Guestbook
NAME: Paul Fuller
LOCATION: Sydney
ADDRESS: fullermp@ros.com.au
Date: 7/1/2001
Time: 6:40:12 AM
G'Day Guys , I have not written to Jack's site for quite awhile . It is great to see that lots of people still believe in the power of Jack Bruce. I just downloaded an mp3 of "White Room " . It sounds ok , but very Santansrish. Thats ok , at least Jack is singing. It will probably not be released in Australia, but I will will be able to get it from overseas. Please tour Australia , Jack. Many people want to here you live. Belated Happy Birthday. Paul . Windsor . N.S.W.
NAME: Mike Dantone
LOCATION: Pittston, Pa. ,U.S.
ADDRESS: mdjbass71@hotmail.com
Date: 7/1/2001
Time: 2:52:33 PM
NAME: John Carter
LOCATION: Crosby, Liverpool
ADDRESS: john.carter@infinetcomputing.demon.co.uk
Date: 7/1/2001
Time: 8:30:26 PM
Hi Jack
Glad to hear you are still working and pushing the envelope. Your great voice and phrasing were the main things that made Cream interesting to me way back then.
Good luck, and don't let Eric sing all the songs if you do get round to doing a gig.
John
NAME: M Whiteaker
LOCATION: St. Louis
ADDRESS: www.luky7music.com
Date: 7/3/2001
Time: 2:03:51 PM
Thought Jack might find "Wheels Of Fire", our Tribute to Cream band interesting. Invite him to stop by or give us a shout when he's in St. Louis. Check 'em out at www.luky7music.com
NAME: Rod BEACHHEAD Jeffery
LOCATION: Portland NSW (Australia)
ADDRESS: http://www.geocities.com/mister_beachhead
Date: 7/5/2001
Time: 4:19:20 AM
I actually found that album that you 'appeared' on with Ellen McElwaine (hope the spelling's right) via the CDNOW Website. Soon as I can afford it I'm going to buy it. The saxophonist from the 1985 line-up of my own band, BEACHHEAD had the damn thing and consequently we did 'DANGER ZONE' sans all instruments, except bass and vocals. The other instruments only came in on the bridge!
Take care, BEACHHEAD
NAME: bigjohn
LOCATION:
ADDRESS: bigjohnwayne@gmx.net
Date: 7/6/2001
Time: 6:19:00 AM
tonight i have a dream. new cd with title "for john lee 2002" a tribute to john lee hooker in a very new sound. in my dream i see eric clapton, peter green, fito de la parra and jack bruce together for this record. "cold sweat" - do it for you, me, john lee and the world. best wishes bigjohn
NAME: Ken Klein
LOCATION: Southern California
ADDRESS: chrisnkenoc@home.com
Date: 7/6/2001
Time: 2:44:56 PM
I'm just incredibly excited about Jack's newest release and his tour. I've seen Jack over a dozen times and I'm counting on him to hit Los Angeles as part of his tour. Ever since they refused me entrance to the Fillmore East to see Cream (I was 13 at the time). I also had tickets to see Tony Williams Lifetime in Brooklyn, NY when that show got cancelled at the last minute. So I've promised myself to never miss another JB tour again. Most recently, I saw all 3 Southern California performances in support of A Question of Time and the the subsequent show in support of somethin Els. So come on back, Jack! You never fail to move me to the core of my being. And, by the way, when I e-mailed seemingly everybody in the world to try to get my hands on the 50th birthday video, you were the only one who actually responded! Your response mad it all worthwhile! I look forward to seeing you! Ken Klein
NAME: Dan The Man
LOCATION: Hollywood CA.
ADDRESS: dantheman_90028@yahoo.com
Date: 7/6/2001
Time: 7:29:13 PM
Hi Jack,
Getting married on July 14, 2001....wanted to know if you could make it...its in san luis obispo..if you're in the states I'll send a driver.
First saw you at the farewell cream concert at the forum in 1968...FANTASTIC! Then saw you in the 70's or 80's at the Roxy with your group with simon phillips and tony hymans...FANTASTIC! Then saw you somewhere with Mark King in some bass shop either here or the isle of white...FANTASTIC. Then saw you with ringo at universal...FANTASTIC. Enough said...you know you're the best and you have given the world your music. Thank you....hope to see you soon. Dan the Man
NAME: Ed
LOCATION: So. Cal.
ADDRESS: elevreault@yahoo.com
Date: 7/8/2001
Time: 11:52:09 AM
I first listened to Jack Bruce over 30 years ago. From then on I've always considered him one fo the greatest. Can't wait to hear the new album.
NAME: will vogelzang
LOCATION: the netherlands
ADDRESS: w.e.vogelzang@kpn.com
Date: 7/9/2001
Time: 1:23:14 AM
I've got my hands on a promo cd of Shadows in the air I think this one of the best CD's you've ever made. I know your works from Graham Bond 'till now. Keep goin'strong Greetings from a fan will vogelzang
NAME: Jackie
LOCATION: Acton Suffolk England
ADDRESS: goodwins@acton53.freeserve.co.uk
Date: 7/9/2001
Time: 1:34:48 PM
Rushed out at the end of school today to buy the new CD.....and it was worth it. Marvellous, it helped me get through my pile of ironing!!! Hope to bump into you again soon Jack Love Jackie ( Acton Primary School)
NAME: Greg Wallace
LOCATION: Columbus, Ohio
ADDRESS: gwallace@ee.net
Date: 7/9/2001
Time: 6:05:33 PM
I've been listening to 'Shadows in the Air' the past couple days and it's another excellent set of songs. Hope Jack tours the States to support the new record. I've been a Jack Bruce nut since I bought Harmony Row in 1971 (for $2.78 I think). With any Jack Bruce solo effort it's usually months before it sinks in and I can pick big favorites. Bravo!
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: NYC
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/10/2001
Time: 11:38:55 AM
Read somewhere that EC responded to JB's appeal to do something for GB by getting together to (God forbid) play a few latter-day CREAM benefits was, essentially, "It's time GB did somthing for GB".
Listen, pal - without GB you would have never gotten out of JM's Blues Breakers, much less the U.K. It was GB and JB that put the fire under your nascent career. Your songwriting then was non-existant, notwithstanding AE's short-sighted designs. You were saved by JB's compositions.
A very uncaring, disloyal, short-sighted, unresponsive and boring man you would seem to be.
NAME: Jack
LOCATION: England
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/10/2001
Time: 5:37:42 PM
Just to put the record straight, P. Lee, Cream would have been a very different band without EC and I never suggested Cream should do some dates for Ginger's benefit. That would be a very thin and patronising reason to get together again. This is one of these myths that spring out of a journalist's misunderstanding. Why doncha get out and buy Shadows and simply forget about the Creams?
NAME: Marc and Lorraine Wickert
LOCATION: Tweed Heads, Oz
ADDRESS: wickertlorraine@hotmail.com
Date: 7/10/2001
Time: 7:34:14 PM
Hi Jack, when it's convenient, could we please get as much notice as possible, regarding dates and venues for an Oz tour, so we can take time off work to follow the tour? Best wishes - Marc & Lorraine.
NAME: Phil Watson
LOCATION: Sydney Australia
ADDRESS: phil.watson@reedbusiness.com.au
Date: 7/10/2001
Time: 8:07:08 PM
I agree with "Jack". The CREAM were a great band and the forerunner to many great bands. let's move on and embrace the stuff that Jack and others are creating today. History will always look on bands like the CREAM with great affection but it's 2001. We should all get off our arses and slip "shadows" into the car CD and head down to the beach for a surf, nice cold beer and a dose of great rock n roll! Don't forget us here in OZ Jack. The barbie's primed, the beer's cold and we're ready to rock to the Cuicoland Express. If you manage to get down here early next year on your tour, summer will be in full swing and i'm sure a cruise on Sydney Harbour can be organised by your faithful legion of fans. Maybe a little acoustic set on the deck, eh jack. All the best, Phil.
NAME: jeff
LOCATION: lititz, pennsylvania usa
ADDRESS: jrlynch@lynchfilms.com
Date: 7/10/2001
Time: 8:47:01 PM
the new record is magical, and everyone who cares enough to check out this lil' website should run out buy a copy -- then play it for a friend -- 'cause once they hear it they'll want a copy ...
"'cause they always say how much they love my music" ...
best always,
jeff.
NAME: brian ralston
LOCATION: sydney, australia
ADDRESS: bkri@lathamchambers.com.au
Date: 7/10/2001
Time: 10:24:33 PM
It's good to hear the positive response to the release of "Shadows in the Air". Unfortunately have not yet got my hands on a copy. Phil Watson, if you have a copy could you let me know where in Sydney you got it.
