Herb, are you yourself reading this? Let us know where he/ you are.
PS : we're not madmen, debt collectors or some kind of internet scam job. We're Vargas' old bandmates/ friends.
John/ Martin
NAME: Greg Martin
LOCATION: Boston
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Date: 9/6/2005
Time: 9:57:00 PMCOMMENTS
I'm not expecting this to be posted, but I am taking the opportunity to express my profound disappointment that tickets for the Madison Square Garden Cream shows will be available only to American Express Cardholders. I am 31 years old and a Cream fan since I was in my teens. I am not wealthy. This would likely have been my only chance to see the band live, but now it seems unlikely that it will happen as I am not part of a small subset of our society benefiting from the corporate sponsorship involved. I can understand (if not necessarily agree with) charging huge sums of money for this experience, but to make the hurdles a person like myself has to overcome to see the band that much more prohibitive seems horribly unfair. Please reconsider, or please schedule more shows that will accessible to the general public.
Thank you
NAME: allen fox
LOCATION: toronto, canada
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Date: 9/6/2005
Time: 10:19:41 PMCOMMENTS
i'm just a working stiff, with kids to feed, who has been saving to see cream in new york for months now. and then i hear today's announcement that tickets for your upcoming shows there will be available to american express cardholders in a presale. as if any tickets will be available after the presale. thanks for selling out jack. please extend my comments to ginger and eric as well. what a disappointment after being a fan for almost 40 years
NAME: marilyn
LOCATION: ct
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Date: 9/6/2005
Time: 10:20:05 PMCOMMENTS
hi jack...how are ya? my goal in life is to sing back-up with you guys..one song will do...so--pick me, pick me...anyway, i hope to catch the concert when you'in ny....take care, marilyn
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
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Date: 9/8/2005
Time: 2:21:52 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: john and martin LOCATION: brooklyn ny ADDRESS:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Date: 9/4/2005 Time: 6:24:33 PM COMMENTSListen, Jack Bruce is wonderful, but the real star of the show here is Herb Vargas. We've been looking for this guy for years. In fact we were just at his old place and were told that he moved.
This an open letter. Know HV's email address? Herb, are you yourself reading this? Let us know where he/ you are.
PS : we're not madmen, debt collectors or some kind of internet scam job. We're Vargas' old bandmates/ friends.
John/ Martin ----------------------------------
Herb and Lenny and I were and are CANYON. pLee
NAME: joseph friend of larry coryell
LOCATION: long island, n.y.
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Date: 9/8/2005
Time: 7:47:49 PMCOMMENTS
jack, knock them out in the garden in oct.. larry sends his love.....
NAME: Terry Weir
LOCATION: Smithfield,Rhode Island
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Date: 9/10/2005
Time: 10:41:03 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, I wanted to thank you for for 39 years or so of your contribution to my music appreceatioin.I had the priviege of first seeing you with Ginger & Eric at the Rhode Island Auditorium on 11/04/1968 at the 2nd show.(Heard the 1st show clear as a bell from outside).It was my 11th birthday.Ginger ended the show with Toad for 29 minutes & I stood about 20 feet behind him.(Nobody paid attention to a little kid).It was to be the last show ever in the United States.The ticket was $3.50 & I still have the stub.I started playing drums when I was 8.Ginger was then & still is now my idol.But without you (& Ginger)there would have been no Cream.You wrote 95% of the songs & arrangements.Ginger supplied the rythems & Eric the guitar.I followed your career along with Gingers after Creams'demise in 1969 and have collected about 90% of your releases along with Gingers.I again had the privilege to see you & Ginger in 1990 at the Living Room in Providence,R.I.Ginger started the show with NSU.2 weeks later you both were on David Letterman(Hey Now Princess & Ginger soloed during a commercial break which they should have shown).In 1993 at the R&RHOF you said "If the 3 of us can be together again,anybody can be together again".Now a lifelong dream has come true.The Cream reunion.You were able help Ginger to help himself out of some financial worries & show the world what friendship is all about.I thank God for your musical gift & talent. Thank you,go with God & be well, Terry Weir Smithfield Rhode Island P.S. Say hello to Ginger for me !
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 9/10/2005
Time: 3:11:26 PMCOMMENTS
Rio de Janeiro, September 10 2005--
Hello, Jack Bruce! I read in your website about Cream's upcoming October Madison Square Garden concert, and again I felt that incredible childlike feeling again. I remember how great Cream was in mid 60s, and the impact that your new melodic/harmonic conceptions, as well as percussive, provoked in music fans and press and musicians all over Brazil. I remember listening to LIVE CREAM - VOL.I for the first time as a young man, and how NSU was so strong and SLEEPY TIME TIME was a blues very unusual, a blues with a psychedelia vibe. Jack, your as intense as fire subtle fingerings and your total command voice/instrument still amazes me, because I have difficulties in playing bass and singing along.
SWEET WINE had all those incendiary fast notes you played as soon as Clapton entered the first licks for starting the long improvisations...it was like a big chess game after the first opening moves!
Jack, I went today (September 10) to a DVD store of a friend of mine, and I already asked him to call my phone number as soon as CREAM LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL next October is being put to selling in his store. I'll buy it, of course.
To close, Jack, I listen very oftenly to MORE JACK THAN GOD and I must say that it is a superb recording, a very sensitive touch of deep feelings. THE NIGHT THAT ONCE WAS MINE is one of my favourites, as is your re-recording of I FEEL FREE. As always, your fat Warwick bass notes fill the spaces with fascinating impact.
NAME: Bill
LOCATION: New York
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Date: 9/13/2005
Time: 10:42:29 PMCOMMENTS
I was looking forward to my first and probably only opportunity to see Cream perform live at MSG in October. Thanks to my older brother 14 years my senior, i've been listening to Cream since i was 4. But having glimpsed at the remaining tickets once the priveleged American Express card holders got theirs, things are looking pretty dismal. It seems like the only people who will be able to see the exclusive shows will be Am Ex holders, and basically the non-Am Ex holders are screwed. Doesn't really seem too fair when you think about it.
NAME: Andy
LOCATION: Hockenheim, Germany
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/14/2005
Time: 12:17:39 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, I just wanted to send you greetings from Germany. You have been (and you still are) a big influence on me. But I'm not talking about your fantastic bass playing, but foremost your voice/ vocals. "We're going wrong" sends shivers down my spine everytime I hear it and you vibrato just kills me!!! You are the reason I make music. Sometimes I wish I was born 35 years earlier to see you all play. Don't ever stop and don't even think about stopping! Regards, ANDY
NAME: andy
LOCATION: michigan
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Date: 9/15/2005
Time: 9:19:53 PMCOMMENTS
Very sad that this reunion has resulted in greed. I was happy when I first heard Cream was coming to the Theatre at MSG because it is an intimate place. Then went to buy tickets and found out it was changed to a basketball arena. This really tarnishes the memories. I'm 53 and I could afford it but won't.
NAME: Ron
LOCATION: NYC
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/16/2005
Time: 2:25:02 PMCOMMENTS
Jack
It all started in 1966 when I was in a NYC band and played the cafe Wha? at 14...friend attended Music and Art High School and had some imports including Fresh Cream...I was hooked...Sept 23, 1967 at the Village Theatre I saw you guys live for the first time....
Segue to late 1967, mom moves me to Ft Lauderdale Florida....then a cultural wasteland...I hook up with a young bassist named Jaco Pastorius, and turn him on to this band with this bassist he might want to check out....
I never got the album back from jaco...
the rest is history
Thanks
Ron
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NAME: Catholicschoolgirl
LOCATION: Jersey Shore
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Date: 9/16/2005
Time: 9:10:29 PMCOMMENTS
NAME: Lance
LOCATION: California
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Date: 9/18/2005
Time: 9:33:36 PMCOMMENTS
When I heard that Cream would reunite, I was ecstatic. Then I heard it would only be at RAH, and my heart sank. A few weeks ago, I discovered via radio that Cream would play the US...but only at MSG. Unfortunately, some truly terrible timing means that I will have to miss these shows as well, shows I had been looking forward to since the early 90's. I am HOPING AGAINST HOPE that you, Ginger, and EC will reconsider and do a few shows on the West Coast, either in LA or the San Francisco Bay Area, for those who can't attend (LIKE ME!), before you back it in for good. Please please think about it.
NAME: Dylan Emery
LOCATION: Stockport
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Date: 9/19/2005
Time: 10:21:11 AMCOMMENTS
Hey love the site!!!! Just popping along to get some support going for Jack's old band on this forum I found:
http://www.bluesmatters.com/modules.php?name=Surveys&op=results&pollID=26
Let's get the band where they deserve to be!!!!!! AT THE TOP!!!!! BEST BRITISH BLUES BAND OF ALL TIME!!!!
NAME: Joe Barbarotta
LOCATION: California
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Date: 9/20/2005
Time: 2:11:34 AMCOMMENTS
Add my name to the list of lifelong fans who think the American Express pre-sale SUCKS! To see a show at Madison Square Garden would be an expensive deal in any case for me--but one I would do if (and only if) I could get decent seats. Not having access to an American Express card makes this virtually impossible. And I refuse to pay dime one for shitty nosebleed seats in that abyssmal acoustc disaster called Madison Square Garden! The whole thing stinks.
NAME: Glenn Morris
LOCATION: Atlanta Georgia
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Date: 9/22/2005
Time: 12:21:05 PMCOMMENTS
Jack-waved hello to the band in cherry hill NJ- wheels of fire tour- in the round- devoted ever since- love the solo work also - keep the wheels rolling- brit blues rock is forever a passion-
NAME: Howard
LOCATION: Las Vegas
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Date: 9/22/2005
Time: 10:41:04 PMCOMMENTS
I waited practically all of my adult life to see Jack, Ginger and Eric perform..........now I will get that opportunity on 10/26 at the Garden. Talk about dreams coming true! By the way, tickets are not all that expensive (The Stones were more) I paid $179.00 For Row 36 Center.........good seats for sure and I am traveling from Vegas to see them. Yes, I had an AMEX Card fortunately. That had nothing to do with Jack, Ginger and Eric by the way and why should'nt they play the Garden anyway?? All shows will be sold out and its a good sized venue considering that this is there only North American appearance. There were plenty of good seats available after the AMEX sale. NOBODY can control the ticket scalpers as we all know...........thats out of everyone's control. I suppose the next best thing to seeing them live is the soon to be released CD.
NAME: matt pancost
LOCATION: richland michigan usa
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Date: 9/23/2005
Time: 2:02:37 PMCOMMENTS
the band cream from a vary young age has always been one of my most favorate bands my uncle john also plays base and even looks a little like you and my family in the past also happens to be scottish.
NAME: Michael Briggs
LOCATION: Mill Valley California
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Date: 9/24/2005
Time: 7:40:49 PMCOMMENTS
Jack: Please ask The Cream to play a free-tribute for the late Chet Helms in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park on Oct. 30th for San Francisco... All of the S.F. Bands will be there Plus Canned Heat/Iron Butterfly/Blue Cheer Paul Kantner/Taj Mahal/Narada Michael Walden Harvey Mandel/Greg Errico Please go to Yahoo Search and que-in: Chet Helms Tribal Stomp I realize that Cream never played the Avalon Ballroom yet they did play the Fillmore West and Winterland and it is quite-fitting and appropriate that they pay homage and tribute to the late Chet Helms of Avalon Ballroom fame..Thanks for your great music Jack,it's the best in the West!
NAME: Beth
LOCATION: Manchester, NJ
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Date: 9/25/2005
Time: 5:27:26 AMCOMMENTS
Hi, Jack......I am so looking forward to seeing the DVD of your Royal Albert Hall shows! I tried to get tickets for that one...but........ I will be seeing you guys next month....YAY!!!!!!! CREAM at Madison Square Garden!!.....keep rockin', Jack......I am sending you my best wishes. Love, Beth
NAME: Sheldon Abbott
LOCATION: Southern California
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Date: 9/27/2005
Time: 12:18:28 PMCOMMENTS
Been a big fan for many, many years and I collect all your music, solo and other projects. Finally got an import copy of Songs for a Tailor. Thanks for everything and hope you play California too!
NAME: Keith
LOCATION: Californa
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Date: 9/27/2005
Time: 3:24:35 PMCOMMENTS
I'm looking forward to seeing y'all the last night at Madison Square Garden. I previously saw you in San Francisco on the "How's Tricks" tour and again in Oakland on the "Question Of Time" tour with Ginger, Bernie, .... Great every time!
Here's an unusual(?) request to close the evening - "Wrapping Paper"!
Keith Hyman
NAME: Keith
LOCATION: California
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Date: 9/27/2005
Time: 3:58:06 PMCOMMENTS
Addendum. I also saw West, Bruce, Lang at the Hollywood Palladium.
I also think the MSG ticket situation is unfortunate and difficult.
Most of us, I'm sure would like to see you in venues near our homes...
Thanks for all the years of great music, including 2 of my favorites: "Things We Like" and "Turn It Over".
NAME: patrick tobin
LOCATION: east york
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Date: 9/28/2005
Time: 1:53:56 PMCOMMENTS
Dear jack You have been a great musical god to me,i play the bass(eb3)and sing like a bastard,in a loud rocking band..no names?i play music because of you..thank you.(oh and hendrix)xxxxx love you man!!!!
NAME: Catholicshcoolgirl
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Date: 9/29/2005
Time: 10:40:52 PMCOMMENTS
You ARE The Cream. Beat wishes for your NYC shows.
NAME: lo
LOCATION:
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Date: 9/30/2005
Time: 4:42:08 PMCOMMENTS
Shine on You crazy diamond x
NAME: Mark Hebard
LOCATION: California
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Date: 10/3/2005
Time: 3:40:29 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
I suspect that you and some of your friends and associates may want to take part in this. Thanks.
Induct Chet Helms into the Rockn' Roll Hall of Fame
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/891211103
NAME: Dag
LOCATION: Oslo,Norway
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Date: 10/3/2005
Time: 7:57:00 PMCOMMENTS
Hello. Just GREAT to see you again together!! I'm only 32 but know Cream since I was about 10. Best bluesrock performance I know is 69' playing in Royal Albert Hall. It's absolutley best bluesrock I know. Greetings.