Any visitors to this site would do well to take up Marc Wickert's advice and join the "Cuicoland Express". Marc, Lorraine, Dennis and Judy put out a regular and enjoyable newsletter. You can e-mail them at friendsofjbruce@hotmail.com.
Note for Australian fans - Marc has suggested e-mailing requests for tracks off the new album to the programming departments of local fm stations. Addresses for appropriate requests include: triplejweb@triplej.abc.net.au (Triple J) www.mrock.com.au (Triple M) and http://www.nova969.com.au/dmglistener/
Let's bombard the stations with requests.
NAME: brian ralston
LOCATION: sydney, australia
ADDRESS: bkri@lathamchambers.com.au
Date: 7/11/2001
Time: 3:56:50 AM
Sorry for hogging the guestbook, Derek, but I just wanted to let the Aussie fans know that I obtained a copy of "Shadows in the Air" from Redeye Records in King Street, Sydney. It's an imported version I gather, as they told me it hasn't been released here yet. I don't know how many they've got. It was pleasing that as soon as I asked for the CD the guy behind the counter knew exactly what I was looking for. They also stock the edited version of Jack's 50th birthday concert and at least one copy of "How's Tricks". They even had "Songs for a Tailor". Not bad for the antipodes.
I recently asked in the Cuicoland Express for help with the fingering to the chords for "Rope Ladder". So far no luck. Jack, any chance you could help me out. My attempts at the chords set out in the sheet music album "Jack Bruce at His Best" sound nothing like the recording. Perhaps that's just my lousy guitar playing ability.
So far I really like the album but have been playing it at work and have had to keep the volume down. I was particularly pleased to hear the new version of "He the Richmond". I've always loved that song.
Spread the word - "Shadows in the Air" is here. Let's hope Jack will be here in the very near future.
NAME: Mitch Kane
LOCATION: USA
ADDRESS: m.kane@integratedaccess.com
Date: 7/11/2001
Time: 9:07:59 AM
Hey Jack,
Had the pleasure of getting the new release yesterday. I also had the privilege of catching the show at the Jazz Cafe. What a night!!! After the show we were hanging out with the band we were treated as frieds. I was able to take some great pictures of most of the band as well as Pete and Kip. You were very gracious at the end of the evening, spent some time talking with me and let me capture you on film as well.I would like to send you the pictures. Please advise. I can send them electronically or in hard copy.
Thanks for a lifetime of influences,
Mitch
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: NYC
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/11/2001
Time: 12:37:30 PM
...then I apologize for furthering what is apparently a horrendous misquote.
By the way, I've been listening to SHADOWS for some time now. You have surrounded yourself with some terrific people, thereby giving your CREAMY stuff a fresh perspective. The new stuff belongs fully to the present, and stands on its own. However, would you not have had the Ginger man in on 1 or 2 of the remakes were it do-able? Or even a new tune. He doesn't strike me as too stuck in the past to have handled it. His solo and ensemble work bears witness.
Having played a benefit or 10 myself, raising money for the hungry, the homeless or otherwise needy is not a bad thing. In your collective case, it would help neutralize the "just for the $'s" carping that would inevitably ensue. Simply going out on tour and saying "Hi, it's us again - here's the same old sh*t - $250 for the good seats" - now, that would be unseemly.
I admit that, having learned by seeing and hearing CREAM, WHO, MILES, MAHAARDVARK (having missed JIMI to my eternal regret), I indeed prefer it when gifted and strong players get together and challenge one another.
Not a CREAM redux or a tribute to some long ago time and place, but a here and now thing while time allows.
So good luck and best wishes, be it with the CUICOs, the CREAMETTES, the LUNCHTIMES or whatever you choose to call it - your fire burns bright.
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: Chester - England
ADDRESS: howard.johnston@unicornworks.co.uk
Date: 7/12/2001
Time: 9:08:29 AM
I have just bought "Shadows In The Air" which is great. Another excellent addition to Jack's fine collection of solo albums. It's nice to hear the revisitations of "Sunshine", "White Room", etc. and even nicer to hear the new stuff. This album has a nice atmosphere to it and is certainly a combination of Jack's own eclectic styles with the feel of some of his outings with Kip Hanrahan. It has a cool cover as well. It is semi-permanently in my CD player for the time being!!!
I also have a couple of questions perhaps Jack, Derek or any other website visitors might be able to answer:
(a) Everybody knows the story about how "Disraeli Gears" got its title, and much of the other Cream releases have self-explanatory names - but I've never be able to find out why "Wheels Of Fire" was so called. It's been bugging me all these years. Not even Cream experts like John Platt (whom I've met on a couple of occasions in New York) or Harry Shapiro knew this one when I asked them?
(b) When is a decent unedited and un-messed-around with version of the Cream "Farewell Concert" going to be released on Video or DVD? I remember seeing the film when it did the round of the cinemas in the 1970's and it was far more complete than any of the various versions to be released on video since.
(c) Is there any more Lifetime material in the can? It would be particularly nice to hear some live stuff from messrs Bruce, McLaughlin, Young and Williams.
(d) Are there any plans by Polygram to do the decent thing and release the "Jet Set Jewel" record in its entirety? The few tracks which appeared on "Willpower" suggest that we have been deprived of a classic similar to "How's Tricks".
Finally, I look forward to seeing Jack with his new band at some point - I think the last time I saw him play was at The Grand in Clapham in 1993 - and before that at The Bottom Line in NYC in 1988 (yes the one where you-know-who turned up) - its been too long since I got a chance to see the man play!
NAME: Gail Finlay
LOCATION: Colorado
ADDRESS: dragondancer@altasvista.com
Date: 7/12/2001
Time: 11:09:24 AM
Hello, My copy of Shadows in the Air came yesterday in the mail. This is the best Jack Bruce album, ever, as I listened to it twice it took my breath away with it's passion. This work of Jacks' is quite possibly the best album of all time next to Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain. Shadows is incredible. INCREDIBLE ! Our bass hero is better than ever. And if the 2 Cream remakes get airplay there might just be a sleeper of a hit on the verge of happening. Wouldn't it be cool to hear Jack and Eric singing on the airwaves again ? Love and Light, a fan for 32 years, Gail
NAME: Simon Cole
LOCATION: Ealing, London
ADDRESS: s.cole@admin.lon.ac.uk
Date: 7/12/2001
Time: 1:29:29 PM
Hello Jack, I'm nearly fifty years old and I've been listening to you since I was 15, from The early Graham Bond days through to the present. Being a bass player myself I fell head over heels with your bass playing from an early age. At last! there was someone with talent, imagination and the balls to play the bloody thing properly (not some muffled trite lines in the background). Your songs and your playing have and will always move me more than any other player or musician. I am a critical bastard by nature, you are one of the very few players I could write this about. Thanks Jack, keep doing it. It has in fact been my lifetime ambition to meet you (hope that doesn't sound too sad).
Simon Cole, Ealing, London
NAME: Lynn Cowan
LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA, USA
ADDRESS: lcowan@weinsteingoss.com
Date: 7/12/2001
Time: 7:30:16 PM
Just heard the new CD - it's terrific. Hope you tour the States because I have never seen live and would love to see a living legend on stage.
Take care and please come to Philadelphia.
Bye
NAME: Phil Zisook
LOCATION: Highland Park, IL usa
ADDRESS: pz123@aol.com
Date: 7/12/2001
Time: 11:52:29 PM
Shadows in the Air is mindblowing. Great, great album! Looking forward to the fall tour.
NAME: Jack
LOCATION: England
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/13/2001
Time: 5:00:28 AM
I just want to thank you for the great comments re Shadows. I'm really looking forward to seeing you on the road in Autumn. Tour dates will be posted soon.Thanks again!
NAME: JWH
LOCATION: Grand Rapids, Michigan
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/13/2001
Time: 7:49:13 PM
Great Site!!! Just a comment. I saw Jack play at the Blue Note in Boulder, Colorado in 1976 playing the How's Tricks songs. I see in the Tour Schedule that 1976 is totally unaccounted for. Maybe that year was touring for that album.
NAME: Charles Girard
LOCATION: Fords, New Jersey, USA
ADDRESS: harmonyrow@aol.com
Date: 7/14/2001
Time: 10:31:08 AM
Jack, Today is saturday, I bought the new disc on Tuesday. I have not listened to anything else. I am so emersed that I wouldn't be able to even think of sonething else to play. I find that I am waking up in the middle of the night with various different passages playing in my head. It's so infectious!! On Thursday an aquaintence of mine told me he was disapointed. I thought for a moment, and this was my response: a Jack Bruce album is like a Stanley Kubrick film, every time you watch it, or, in this case, listen to it. you make new discoveries. I have been a fan since the opening chords of 'I Feel Free ' in 1966. Thank you, for a lifetime of discoveries...
by the way, after a few more listenings, my disapointed friend is not disapointed anymore.
NAME: Joe Higgins
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois
ADDRESS: joseph_1949@yahoo.com
Date: 7/14/2001
Time: 4:23:42 PM
Jack, Your new album, Shadows, is great! I've taken the liberty of scanning a pic from it to replace the picture that used to be on this site's home page for my humble page dedicated to you on my music web site. I must say that although I am not a huge fan of Eric Clapton (mostly because I feel he is overrated by so many) I very much enjoyed the work he did with you on Shadows. You definitely bring out the best in him. Your singing together on Sunshine was wonderful! I bought Disraeli Gears when it first came out. Your voice is still stronger than Erics but he did a good job with you on that. By the way on my web site your page is the second most viewed after Stevie Wonder but you are gaining on him and Ginger Baker is gaining on you.
Best wishes and thanks for the great music!
Your admirer and supporter, Joe
http://www.geocities.com/joseph_1949/JackBruce.html
NAME: littlepaulpaulus
LOCATION: plymouth,ma
ADDRESS: dustmybroomnow@webtv.com
Date: 7/14/2001
Time: 5:53:59 PM
the only thing I ever liked about clapton was that you played wth him. you were (and ginger) the cream of that band...john fontes says thanks for the music also
NAME: Tae
LOCATION: Fukuoka, Japan
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/14/2001
Time: 9:35:20 PM
I've heard great new album SITA. Thank you, Jack! Thank for your great work! I hope looking forward to seeing in Japan someday...
NAME: Howard
LOCATION: LA, CA
ADDRESS: THREENINESNFINE@YAHOO.COM
Date: 7/15/2001
Time: 12:01:17 AM
Jack I hope you get a chance to read this. Anyway, just got through listening to "Shadows In The Air" , in a word....GREAT!! and then some!! Everytime you think Jack cannot sound, play, and compose and as great as his last solo effort.......he out does himself. Such is the case with this superb combination of jack's compositions with a Latin flair. His treatments of some fine oldies like Creams "Sunshine of your Love" and "White Room" take on a new life with the addition of some slick percussion of Andy Flores and Milton Cardona. A name were all familiar with Eric Clapton...........by the way, when playing with Jack tranforms into Clapton of old, really ripping out some awesome notes, never sounded better. Playing with Jack I guess has that effect on Clapton. Anyway to continue, his solo "repros" "Boston Ball Game 1967 and "He the Richmond" are performed beautifully. Jack's voice is in TOP SOUNDING CONDITION!! I loved the remake of "Out Into The Field's" just fantastic!! All the remaining cuts of this CD were GREAT!! (I'm using that word alot here, can't help it) Anyway, Jack is also joined with a bunch of the best musicians (as usual)anywere!! Gary Moore, Vernon Reid, Robby Ameen Horacio Hernandez, Andy Gonzalez and a host of others. If you had'nt already gone out and purchased this CD............What are you waiting for? Do It NOW!!! and begin the musical journey that Jack provides. Who knows...maybe a Cream reunion is in the making.................
NAME: Lucy Piller
LOCATION: Atlanta
ADDRESS: piller@fan.net
Date: 7/15/2001
Time: 2:15:52 PM
Hi Bruce, I was hoping to talk to you when I saw you perform last year in Atlanta. But you were too much in a rush to get into your limo. I hope I get the chance to meet you again for a hand shake at least
Bye for now Lucy - www.allrightnow.com Free-Bad Company-Paul Rodgers FAN website
ps. Hi to Steve Croxford. Let me know when Bruce is coming to Atlanta OK. THANKS
NAME: Phil Watson
LOCATION: Sydney Australia
ADDRESS: phil.watson@reedbusiness.com.au
Date: 7/16/2001
Time: 12:10:17 AM
Jack, What a magic weekend. Listening to the new record and watching the mighty wallabies smash the British and Irish Lions in the rugby test at the Olympic Stadium!! The new album is a killer...the re-recorded tracks are superb but the new stuff is what really took my fancy. I just love the percussive influence on a lot of the tracks...may you rock on forever! Best wishes, Phil.
NAME: Gonzo
LOCATION: Hilo, Hawaii US
ADDRESS: GonzoBass@aol.com
Date: 7/16/2001
Time: 6:28:04 AM
Hey there fellow music lover-
I have just released a solo bass album and I thought you might like to check out my site:
http://www.geocities.com/GonzoBass
There you will find a few samples to listen to, and some info about myself. Please drop me a line to let me know what you think.
Thanks for your time- Gonzo
NAME: Larry Dyer
LOCATION: Elkhart, Indiana
ADDRESS: Cream1953@aol.com
Date: 7/17/2001
Time: 12:05:32 AM
A response specifically for Howard Johnston with regard to where "Wheels of Fire" derived its'name. I'll put my two cents worth in and say that I have read more than once that the album was named after a Bob Dylan song..."This Wheel's on Fire". I could be wrong cuz I've never heard of such a Dylan song which, of course, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Perhaps JB himself could either confirm or deny?
Loved Shadows in the Air and even felt compelled to write a review for it on Amazon.com. Check it out if you like...nuthin great...just a Bruce fan doing a bit of gushing!! LOL
NAME: david betts
LOCATION: isle of wight.uk
ADDRESS: davidbettsphoto@hotmail.com
Date: 7/17/2001
Time: 4:55:20 PM
Ilove the sound of jack,s voice and grew up listening to cream, i also loved some of the more obviously bruce tracks on the bbm album. Ihave only just aquired internet access and have missed the 2 june concerts, are there any more uk, especially south of birmingham concertsplanned in the next year.
NAME: george schroeder
LOCATION: balto. md usa
ADDRESS: glsbassman@aol.com
Date: 7/17/2001
Time: 6:20:28 PM
my bro,gave me an early birthday present of"shadows"..fab!!have really dug the reworked tunes with the latin,cuban,etc grooves,since the hook up with kip!still wish dennis chambers could be part of the mix (he loves you jack!),who knows whats around the next dream huh???don't give that "warwick" a moments rest!! !keep us posted if the tour extends to the states!regards george
NAME: STEVE ZIELINSKI
LOCATION: Depew, New York
ADDRESS: smzielinski@kellertechnology.com
Date: 7/18/2001
Time: 2:46:00 PM
Dear Mr. Bruce, Do you ever see the other members of Cream, and do you ever jam with them for nostalgia's sake? Thank you.
NAME: Tapani Taka
LOCATION: Porvoo, Finland
ADDRESS: tapani.taka@pp.inet.fi
Date: 7/19/2001
Time: 3:29:04 AM
Hi! I was very glad to learn of the new album, and even more so now that I have listened to it. It is up there with the best Jack Bruce work, though "Dancing On Air" isn't quite as good as the 1980 version. I also got the Network's "Manic Depression" single recently - great work also.
NAME: Barry Seigel
LOCATION: United States
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/19/2001
Time: 3:22:53 PM
Jack, I am thrilled to see you still working. Being from St. Louis, Missouri in the US, I don't get to hear much from you or about you these days. Very dissapointed that Clapton took a pass on a reunion. That would have been a monumental event. Saw he and Baker on the Blind Faith tour in early 70's, and got to see you at Pauls'Mall in '78 or '79 in Boston, while attending the Berklee College of Music. It is a regret of mine not to have stepped up to say hello, you having been one very crucial reason for my decision to take up music, and the bass, in particular. We are older, now, and if I do not get a chance to meet you in this lifetime, I just want to let you know, from one more bass player/composer how strong an impact you have had on my life. You have given bass players a perspective of themselves as musicians, not just "bass players". I respect and admire your courage in always pursuing the "road less traveled by" in all of your endeavors.
Thanks, again, for lending an "ear", and best of luck in all that you do.
Barry Seigel PO Box 410315 St. Louis, Mo. (63141)
NAME: george schroeder
LOCATION: balto. md. usa
ADDRESS: glsbassman@aol.com
Date: 7/20/2001
Time: 8:59:03 PM
while going into slumberland last nite to the sounds of "out into the fields" from the "shadows cd",i couldn't stop thinking of alot of "bruce fans(brucers)felt or feel than mr. EC's best playing was with cream,but please don't forget friends,that it was eric who had the class and good taste to respond to ginger's question,"do you fancy puttin a band together"?to which eric replied"YES! WHAT ABOUT JACK!!??!!JACK,thank YOU SIR!!i know the best is yet to come!! your friend george
NAME: smokey brown
LOCATION: new orleans
ADDRESS: smokeybrown13@yahoo.com
Date: 7/21/2001
Time: 4:58:15 PM
NAME: Elwyn babb
LOCATION: Northampton, England
ADDRESS: EBabb75337@aol.com
Date: 7/22/2001
Time: 3:03:54 PM
Just read the other comments, what more can be added! I have only just found your web site, having looked on cd's etc for one, with a bit of time on my hands decided to do a search. This has usually been a really frustrating thing for me so I don't do it that often, glad I did.