NAME: MANDY WENZEL
LOCATION: BRUSSEL
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Date: 10/4/2005
Time: 1:37:53 AMCOMMENTS
hi, i am so glad that lots of my friends can attend to the MSG concert, that have not been able to come to london, for the price issue. i gotta thank Jack not for his music, but also for letting me know a lot of nice people. i hope his health picks up and he will be with us for another 20 odd years. not just for us, but also to see his teenage son grow up. all the best to him and his family and to all of his supporters. mandy xxx
NAME: Helen Zavadsky
LOCATION: country Belarus
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Date: 10/4/2005
Time: 12:54:37 PMCOMMENTS
Dear lovely JACK BRUCE! Let me call you so and the reason is that first I heard you in far,far 1969-s,when your disk "Fresh Cream" appeared.I was shocked.I opened something new for me,something unknown at that it was unlike the other music,music which being unlike the other,impressed me,by it sinkere kindness.And when I saw your photo,can't forget it till nowadays.Every time, having got your next disk with great difficully,as the prices were and remain today too high(but usually it takes a lot of time before we can listen to your next disk) I immersed in your music world and imagined as if,I were together with you. Unforgettable time! You had everything on your way:success and disappointment,but the time proved that your are "the qiants of music"! I am glad with to every you success still many ,many years.I always wanted to know about your as much.I'm interested in both:your life and work.Will you,please help me ,if it's possible to know more about you not only as a musitian but as a person.We can understand music though the musitians thoughts and soul even if we don't understand the words in English.I would like to speak with you about everything. But it's a pity it's not possible to write everything in a letter. A letter is the only means communication with you... The only hope to meet you and to speak with you it's your concert. But in fortunately it's very difficult.Heardly I when nor be able arrive in England single hope if you will arrive in Russia,we without fall a meet.Dreams... It is difficult for you to understand as it was earlier in the USSR (Soviet Union), with what difficulties to us the next albums of you reached. I remember those times when each new album got with the big work. Now them it is possible the find - truth bad piracy copies from China. In expensive dear shops it is possible to order and buy original disks, but they cost stand even more expensively the present true price... Now much has changed, I could see you "alive" in video, but remained as before impossibility to receive the autograph of you. I always dreamed, if not you then though musician you which works I really love and with pleasure I listen when some day will come and in my small world of the admirer you as a photo with his its autograph. But apparently it only dreams - miracles simply do not happen, and if are that only for " the elected public. But all the same, my love to music you remain with me for ever. And let dreams will not come true, but I trusted, and the belief and hope die the last... .My letter means you have reached,but I hoped to receive from your autograph-for me it is a limit dreams.With music of you I have lived the most part of the life and I wanted to have a part of this life having touched again by those unforgettable years of our youth by which part and were you.Forgive me,if I am too persevering.The you for me always was and will be that light with what the man lives.The thank for that you is.Let always success and our love will be with you.
Dear lovely JACK BRUCE!I'm very sorry,but I have a request for you.Will you please send me your photo with your original autographs or just an answer on my letter.For me it would like... a present equal "the flight to the moon"! Oh,GOD!But it's just a dream,I even can't hope for it.There are no miracles in reality!? Having finishing my letter let me wish you everything a person can wish to his friends:a successful work and a lot of happiness in your life,and also to continue gladden your admirers with your songs.Thank the time thas has presented us such a wonderful musician and man.I want you to be happy and always young!We love and always will be with you.
Ever' your Helen.
P.S.Excuse me,please my English.
My address: Helen Zavadsky 33-149 Tuchachevsky Street Lida,231300 Belarus.
NAME: Bob
LOCATION: Detroit, Michigan
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Date: 10/5/2005
Time: 10:56:50 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I just received the Cream DVD's. Thank you for doing this project..and it is both a trip to when I was a teenager..and a confirmation that this music is timeless. Your playing, singing,and general good cheer is a joy, and I feel very fortunate to enjoy this music again...and for the first time.
Continued good health to you and again, from the bottom of my heart...thank you.
Sincerely, Bob
NAME: Loreto
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
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Date: 10/5/2005
Time: 2:37:45 PMCOMMENTS
Hey Jack, just wanted to say that you guys are amazing. I got the new CREAM dvd yesterday(the reunion one)and it's GREAT! I know you're gonna be playing in NY very soon.....you should also come to Toronto :) Well, Take Care and Good LUCK!
NAME: Frank Bisceglia
LOCATION: New York
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Date: 10/6/2005
Time: 9:15:34 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I just wanted to say "Thank You" for reuniting with Ginger and Eric. I just finished watching the DVD of the Royal Albert Hall Concerts this past May. Wow. It was extremely moving to see the three of you on the same stage again. Your joy came through in your music. I am fortunate enough to have been able to purchase tickets (sec. 49 row H seats 1-3) to your upcoming shows here at Madison Square Garden. I will be attending Opening Night with my two sons ages 19 and 17. It will be the first Cream concert for the three of us! I'm "only" 45. I look forward to sharing in your joy that night and I wish you all the Health and Happiness life has to offer. Frank Bisceglia
NAME: michael maldonado
LOCATION: los angeles, ca
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Date: 10/6/2005
Time: 10:44:37 AMCOMMENTS
Mr. Bruce, please bring the "Cream" Reunion tour to Los Angeles! We love you guys!!!
NAME: dennis
LOCATION: minnesota USA
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Date: 10/7/2005
Time: 12:14:39 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, I just picked up the Cream reunion dvd. Wow!!! Great performances by all. It was a real pleasure to see and hear. Best wishes to you and your family in the future...dennis
NAME: Tom Toren
LOCATION: Orinda, California
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Date: 10/7/2005
Time: 1:33:43 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, Belated congratulations on your successful continuing recovery. When I read about your liver transplant it struck a bit of a chord with me as I have hep c and may be in a similar situation one day. I've been listening to Wheels of Fire quite a lot lately, and I'd like to thank you for your part in creating an amazing piece of work that's been a substantial bit of my life's soundtrack. May your recovery continue smoothly.
Thanks for everything.
NAME: Anton Fier
LOCATION: nyc
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Date: 10/8/2005
Time: 3:56:15 PMCOMMENTS
Good health to you, Jack! You always turned it up a notch when you played NYC. I know that'll be the case at MSG! Much love to you and the family.
Peace
NAME: Lord Paddington
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 10/9/2005
Time: 4:16:03 AMCOMMENTS
Saw the Cream DVD 2005!
Without a word....Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After seeing McCartney and Colosseum, my greatest wish is to see you live here in Germany!!!!!
Thank you!
NAME: Andrew de Naray
LOCATION: Manitou Springs, Colorado
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Date: 10/10/2005
Time: 6:38:56 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
I'll start off by saying that although I'm only 29, Cream is one of my favorite all-time bands. I've been listening to you guys since I was 13, and I continue to listen again and again. As a guitar and bass player, you guys have also been incredibly influential in my playing. Thanks for the music!
I'm going to finish by begging you to PLEASE bring Cream to play the Chet Helms Tribal Stomp in San Francisco on 10/30!!!! It would be wonderful for "youngsters" such as myself who never had a chance to see Cream live back in the 'day. :-)
Regardless, take care and keep on rockin'!
Thanks,
Andrew
NAME: George
LOCATION: Ontario, Canada
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Date: 10/11/2005
Time: 5:41:54 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
It would be great if you could come up to Toronto!
George
NAME: Roger C
LOCATION: USA, East Coast
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Date: 10/12/2005
Time: 4:30:28 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Sir, Mr. Bruce, These words come with utmost humility and respect. If, by any chance, you are actually associated with this web site, I cannot convey how strongly and deeply your voice, strength, presence and confidence are ETERNALLY inscribed in the consciousness of your legion of fans here in the US (listening to Cream on my iPod as we speak). You, your work and your voice....oh my God, you cannot know how many of us revel in what you have contributed. Can/do you know know how much we respect and appreciate what you have given us? What you have contributed can never be replaced. If, in fact this site is affiliated with Mr. Jack Bruce, then ask him to sit back, smile, and appreciate/acknowledge how many millions of us are eternally indebted to his gifts to us. God Bless and, if you do receive this, just try and comprehend the depth to which you have affected/infected all of us here in the US.
May you live long enough to fully realize and appreciate your contribution.
Most Respectfully,
RWC
NAME: Dave Gallagher
LOCATION: St. Louis Mo. USA
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Date: 10/12/2005
Time: 9:53:48 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I had the great pleasure to see Cream twice. First in 1968 at Kiel Opera House here in St. Louis then again in Chicago at the Collesuem on the farewell tour. In the nearly 40 years after, I have all of your recordings, band and solo. You remain the most talented musician I have ever seen or heard. My wife and I are great fans, we love you Jack.
NAME: gregg
LOCATION: poland
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Date: 10/12/2005
Time: 1:38:31 PMCOMMENTS
Stop the press, check out new 2dvd at amazon.de called live at rockpalast - 3 concerts 1980/83/90, it is teriffic indeed.
NAME: Murdo Morrison
LOCATION: Peterhead, Scotland
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Date: 10/12/2005
Time: 5:55:43 PMCOMMENTS
Just watched the Albert Hall thing on telly .Dogs Bollocks. I got my old Shergold out and played along. So happy.........Get oot there touring I need to let my kids see this live. They saw me covering your stuff, they need to see the real thing
NAME: jim brown
LOCATION: kirkintilloch glasgow
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Date: 10/12/2005
Time: 6:17:17 PMCOMMENTS
bought cream cd superb!! just saw it on bbc4 stunning were going wrong still my favourite...saw mountain in glasgow, leslie did some of your songs, please bring cream to GLASGOW!!!!!!!
NAME: another
LOCATION: liverpool
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Date: 10/12/2005
Time: 6:18:12 PMCOMMENTS
thanks for the reunion gig. i am happy to join a cast of thousands in stating that it was fucking awesome!!! Alas I am beholden to BBC 3 for a GREAT EXPERIENCE, it would have been great to have been there. So, live long and prosper.. Thank You....
NAME: Eric Shaw
LOCATION: Dunblane, Scotland
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Date: 10/13/2005
Time: 6:43:31 AMCOMMENTS
It was a marvellous experience to watch Cream's re-union concert on BBC 4 - I still remember the 1968 'farewell concert'and felt somewaht nostalgic that the band nad split up so soon. I've always told my three sons (aged 18- 24) - all of whom are keen Cream fans - that Jack's genius as bass player and vocalist as least matched that of Clapton on the guitar. I regret not following his career after West, Bruce and Laing and will now catch up.
I never realised that Jack studied at the RASMD (Glasgow Music Academy) though very briefly. My eldest son was taught there on the same instrument as Jack, the Cello
In its main foyer the Aacdemy has a hall of fame - photos of celebrated actors and musicians educated there (eg Tom Conti) Despite the brevity of his stay perhaps a place should be found for Jack?
NAME: Trendmoger
LOCATION: NYC
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Date: 10/13/2005
Time: 8:53:44 PMCOMMENTS
September, 1972 Electric Ladyland Studios, NYC
Apostrophe'
FZ--guitar Tony Duran--guitar Jack Bruce--bass* Jim Gordon--drums
Now if CREAM could do this.
GOD
NAME: david caldwell
LOCATION: melbourne,australia
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Date: 10/14/2005
Time: 7:42:03 PMCOMMENTS
Just watched the dvd. This has been a phenomenal time warp exercise where 38 years of maturity in musicianship have added tremendously to what was already landmark material from the 3 of you back in the 60's.Its more than the music.Its about the effects of 38 years and all the life experience contained in those years on 3 musicians lives. Brilliant outcome. Well done for doing it!
NAME: Ralph Henry
LOCATION: Merlin, OR.
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Date: 10/15/2005
Time: 12:10:21 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I am hoping you guys are videoing the new york shows, and that you guys are adding strange brew, those were the days, I feel free,and other songs not played at the royal albert hall, this will be a DVD gor all the world to have please play all the Cream stuff, you guys were the best,God Bless, Ralph
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 10/15/2005
Time: 1:41:56 AMCOMMENTS
Hello, Jack Bruce! Here in Rio, the expectations regarding the coming-soon fantastic Cream's three-days shows makes me feel a strange, unique feel - that of when I was a boy and my older brother told me, "hey, Carlos, listen, now you'll hear this supertrio, the Cream; see? The bass player SOLOS while he plays, and plays exciting grooves too, keeping the bassist's tradition but creating a new, innovative way of playing, never seen before, such a lead voice, competing with the guitar in a fire only existed with traditional upright jazz bass players! Hey, dig this"!..., and put on the turntable I'M SO GLAD, where the as strong as iron power of your left hand, Jack, produced those amazing speeded up improvisations in such a short period of time...
Later on, I discovered your jazz side too, such as OVER THE CLIFF, STATUES, THINGS WE LIKE...Oh, God, all that powerful sound coming from a blues/rock player like you! Your performances live with Larry Corryell and John McLaughlin should be put on market as DVDs, although, sure, this jazz/rock/r&b/blues side of your personality (as in the OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST 1975 show...) seems to be really the focal point of your music!
Thank you very much. God bless you. God bless Eric and Ginger. A happy, incredible show at the Madison Square Garden! "Feedback" is a more than fitting title for this page! We all rememember the feedbacks and distortions of POWERHOUSE SOD and...surely, the Cream's ALBERT HALL and MADISON SQUARE sound also has a characteristic approach to these wild, unexpected moments. New adjectives have to be created to praise Jack Bruce's music!
NAME: The Doc
LOCATION: Long Island, New York
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Date: 10/15/2005
Time: 6:39:09 AMCOMMENTS
Saw the video of the Albert Hall. Going to the Garden show Oct.26. Would prefer if they did Crossroads the way they did it on Wheels of Fire. New slower version just doesn't do it.
NAME: Richard Wilson
LOCATION: Dromore, Northern Ireland
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Date: 10/15/2005
Time: 12:22:17 PMCOMMENTS
heylo! Jack, you inspire me oh-so much! I play bass and i like to think that i play alot like you. I really dont like the way most bassists these days are just playing the root notes of everything, its so boring! Im only 14 and most of the music i like is from the 60's. I actually have the same music taste as most of my friends parents! You will always be my main source of inspiration when im playing bass. Thank you ever so much!
See ye!
PS please play in Northern Ireland some time, please!
NAME: A fan
LOCATION: SF Bay Area, California
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Date: 10/15/2005
Time: 7:59:07 PMCOMMENTS
Just got the DVD. Never ever have 3 old geezers given me so many goosebumps. Nostalgia ? Yes. Admiration ? Yes. You, Ginger and Slowhand are incredible. Please extend your tour to SF Bay Area (or LA). PLEASE, PLEASE.
NAME: James Cook
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Date: 10/16/2005
Time: 1:07:40 PMCOMMENTS
Jack Bruce proved that he still is the Cream of the Crop. The DVD at RAL was great to see Cream, they should of spent more camera time on Jack Bruce then god.
Martha Stewart is Eric Clapton's Groupie and Cream needs to get more time in and tour.....3 nights at the MSG is crap and the ticket prices are a joke.
If Cream members need the money go tour like every one else.
NAME: jan de corte
LOCATION: belgium
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Date: 10/17/2005
Time: 2:36:20 PMCOMMENTS
Been sick for some time and never daired to hope that the 3 of you would do this ! great ! i happen to read this in a toronto paper (where i happen to be for a congress, but again: sold out! i keep on tryin'... somebody wants to sell a monday 24-10 ticket for a normal price? mail me at
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , please (3x) A longtime jack bruce and co. -fan
NAME: chico rey
LOCATION: la, california
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Date: 10/18/2005
Time: 6:14:11 PMCOMMENTS
hello jack.hope all is well i dropped a line at margrit office. you look and sound great,and the albert hall dvd is fantastic,as im sure all your fans have told you. its been a couple of years since i saw you at the house of blues with bernie,and your back in good form. i wont be in nyc to see the shows,im finishing my new cd,and im "recording theme for an imaginary western".i will send it to your office when its finished.check out my website; chicorey.com.may the road rise with you.and terry reid is back on the road again,and in good form and voice.you have to get together with him and play a tune or two. god bless.love always CHICO REY
NAME: John Flanagan
LOCATION: Ft. McMurray, Alberta
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Date: 10/19/2005
Time: 3:20:23 PMCOMMENTS
To Jack the Bruce, Greetings Jack!!! My purchase of 2 Cream tickets for the MSG show over the internet was a venture I hope was made in good faith by the modest scalpers. A mere 30% markup. I will be travelling from the tarsands to NY city to see you. I am taking my pastor who spends most of his time helping the poor and the homeless. He deserves the honor of seeing the Cream live! He knows excellence when he sees it. Cream is greater than the sum of its individual parts. No band has synergy like the Cream Team.
Appreciatively,John F.
NAME: stewart mcclymont
LOCATION: uk - bonnie scotland
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Date: 10/20/2005
Time: 6:35:43 PMCOMMENTS
hi there , i'm in a white room beside the pc . yep it sure is CREAM . jack you are one great guy .a man of many talents . i met you way back in 1982 . BATHGATE . kaim park hotel . has yesterday gone .... i don't think so .the music lives on , chers - stewart .
NAME: Dave Pye
LOCATION: New Mexico
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Date: 10/21/2005
Time: 12:44:28 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,
After listening to the RAH CD and watching the DVD several times, you are still the greatest! I was in a power trio in 1968, that was formed when a band had a prom dance gig, and the guitarist was the only one to be able to make it, finding out two days before that his bandmates couldn't make the gig. He called me (a bassist) and asked if I could do the prom. I asked who was the drummer, and he BS'ed, because he knew I REALLY didn't like the chosen drummer. The guitarist had to do a BS song and dance to the drummer, too. The night of the gig, the drummer and I figured the ruse out. We did the gig anyway. Point of the story is not bassists and drummers who do not always get along! The only songs the three of us all knew were Cream songs. We did a small-town, three-hour formal prom by jamming every Cream song we could think of! The kids LOVED it! It was more of a show than a dance. I should say the drummer/vocalist was the best in the state (Oklahoma), and the guitarist/vocalist was top-rated, too. I, the bassist thought of myself as no slouch, although nowhere near your caliber. But, I listened to Cream, practiced, and would like to think I got the "spirit" of your style, if not all the notes. Six months later, the three of us formed a band (the guitarist was prone to booking gigs without a band), and played a first gig doing the same thing as before: all Cream. We did "Toad" and the drummer was so impressive, we were known as the band who played Toad. So, that became our name, and now, also 37 years later, Bruce Hueston (drummer par excellance) and I remain best friends! Frankly, I was happiest to hear you and Ginger are buddies again! Best regards, and keep on rockin'!
Dave Pye
NAME: Lositheed
LOCATION: Bad Ems/Germany+Orlando FL
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Date: 10/21/2005
Time: 10:58:48 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack,
soo good to see you May 2005 and Ginger and Eric! Thanks soo much, thats good Stuff!
Keep up the good Work,
Lositheed
www.galleryabstract.com
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 10/21/2005
Time: 1:34:20 PMCOMMENTS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 21 2005--
Dear Jack Bruce, I would suggest, without any naive or aggressive "authority" that, after Cream's coming-soon Madison Square Garden shows, you engage yourself, with or no Clapton and Ginger, in alternatively dynamic venues and styles; say, as even in Cream's heydays, Jack, it would be fascinating again: Jack Bruce plays the Spectrum with Leslie West...or "Jack Bruce plays the stage by storm in a live outdoors concert with Tinsley Ellis, John Mayall or Rusty Zinn"...your bass style is incredibly versatile, and such "alternate takes" would induct one to think, "will Jack Bruce play another electrifying bass solo? Will B.B.King and Jack duel in "Three O"Clock Blues" or Bobby "Blu" Bland's "That's the Way Love Is" or "Don't Cry No More"? Or "Will Jack play a bass solo as in "Everybody Wants To Know Why I Sing the Blues"?
As in the old Cream and Jack's peak of his prowesses! Congratulations, and a very good health, success and success from Carlos Bill.
NAME: paul
LOCATION: san francisco, california
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Date: 10/21/2005
Time: 9:50:39 PMCOMMENTS
welcome back jack! from the 60's to the present history is being repeated.right on!
NAME: paul
LOCATION: san francisco, california
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Date: 10/21/2005
Time: 9:59:15 PMCOMMENTS
forgot to say welcome back eric ginger and jack the 60's has return
NAME: Bobby Taylor
LOCATION: Dallas, Texas
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Date: 10/21/2005
Time: 11:59:46 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack: Thanks for playing the reunion!!! Please advise those involved to release all four nights on DVD as well as future gigs. Your voice and bass playing are still amazing, thanks for sharing your gifts with the world. God bless you, Bobby Taylor
NAME: Leslie Hansen
LOCATION: Devon UK
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Date: 10/23/2005
Time: 7:28:11 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Youve still got that spark,it was great to see you enjoying yourself at the reunion.Please tell me something as a fellow Bassist about the same age,Are you using a gibson pickup or a Dimarzio pickup on the EB1.Thanks for helping make me a passable Bass player. Cheers Les.
NAME: R Oxley
LOCATION: Boston
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Date: 10/23/2005
Time: 11:33:28 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, My brother Kim introduced me to your music (to you) in the 60's and we've followed you since. Last month he died at 52yrs. from liver cancer and your music has sustained me: slowly bleeding off my grief with every hearing of a special mix of your saddest, most torchured, songs that I put together from Songs For A Tailor, Out Of The Storm, Shadows in the Air, Willpower, Something Els and BBM and dedicated to my brother Kim. The hair literally stands up all over my body at times, and it's all I can do to not begin to sob at other times. Every time I hear "Sky has gone bad from the good times we've had burning bright, SUCH GOOD TIMES . . ." I think about all the great times I had with my brother. Thank you. Above all, your song "The Best Is Still To Come" lifts me out of any shade of saddness. Keep sing, Jack! Just keep singing!!
NAME: Deltachris
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Date: 10/23/2005
Time: 11:50:24 AMCOMMENTS
To Jack, Best wishes for your NYC Cream gigs. I've been listening & watching you in the RAH dvd - truly amazing playing (Sweet Wine, Stormy Monday etc etc - oh wow)& your vocals are unbelievable. TC, Best Regards, Chris.
NAME: grzegorz szymczak
LOCATION: poland
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Date: 10/23/2005
Time: 12:27:52 PMCOMMENTS
NEW DVD with Jack Bruce at rockpalast (amazon.de)
Tracklisting: DVD 1: "Jack Bruce & Friends", Grungahalle Essen, 19. Oktober 1980 01 White Room 02 Post War 03 Hit And Run 04 Running Back 05 Facelift 318 06 Theme For An Imaginary Western 07 X Marks The Spot 08 Dancing On Air 09 Out To Lunch 10 Living Without You 11 Politician 12 Bird Alone 13 Sunshine Of Your Love 14 N.S.U. 15 Spoonful "Jack Bruce (solo)", Live Music Hall Cologne, 16. Oktober 1990 16 Outsiders 17 Can You Follow 18 Third Degree 19 Flying 20 Doing That Scrapyard Thing 21 Theme For An Imaginary Western 22 Weird Of Hermiston 23 Ticket To Waterfalls 24 Golden Days 25 One 26 Travlin' Child 27 Piece Of Mind 28 Traintime 29 The Best Is Still To Come DVD 2: "Jack Bruce Band", Zeche Bochum, 01. November 1983 01 Boogie 02 Uptown Breakdown 03 Travlin' Child 04 Make Love (Pt. II) 05 Green +Blue 06 The Swarm 07 Automatic Pilot (The Best Is Still To Come) 08 Rollin' And Tumblin' 09 Keep It Down 10 First Time I Met The Blues 11 Bird Alone 12 I'm So Glad 13 Spoonful 14 N.S.U.
NAME: Randy Dawson
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
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Date: 10/24/2005
Time: 4:22:41 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, Heard the bootleg before you released the new Cream CD. Don't ask how, or I'll deny it. Bloody good work! Congratulations! You may never know what you started so long ago. - All the best! Randy Dawson www.randydawson.com
NAME: Gordon
LOCATION: Melbourne
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Date: 10/25/2005
Time: 12:47:22 AMCOMMENTS
I spent my teens watching you, Ginger & Eric in Alexis Korner, Graham Bond & John Mayall bands and then of course Cream. Seeing the Albert Hall concert (on DVD) is a fantastic treat. A truly magical performance and probably better than the old days. Congratulations. PS Why don't you bring the show to Oz?
NAME: Bob Adams
LOCATION: Bakersfield Calif. US
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Date: 10/25/2005
Time: 2:40:06 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack
I have been a fan sents Cream. I can't tell you how many hours I tried learning bass from your music , That includes your solo stuff to. I've loved every second of it. I'm now 51 years old and I'm still learning from you . I have a great love of the Bass because of you. I've seen you live three times with West& Lang and three times solo one of which was with Ginger. Loved it All.
GOD BLESS YOU
You have added so much to my life Thank You
Bob Adams
NAME: Darren
LOCATION: New Jersey
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Date: 10/25/2005
Time: 11:17:24 AMCOMMENTS
Welcome back!!!!! Great night at Madison Square Garden on 10/24/05. Jack, Eric and Ginger played a hell of a show. Thanks for a great night.....
NAME: Chris
LOCATION: Philadelphia PA
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Date: 10/25/2005
Time: 12:27:30 PMCOMMENTS
Jack! Welcome Back! Have been a fan since age 10 in '68 and had always hoped since seeing you in Philly '72 w/West & Laing (first of many times) that MAYBE, someday it would be with CREAM. What a thrill to see those 5 letters up on the Garden's marquee in lights Monday night. Made sure I had seats on your side of the stage. Way to bring down the house! And thanks for adding "Tales..." Perfect! Needless to say, I and countless others around me at the show, on the train, etc., etc. hope you continue together. Regardless, many thanks! At least I fulfilled a lifelong dream, and hopefully will still be hearing you in concert for many years to come. God Bless!
NAME: John Cathcart
LOCATION: St Leon-sur-Vezere
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Date: 10/26/2005
Time: 1:54:51 AMCOMMENTS
I wonder if Jack remembers his Bellahouston Academy days when we travelled in his brother's red open top sports car, from the Mossheights to the St Andrews Hall in Glasgow with Jack,s cello sticking out the back. I suppose this is a sign of old age when you start thinking back but it was nice to see Jack on TV last week.
Hope you (Jack) are keeping well.
Best wishes
John Cathcart (Another ex Bella boy)
NAME: Mitch King
LOCATION: Rockland County, NY
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Date: 10/26/2005
Time: 3:53:19 AMCOMMENTS
Cream at Madison Square Garden - Tuesday, October 25, 2005. I returned home from the concert a few hours ago. Took my wife and 2 kids. Jack, Eric, and Ginger performed an excellent show. Everyone enjoyed one of the best concerts any Cream fan could have hoped for. Great songs, great sound, great musicianship, great band, great fun!
37 years ago, at age 13, I saw the Cream Farewell Concert, on November 2, 1968 at the same place, Madison Square Garden. I thought I'd seen the last of this most amazing band back then. I brought my ticket stub from 1968 along with me tonight(as well as my family) for the 2005 Cream Reunion. What a great music legacy Cream and this live concert has passed on to my young adult children. My 19 year old guitar player son, has been a tremendous Cream fan for many years. It did not appear that there would ever be a reunion to attend with him. My wife and daughter were also mesmerized by the performance. Thanks to Jack, Eric, and Ginger for the chance for all to share in this wonderful music and band once again.
Best Wishes and Good Health to ALL! The Kings
NAME: Thomas Zalewski
LOCATION: New Jersey, USA
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Date: 10/26/2005
Time: 6:04:21 PMCOMMENTS
Cream kicks ass! Too bad I didn't find out about the North American Tour until tonight when you guys play in New York!
ROCK ON!
NAME: Mar k Spiegel
LOCATION: New York City
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Date: 10/26/2005
Time: 7:36:57 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,
Never having seen Cream live before (I'm 44, and was just a kid when you broke up), I saw you guys last night in the Garden (the Tuesday show) and was just blown away, especially by you. It was like, you were up there to show every young rock 'n roll "pretender" how it SHOULD be done, and you damn well did it!
I never thought I could ever feel I'd get my money's worth for a $200 ticket (a gift from my girlfriend), but you put on a $1000 show (even from where *I* was sitting, which was slightly behind the-- thankfully, open-- stage).
Most of those Cream tunes sound as fresh today as they did nearly 40 years ago and that, of course, is the mark of great art. Now, I don't want to sound too greedy here (and I'm sure I'm at least the hundred thousandth person to ask this) but how about you guys getting together to write some new stuff???
Anyway, thanks for a great show, Mark Spiegel New York, NY
NAME: Francis Valentino
LOCATION: New Jersey
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Date: 10/26/2005
Time: 8:53:00 PMCOMMENTS
I just got back from the Madison Square Garden Show (10/25/05). It was amazing! thank's for putting on such a great show..
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct. USA
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Date: 10/27/2005
Time: 3:22:53 AMCOMMENTS
Hi,Jack.Pam and I were in the audience for the Wednesday nite show in New York.It was a thrill to see and hear you again........and with Cream!As I have always felt,your bass playing is here to shake and wake the world up and your voice and songs are here to heal it....and you are still doing that.Thank you for sharing it with us,my dear friend
NAME: Herman
LOCATION: Zaandam, Holland
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Date: 10/27/2005
Time: 4:00:16 PMCOMMENTS
Just bought, watched and listened to the Cream-reunion-DVD: great show, good to see you together and the DTS-sound is fantastic! The only time I have seen you play was (with Cream)at the Windsor-festival in 1967...you know all about the sound then!