Apart from echoeing the comments of other people one plea. How about doing a tour of Britain, I was sat reading the paper on the morning of your Castle Donnington gig annoyed that I had not seen it anywhere before so that I could have come. Not having seen any other dates I assume it was a one off? I can suggest a really good venue, the Stables in Wavendon (Milton Keynes) Cleo Laine/Johnny Dankworths little place, but anywhere would do.
Now that I've found this site I will check regularly for touring information etc. I may even try to work out how to put the address in "favourites" but it may be beyond me.
Thanks a lot Jack, you have covered all my emotions in your music and Pete Brown with his lyrics, a constant companion on vinyl and cd these last 35+ years.
NAME: Bruno Tremblay
LOCATION: Jonquière, Canada
ADDRESS: bruno.t@sympatico.ca
Date: 7/23/2001
Time: 7:56:26 AM
Hi Jack, I was in the first row when you played at Newport in 1970 with the Tony Williams Lifetime and I still remember your nice green shirt. Thank you
NAME: joe schmid
LOCATION: maple lake, minnesota, u.s.
ADDRESS: jschmid@lakedalelink.net
Date: 7/23/2001
Time: 10:51:08 AM
The Cream is the greatest band ever.
NAME: John Morga
LOCATION: New York
ADDRESS: nz3@aawarehouse.com
Date: 7/23/2001
Time: 10:52:29 AM
To our hero Jack,
We'd like to say that Cream has been a major influence on our band (we play 9 cream tunes) and that you have been a major influence on me. We regularly play "N.S.U." and "Deserted Cities of the Heart" for crowds and they, young and old, still love it!
NAME: Dan
LOCATION: Chicago
ADDRESS: hull1234@aol.com
Date: 7/23/2001
Time: 7:14:36 PM
Just gave Jack's latest a first listening (other than in a 100 degree car). Nice work. Jack, like other fine things, gets better with age. Nice work by all parties involved. Really like the new treatment of "Out Into The Fields". The "Directions Home" is nice, too. As for the other songs presented here as restatements, they all hold up well in their new interpretations.
I also thought "Surge" was quite fun.
Jack, plesae bring this band to the U.S. (including Mr. Reid, if possible).
Thanks for the great work, it's very enjoyable listening.
NAME: Robin Bona
LOCATION: Halifax, NS
ADDRESS: bonarobin@hotmail.com
Date: 7/23/2001
Time: 10:02:17 PM
Mr. Bruce is pure inspiration! I've recently switched from guitar to bass and Bruce work is the stuff I'm learning to play. His background solo in "Crossroads" is the best part of Cream. He is the Best!
NAME: Steve Raynes
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
ADDRESS: SARaynes@aol.com
Date: 7/24/2001
Time: 12:03:47 AM
Hi Jack, Long time fan, and like so many, a bass player. Ran right out on the 10th and got a copy of Shadows....love it!! Directions Home probably my favorite. 52nd St. sounds like you could do with the Andy Summers lineup, did it originate from there?. So many beautiful, interesting melodies, as always. Kip's words give you a whole new twist, more of a story teller instead of Pete's word visions....but love both styles. Can't wait to see you in Chicago, I'm betting that on the bass portion of the show you won't be able to help yourself with all that percussion!! Will you grace us with a couple of the solo piano tunes from Monkjack as well? No one ever talks about your piano talents, but that's always seemed to me the core of so many of your solo albums really. May I request a song for the tour? The added percussion seems like a wonderful time to dust off what I feel is one of your best tunes, "The Consul At Sunset" from Harmony Row. Just seems to me that this band is perfect for it. So, hope to see you soon in Chicago,thanks for the new album, and please remember that for me and so many of your fans the "safest place in the world" has your music playing 24/7.
NAME: Victor Moore
LOCATION: San Francisco Ca. USA
ADDRESS: tek55z5@yahoo.com
Date: 7/24/2001
Time: 10:45:34 AM
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NAME: D Ray Polk
LOCATION: Oklahoma City, OK
ADDRESS: dray01@home.com
Date: 7/24/2001
Time: 2:05:30 PM
Big fan since Cream & the early days. Jack has always been an inspirational musician.
NAME: Patric Walther
LOCATION: Offenburg, Germany
ADDRESS: walther_huettmannlt-online.de
Date: 7/25/2001
Time: 11:26:12 AM
Jack, the new CD is fantastic!!! Please let me design your next CD-Cover. My profassion is Grafik-Design.
Patric
NAME: Lars Johansson
LOCATION: Sydney, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden
ADDRESS: larsjohansson@ozemail.com.au
Date: 7/25/2001
Time: 12:43:44 PM
Dear Mr. Bruce,
Having been an avid listener to your music from the age of four (two of my brothers were and are keen fans of The Cream and yourself), I must say I was delightfully surprised when I heard your new cd 'Shadows in the air'. Man, you still sing and play with an energy which is just unbeliveable! I love this cd! Can't wait to play it to my brothers.
Thankyou for your inspiration and keep up the good work.
Rgds, Lars
NAME: pete andsarah
LOCATION: london
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/27/2001
Time: 8:39:17 AM
NAME: jackbruce
LOCATION: london
ADDRESS: peteandsarah@hawstead.fsnet.co.uk
Date: 7/27/2001
Time: 8:45:05 AM
the best albumn you have done since the last !!!I love it and I play it so loud it must upset the neighbours but who cares!! just keep on doing it love from us all in london S.E. love and peace pete and sarah
NAME: Jan Chojnacki
LOCATION: Poland
ADDRESS: baobab@it.com.pl
Date: 7/27/2001
Time: 12:08:31 PM
Four tracks from "Shadows In The Air" will be broacast on "Whiter Shade Of Blues" the oldest blues radio program in Poland (we're on the air since 1975!)on Saturday, July 28th, 2001, at 10.10 PM. You can listen to my show every Saturday at 10.10 PM by clicking www.radio.com.pl/trojka in real time. Stay tuned to them blues!
Jan
NAME: Shannon Taylor
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
ADDRESS: staylor444@aol.com
Date: 7/27/2001
Time: 1:08:07 PM
I love "Shadows In The Air"! Jack's voice sounds as great as it ever did on all the songs. I've always loved his soto voce style of singing, which he features in "Out Into The Fields" (one of my all-time favorite Bruce/Brown songs). I have been searching for many years for "Harmony Row" and "Out Of The Storm" on CD without any luck. Is there any chance that these will be released soon? I am so tempted to transfer my old Jack Bruce LPs over to CD, scratches and all!
NAME: Keith Elliott
LOCATION: Vancouver
ADDRESS: kse@manningelliott.com
Date: 7/27/2001
Time: 1:36:23 PM
Still waiting and hoping for a reissue of "Harmony Row".
NAME: Joe Higgins
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ADDRESS: joseph_1949@yahoo.com
Date: 7/27/2001
Time: 7:26:06 PM
Hi fellow admirer's of Mr. Bruce!
I want to thank all of you who have visited my website. My page for Jack is currently the #2 most viewed page. Stevie Wonder is at 922 page views and Jack bruce is at 912. This site's link is the source of most of the visitors at Jack's page so I wanted to thank you all especially Derek. Thanks Derek! You are doing a great job!
Most of all I would like to thank Jack for continuing to make beautiful music.
Joe Higgins
NAME: Randall Hinson
LOCATION: Marianna, Fla
ADDRESS:
Date: 7/27/2001
Time: 11:10:47 PM
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point Australia
ADDRESS: jlorro@tpgi.com.au
Date: 7/28/2001
Time: 2:02:34 AM
I would like to conduct an opinion pole on Jack's tracks off "Shadows In The Air" The first pole would be "What are your favorite tracks from 1 to 4." The second is what you think might be the most commercial tracks from 1 to 4.?" This may be of assistance to Margrit to decide if a CD single is a viable option.
The data will be collated from now to 31/8 2001. The results will be placed on the JB Guestbook and the Quicoland Express.
To start the ball rolling: My personal favorite tracks are: 1Heart Quake 2Directions Home 3 52Street 4 Dancing On Air My commercial Favorite Tracks are: 1/Heart Quake 2/Sunshine Of your Love 3/This Anglers A Liar 4/52 Street
for Responses please reply to jlorro@tpgi.com.au I assure you confidentiality will be maintained.