NAME: Rick
LOCATION: New Jersey
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Date: 10/27/2005
Time: 9:42:31 PMCOMMENTS
Jack: Thank you ever so much for the Cream show I saw on Tuesday. You were absolutely incredible, as were Cream. The three of you together are simply a treasure. I hope you felt the love and joy from the audience - although we weren't as loud as I've heard at other shows, it was due to the reverence we felt for the occasion and the fact that we were mesmerized by the music. I brought my son to enjoy the show - a new generation of fan! I wish you good health and more great music!
NAME: John Langford
LOCATION: Prince Albert, Ontario, Canada
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Date: 10/27/2005
Time: 10:09:04 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, Congratulations on a super sucessfull re-union tour, albeit far to short on venues. I have seen Eric many times in Toronto and saw you in Cream back in 1967/8 in Southampton's Guild hall. The most amazing discovery I have come up with is that in either '65 or '66 I played in a Band in the UK called "Change" out of Southampton. We opened for The Graham Bond organization in Basingstoke,(I think), and we didn't know we were on the same stage as you and Ginger who were going to be a part of the greatest super group "Cream". If only we had known. I would loved to have seen the New York show. Please see it is released on DVD. I have the Royal Albert Hall DVD and it is amazing. Next tour, please remember Toronto. All the best Jack. Rock hard & play loud. John.
NAME: rich mammano
LOCATION: new york
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Date: 10/28/2005
Time: 8:37:10 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack , It was great to finally see you in person with Ginger and Eric At MSG 26,October.I thought you played great and gave it your ALL.I hope you guys can do some studio work to carry Cream onward.Thanks,stay well, Richard
NAME: Ben Randazzo
LOCATION: NYC
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Date: 10/28/2005
Time: 3:49:55 PMCOMMENTS
Thanks to you, Eric and Ginger. I never dreamed I would get to see Cream and you all made it remarkable. Jack, you have been such an inspiration as an artist and a man. From Cream to Lifetime, your solo work and you artistry. I truly love you and celebrate you and your bandmates. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope you know how special you are.
NAME: Dr Hy
LOCATION: Albany NY
ADDRESS: Dubohy@yahoo,.com
Date: 10/29/2005
Time: 2:10:36 PMCOMMENTS
I was at the Garden Wendesday night with my two sons-24 and 16 and I suspect my future daughter-in-law. I cried-it was priceless. So many years. So mamy good times of days gone by. But the music lives on and it was a very special 55 year celebration for me.
Dr Hy.
NAME: jan de corte
LOCATION: belgium
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Date: 10/29/2005
Time: 3:55:29 PMCOMMENTS
Couldn't make it form toronto to NYC; second occasion i missed... hope you come to europe next year; if you want 50000 people at a time, contact herman sherman (rock werchter, belgium): that will sell out in half a day, too ! Success , good health - and please keep on playing together - you never did anything better than that ! Tour the world !!! JDC
NAME: Sam King
LOCATION: Pembroke, New Hampshire
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Date: 10/29/2005
Time: 4:05:36 PMCOMMENTS
Caught Cream at the Garden on Tuesday, the 25th. They were in great form. Especially loved Tales of Brave Ulysses and We're Going Wrong. I heard the band has no future plans. If its true, a real drag as the band was spectacular on Tuesday! I hope recordings (DVD, CD or both) will be made available of that date, as I understand it was the best of the MSG run. All the best Jack!!
NAME: Richard Derector
LOCATION: Bath, Maine USA
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Date: 10/29/2005
Time: 7:47:00 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
Thanks for fulfilling my dream of being able to hear CREAM again for the first time since Nov. 4th 1968 (Madison Sq. Garden then too). I was at the opening Monday 10/24 concert. I was so happy and you guys were so good I could hardly stand it. Contributing to my joy was having my 18 year old son Jake with me. Jake began playing cello at age 7, and he developed an intrest in rock a little later on too. So he heard all of my CREAM albums. When he was 13 I got him a vintage 1970 Gibson EBO, and he is a pretty decent bass player too. My excitement at the concert was matched by his own. I had told him that the reality would be even better than the Legend, and he was blown away. It was a thrill for us to be there together. Thank you and Ginger and Eric for the great music and the great father/son experience. We hope you go on feeling well and making great music for many years to come. If you (and any family) ever come to the beautiful state of Maine to relax in a quiet place, I'd be happy to get you the best lobster around.
Best wishes...Richard Derector PS Back "in the day" I heard you play with CREAM, West, Bruce and Laing, Tony Williams Lifetime, and Jack Bruce and Friends (the Larry Coryell, Mitch Mitchell version at the Fillmore East).
NAME: James Silkie
LOCATION: Long Island, NY
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Date: 10/30/2005
Time: 6:47:45 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, Saw the reunion show at MSG on 10/24/05. Thank you to you and the boys. I turned my son on to Cream 20 years ago, so it was a dream come true to see Cream with him. Thanks again. Now I can die happy... Jim
NAME: Jean Stanton
LOCATION: Dover New Jersey
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Date: 10/30/2005
Time: 6:22:22 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I've had the good fortune to attend the Tuesday night reunion at RAH and again on Wednesday night at MSG. I can't put into words good enough to express my feelings on the music and just the great aura I felt at both concerts. I was an Eric Clapton Fan (think I'm the oldest on any of these sites) after hearing a street musician at Portabella (sp?) Road Market playing Promises in 1993. My oldest daughter (she just turned 50yrs) and her husband are Cream fans and she & I attended the RAH reunion. She and her husband and I attended MSG on Wed. I can't thank you enough for the joy seeing and hearing the three of you have given me. I have the DVD and play "I'm sittin on top of the world" ove and over, I love it. I also like Sleepy Time. I thought Ginger's solo was one in a million. Thanks again. Jean Stanton
NAME: Ian
LOCATION: Long Island NY
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Date: 10/30/2005
Time: 11:12:12 PMCOMMENTS
When can I expect a reissue of a "Question of Time"? I love the Album, it got me through college.
NAME: frank schramm
LOCATION: essen - germany
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Date: 10/31/2005
Time: 3:40:47 AMCOMMENTS
hi jack,
a friend came over with the albert hall dvd. wow. it kocks me out. normaly i don`t cry in front of the tv...
that`s the best music i heard since a very long time. good to see you all!!!
please give a few more concerts. all my love to you...
frank
NAME: GEORGE KELLY
LOCATION: GERMANY
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Date: 10/31/2005
Time: 5:30:49 AMCOMMENTS
Mr. Bruce......PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.....BRING CREAM TO GERMANY.
TAKE CARE AND STAY HEALTHY.
GEORGE KELLY
NAME: mike hirsh
LOCATION: new jersey
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Date: 10/31/2005
Time: 5:03:13 PMCOMMENTS
JACK ...CREAM 2005 MANAGEMENT CLOSED THE MEMBER FORUMS NOOOOOOOOO
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: The Wirral - England
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Date: 10/31/2005
Time: 6:51:47 PMCOMMENTS
Thanks from the bottom of my heart Jack, for the Greatest shows on Earth in London back in May, and also in New York last week. To see you and Ginger and Eric blasting out that power and passion for six out of those seven nights, is a memory I will always carry (I missed Tuesday RAH).
Jack you are a star - you are made of music - I know you wanted to carry on playing last Wednesday, even as Eric and Ginger headed for a well-earned glass of beer after the last notes of "Sunshine" faded from the Garden. It was pouring out of you like a veritable Niagara Falls, and I for one could have just listened to you playing bass, or singing, or picking up the harmonica again - even if it had just been you alone on stage - all night long!
I know there are no more plans for future Cream gigs at present - or indeed if at all; and you three guys do deserve a rest after the torrent of sounds you created this year. However, please get Eric and Ginger into a studio soon and cut some new (dare I say it?) "Fresh" Cream material. We all know it would be brilliant. You don't have to prove it to us ... we just know as an act of faith. But it would be magnificent nonetheless.
Based on the excellent music you made with Ginger in BBM on "Around The Next Dream" (and also on "A Question Of Time"), as well as the great collaborations with Eric on "Somethin Els" and "Shadows In The Air"; all rounded off by this years reunion gigs ... we know there is so much more to come from you three guys ... together!
Please, pleae, please Jack, create some new studio Cream material - it would be wonderful. Then finish the trilogy of latin-tinged albums with The Chicoland Express which have also been such a delight.
ps - what ashame about the www.cream2005.com mesageboards sudden demise ... 1500 hardbitten Cream fans with almost nowhere to go! Except here of course ...
NAME: Tyler Hersey
LOCATION: Wellington, New Zealand
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Date: 11/1/2005
Time: 1:13:59 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I want to thank you for your tremendous performances at Madison Square Garden last week. What a joy it was to hear your powerful voice and bass reverberating through that hallowed space. You have given me meories that I will never forget, and I have the utmost respect for your musical abilities, both as frontman/lead singer and as an incredibly supportive and innovative group player.
Thank you again, so very much.
NAME: gerald sherrett
LOCATION: portland, Oregon USA
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Date: 11/1/2005
Time: 10:57:13 AMCOMMENTS
Jack...it is one of the great pleasures of my life to see that Cream has reformed, if even for a short time. Now, I hop that you all have enough foresight to make Hi Def records or your New York and any further performances for the many who cannot travel to New York. I would buy every one. I would try to go to San Francisco if that were an upcoming venue, but understand that the artists temperment may prohibit too long a time together again. Anyway, wonderful to have the others back. I never stopped listening to your material over the years and it has truly enriched my life.
NAME: seppo valjakka
LOCATION: Finland
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Date: 11/2/2005
Time: 5:02:02 PMCOMMENTS
HI JACK!! Just heard and listened CREAM`s DVD from Royal Albert Hall conserts.My wife gave it to me as a birthday present.Jesus Christ man,it`s dynamite.Especially I liked "We`re going wrong".Fantastic from all three of you!!!I sincerely hope that you could come to Finland some day!!!THANK YOU;THANK YOU!!!!!!CREAM FOREVER!!!!
NAME: Michael Dahm
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 11/2/2005
Time: 7:27:28 PMCOMMENTS
first... my english ist not very good...
i grew up with the music of cream. it is the only band, that filled my life with rockmusic... cream is for me the best band, that ever existed. the voice of jack bruce is the best i´ve ever heard in the rockmusic...and he is the most creative bass-player. hope to get the latest video (royal albert hall this year) very soon...
there is and was no better band... like cream!!
greets from germany.
mike
NAME: Steven Brown
LOCATION: LaGrange, GA , USA
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Date: 11/2/2005
Time: 9:31:38 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, thanks for your part of the great show at MSG on 10/24. Last time I saw you was 1977 in Atlanta. You were kind enough to spend a few minutes with me and sign "Songs for a Tailor". Red Sox win the Series in '04, see CREAM in '05 - now I can die in peace. Glad you're better. peace to you, Steven
NAME: Raeann
LOCATION: Delaware
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Date: 11/3/2005
Time: 8:18:11 AMCOMMENTS
Went to the Tuesday MSG gig. WOW! I am still coming down from the high of being there! Jack is simply amazing! Ginger blew me away with Toad, and Eric it was solo after solo. Fantastic.
Sad about the Cream2005 site. A few of us have found a home here http://groups.msn.com/Cream2005 if anyone wants to get in touch with some of the forum members.
NAME: Paul Franco
LOCATION: Wildwood Crest NJ
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Date: 11/3/2005
Time: 8:23:45 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack. Had the pleasure of seeing you in Philadelphia in 1993. I love Cream and your brillance that has inspired so many. Thank you for allowing your fans to contribute to your guestbook.
NAME: Kenneth Coyne
LOCATION: Galway Ireland
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Date: 11/3/2005
Time: 9:29:58 AMCOMMENTS
Hi there, My friend bought me the new dvd yesterday and was so happy but not surprised at its brilliance.You're reworking and playing of the songs just prooves how in tune all three of you are and it was common sense to play as you are now and not as you were then. My Dad gave me all his Cream albums when I was young and they have changed my life. I play and record and everything I do has been inspired by you and your attitude to recording and playing live live. Thanks for everything.
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
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Date: 11/3/2005
Time: 2:48:39 PMCOMMENTS
Congrats to all on the well-deserved cash-out.
Looking forward to something fresh and new.
NAME: Reid
LOCATION: Bodega Bay, CA
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Date: 11/3/2005
Time: 7:03:54 PMCOMMENTS
Saw 10/24 and 10/25 at MSG. The 24th was an excellent show. The 25th was the best concert I've ever seen (stones/stevie wonder, who/kinks, tull/zepplin/fudge, James Gang/chicago, and on...). Clearly a new level was reached. The power/excitement of Jack's voice and bass, the phenomanal drumming by Ginger, and Eric's on the money singing and spectacular guitar. Thank you to the Cream, and all involved, for these truly historic shows.
NAME: Bill Hendley
LOCATION: UK
ADDRESS:
Date: 11/4/2005
Time: 1:20:51 PMCOMMENTS
Jack mate! Now you HAVE to reform West, Bruce and Laing that you have finished with Cream! Please! Give Leslie and Corky a call and do a UK tour!
NAME: Fernando
LOCATION: Brazil
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Date: 11/4/2005
Time: 9:29:59 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
Cream's reunion CD (Albert Hall) has simply the best new music I have heard in the last 10 years or more. All of you guys are sounding absolutely GREAT. Many, many thanks for all the wonderful music you gave (and still give) to us all. God Bless You.
NAME: J Dick
LOCATION: Riverside, Ca.
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Date: 11/5/2005
Time: 1:37:22 PMCOMMENTS
I just purchased the new DVD of your recent Albert Hall concerts, and it's great. I have longed to see a Cream reunion, and you guys seem to be in great shape. What I noticed, however, is that the music sounded so...empty(uncompressed?). I hate it when the bands reunite and they don't sound anything like they used to. I'm a bassist, and one of the things that made your band exciting live was the growl of your bass tone(EB3 with the capacitor, if I remember right), not very bassy, but it cut through and cooked! I can barely hear the notes you're playing, anymore, and you're still too great a musician not to be heard. Hey, you can still get a cooking sound by just playing with your graphics a bit, at least the treble and presence controls(Chris Squire was good at this). My only other concern was that Eric sounds a bit too fuzzy on his leads, but hey, who am I to complain? Look, just because others can play well, doesn't mean you can't, and you and Ginger are not just backup for Eric, but the free-spirited backbone of this band, and my advice is for you to growl and snarl and fuss and fume until you can't no more. Don't go gentle......
Best wishes-- Jeff
NAME: Conrad Joyce
LOCATION: Hobart, Tasmania
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Date: 11/8/2005
Time: 12:19:32 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I thought you may like to know what a fabulous sound you three came up with at the Albert Hall reunion, which I've just got on DVD. It was truly great to hear Ginger again, and I've got lots of Eric's stuff over the years (I'm a 56-year-old bass player), but your bass sound was so resonant and just spot-on. Great stuff. Keep it up Jack.
NAME: Dan Krier
LOCATION: Los Angeles
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Date: 11/8/2005
Time: 3:18:38 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I had a Suggestion that maybe you guys could do a blues CD? Alot of your stuff is kinda bluesy anyway, and it might be a cool way to sort of get things going. Great to hear you guys again, and stay well. Thanks
NAME: George
LOCATION: Ontario, Canada
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Date: 11/8/2005
Time: 6:14:11 AMCOMMENTS
Toronto???????
NAME: Henry Fitch
LOCATION: Cambridge
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Date: 11/8/2005
Time: 1:32:10 PMCOMMENTS
Jack
I loved your haunting song 'We`re Going Wrong` on the recent BBC4 showing of the Cream concerts from the Royal Albert Hall. I wondered after why you didn`t play more of your own songs composed with Pete Brown such as : 'I Feel Free', 'Born Under a Bad Sign' and 'SWALBR'.
It was great to see you live in concert a few years ago at the Cambridge Corn Exchange and I was heartened that the good doctors of the local Cambridge hospital, Adenbrooke`s , did such a great job with your liver transplant back in 2003. I hear you live in Suffolk which is very close to where I live.
Take care and regards to your wife.
Henry
NAME: dave
LOCATION: ny
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Date: 11/8/2005
Time: 4:01:44 PMCOMMENTS
hi jack
all has come full circle. from november 2nd 1968 to october 24 and 26 2005. now for another studio recording. maybe you'll call it 'Refreshed'! how different my life would have been without you. my voice thanks you, my cello thanks you, and my bass thanks you! dave
NAME: dave
LOCATION: ny
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Date: 11/8/2005
Time: 9:18:04 PMCOMMENTS
i left one out!
and my harmonica thanks you!!
dave
NAME: Howard AKA MSGhostmojo
LOCATION: This Sceptred Isle
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Date: 11/10/2005
Time: 11:32:59 AMCOMMENTS
Hey Cities!!!
Great to see you dropping in here girl...
See you on the MSN Cream site soon
The books ain't arrived yet!!! Soon I hope
Remembering Tuesday 25th with you and John forever
Best
H
NAME: fernando cominelli
LOCATION: buenos aires argentina
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Date: 11/12/2005
Time: 12:04:25 AMCOMMENTS
dear jack im crazy for cream music,love your hurting amazing voice,strong and elastic bass,razor's guitar sound from ericand his rough voice,and ginger sounds cream is the great thing,rolling stones coming soon to buenos aires and will see they,I hope to see a cream on stage someday my best whishes for you and the band CREAM LIVE FOR EVER!!!!!!!!!
NAME: Mitch
LOCATION: Canada
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Date: 11/12/2005
Time: 7:59:24 PMCOMMENTS
Unbelievable!!! The Cream Reunion, in my humble opinion has no equal! The Jazz Blues fusion is remarkable. Pls 1 or 2 concerts more. I can't get enough of the DVD. I bow to you'se gentlemen. Thank You
NAME: James C Killinger
LOCATION: Gresham,Oregon U>S>A>
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Date: 11/12/2005
Time: 11:55:04 PMCOMMENTS
Jack,Thanks so much for your musical influence thru the years.I have learned alot. What a great reunion concert.How about coming to the great northwest? Here's hoping you remain healthy. Love and prayers...Jim (a fellow bassist)
NAME: John Rotondi
LOCATION: Ventura, CA
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Date: 11/13/2005
Time: 2:49:57 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Mr. Bruce,
I flew to NY from my home in Ventura, California to attend the 24 October 2005 Cream2005 MSG Concert as a reunion with my high school band-mates of Bronx NY Science HS, class of '72 and '73! Although The Cream had broken up just as we had started High School, we revered every note played on those now-classic albums. We learned how to play our instruments by emulating Cream's work. I have played bass since 1969, largely influenced by your work during and after Cream. It was the experience of a lifetime to be able to see The Cream Alive and Well for the first time, sounding better than ever, after all these years! Thank you all for sharing the gift of your music with us! I hope that we will be able to see The Cream perform new music in the future as well.
Best Regards,
John Rotondi Ventura, CA
NAME: Herman Thissen
LOCATION: The Netherlands
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Date: 11/13/2005
Time: 11:41:26 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack and others, I followed the Cream from the early sixties,all the albums are mine. And now in 2005 the rieunion it was even powerfull and young as 30 years ago, ther are not so much good drummers like Ginger, and with a song like "wew're going wrong" i have again chickenskin on my old body.
Greetings from Holland "Clown" Herman Thissen
NAME: John Cairns
LOCATION: Ottawa Canada
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Date: 11/13/2005
Time: 1:04:07 PMCOMMENTS
Jack this is a wee note fae a fellow punter from Cardonald, Glasgow, now been long in Canada. Great to see Cream back togetger again, couldnae get a ticket for NY, but just recently got the London DVD. Hope you and your band, or Cream can get together for a show in Toronto. Thanks for all your great music over the years, and your continuing commitment to your principals. Wha's like us, gie few and there're aw died. Keep on rockin in the free world.
NAME: andreas
LOCATION: bern, switzerland
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Date: 11/13/2005
Time: 3:30:48 PMCOMMENTS
hallo jack bruce, the rah-dvd is great! in the 60ies I listened to the records of cream. it inspired me and my friends to sing and play these songs. now over 37 years later its great to hear and see you with ginger and ec perform and be friends again! I'm still playing and I find your music very inspiring. Thanks for sharing your musicenship with us. good health to you and your family best wishes andreas
NAME: Tony Glenwright
LOCATION: UK
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Date: 11/14/2005
Time: 8:52:01 AMCOMMENTS
It was a lovely feeling to see the 3 of you together again..I saw Cream in "66..Yes I am getting on too ! I thought it might have been nice to bring Pete Brown( 4th invisible member of the band) out onto the Albert Hall stage at the end just to complete the story.All the best, T.G.
NAME: mike
LOCATION: maryland
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Date: 11/15/2005
Time: 12:14:02 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack,
The reunion of you three guys has been something I've been hoping would happen for many years. You are 3 very talented musicians! I totally enjoyed the DVD from ALbert Hall - excellent!!
I surely hope that these concerts are not the end of Cream and that you guys will PLEASE consider getting into the studio to record some new material.
Best wishes - and remind Eric that you guys are indeed "in your prime" now!
Cheers, Mike
NAME: Peter K
LOCATION: California
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Date: 11/15/2005
Time: 5:09:58 PMCOMMENTS
Nice site. Been a fan for many years. I heard a track where you played spoonful with Leslie West and cannot find it on any album. At the beginning you explain to the audience that the last time you almost played this place it burned down. The voice in the background sound like Leslie and says "Was it Arson." Is this on a released recording?
NAME: ANTHONY BALAGTAS
LOCATION: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
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Date: 11/15/2005
Time: 10:42:37 PMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, Eric & Ginger,
I'm glad to hear that you got together again this year. I've seen some pics and video clips from that RAH performance, it's remarkably fabulous! Your music has been so influencial to me.
More music & more power to you guys!
NAME: Tony
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
ADDRESS: antonio_amaral@usanet
Date: 11/16/2005
Time: 8:44:54 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack:
Just wanted to thank-you for all the great music you have released through out the years. Your solo music is nothing short of breath taking. The passion and emotion in your songs is fantastic. Your bass playing is inspirational. Your talents are incredible. May God always keep and bless you. Love you, Jack. Thank-you. Hey come to Toronto and tour sometime. Peace TONY
NAME: Mary Prada
LOCATION: Boston
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Date: 11/17/2005
Time: 8:28:28 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, my husband and I are 50ish old hippies. Bought the reunion DVD and were blown away by it and especially you. Although we have followed you as back up with other jazz artists we were completely unaware of your enormous body of work as a solo artist. We have been snapping up all of your CD's and are kicking ourselves in the ass for not getting them sooner. You are blowing our minds. Great job on the reunion tour. You shine like a STAR that you are. Thanks. Mary Prada and Fred Vaiani....Fans for LIFE!
NAME: Mary Prada
LOCATION: Boston
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Date: 11/17/2005
Time: 8:36:15 PMCOMMENTS
p.s. Jack, your voice is incredible. We just can't stop listening to you. I'm so delighted to have rediscovered you, only wish it had been twenty years earlier. Loving "more jack than god", and shadows in the air. God Bless You. You are absolutely the heart and soul of cream and we just can't get enough. Hope to see you tour solo or with whomever you chose, just let us see you live....we watch the reunion dvd over,and over and over again. We are studying every note, gesture, facial expression...it's astonishing. Thank YOU. Mary Prada and Fred Vaiani
NAME: Jim Cassanelli
LOCATION: Connecticut, USA
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Date: 11/18/2005
Time: 11:44:17 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I saw the now legendary show at MSG on Tuesday 10-25. You sounded strong and I was really glad to see you in good health. I have been fortunate enough to have seen you a couple of times in the past, once with Ringo and once with Ginger. You are always amazing. The show with Ginger (Toad's Place) was until last month the best I had ever seen. That show at MSG has definately spoiled me now. Thanks for all the fantastic music.
Best wishes for continued good health!
NAME: Alex Lowy
LOCATION: shots of you and your wife on stage at the Roseland Ballroom
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Date: 11/18/2005
Time: 5:50:15 PMCOMMENTS
Jack - It was a nice tribute to Les Paul, and great to see you after all these years as a fan of Cream. I was onstage during the event, and have some nice shots of you which you may like to see by clicking on the URL below [if it takes it]. If not, send me a request to my email address, and I'll send you the link. All the best, Alex Lowy
NAME: Bob Parker
LOCATION: Sydney,Australia
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Date: 11/20/2005
Time: 5:55:59 AMCOMMENTS
G'day Jack,just want to thank you for all the pleasure you have given me,and the millions of other disciples around the planet over the last 40 years, I also want to wish you continued GOOD health mate, and hope you,Ginger and E.C.can make the trip down this way,to the best beachs,babes and seafood on the planet.See ya in Oz in 06,take care,and keep smilin. Regards Big Bob.
NAME: George Davis
LOCATION: Oaklahoma
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Date: 11/20/2005
Time: 10:20:27 AMCOMMENTS
Dear ginger,jack and eric,please record "new"2006-2007 studio album!!Even a tour of the united states would magnfy this albums longevity for the future!
NAME: Mikey
LOCATION: NEW YORK CITY
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Date: 11/21/2005
Time: 8:01:11 PMCOMMENTS
I'm a 51 year old musician and fan. Jack Bruce Is My All Time Favorite Musician. He Has Always Been Truely Brilliant As Well As Creative. His Writing, Playing,And Singing Has Greatly Influenced My Guitar Playing In Every Way. I really Pray To God That He Is With Us For Many More Years. I'd Love To Shake His Hand And Tell Him His Music Has Always Brought Joy To My Heart. Thankyou Jack
NAME: Burt Arthur
LOCATION: Tacoma, Washington USA
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Date: 11/22/2005
Time: 11:28:10 PMCOMMENTS
Im not sure that this will ever reach you Jack...I perceive that it will and so to say Thank you for the inspiration in my life you have given me. I was introduced to you by a collage friend in 1973( however not one to one but threw music ). He was driven by a simular passion in playing the Bass, which over-took me. Its good to hear and see you're well. After all these years your style has never left me and I enjoy the spirit today in playing as I did when I first was treated to your talient. Again, from my heart and the passion you created with the Gibson EB3. Keep on Rock'in Jack...Keep on Rock'in. Sincerely, a freind to the end. Burt
NAME: Mike Rich
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA
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Date: 11/24/2005
Time: 9:49:24 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, My wife Patti and I traveled to New York and got to see the 2nd night show at Madison Square Gardens. What can I say that hasn't already been said, except thanks to you and everyone involved with getting this to finally happen. I was so disappointed when I couldn't get tickets to the Royal Albert Hall show and since I grew up in Richmond Va and you guys never played there in the sixties. The concert was everything I hoped it would be. My only regret was that my best friend from high school, Jim Rose was not there to see the concert with me. He was such a Cream Fan and being from the west coast saw your Good By Cream Concert tour. The guys used to call us the Furry Freak Brothers, down at the Kiwi Pool Hall. Good times, good memories, good music and good friends. Still rocking after all these years. Thanks Again, Mike Rich
NAME: Phil Pitkin
LOCATION: SYDNEY
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Date: 11/25/2005
Time: 2:19:11 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, I hope you read this. I am age 52 and been No 1 fan of Cream since age 15. I 1st puchase Fresh Cream on 24/6/1969 when I was 15 yrs old. I purchase all the Cream LP since then and have a Video in 1991 when a question was ask to Ginger "Will Cream stand the test of time" and Ginger said I think and It will stand the test of time. It has and it will always stand the test of time. I have the DVD& CD of 2005 Royal Albert Hall and the music was excellent-as if you were only on holidays for 6 weeks not 37 years as Ginger said "we have been waiting so long" I hope your health is ok Jack after liver transplant and tell Ginger to stop smoking (too late!!).I am over the moon(no roper ladder to moon) to see all 3 back to play true music.For Eric to say that Jack make him work/push playing your Guitar is saying something of Jacks playing ability which I know is excellent and so is your playing Eric. Congratulations of true effect to Jack,Ginger & Eric. Come to Australia for next concert -Regards Phil at
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. PS I hope I am going that well when I get to your ages- Thanks for the great music
NAME: jak
LOCATION: santa cruz cal
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Date: 11/25/2005
Time: 3:13:54 PMCOMMENTS
Your bass playing has been an inspiration to me thank you for 4o years of enjoyment regard jak
NAME: Joel Eberhardt
LOCATION: Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S.A.
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Date: 11/25/2005
Time: 5:12:51 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, Having recieved the December 2005 issue of Bass Player, I am compelled to write. I was saddened to hear of your son's demise some years ago. I recall when you were in Atlanta many years ago, that you suffered from pnumonia, while you were here. In the current issue of BP, you mentioned that you had sufered from cancer and a liver transplant. I hope and pray for your complete remission and cure. I began playing bass at the age of 14, in 1968. Of course, "Sir Paul" was an inspiration, but hearing your magnificent work with Cream opened me to more possibilities with bass, and tone. I have always admired your melodic lead bass approach ,as well as your ability to sing and play simultaneously. I have only seen you live , once, with WEST, BRUCE and LANG. I still recall that performance with joy; you played with such passion. I was also a great fan of Felix Pappalardi, as well. I met him briefly after a Mountain concert, in Atlanta. He was very kind to take time to speak with a young, aspiring bassist. Overall, it seems as though I have leared most of my playing from bassists named "Jack"; Jaco, Jack Cassidy..and , of course , Jack Bruce. Thank you, for your body of work, your compositions and your bass playing . I have always especially loved, "Theme for an Imaginary Western", whether sung by you, or Pappalardi. Again, thank you for all you've done, stay well. Sincerely, Joel.