If you have not had a chance to listen to "Shadows In The Air" Go to www.cdnow.com where you can sample every song on the album..But better still go out now and buy this brilliant album and savour the full 15 tracks ! Looking forward to your feed back. Cheers, Dennis
NAME: Steve Stoddard
LOCATION: Honolulu, Hi.
ADDRESS: slstoddard@hawaii.rr.com
Date: 7/28/2001
Time: 6:17:04 AM
Aloha Jack; I love your new album, it's a real nice blend of the old and the new. Will you be coming to Hawaii to promote it? ;-) Please visit us at our web-site: http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/sblack
NAME: John Burrell
LOCATION: Harrogate, England
ADDRESS: johnburrell@rapidial.co.uk
Date: 7/28/2001
Time: 11:32:04 AM
This is in response to Dennis's item:-
My top 4 (wish it was Top 5!) would be :- 1. Dark Heart 2. Directions Home 3. Out into the Fields 4. Heart Quake
This was a very tough decision as I would prefer to have made them all number 1!!
As regards the most commercial, it depends on what the "target market" is. Serious Jackites aren't going to buy it (unless some rarity/s is included). If it is to re-awaken some dormant fans or to perhaps get the Clapton collectors on board, I think "Sunshine of your Love" perhaps re-title Sunshine 2001!! must be the natural choice. So, my 4 would be:-
1. Sunshine 2. He the Richmond 3. Dancing on Air 4. 52nd Street
All through Jack's career my favourites have been "the ballads" (for want of a better word) which regretably until now, receive little airing on his (rare) live performances. It is good to see that others appreciate these songs and even better to see my selection above performed live at the Jazz Cafe. Hopefully they will all remain in the repertoire for the forthcoming tour. The performance of Out into the Fields, second song into the set, really had the hairs standing on the back of my neck and when other similar "ballads" followed - it really made it the most memorable Jack gig so far. His voice seems to get even better, tackling ever increasingly complex melody lines, at the same time as coaxing those groans, slides and riffs from the superb Warwick. I do feel that his melody writing and performance produces some of the most emotional music I have ever heard. This current musical vehicle seems to be propelling Jack to even greater heights - long may the Express roll!!
John Burrell Harrogate, England
NAME: Markus
LOCATION: Berlin
ADDRESS: mlamberty@immosite.de
Date: 7/29/2001
Time: 4:34:15 AM
Hi Jack Bruce, one week ago I heard about "shadows in the air" in the radio where they performed the new "sunshine if your love". I bought the album and was captured in fascination ... keep on rocking !! When do you perform in berlin? There`s a place called "Quasimodo" - it`s great !!! Take a look: www.quasimodo.de
greetings, Markus
NAME: fernando nadal
LOCATION: Palma de Mallorca - Spain
ADDRESS: fnr@mallorcaweb.net
Date: 7/29/2001
Time: 10:50:19 AM
Jack, eres el mejor. Suerte con tu nuevo disco.
NAME: Bill Collins
LOCATION: Annapolis MD USA
ADDRESS: bkolnz@webtv.net
Date: 7/29/2001
Time: 3:36:38 PM
You WERE the voice of "Cream"..! When (and if) you come to the US to suport your latest,, Please consider playing the "Rams Head" in Annapolis, Maryland USA... Great roots rock town with an exceptional FM station run by Damian Silverstien..of WHFS fame.. Stay at my place, and we'll take a sail over to St. Mikes for crab cakes.. Thanks for the music..
NAME: Mark Marriott
LOCATION: Taree, Australia
ADDRESS: mmarriott@bigpond.com
Date: 7/30/2001
Time: 12:56:19 AM
I love your site. Very nicely done. I just built a site for the Quicoland Express newsletter guys (Dennis Lawrenson). Find it at http://www.users.tpg.com.au/jlorro
NAME: Jeffrey Taranto
LOCATION: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
ADDRESS: jeffreytaranto@earthlink.net
Date: 7/30/2001
Time: 1:58:36 PM
The new album is great. I was also glad to see Gary Moore back in a lineup.
NAME: D Ray Polk
LOCATION: Olahoma City
ADDRESS: dray01@home.com
Date: 7/30/2001
Time: 2:20:16 PM
I ran across "Something Els" at a CD store - had not heard it before. I really like "Without a Word" and "Close Enough For Love". So then I found this web site, watched the dotmusic.com interview, and bought "Shadows in the Air." Very cool! It turned me on to Gary Moore too - tasty guitarist. If you come to Oklahoma or Texas, I'll be there! (By the way, Cream was my favorite band in the late '60's). D. Ray Polk
NAME: John Morrow
LOCATION: Grass Valley, California
ADDRESS: jmorrow@us.oracle.com
Date: 7/30/2001
Time: 7:55:46 PM
I just recently found this site - I enjoyed the pics, documentation and links to other sites very much. Although, it appears to not have a recent information regarding Jack's Concert Dates other than July 14 (2001?) I'd be interested to know when and if Jack will be in my area (Northern California.) Thanks, John Morrow
P.S. Jack are you playing the Fretless Exclusively these days?
NAME: D Ray Polk
LOCATION: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
ADDRESS: dray01@home.com
Date: 7/31/2001
Time: 12:27:37 AM
Woops -I meant "Waiting on a Word". "Close Enough" has been really growing on me. What a brilliant song & recording - the live jazz interlude is fantastic - the flow back in is exceptional. On the new album, "Dancing on Air" has got me. "Dark Heart" is hauntingly wonderful. The CD is great.
NAME: Gail Finlay
LOCATION: Colorado
ADDRESS: dragondancer@altavista.com
Date: 7/31/2001
Time: 12:53:05 AM
Hello, Please Jack, please, o-please -o, bring your band to Denver( or thereabouts.) Please ! Can't get enough of the new album. Love and Light, Gail
NAME: Jens Hoppe
LOCATION: Bei Wichhusen 11, 26759 Hinte, Deutschland
ADDRESS: jens.hoppe@epost.de
Date: 7/31/2001
Time: 2:38:06 PM
Bin Bj. 68, alle Bekannten meines Alters hören die TopTen, warum höre ich Robin Trower, Leslie West, Clem Clemson, Colosseum, E.C., Cream, BLT, BoogieWoogie, klettere die Leiter rauf zum Mond und habe nur eine JazzPlatte? So, jetzt muss ich aber ersteinmal eine neue CD bestellen. Wann ist JB mal wieder live zu sehen? Ach übrigens, guckt doch einmal herein: www.ewetel.net/~jens.hoppe1/jens/musik.htm
NAME: Phil Watson
LOCATION: Sydney Australia
ADDRESS: phil.watson@reedbusiness.com.au
Date: 8/1/2001
Time: 2:05:40 AM
Jack, I'ts great to see you getting a tour schedule together, especially with the liklehood of Aussie dates included!!! Many mouths are salivating in this country at the chance of at last of seeing you LIVE...an experience that I for one have waited over 35 years for. All the lucky buggers that have seen you over and over again in other parts of the world have been spoilt rotten. We are so jealous over here in OZ, but with this tour all will be forgiven! I can just imagine you and the band cracking a big wave down at Bondi Beach, hooking into a nice cold Crown lager and then rocking the roof off the theatre. The new album is a classic! Regards, Phil.
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Connecticut,USA
ADDRESS: davidstoltz@msn.com
Date: 8/1/2001
Time: 3:49:57 AM
Greetings to you,Jack and Margrit!Congratulations on the new cd and band!Luv ya,Dave and Pam
NAME: george schroeder
LOCATION: balto. md. usa
ADDRESS: glsbassman@aol.com
Date: 8/1/2001
Time: 4:51:11 PM
jack! you are slick!! all that drumming and percussion going on...in sucks you in..you can't help but love it!congrats on charting at#5on the radio!! hope you get to #1! and i want to echo what another fan cited as a venue if you tour the east coast,"the ramshead tavern" it's the best in the del-mar-va area!(saw you're buddy 'holdsy"there and your other buddy, dennis chambers there also!)!had some adult beverages with your other buddy, gary husband there!i think you get what i mean,you'd dig it!we need to see you there,we dig you!!! regards george
NAME: Sam King
LOCATION: Concord, NH
ADDRESS: sandwking@mediaone.net
Date: 8/1/2001
Time: 10:33:41 PM
Just picked up the new album. Great version of "Out into the Fields". Hope Jack gets the recognition he so rightly deserves. Oh, I saw him on last year's Ringo All Starr tour. A real treat. All the best.
NAME: Rock Devil
LOCATION: So Cal!
ADDRESS: rockdevil@electricbasement.com
Date: 8/2/2001
Time: 5:43:47 AM
Shadows reviewed! http://www.electricbasement.com/review473.htm
RD
NAME: Mike Knight
LOCATION: England
ADDRESS: mike_knight69@hotmail.com
Date: 8/2/2001
Time: 11:50:56 AM
Just purchased Shadows in the Air.
Brilliant reworking of some oldies, they sound so much unlike the origionals they could be origionals in their own right.
The new stuff, just great, good to hear the oldies making new sounds without the addition of the multi faceted electronic wizardary that abounds today.
Just damn goog quality music I can listen to in an intelligent way, without having my ears or my intelligence insulted. Say it again, brilliant music, brilliant words and what a voice, what more could we want.
Many thanks.
Mike.
NAME: Birgit Flaucher
LOCATION: Germany
ADDRESS: Bflaucher@AOL.de
Date: 8/2/2001
Time: 1:18:32 PM
Great music Great lyrics Rope ladder to the moon See you soon
B.
NAME: nic reeger
LOCATION: new york
ADDRESS: mdabbler@AOL.com
Date: 8/2/2001
Time: 10:40:36 PM
thank you for all the greatmusic you have created over the years. you are an inspiration to all musicians in your never ending quest for new territory.
NAME: Marc and Lorraine Wickert
LOCATION: Tweed Heads, Oz
ADDRESS: wickertlorraine@hotmail.com
Date: 8/3/2001
Time: 2:44:05 AM
Wonderful to see Jack looking so happy & healthy in the new photos. The bridge behind Corin looks like a giant bass neck. Can't wait to see the Aussie dates go up. Regards - M&L.
NAME: Keith
LOCATION: Finland
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/3/2001
Time: 3:14:22 AM
Jack You're the best and Shadows is just brilliant!
NAME: Michael Forster
LOCATION: Hartlepool, England
ADDRESS: michael.forster@genie.co.uk
Date: 8/3/2001
Time: 8:12:48 AM
Without Jack there would have been no Cream and Cream was without doubt the second best band, (The Beatles = No.1) Jack's powerful voice and bass playing is just unreal. Saw him play at the Redcar Jazz Club just after Cream split and went straight out and bought 'Songs for a TAilor'. Brilliant musicain, composer and singer. Best of Luck Jack. Michael Forster
NAME: Martin Tone Poets
LOCATION: Bournemouth England
ADDRESS: martinthumb@btinternet.com
Date: 8/3/2001
Time: 8:00:43 PM
Shadows in the air - New Stuff Fantastic - great to hear a Warwick bass played so well and mixed so high hoping to get tickets to see Jack Live down hear by the sea. Martin www.tonepoets.co.uk
NAME: Uwe Cossmann
LOCATION: Cologne, Germany
ADDRESS: uwe.cossmann.prv@t-online.de
Date: 8/5/2001
Time: 5:02:03 AM
Hi Jack, many thanks for giving us such wonderful, inspirated, and true music, in times, where most of the music market is just a big heap of garbage !! Best regards Uwe P.S.: Can't wait to watch the gig at Bonn/Germany on the 13th of Octobre !
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point Australia
ADDRESS: jlorro&tpgi.com
Date: 8/5/2001
Time: 7:08:14 AM
Hi, Third time lucky,sorry about the previous bloopers with no text. Hey what else can I say..Everyone is doing it.The album is amazing,the voice ,at a point where you wonder let's get a smell of the next album.My daughters singing teacher says "music is a passion not a chore" Well Jack ,yours is a passion that that touches the being of all who listen and partake of your woven magic. To all do yourself a favour and get into the groove of "Shadows In The Air"..life is art ! Dennis
NAME: Brad Namie
LOCATION: Issaquah, Washington, USA (Seattle)
ADDRESS: namieb@aol.com
Date: 8/6/2001
Time: 1:44:59 AM
Jack,
We just saw Clapton in concert last night. Our 13 and 15 year old sons were with us and it was an incredible night. I explained to my children the impact that you and Cream had on me in the sixties, when I was their age. Thanks for all the great music. I am going to look for your latest and also for Songs for a Tailor. That was a very special album to me, but I'm not sure what happened to the LP. You need to tour the states!
Brad Namie
NAME: DavidStoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct U.S.A.
ADDRESS: davidstoltz@msn
Date: 8/6/2001
Time: 4:59:37 AM
I hadn't found a copy of SITA when I last wrote,but now I have and have listened to it a bunch of times since yesterday.I think that it really delivers on the promise of how great the latest Jack Bruce album always is.....and we expect alot,too!!It is so beautiful and dark and offers the listener so much to feel and absorb....it is so inspired and vital.You gave us so much.Please note the time of this post!Hope I can get some sleep!! Please play in Connecticut!!!!! I'm at dickeybettsband.com-----website.Peace,Dave
NAME: kosta matevski
LOCATION: sao paulo brazil
ADDRESS: kostam@terra.com.br
Date: 8/7/2001
Time: 1:47:15 PM
Dear Mr.Bruce I have been a fan since first heard Cream but then i watched you play in Skopje(1992)with Kip`s band and that night changed my life forever in a way that I became some kind of a prisoner of your music(thank god).Now,SITA is a full tilt(in my humble opinion)and I can`t get enough of it.I can`t concentrate on my on own playing from thinking about it so much.Well I guess we all know that it`s not safe to hear a Jack Bruce record.So if i dont stop hearing your music in my head soon I`ll have to file a law suit aginst you.(just kidding,of course).Good luck with your new tour(brazil????)and all the best to you and your family
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point Australia
ADDRESS: jlorro@tpgi.com.au
Date: 8/7/2001
Time: 7:26:05 PM
Receiving a number of responces to the opinion pole on Jack's tracks off "Shadows In The Air",so keep them coming in.
The first pole is "What are your favorite tracks from 1 to 4."
The second is what you think might be the most commercial tracks from 1 to 4.?" (This may be of assistance to Margrit to decide if a CD single is a viable option.)
The data is being collated until 31/8 2001. The results will be placed on the JB Guestbook and the Quicoland Express.
Responces so far of personal favourites have Heart Quake in front of Directions Home. What's yours ? For your favourites please reply to jlorro@tpgi.com.au I assure you confidentiality will be maintained.
If you have not had a chance to listen to "Shadows In The Air" Go to www.cdnow.com where you can sample every song on the album..But better still go out now and buy this brilliant album and savour the full 15 tracks ! Looking forward to your continued feed back. Cheers, Dennis
NAME: Ludwig
LOCATION: Neuburg/Do Germany
ADDRESS: ein.wand.frei@gmx.de
Date: 8/8/2001
Time: 3:35:38 AM
Hello Jack Bruce! I'm so glad, i'm so glad, i'm glad, i'm glad, i'm glad to here about your new CD! And the biggest surprise for me is when i heard y play a concert with one of the greatest drumming legend's ...wit C L I V E B U N K E R...yeeeeeeeeeeah!!! Please come with him for concert's to germany!!! Is the concert in Nurnberg/Kulturfabrik the town Nürnberg in Bavaria or not! I'd looked for ticket's for these concert but i found nothing. Cu :-) and greetings to you and Clive from bavaria
Ludwig
NAME: Dale Hauskins
LOCATION: Southern California
ADDRESS: reggaejazzguitar@hotmail.com
Date: 8/8/2001
Time: 7:50:13 PM
Respect/Love go out to Mr.Jack! I've dreamed of having a chance to play together...Peace! Dale Hauskins: Pg./voice mail#(714)444-6951 Email:reggaejazzguitar@hotmail.com Bonafide Reggae/Soca Jazz-Hop Guitarist;pro CD/Tour credits. Toured/Recorded with:Pato Banton;Kyng Arthur("Mister Master"CD-2000,"Prisoner of The Flesh" CD-2001);Einstein Brown(Sapadilla/Pannist;Cd/Tour);Calypso Rose;Phil Chen;Jr Crawford;Mikey Dread(Tour-2000-2001);Majek Fashek(CD/Tour 2000-2001);Anna Fisher;Flame Dream(Swiss Prog.Jazz Art-Rock group,6 CDs Phonogram(Vertigo)Produced by John Acock);Fully Fullwood Band(CD/Tour 2000-2001);Joe Higgs;Jawge Hughes& U.K.B.("Come on Back"CD/Tour 2001);Humble Soul(Doug Bautista CD/2001 http://www.dubmusic.com/html/humble_soul.html);Peter Hunnigale;Mike Hyde;Tippa Irie;The Scientist(Overton Brown);Remi Kabaka;Kindread;Nick Magnus(Steve Hackett/Enid);Dave Wakeling;Carl McGregor(Bamiki Bandula);Link/Chain;Steve Reid;Upstream;The Specs;Junglz Apart;April Weller;John Wolf-Brennan;Cece Worell; etc. http://www.gigmasters.com/artists/DaleHauskins/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/dalehauskins http://www.Jawge.com http://SDAM.com/artists/dale_hauskins/ http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/00/14/music-seigal.shtml http://trianglesquare.com/live.html http://invisible-face.virtua.ch/site-genesis/flame-dream/flame-dream-index.htm http://www.kyngarthur.com http://www.dplanet.ch/users/wwachtarczyk/Kritik_Flame_Dreams.html http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/usabasedreggaebands?ge&.alabel=alb3&.pindex=6&start=1
NAME: bert duyckaerts
LOCATION: eijsden, holland
ADDRESS: bertduyckaerts@popmail.com
Date: 8/9/2001
Time: 8:16:06 AM
Jack, Thanks for being your guest at North Sea. It was great fun. Cheers to Stephen Good work Bert
NAME: Boyd
LOCATION: Copenhagen
ADDRESS: Boyd@mail.dk
Date: 8/9/2001
Time: 10:40:02 AM
Hallo Jack You won't remember me at all but looking forward to hearing the band in Copenhagen on 11th. October at the Amage Bio Please give my best to (Pete) Brown...who knows me well and tell him I'm now a confirmed alcoholic and haven't had a drop for 4 months Take care & lots of love
NAME: Ryan Cassidy
LOCATION: Dallas, TX USA
ADDRESS: ryan_cassidy@yahoo.com
Date: 8/9/2001
Time: 1:02:16 PM
Well, this is my first entry in Jack's diary so I must first of all say how much Jack and his music has changed my life. He is a one of the all time greats and will forever have a huge impact on music itself. Bach, Beethoven, Bruce, whats the difference? At a time in my life when I was so tired of modern music and the radio in general, I found Jack and his solo career. His music is very spiritual, and everything he does is just unbelieveable. His bass playing blows me away every time I hear it. Not to mention his singing, composition, etc. Listen to the live cream jams, nobody has even come close to sounding quite like that, still to this day. I wanted to suggest to Jack and his management somehow to see about getting an interview on the Howard Stern show when he is in New York. Howard has mentioned several times how much he loves Jack and if he did an interview with him I think it would help promote "Shadows" in the States and Canada, in a big way. Thanks for everything Jack!