NAME: Steve D
LOCATION: Portsmouth England
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Date: 11/26/2005
Time: 8:32:01 AMCOMMENTS
Jack What cab I say but long will you all reign. Fantastic. Good luck for the future.
NAME: Barb Hayes
LOCATION: New York
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Date: 11/30/2005
Time: 9:04:14 PMCOMMENTS
I doubt if you remember me I spoke with you years back when you did a project with friends of mine Bruce Cameron Andy, Michael bruce, and Neil Smith of Alice Cooper. I told you then how much more deserving you where of acknowledgement as a musician because you are a legand among legands. I know that you had alot of disappointing years where you may have felt forgotten but as I told you then I now can say it again and I always knew it true you were never forgotten and by your guestbook now booming with fans writing that is evident. I must say I was shocked to hear about your reunion with Cream of course happy as everyone else and we all have to do what we have to do in this world. I do wonder if Clapton would have been up for this if he was still pumping out hits. LOL either way I am very very happy to see you where you belong in the spotlight once more. I will probably not be lucky enough to you ever again now that you are again in the spotlight but my prayers and my love will always be thete for you and your success if inevitable. Your a star among many that never lost its shine. Congratulations on your award as well. I am right now watching your tv cream reumiion concert and its a shame that Eric couldnt give this to the fans a long time ago. Keep shining Jack you do know that is what Bruce Cameron wanted for you and all the others he had on his album he wanted you to be where you should be as the great musician you are. BTW ny good friend Richie scarlet now plays with Leslie west and corky Laing. Its an honor to be among such great musicians for him I am sure.
Lol Barb Hayes Nekit (TM) Inc Promotions and Fan Management
NAME: Maynard Meyer
LOCATION: Madison, Minnesota
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Date: 11/30/2005
Time: 10:49:07 PMCOMMENTS
Jack...I just watched the PBS broadcast of the Cream reunion...WOW. You are the man who taught me how to play bass guitar back in my high school rock band. I listened to Cream for hours. I'm still playing occasionally...and I didn't realize how many little things I stole from your style until I saw that broadcast! I just wanted to say thanks...and keep on rockin'
NAME: Phil Giggie
LOCATION: Illinois, USA
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Date: 12/1/2005
Time: 11:29:32 AMCOMMENTS
Phenominal! PBS played the 2005 Albert Hall concert last night and I was blown away by the tightness of the group after all these years. To be honest, I expected a decent replay of old classics, but did not expect the oneness with which the trio performed. I don't recall seeing much live footage of the band in the '70's so I was unaware that Jack did the bulk of the vocals. Mr. Bruce, if you read this, thank you for giving me an evening of pure enjoyment and a few moments of retrospect with some of my favourite music.
NAME: Joan Liepman
LOCATION: Los Angeles
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Date: 12/1/2005
Time: 8:07:48 PMCOMMENTS
Jack Bruce!
I loved your music in the 60's and loved it againn on the PBS show I watched last night - the Cream reunion at the Royal Albert Hall.
Any chance you will record some new things? That would be great.
You are exceptionally talented (and still sexy, what's your secret?) and I thank you for the many moment of pleasure you have brought to me, through the years, through your music.
Best wishes,
Joan Los Angeles
NAME: kat mavournan
LOCATION: new zealand
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Date: 12/2/2005
Time: 3:28:10 AMCOMMENTS
Hi! oh my gosh this is so cool to know that Jack Bruce actually writes to us on this site, I'm so excited! I'm a HUGE fan of Jack Bruce. He's soooooooooo cool! What I wanted to mainly bring up is I recently bought the Cream Farwell concert 1968 version and$ there's a section where Jack talks about the pitfalls of a strict classical education. As a classically trained vacalist I have found it incredibly difficult to 'unlearn' what I have been taugh. I've had to go right back to basics and pretty much sit in my room and beltch out the notes and re-work them. It's a difficult ride but a worthy one becasue thanks to the aid of some fantastic grass roots blues singers and taking note of Jack Bruces style I've been able to learn so much more! if Jack ever reads this, I hope he has a smile and just knows what an impact he is still having on people. Not only as a bass player but as a vocalist too. I'm only 23 after all and I 'really' admire a voice likes Jacks who has o much strength and depth. Good on ya mate and when are you gonna come to New Zealand?
NAME: rodrigo
LOCATION: valdivia- chile
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Date: 12/2/2005
Time: 10:33:06 AMCOMMENTS
un saludo inmenso auna de las grandes voces del rock, gracias por cream, ahora que se reunieron, espero verlos en este rincon del mundo.
NAME: Eric Larson
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 12/2/2005
Time: 2:16:53 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, I would be honored to have you listed on my site www.FretlessBass.com. There is an interview section, and a soon to be released Pro Spotlight that wouldn't be complete without you. Please contact me if you are interested. I saw some footage of the Cream reunion on PBS last night and the fretless playing on White Room was sweet.
Thanks!
NAME: dotaichi
LOCATION: CA
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Date: 12/2/2005
Time: 3:13:28 PMCOMMENTS
Looking forward to seeing the reunion concert.
NAME: Dave
LOCATION: Vancouver
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Date: 12/2/2005
Time: 8:27:18 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack My wife and I watched the reunion gig at the Albert Hall on TV and were blown away. I have been Cream fan all these years, it was an absolute delite to see you and the boys showing the world how it is supposed to be done. The energy, class and sheer guts whith which the band played is something only Cream has the credibility to do. I still find it difficult to comprehend how just the three of you can produce such an incredible amount of sound. No other three piece band has ever come close. Cream has inspired and influenced millions of people around the world, don't stop now. I hope you play together more often, it has been the longest drought in music history. I loved the way you and Ginger made Eric work, he hasn't played like that since 1969 (except for the George Harrison tribute). I think I can speak for the whole world in asking Cream to play more frequently. At least once a year. The very best of health to all of you and thank you for the great music. With love and best wishes. Sharon & Dave.
NAME: Brent Hunter
LOCATION: Chatham Ont. Canada
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Date: 12/2/2005
Time: 8:29:58 PMCOMMENTS
Greetings Jack;Just watched the new dvd,great to see you guys live after 37 years"{Detroit,Olympia stadium,1968}.You were my first inspiration to play bass guitar,and I'm still going at 52 haha.I loved the sound of your Warwick fretless bass,I play a heartfield 6 string/fretless,put in EMG pickups and electronics,get very good mids/is your warwick active or passive.Did you ever see Jaco live,I saw him twice,if so,what did you think.Hopefully I will see you twice in Toronto or Detroit,all the best/BH
NAME: Jack Krohn
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
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Date: 12/2/2005
Time: 11:19:20 PMCOMMENTS
just watched the reunion concert from the Royal Albert Hall - you guys are ..SMOKIN'....!!!!!! - sure wish you guys would tour again ;-)
NAME: Joachim Weidemeier
LOCATION: Germany
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Date: 12/3/2005
Time: 8:08:31 AMCOMMENTS
Please come back to the Grugahalle in Essen - Germany. Best wishes for the future.
NAME: keith w saunders
LOCATION: canada
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Date: 12/3/2005
Time: 9:09:19 AMCOMMENTS
your a talent beyond words.
NAME: John Hanford
LOCATION: Seattle, WA. USA
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Date: 12/3/2005
Time: 5:04:03 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack Bruce,
Just saw the Cream reunion concert footage broadcast on PBS. Wonderful! Your vocal ideas are better than ever - really inspiring musicianship.
Back in 1965, a friend came back to our Seattle home town after seeing Graham Bond at the Richmond (?) Jazz Fest. He raved about the band, and especially about one Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. He brought back a copy of Sounds of 65.
So, by the time Fresh Gream came out in the States, I was primed. Loved the LP, and when Cream toured in '68 I hustled down to Eagles Auditorium in Seattle to catch one of your two shows. I sat a few yards away, and treasure the memory of the performance.
Last night's video brought a lot of it back along with renewed appreciation.
Well done! And thank you for the amazing music you've created over the years.
John Hanford The Wailers (est. 1959)
NAME: Steve Rowloff
LOCATION: Ishpeming, Michigan
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Date: 12/4/2005
Time: 1:27:24 AMCOMMENTS
Jack...I just got to see your excellent performance with your old band, Cream, at RAH, on PBS. I tell you, man, I was amazed. You sure lay it down, brother. I can't see where you and Ginger have lost any of the kick...at least for one show. I don't know how you feel about it, but I would love to see Cream get together for a show every now and again. Seems like Eric has to be more...on his toes...with you guys than he has been for a long time. I like that. He needs to get those smokin' licks crankin'...whippin' wire, ya know? How about sending some kind of autographed picture or some memento? I'm 59, man. Been into music and playing guitar forever. Lifetime member of the ZZ Top International Fanclub Inc. You're definitely one of the best in the bizz, man. Stay healthy...and God bless you. Sincerely....Steve
NAME: Gerry
LOCATION: Grand Island NY
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Date: 12/4/2005
Time: 4:27:27 PMCOMMENTS
Wow I just finally saw the Cream reunion concert on our local PBS station. Great! But I agree with what Jack said at one point: something like "this is our prime". Ginger, Eric, and Jack all showed something that was missing back in the day. Maturity? Not sure what word to use but hope ya know what I mean.
Makes me wish the three of them would stay together to see how this experience and maturity would come out in their songwriting.
Probably won't happen, but I personally think Bruce and Baker are just the guys to kick Clapton in his arse and get him moving again!
NAME: Almost Blue
LOCATION: California
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Date: 12/4/2005
Time: 6:01:50 PMCOMMENTS
AFter hearing "We're Going Wrong" from RAH, I was thinking - I can't believe I missed Cream in the 1960's, they must have been FABULOUS!! but no, the present is MUCH better. The individuals have developed so very much as musicians. I am dying to see Jack live on the left coast one day! (one can only hope) - thanks for the great performance on the DVD - wow!
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point
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Date: 12/4/2005
Time: 7:56:53 PMCOMMENTS
Well it's been a while since the RAH concerts and the Dick Heckstall Smith Tribute concert but with many thanks to Mitch Kane,Grant Scales,Mandy Wenzel, Ed Tracey and Dave Oswald who sent me photos The Cuicoland Back Issues web site photo gallery now has approximately extra 200 photos (my personal thanks to Mark Marriott who made it all happen.) Their is a "various" section of photo's of Carriage rider's in the UK in May and on Dave Oswalds gallery their is a photo and names of Carriage riders who attended a dinner. John Burrell called the dinner the International Jack Bruce Congress. Go to www.users.tpg.com.au/jlorro
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point Australia
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Date: 12/4/2005
Time: 9:16:15 PMCOMMENTS
Here’s a link to 123 great photo’s of the Madison Square Garden Concerts. Click onto http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/cream/MSG2005.htm and enjoy. Cheers Dennis
NAME: Jake Jacobs
LOCATION: New Hampshire, USA
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Date: 12/4/2005
Time: 10:47:54 PMCOMMENTS
Just caught the film of the R.A.H.shows which was used for public braodcasting fundraising here. Despite the interruptions I thoroughly enjoyed the show. I think your voice is better than when I saw Cream in Philadelphia in 1968. You have a straight blues CD in you with your mature voice. I hope that comes about. You blew some righteous harp on Rollin' & Tumblin'. Muddy would have dug it!
NAME: Alan Grimm
LOCATION: USA
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Date: 12/5/2005
Time: 12:46:54 AMCOMMENTS
I grew up idolizing Cream. An all time one of a kind fantastic great band. May the band live forever !! Thank you for all the great songs. "FUZZ"
NAME: john lantych
LOCATION: boston, ma. usa
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Date: 12/5/2005
Time: 4:48:47 PMCOMMENTS
Delighted to watch your reunion concert on PBS here in the USA. Jack I have been playing bass since 1966, guitar since 1962 (i am 55 years young), and well it seems that you are a MAJOR influence in my style, and thanks for the lessons...on vocals as well. YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE CLASS PRO ... John
NAME: Greg Canellis
LOCATION: New Jersey, USA
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Date: 12/5/2005
Time: 11:40:52 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, Cream gave birth to the power-trio. You laid the foundation for a revolutionary change in the role the bass player would assume in rock music. You are an icon, a founding father, and a master of your art. You have inspired many notables, and non-notables, such as myself, who have succumbed to a life-long love affair with the electric bass. For this, I thank you.
Greg Canellis New Jersey
NAME: DransfieldWalker
LOCATION: Stuttgart-Germany
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Date: 12/6/2005
Time: 4:48:00 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, i like your History of a great Music and i hope your Life is endless.Be Careful of all your Way! and the best greetings to your Family! Dransfield
NAME: Paul Johnson
LOCATION: Denver, Colorado
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Date: 12/6/2005
Time: 7:37:24 AMCOMMENTS
I'm afraid I made a mess of things in 2001, I have this condition,you see. All right these days, Thank God for the Cream reunion. Thank You So Much, Jack, for being there and making things worthwhile musically. And while I guess there was realistically never any hope for me, I wouldn't let you down. Your music has gotten me through many long nights, and blisters to the bone.
Sincerely and warmly, Paul Johnson
NAME: Michael Cabe
LOCATION: Atlanta, Ga.
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Date: 12/6/2005
Time: 8:23:05 AMCOMMENTS
Like so many others, the first song I learned to play was 'Sunshine of your Love'. It was 1968 and I was 12 years old. I went on to learn other Cream songs such as White Room, Crossroads (Cream style)and many others. My buddy plays with ARS and we jam to Cream songs all the time. Jack, thanks for the memories, the inspiration and the music. I play Bass guitar today and you had a large part in the reason. Thanks! Keep up the excellent work. aceofbass
NAME: fredvandenbergh
LOCATION: the hague holland
ADDRESS: fengvdbergh@wanadoo
Date: 12/6/2005
Time: 4:12:02 PMCOMMENTS
mr bruce,i just want to say that i love much of your music and all of your bassplaying!you inspired me to play the bass myself since the days of songs for a tailor.i wish you all the best and hope to attend one of your concerts!
NAME: Greg
LOCATION: Washington State, USA
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Date: 12/6/2005
Time: 4:17:46 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack, I wanted to express my admiration and joy from watching the Cream Reunion concert on PBS this week. You, Ginger and Eric sounded wonderful, your voice and bass playing as excellent as they were 37 years ago. Thanks for providing the DVD's of your show for cable broadcast (and purchase) so those who couldn't attend in person would still be able to enjoy the highlights. I have been a fan of yours since "Fresh Cream" was released in the 60's, and was not sure what to expect from the reunion concert, but you all picked up at Royal Albert Hall last May as if you had been playing together since 1969. I especially enjoyed hearing "Rollin and Tumblin" and "We're Going Wrong," two of my all-time favorites that feature your voice and 'harp. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!