NAME: Jon Maclean
LOCATION: Australia
ADDRESS: Jon.Maclean@ditm.nsw.gov.au
Date: 8/9/2001
Time: 8:12:05 PM
Hi Jack,
Just got the Shadows In The Air CD the other day and am thoroughly enjoying it. I notice your tour guide includes Australia as a likelihood, I really hope so, it would be fantastic to have the chance to see you play out here. Cheers, Jon
NAME: Marc Wickert
LOCATION: Tweed Heads, Oz
ADDRESS: friendsofjbruce@hotmail.com
Date: 8/10/2001
Time: 5:28:15 PM
If anyone would like to receive the free
NAME: Marc Wickert
LOCATION: Tweed Heads, Oz
ADDRESS: friendsofjbruce@hotmail.com
Date: 8/10/2001
Time: 5:31:26 PM
If anyone would like to receive the The Cuicoland Express, a free newsletter dedicated to the Great Jack Bruce, please contact friendsofjbruce@hotmail.com
NAME: Tony
LOCATION: Merseyside
ADDRESS: the.trueblue@virgin.net
Date: 8/11/2001
Time: 6:33:43 AM
Having ended up at the Jack Bruce web site from a link at a great newsgroup at bcoles92865@yahoo.com it's great to know the old-timer is still workin' hard. The last I remember of Jack is when I bought the "Out of the Storm" LP. I've since got some BBM on CD which was good, but there's still nothing to compare with Jack's unique sound, ideas and production. I didn't really know there was so much out there from these in-between years. That free subscription to Brian Coles newsgroup is going to cost me a lot of money as I go out to catch up on all the stuff i've missed out on. One thing i've noticed in this guestbook is the constant references to the Cream days (there! even i'm doing it) They were 30+ years ago! Surely there's more to talk about? It must be very frustrating for Jack. How about some more comments for the likes of me, about the more recent stuff?
NAME: robertino gigli
LOCATION: london
ADDRESS: giglirobertino@hotmail.com
Date: 8/11/2001
Time: 11:20:12 AM
i think that i ll go see jack the first of october for me hi is the music the instrument the melody the best bass player that the music in 360 grades have never seen aniway jack thanks to exist in other wise was really a problem to create you you belong to the olimpo of the music close to mozart beethoven .....i wish to see you with west and laing another time ...ciaoooo and when you ll be in italy eat spaghetti alla carbonara an that s it >>>>>ciao asher bruce
NAME: Debbie
LOCATION: Medford, ma
ADDRESS: ddxlh86@aol.com
Date: 8/11/2001
Time: 8:05:21 PM
I have only had the pleasure of seeing you live once. It was back in the early 90's at the Paradise in Boston. To this day it has been one of the best shows i've been to. Your playing was great and your voice was amazing! I hope you plan on coming back to Boston soon. I will make sure i'm there. :)
NAME: Dan Keegan
LOCATION: Cheverly Maryland
ADDRESS: warwickthumb@webtv.net
Date: 8/13/2001
Time: 8:19:18 AM
Yes,Yes,Yes! Just keep it up Jack
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: Kong City
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/13/2001
Time: 10:36:19 AM
...or more appropriately, "Keep it down..."!
NAME: chris mansfield
LOCATION: new zealand
ADDRESS: chris_mans@hotmail.com
Date: 8/13/2001
Time: 11:01:24 AM
Surely if jack bruce is coming so far down this way he can make it to N.Z to please his suffering Fans, Its torture otherwise.
NAME: T-bone
LOCATION: M.V. U.S.A.
ADDRESS: Islandsown@capeonramp.cpm
Date: 8/13/2001
Time: 2:05:10 PM
Just a Big thanks, for making great music all these years. Thanks for the insperation. The new C.D. is great!!!!! Rock on.
NAME: Mickey
LOCATION: Australia
ADDRESS: mickeyaham@hotmail.com
Date: 8/13/2001
Time: 7:43:33 PM
Hi,I play drums in a band and have been heavily influenced by Ginger Baker. My brother plays bass and was and still is influenced by Jack. Do you know of any plans for jack to tour Australia in the near future? Cheers
NAME: TOLU
LOCATION: LAGOS NIGERIA
ADDRESS: SAMIDOWU@YAHOO.COM
Date: 8/13/2001
Time: 11:57:19 PM
A NICE SITE
NAME: Jim Boettcher
LOCATION: Milwaukee, WI
ADDRESS: boe@execpc.com
Date: 8/15/2001
Time: 2:04:08 AM
Just checked out the new JB cd. I have to admit,I was skeptical about remakes of the classic songs. I was pleasantly surprized. He(and friends) definately reinvented the tunes! Especially exhilarating was the CREAM stuff. It sounded very fresh,and would be worth the price of the disk by itself. Jack and Eric still have the old magic. One can only hope...
NAME: Carl Rubin
LOCATION: Seattle
ADDRESS: alpineaddict@yahoo.com
Date: 8/16/2001
Time: 4:05:22 PM
Just finished reading that great article in Bass Player. You've always been the biggest influence on my bass playing. Many thanks, and all the best to you.
NAME: John Beeken
LOCATION: Seattle
ADDRESS: jmbatkh@hotmail.com
Date: 8/17/2001
Time: 12:50:24 PM
I love the new album. It may be the best you've made, at least since Songs for a Tailor. Wonderful songs and arrangements, tasteful yet creative accompaniments, great vocals. I love it. The songs have been going through my head while I sleep! Bravo!
NAME: Richard
LOCATION: Stratford, Ontario, Canada
ADDRESS: spriggsoc@cyg.net
Date: 8/17/2001
Time: 3:04:34 PM
Thank you, Jack, for "Shadows in the air." It is definitely going to be a contender for my personal "Best of 2001" list.
NAME: Gary hudson
LOCATION: Northampton
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/18/2001
Time: 10:19:40 AM
always been a big admirer of jack, what a musician, if i could play just a little bit like him, i'd give up the day job...........thanks man.......for all the great times you give
NAME: John Beeken
LOCATION: Seattle
ADDRESS: jmbatkh@hotmail.com
Date: 8/18/2001
Time: 11:35:42 AM
I've listened to Shadows a few more times, and I find it absolutely riveting. Per Dennis' request: Most commercial: 1. Dark Heart-Go with your strength! If you could get airplay for it on the right stations, this could be a big winner. 2.White room- upbeat, a little catchier sounding than Sunshine. 3.Windowless rooms-nice hooks and beat. 4.Heart Quake.
My faves:(This is tough- I like everything on this CD- a rarity!) 1. Dark Heart- I'm hearing this over and over in my dreams- that's something that doesn't happen very often! This is as close to perfection as it gets in "popular" music. 2.Directions Home 3.Out into the fields 4.He the richmond Once again- thanks and congratulations!