NAME: howard
LOCATION: las vegas
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Date: 12/6/2005
Time: 11:20:55 PMCOMMENTS
OK!! How's this for a laugh! (for me though.......a cry) I wait practically all of my adult life to see Cream, I buy airfare tickets, bought a good seat at he last show at the Garden, I'm all "jacked" and ready to see Cream suddenly my world falls apart! The mother of my fiance surprises us with Fiddler on the Roof fucking tickets the night of my concert!! To make a long story very short, I sat in box seats in a Broadway theatre watching Fiddler on the fucking Roof while some stranger has his seat upgraded at my expense!! Can you fucking believe this?? Unfortunately I can............hey Jack, can you guys do one more Garden show?? Be well!! your BIG fan HK
NAME: Rocco Bonelli
LOCATION: Everett ,WA.98204
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Date: 12/7/2005
Time: 2:46:36 AMCOMMENTS
Jack,I just saw the 2005 reunion on PBS and was blown away.The last time I saw you guys was in San Bernardino,California.Maybe you remember the show 'cos the P.A.wentout and all we could hear were the instruments for some of the night.I've been clean and sober for 11yrs.and I would like to thank You,Ginger,and Eric for giving this 58yr. old musician a reason to start playing again. Rocky
NAME: Marc
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Date: 12/7/2005
Time: 10:47:42 PMCOMMENTS
Brilliant website. I'm a long time fan, not only of Cream, but Jack Bruce's solo career.
NAME: Sully
LOCATION: Hewitt, NJ
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Date: 12/7/2005
Time: 11:20:35 PMCOMMENTS
For 30 years+ I've been tying to figure out how you can do what you do with a bass...outstanding. You're the best...
Eric who?
NAME: Sully
LOCATION: Hewitt, NJ
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Date: 12/7/2005
Time: 11:41:00 PMCOMMENTS
P.S. I miss West, Bruce and Lang.
NAME: boB McGlynn
LOCATION: NYC
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Date: 12/8/2005
Time: 2:09:55 AMCOMMENTS
jack, will cream do more? and if so how do i find out about it. the london concert was sold out in 2hours? 2 days? i have no lead on these things. and don't ya think the working class can get a break on the tickets- $500 to $1500? thats IMMPOSSIBLE for so many of us.
that said, i think your As You Said has the problem of being an unknown but being possibly the greatest of cream. i heard it on a classical station once and immedietly ran out to get it on Wheels of Fire. you know it's one of your greatest works- so please play it at your next concert! play a joke on the audience by saying its a NEW cream sonG! and is there a greatest of jack bruce post cream album? please keep playing. so much 'pop'music these days is trash. if you guys kept it up you could inflence the scene. can i get a job in any future gigs?? love ya, seeya, bob
NAME: Rich Holodak
LOCATION: New York City suburbs
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Date: 12/8/2005
Time: 12:12:00 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, Congratulations on the success of your recent Cream revival concerts. I had the good fortune of catching the final show at M.S. Garden. Musically, it was epic but I found myself somewhat sad when I realized just how much time has past since I first heard Fresh Cream and instantly became a big fan. As a semi-professional drummer since 1964, I feel extremely fortunate to have spent the prime of my life witnessing and participating in the performance of what may be the best music of the 20th century. I can't over-emphasize the importance of what you, Ginger and Eric have given (and, God willing, will continue to bring) to the field of legitimate popular music. There's a saying "Music is a gift from God. What you do with it is your gift back to Him. Thank you so much for giving the best. You are much loved for it. God bless you. Sincerely, Rich Holodak P.S. If you ever want to jam with new musicians in a totally non- threatening, comfortable environment, please consider this 54 year old drummer. It's my goal to play with some of the world's finest musicians before I depart this world and if I'm going to do it, why not try to do it with best?
NAME: dave
LOCATION: nyc
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Date: 12/8/2005
Time: 1:04:45 PMCOMMENTS
the new Rockoplast DVD's do not play on American systems!!!!
NAME: Artie Webb
LOCATION: Lindenhurst, New York
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Date: 12/9/2005
Time: 9:42:59 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, Just want to Thank You. I was a guitar player for 20 years but 5 years ago I sat down one day and really listened to the bass lines on Crossroads, and since then I've switched to bass. Thank You again Artie/www.sisterblind.net
NAME: Jeffrey Adelbert Oliver
LOCATION: Huntington Beach, CA
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Date: 12/9/2005
Time: 11:40:17 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I need a transplant too you are the best, good voice, and bass playing!
NAME: Doug Wilkie
LOCATION: Grants Pass, Oregon
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Date: 12/10/2005
Time: 12:49:54 PMCOMMENTS
Hello, Jack. I'm one of the '60s survivors, and in those days, there was an incredible outpouring of musical talent to those who were "searching" for the Truth. You guys (Cream) were one of the best, and carried with you great promise. The same is true today. You, Ginger, and Eric are very powerful ambassodors to the children of the sixties, and their children. I must tell you that I believe that your voices have been spared for the great messages that you will radiate concerning the Truth for a very troubled world. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the endeavors you gave for the Tribute at Albert Hall 05. Great things are coming your way. Sincerely, Doug
NAME: Peyton Lewis
LOCATION: Wilmington, DE USA
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Date: 12/10/2005
Time: 1:29:45 PMCOMMENTS
I purchased the Albert Hall Reunion CD when it first came out. It was great! I purchased the Albert Hall DVD and it was even better! For many, many years I beleived that the live version of 'Crossroads' on the 'Wheels of Fire' album was one of Cream's greatest performances, or - for that matter - the BEST LIVE recording of any song that I ever heard. But, the rendition of 'We're Going Wrong' on the Albert Hall DVD is incredible. Even after almost forty years it still sounds fresh. And, it is now one of my al time favorites. Cream broke up just as I was getting to know them, it is great to see you guys back together, again. And ... the music is GREAT. It sure looks like you were enjoying yourself during the concerts. Carry ON! One Fan in Delaware, Peyton
NAME: Rick Bennett
LOCATION: Dallas, Texas
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Date: 12/10/2005
Time: 4:07:30 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, The Cream Reunion tour @ RAH brings tears to my eyes. I'm 50 years old and have seen many concerts in my life but none compare to this one. Words can not express how I feel when watching the concert or listening to the CD's. It is by far the purest music I've heard in years!
It was a pleasure to watch the comradarie between you, Ginger and Eric on stage. All of you seemed to really enjoy playing together. Your voice is so great!
I happended upon the Cream Reunion tour when it aired on PBS a couple of weeks ago. I am still heart broken over having missed the three of you at MSG!
Please do what you can to get back together as soon as possible and play a couple of more dates in the USA. I'll travel to wherever I have to in order to see the show. I pray there are millions of fans asking Cream to do the same thing.
Thanks for taking time to read my message. I thought music such as this was gone forever. The music from the Cream Reunion tour is my saving grace and I cherish the DVD's and CD's that allow me to watch and listen whenever I want to.
Kindest regards,
Rick
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 12/11/2005
Time: 9:24:58 AMCOMMENTS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 11 2005--
Hi again, Jack Bruce! It is really extraordinary that I, as millions of brazilian admirers of your astounding bass style and singing, can finally look at Jack's fingers running the bass's neck and seeing that he, at that determined moment, hit a G string instead of a D! Great stuff, Jack, because, prior to the Royal Albert Hall's highest standard ranks, we could never see that; we just listened to a record or CD of Cream live, but just said, "we can't see Jack playing and soloing"...
Now we CAN. Very important. Jack, brazilians need to see bass solos, and a busy bass player competing in equal terms onstage with fiery guitarists is visually a shock, a, believe me, highly stimulating feel. That's the importance, the technical importance, of the DVD. Nothwithstanding, though, West, Bruce & Laing and other tours of Jack with Larry Corryell and McLaughlin are not available in DVD. It is terrible! Jack's solos at the Madison Square Garden and Albert Hall were fabulous, but, oh listen to me please, his distorted, feedback solo of POWERHOUSE SOD is not available in DVD. I even e-mailed to the MOUNTAIN website, questioning this. We all hope that, in 2006, the soonest they can put it on the record market, we can finally buy - also - West,Bruce & Laing live DVDs as the other ones with Jack commanding. Because he is always at the top.
Congratulations from Carlos Bill, the brazilian bass player, the natural divulgator of Jack Bruce's music.
NAME: Colin AKA Ghoulz
LOCATION: Dunfermline Scotland
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Date: 12/11/2005
Time: 12:01:31 PMCOMMENTS
Hi,
I was unable to find a 'Contact Webmaster' link so I'll try this way.
I am currently researching information regarding gigs at the Kinema Ballroom in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
I can tell you that the local weekly newspaper (The Dunfermline Press) carried an advertisement for 'Lifetime' at the Kinema Ballroom Dunfermline with the following information:
Performance Date: Sunday 18th October 1970 Event Times: 19:30 - 23:00 Admission Price: 12/-
Trust this may be of value to you.
Best Regards, Colin (AKA Ghoulz)
NAME: S Smith
LOCATION: Seattle
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Date: 12/11/2005
Time: 3:14:24 PMCOMMENTS
After seeing the DVD of the RAH performances, I have fallen in love with you all over again. Please release more DVD's, CD's - I'd love to have the MSG concerts in some form, especially if it's true that Tales of Brave Ulysses was performed. Jack, you are incredible, and the 3 of you are amazing together. It's a joy to see you smiling and laughing so much - something that I don't think was happening much in the '60's (but I never saw you then). Hope you have continued good health and happiness.
NAME: Sandy
LOCATION: Denver, CO
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Date: 12/11/2005
Time: 7:02:21 PMCOMMENTS
Gosh, Jack, you make bass playing • impossible to ignore • fascinating to watch • exciting to listen to You’re the best at what you do both vocally and instrumentally! And with Eric and Ginger, the result is enormously spectacular and intoxicating.
The RAH Cream Reunion DVD has created a major time-sink for me (at the expense of “sleepytime” hours). I’ve been watching almost daily, initially foolishly thinking I might skip through parts for brevity. But it’s ALL vital and mesmerizing.
The Paisley Days for me were high school years with only an occasional aspirin and no R&R concerts until after Cream retired. I knew only some of the Cream catalogue and have only seen you perform in the spring 1997 All-Starrs (Denver Fiddler’s when Ginger lived nearby and temporarily increased the 1/3 cup of Cream to 2/3 cup for a song or two).
I’ve now collected the entire Cream audio catalogue (studio and live) and am perusing old performance footage online and through other media. I like what you’re doing NOW best of all I've seen or heard, and I’ll likely be exploring more of your post-Cream work in due time. Stay healthy, you look almost too frail!
NAME: DAVID LAYTON
LOCATION: ENCINO, CA.-USA
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Date: 12/12/2005
Time: 8:13:48 PMCOMMENTS
I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE YOUR CREAM REUNION @ MSG 10/24/05. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!!!! I THINK YOU ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS ON THE PLANET!!!! PLZ TOUR IN SO CAL SOON. P.S. SAW YOU WITH WEST, BRUCE & LAING 1973 @ THE HOLLYWOOD PALADIUM-FANTASTIC
NAME: INDRA
LOCATION: JAKARTA/INDONESIA
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Date: 12/13/2005
Time: 1:47:29 AMCOMMENTS
hallo my name indra from jakarta/indonesia,with this email i want to know more about your music,and if you dont mind please give me sampler of your album or your stuff bro because im very2 crazy about guitars player and i hope you can send me bro and if you dont mind this is my address: INDRA TRIDARMAWAN JL.E NO:6 RT11/03 SLIPI JAKARTA-BARAT 11410 INDONESIA
thanx bro and i hope you answer my email ok.
NAME: Marc Matheny
LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana USA
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Date: 12/13/2005
Time: 12:28:33 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, thanks for the great music. After seeing the Cream reunion concert on public television, I've had non-stop Cream on the CD player for two weeks. I'm hoping you will bring your tour to Indianapolis, hopefully at the same venue you played in '69. Best Wishes.
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 12/13/2005
Time: 11:37:20 PMCOMMENTS
Rio de Janeiro, December 14 2005--
Jack Bruce's bass style, like no other electric bass player in the same context, can like nobody play in an emotional cathartic way that allow to remain inatcts the classic canons of his torrential tones and phrasings.
The recent, unmatchable Royal Albert Hall and Madison Square Garden's Concerts, as his appearance with Ron Carter, show him in rare inspired form. His classic, legendary out-of-phase tone while with West, Bruce & Laing had his bass distorted, crying as a classic Delta blues shouter in early 30s or 40s in intensity, raw power, organic urgency - PLAY WITH FIRE and THE DOCTOR have him putting notes like "right into the drawer", remembring, in attitude, Stanley Clarke in the funky tunes of his Stanley Clarke album which had him on the cover, black power hair and Alembic bass...
Bruce's and Cream's recent shows in DVD should reunite other oldies of Cream's classics. Winterland, Saville Theatre, Fillmores West, East...CDs are extraordinary but...they don't allow people to SEE THAT JACK IS HITTING A G STRING, you know...like Jimi Hendrix at the Fillmore East, which had his guitar in uncommon, uncanny out-of-tune tone and wild runs and fingerings, Jack Bruce's Cream whole career and with W,B&L and in his jazzy instrumentals followed by incredibly unaltered moods and intonations also shows him in equally dynamic motions, sometimes unexpected ones. Please Jack's manager and producers, try to, in 2006, release rare Cream, WB&L and other golden appearances of Jack onstage. Congratulations as ever, Carlos Bill.
NAME: Vince14
LOCATION: Long Island
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Date: 12/14/2005
Time: 4:28:44 PMCOMMENTS
I just received the 3 dvd compilation advertised on the website. To any and all Jack Bruce fans, this is a must! Hearing Jack perform songs from the LP "Automatic" was outstanding. The interview with Jack/Billy/Clem/David was a treat. Jack performing with Sancious and Bruce Gary was awesome. Jack is the greatest! What's next? BLT on dvd? Now, I'm dreaming...
NAME: Maurice L Heter
LOCATION: Vancouver,BC Canada
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Date: 12/15/2005
Time: 12:46:34 PMCOMMENTS
I just bought the live cd. I was expecting you to be playing your Gibson bass and also I thought Eric would be playing his Gibson. Cream is no the same when Eric plays all the songs on his Fender Stratocaster. Any comments on this Jack?
NAME: Gareth Foster
LOCATION: Alderney
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Date: 12/16/2005
Time: 7:54:27 AMCOMMENTS
hi, i would just like to say hi! how are you? i bet you get this all the time but i love all you stuff. thanks alot, you have help ,e and my bands,
thanks
NAME: Carlos Bill
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Date: 12/17/2005
Time: 12:37:11 AMCOMMENTS
Rio de Janeiro, December 17 2005--
Hi! Considering the magnificency of the releases of the DVD and CD of the Royal Albert Hall concerts, and the fire coming out from the players of Cream, it couldn't be more obvious and vital to tell Jack Bruce and management, including A&R staff, that also the releases of Cream's oldies is equally vital.
We all know that the Winterland, Saville Theatre, Café Au Go Go and Fillmores West and East are by far and without a doubt Cream's probably more energetic performances. As kids, we guys and women who are aged around 44-48 (I'm 44) now used to buy WHEELS OF FIRE and marvel with the speeded up fingerings and unexpectedly blues/based upper register bended notes of Jack in CROSSROADS. Eric's famous "second solo licks" and Ginger Baker's snare drum's insistence more than compensated the strange uptempoed arrangement of that otherwise slow Robert Johnson's almost ballad-like song of early 30s or 40s...I suggest that Jack's staff involved in searching older material, go on and, once finding the footages of this legendary Winterland's show, immediately release it still in 2006! CREAM - THE INCENDIARY WINTERLAND PERFORMANCE would be a stimulating title, and millions of fans worldwide, now still marvelling with the clean, busy bass tones of Jack at the 2005's Albert Hall's show, which seem to occupy and fill all the spaces more than before, would find it a true spectacle to see Jack literally "flying" over the bass's neck in CROSSROADS; it would put the eagerness of fans and musicians alike a little more still, when they could see the CROSSROADS' slower tempo in the 2005's show, comparing it FINALLY with the faster licks of the Winterland spectacle. And SPOONFUL is just another jewel. To see that "Jack was hitting a G string in CROSSROADS" at the Winterland is a deep feeling; for musicians, it is a textbook of his style, as it is in 2005.
To close: the Madison Square Garden's performance should be recorded for DVD release? It is fascinating in seeing the setlist and the nuances with the same songs. Will it be released? Congratulations from Carlos Bill, waves of much health for Jack Bruce and happiness.
NAME: Anthony Last
LOCATION: Papakura, New Zealand
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Date: 12/19/2005
Time: 2:45:16 AMCOMMENTS
I'm actually a drummer and a lifelong fan of Ginger Baker. I wateched the interviews on the Cream Reunion DVD with great joy when Jack announced he and Ginger were mates again. I do hope this continues and that Ginger and Jack are able to record or tour together again.
NAME: OB
LOCATION: DE
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Date: 12/19/2005
Time: 11:27:23 AMCOMMENTS
THANK YOU - so much for getting CREAM back together, I missed the concerts but the DVD was great !! My favorite band finaly got back together... the versions of the songs showed fine aging (ha) I'm also so glad that your in good health and will be playing a long, long while for us. Keep on rockin' Jack. you "Mad Bastard" of the BASS !! p.s.:also please check out www.uglybassplayer.com I think you'll like the site.
NAME: Vince14
LOCATION: Long Island
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Date: 12/20/2005
Time: 8:31:30 AMCOMMENTS
A previous entry stated that the new dvds didn't work on the U.S. players. Yes, it's a region 2 dvd, but worked on mine! The player I have is a GoVideo dvd recorder.
NAME: Jeff Berlin
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Date: 12/20/2005
Time: 2:47:52 PMCOMMENTS
In whatever zillion years that internet guestbooks have existed, this is the first time that I ever wished to put my 2 cents in to praise a musician on-line! Jack is that musician. He is such an original, such a creative spirit, and the only bass player who directly influenced and motivated me to play and grow in music. He's the best and I am glad that he is in the world making music that still touches me. I still get ferklempted when I hear those songs off of "Out of the Storm" and "Harmony Row". My one gripe against Jack? The rat traded his Gibson EB3 to the drummer Bruce Gary (a DRUMMER fer Cripe's sake) for a freaking Chapman Stick instead of giving the bass to me. (To quote don Corleone) "And that I don't forgive."
Love, Jeff Berlin
NAME: CRAIG MOORE
LOCATION: PEORIA, ILLINOIS
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Date: 12/20/2005
Time: 6:21:49 PMCOMMENTS
DEAR JACK - I was blessed in 1968 to see CREAM in Des Moines, Iowa. It was a life-altering experience. I also saw you with Mitch Mitchell & Larry Coryell at the Aragon circa 1969, with Billy Cobham & Clem Clempson at Park West, and with Ginger at Biddy Mulligan's in Chicago, and have followed your recorded output religiously. My biggest regret is that I missed West Bruce & Laing live. I have always felt that your work on the 'Why Dontcha' album made every other heavy rock bass player that followed totally irrelevant, even more so than the studio recordings of Cream. 'Songs For A Tailor' in it's entirety is one of the great unsung masterpieces. My wife & I flew to NYC to see Cream at MSQ and if you do any more shows we'll be there. I was hoping to see BBM somewhere but never found an opportunity, although I understand there were some live shows. My primary question today is - Is there any video or DVD anywhere in the world of West Bruce & Laing live? If anyone reads this and can point me to any WBL live video I'd be forever grateful. Thanks Jack for always staying true to yourself and continuing to create an always brilliant catalog of music.
NAME: Ann Blacker
LOCATION: Allentown, PA USA
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Date: 12/21/2005
Time: 10:24:46 AMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
I just wanted to say that you are a huge inspiration to me and I'm sure, to many, many others. . .through your music, through your love of life and family, and most of all through your great attitude and courage. Keep well!
Annie
NAME: Sylvia Mitchell
LOCATION: Essex, England
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Date: 12/22/2005
Time: 6:31:37 AMCOMMENTS
Flew to New York from Little Yeldham in Essex with my husband Mitch just to see Cream play at Madison Square Garden 25 October. One of his life's goals has now been achieved. The show was awesome - fantastic musicianship and your voice was terrific. As 3 separate musicians you are all brilliant but when you play together the synergy is magical.
NAME: Bill Levy
LOCATION: New York
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Date: 12/22/2005
Time: 10:55:32 AMCOMMENTS
Jack, I don't exactly know where to begin, but here goes. I simply want to say thank you for all you have done to further and unbeleivably improve the quality and impact of music for the ages. As for myself, I listened and watched you from the early days and can sincerely state that there has never been a greater influence in my becomming a bass player than yours. I do my level best to live my life as a worthy Christian and I thank God for you. You're teriffic. Thanks to God for giving you your incredible talent and thanks to you for sharing it with the rest of us mere mortals. Bill Levy PS MSG show #2...........WOW DUDE
NAME: Mike Sampier
LOCATION: Galway Ireland
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Date: 12/23/2005
Time: 5:23:23 AMCOMMENTS
Hello Jack, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you, Eric & Ginger for turning a dream into reality when you guys decided to reform Cream for those seven magnificient shows. I attended the May 2nd show & will never forget it. Just wish it could have been represented on the dvd, especially the famous walk on and the emotional performance of "I'm So Glad"! It was a special moment for us Cream fans that waited over 36 years to see the three greatest musicians perform together again. Keep well & Happy Christmas to you & your family!
NAME: Ari Løkken Jr
LOCATION: Norway
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Date: 12/23/2005
Time: 4:49:55 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Mr. Bruce, just two things.... Love your stuff from the cream days lisen to it almoust every day, and if you'v ever want a song i'll provide you with one of mine (in english of course)
Best regards
Ari
NAME: S Smith
LOCATION: Seattle
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Date: 12/23/2005
Time: 11:30:40 PMCOMMENTS
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Jack. I hope you continue to grow stronger. I look forward to more recordings and tours (with or without your two old friends) - please come to Seattle! Thanks for all your great music over the years.
NAME: DA Saw Scholefield
LOCATION: Fort Worth, TX.
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Date: 12/24/2005
Time: 11:08:47 PMCOMMENTS
Loved seeing the PBS telecasts of their Albert Hall reunion concerts. Great to see the "ol' boys" back together again!
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct. U.S.A.
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Date: 12/24/2005
Time: 11:16:22 PMCOMMENTS
Just writing to wish you,Margrit and your family a very Merry Christmas.Pam and I wish you a strong and healthy 2006.We hope to see you again before too long! The Cream reunion was wonderful.It was really cool being sixteen again!
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct U.S.A.
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Date: 12/24/2005
Time: 11:21:31 PMCOMMENTS
BTW,amongst other things,I am playing with Andy Aledort,a guitarist,singer,composer who interviewed you for Guitar World Magazine.He remembers the interview fondly and said that you gave him a lot of time.
NAME: Mary Rayme
LOCATION: Elkins, West Virginia
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Date: 12/25/2005
Time: 2:45:55 PMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack--Thanks for the incredible concert on Oct 24, 2005 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. It was perhaps the coolest experience of my entire life and I will cherish the memory forever. You ROCKED the house and it was worth the drive over the mountain. Love, Mary
NAME: Phil
LOCATION: Southport
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Date: 12/25/2005
Time: 8:29:23 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, It is an honour to have been brought up with your music. I bought Fresh Cream in Liverpool in 1967, I met you in Liverpool c1980 (Bradford Hotel gig) Still have your autograph, prized posession. Saw Eric with George Delaney & Bonny, and saw Ginger at the Metro Club Liverpool c1974. Would love to be able to meet you again, You were the soul (along with Pete Brown) of Cream. Have a Great Christmas, Regards, Phil
NAME: Dale Hauskins
LOCATION: Redondo Beach (Los ANgeles) California U.S.A.
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Date: 12/26/2005
Time: 12:41:56 AMCOMMENTS
Greetings Mr.Bruce from this Los Angeles Californian Guitarist.May God continue to bless you & your family in 2006! God bless.----Dale Hauskins: Reggae Jazz/Rock HipHop GUITARIST.CD/Tour credits:Pato Banton;Phil Chen;FLAME DREAM (Swiss prog rock band Vertigo Phonogram);Fully Fullwood;Majek Fashek;Myka Nyne;Patrick Moraz;Scientist;Tippa Irie;and more. http://www.myspace.com/dalehauskins
NAME: Colin Camies
LOCATION: South Wales
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Date: 12/26/2005
Time: 4:24:05 AMCOMMENTS
I have just received Creams renuion DVD for Christmas, it just re-inforces my desire to have bought a ticket from E-bay, but never mind. What a faboulus performance from Jack, Eric and Ginger. Eric we all know is the best ever guitarist in the world, but Jack, oh I honestly forgot what a performer he is, it was pure magic from start to finish and I can only say the biggest thanks you. It was like being transported back 40 years, but I think they were better in May than before and I thought I would never say that about anybody. It was a pleasue and privilage to be able to listen to such magic. Thanks Jack, and I hope your health is better, because we need 'GREAT' musicians like you.
NAME: Gavin McCrory
LOCATION: Glasgow, Govan
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Date: 12/26/2005
Time: 6:08:53 PMCOMMENTS
Hey jack if i new this thing existed i would have wrote years ago but i sort of stumbled across it through the trower site, but i just want to say that was one hell of a reunion at albert hall with clapton and ginger baker and hope to see it again sometime in the future
NAME: Derek Carter
LOCATION: Denmark
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Date: 12/27/2005
Time: 7:16:34 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
Many have probably said this before, but for me you are my mentor, you are the reason I took up playing bass! I once had a drummer that told me to stop trying to play like you! I struggled through the late 60's and early 70's trying to make it, to no avail, too much, too soon, bad management, egos, wrong place, wrong time! I just want to thank you for being you, Jack, the man, the ultimate bass player. I also want to thank you for all the superb music you have given us, I was a devoted Cream fan from day one. I recall sneaking a peek at a certain scout hall in Willesden back in 1966, unknown to me and my friends at that time we weren’t sure what was on the brew (excuse the pun. But I do recall you even then. Later I experienced a few of the first Cream gigs at Klooks Kleek, The Marquee and The Roundhouse. Much later I managed to secure a press pass to attend both concerts at The Royal Albert Hall on November 26th, 1968. I was right in front of the stage armed with a Rollieflex camera and no flash (this was forbidden by the penguins at the RAH). Suffice to say, that the film I had loaded was not fast enough for stage lighting, out of 4 rolls of film, I came home with one reasonable picture of Eric, so much for photography, back to playing bass!
Like many others I tried to get tickets for your reunion concert at RAH, but no luck, (I now live in Denmark) I drowned my sorrows with the excellent DVD set, it bought tears to my eyes, what a blast! Jack,thanks again, your were all superb, it looks like you all enjoyed it too. As you said in reply to Eric Clapton at one point during the gig, "we are in our prime", you proved that. I salute you!
I hope that the future years will bring you good health and happiness. Please continue to give us your fantastic musical talent.
God Bless, take care and THANKS!
Regards, Derek
NAME: Ross Kandel
LOCATION: Victorville, California
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Date: 12/28/2005
Time: 4:19:02 PMCOMMENTS
Jack, I need a bass player like you in my band...and a drummer like ginger... If you ever play in southern california e-mail me, and if you'll let me sit in with you, you'll see the eric clapton influence in my playing... If there is a line forming of Cream fans,,, get behind me,,,, I first in line !!! Late ! Ross
NAME: Sandy
LOCATION: Glen Rock, NJ
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Date: 12/29/2005
Time: 10:02:16 PMCOMMENTS
Dear Jack,
I did not have the privilege of seeing Cream's union concert in person. I did however purchase the DVD - to wit, this is why I am writing in your diary this evening. As one of THE enshrined groups of the 60's, I was resistant to experience any new interpretations fearing that current renditions would be a disappointment to those fluid, youthful memories. However, to my delight,each song sung that evening (or compilation of evenings) surpassed the previous - brilliant innovation, spirit (hope) and a freedom that we could all benefit from now in 2006. No anxiety, no self-worship and/or vanity, no pretense, no regrets - just art. It was wonderful. Thank you.
NAME: Georgina Strilakos
LOCATION: N.Y.C
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Date: 12/30/2005
Time: 12:07:24 AMCOMMENTS
Long time listener...
Best, Georgina
NAME: Mark Kane
LOCATION: Oakland,CA
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Date: 12/30/2005
Time: 12:22:36 AMCOMMENTS
Hi Jack, Always loved your music,and for christmas I got the dvd of albert hall,just great! But please tell me about the harp mount You used on (sittin on top of the world) Who made that for You?I want to sell them.And the next time You are in the San Francisco area,please check out www.leosaudio.com All the best! Mark and peace to our world
NAME: Dairy Lover
LOCATION: Denver, Colorado
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Date: 12/31/2005
Time: 2:02:40 AMCOMMENTS
I didn’t know Jack. At least not very well. He was generally under my radar after Cream. But hey, my radar was primitive, at best. And now he’s all over my screen! I can’t stop watching the DVD – maybe the best concert, chemistry and musicianship I’ve ever seen. When you guys skim some more cream – which I assume you are doing – come around the U.S. on a larger scale, and don’t forget Denver! We’ll be waiting.