NAME: Jeff Jarvis
LOCATION: Seattle, WA USA
ADDRESS: jwj101@aol.com
Date: 8/19/2001
Time: 3:15:49 PM
I've just gotten "Shadows in the Air"and love it of course...and this keeps my JB discography complete and current. Not long ago I got a copy of Kip Hanrahan's 2-disc tribute to Paul Haines,"Darn It". I was very excited at the prospect of Jack playing with Paul Bley having read that they both appeared on the recording. Bley did the best ever recording featuring Jaco Pastorius and I was enthralled at the notion of Jack Bruce on electric bass with Paul Bley on keyboards. Alas, they appear on seperate tracks, but beautiful work by both of these great artists!
NAME: Steve
LOCATION: Canberra, Australia
ADDRESS: stevebarnes@netspeed.com.au
Date: 8/21/2001
Time: 7:58:48 AM
Jack - Ever since I bought my first album in 1969 (The Best of Cream) your music has inspired me, and I just wanted to thank you for that. Continually play the old stuff and the new stuff's brilliant - never stop. Its still not too late to come to Australia. Steve
NAME: Thomas Rohner
LOCATION: 46519 Alpen, germany
ADDRESS: nito@aikido-duisburg.de
Date: 8/21/2001
Time: 10:31:05 AM
Hi, my name is Thomas, I'm 49 years young, Aikido teacher (a japanese peaceful martial art). I'm playing a little bit electric bass (hobby) and singing with my wife (just for fun). I like your music since the "Cream" days. It's so full of inspiration, love and power that I've never stopped listening. Hope you'll be going on! My very best wishes for you and your art!
Are there more concerts in Germany than listed in the schedule? Maybe in the region called "Ruhrgebiet"?
Sorry, I'm not so good in writing english.
See you as a member of the audience in a concert! Ciao
NAME: Michael and Angelika
LOCATION: Portland, Oregon, USA
ADDRESS: mstout [at] SpiritOne [dot] com
Date: 8/21/2001
Time: 5:13:17 PM
Jack, the new CD sounds fresh and exciting. It never ceases to amaze us how many ideas you have and how well these ideas sound when you put them on tape. You are amongst the rarest who just get better with age. We're waiting patiently to host you here in the magnificent Pacific Northwest, since you've only been through here with Ringo. Please visit on this trip. Best wishes and love-- Mike & Angelika
NAME: george schroeder
LOCATION: balto. md. usa
ADDRESS: glsbassman@aol.com
Date: 8/21/2001
Time: 10:11:58 PM
really didn't want to take up fan space but felt compelled..once again my bro has come up with a "gem" where and how, God only knows..a tape of a session,with you,allan ,tony, webster lewis,some chick vocalists(tony's girlfriend at the time??)from mid 70's,of course i think it's fab,and i'm aware how you relished your time with tony,so i'd be happy to send the tape to you if you don't have it!just got 2 copies of bass player,very nice,very special!!hope the tour makes it to the states!!i welled up with emotion reading the article! keep it hot and squeelin jack!regards george
NAME: Tom Martin
LOCATION: South Carolina, USA
ADDRESS: navyblueblood@hotmail.com
Date: 8/22/2001
Time: 2:13:15 PM
NAME: James Hill
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
ADDRESS: hilljim@sympatico.ca
Date: 8/22/2001
Time: 2:47:56 PM
Hello Jack,
I'm still floored by your stuff. It's real music. The old stuff is the best. If you or any of your associates could let me know where to find stuff like "Automatic" or "Things we like" I'd appreciate it.
Cheers, James Hill
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: Kongtropolis
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/22/2001
Time: 5:03:25 PM
Bob - I share your yearnings to hear and feel, again, the thundercrack that was Cream...but our hero needs to live in his present. And we, as the recipients of his talents, owe him at least that much. Nothing is/was ruined, other than our preconceptions. Judge not, lest ye be. In other words, get over it and live for the present and future. Anyway, who knows - 'Ol Lizard Eyes may yet bore (even) himself back into action, assuming then-current relevance for all 3. It's a tall order, though - our champion plays on a much vaster plain.
NAME: Ron Gamble
LOCATION: Pennsylvania,USA
ADDRESS: rg6753@aol.com
Date: 8/22/2001
Time: 8:25:39 PM
Hi, I was wondering if Russ tillman at Chronicles records is going to remaster Jacks first 5 albums meaning, Songs for a Tailor,Things we like,Harmony Row,Out of the Storm, and The Jack Bruce Band. Have you heard any Rumors ? After all Eric's, Cream, even Ginger Bakers Albums have been done. Thanks Ron
NAME: Dan Keegan
LOCATION: Cheverly Maryland
ADDRESS: warwickthumb@webtv.net
Date: 8/23/2001
Time: 7:34:41 AM
I agree with PLee,the past was great,but its past.Our champion does play on vast plane.Get on board. Jack,play on,and on,and on............... Dan
NAME: James Hill
LOCATION:
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/23/2001
Time: 6:21:14 PM
Hello again Jack
Silly me sent the same message twice the other day but as I've only just logged on... whatever! Your music goes beyond pop. "escalator...." proves that even though that wasn't entirely your project. This PLee fellow seems to know exactly what your music is all about & I admire him for his knowledge. I know what your music's about too & if I were Jack Bruce I'd be collaborating with that Mike Mantler fellow as well as Gary & Clem & create music that would fry even the narrowest of musical minds.
P.S.
WB&L & Mountain are still the Kings of hard rock.!
Cheers,
James Hill
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: Chester - England
ADDRESS: howard.johnston@unicornworks.co.uk
Date: 8/24/2001
Time: 8:16:42 AM
I have just been perusing the JB Guestbook and I am amazed to read Bob Inman's comments about "Shadows In The Air"; as I'm sure a lot of other fans will be.
Obviously, he is entitled to his opinions, but I think he dismisses it far far too quickly. It is entirely a matter of taste as to whether "S.I.T.A." is Jack's best offering to date - BUT - it is certainly ONE of his best. In my opinion it is an excellent record and compares well with his other solo releases. It has wonderful production, and, as always with Jack's records an interesting mix of compositions and unusual arrangements. Of course with such classics as "Harmony Row", "How's Tricks", "A Question Of Time", (and all the others) already under his belt - he has set such a continually high standard to follow. But he always succeeds.
In this instance he has done a great job. I think "S.I.T.A." truly represents where he is now as a musician and songwriter. It combines all the various dimensions of his past interests: Rock; Blues; Jazz; and ballads in a seamless manner. It reflects not just the success of his songwriting partnership with Pete Brown, but also how his compositions with Kip Hanrahan have ripened. It is Jack Bruce in 2001 continuing to demonstrate that a serious musician must progress and develop (as he always has) whilst remaining both faithful to his roots, and respectful of his past. I can't make up my mind which track I like best at the moment - it's a toss-up between "Dark Heart" and "Directions Home".
Of course it's also nice to see Eric, Gary and the others contributing and enriching the process.
So comparisons with Cream seem entirely pointless to me. Cream were of course monumentally important. We all LOVE that band. In my opinion they were the finest and most original rock band ever to emerge from these islands. I could spend all day discussing their brilliance, but what's the point? It was afterall 33 years ago. You can't blame Jack (and the others) from wanting to draw attention to other aspects of their careers - especially the present.
Jack remains interesting because he has continually changed and evolved. There are a whole string of artists and bands who get locked in some kind of timewarp - just retreading the same old ground. This is ultimately a waste of time - you have to move on and explore. Creativity goes hand-in-hand with innovation.
That's what I think anyway.
I would also like to say that along with Ron Gamble, I too would like to see reissued/remastered versions of his solo albums (perhaps with extra tracks)also including the posthumous release of "Jet Set Jewel" in its entirety. It is worth pointing out that Polygram have already given "Songs For a Tailor" a remastered overhaul. Perhaps there is also scope for an updated (and more comprehensive) version of "Willpower" (perhaps with more previously unreleased tracks)and definitely the aborted collection of blues recordings Jack was making in the late 1980s.
Finally, if it is permitted - and I must admit it is an entirely self-indulgent request - perhaps Jack might consider a project along the following lines some day. Of all the artists in the 1990s who released an acoustic "Unplugged" set, only a very few succeeded in pulling it off in my opinion. Eric did, and so did Neil Young and perhaps one or two others. Jack's material and his multi-instrumental abilities lend themselves perfectly to this format. I'm surprised he hasn't tried it out thus far.
I think it would fit in very nicely with the latin /percussive approach he now favours, and there are many many songs which would work very well in this respect. Some could be acoustic guitar-based; some piano-based; some featuring the acoustic bass; and of course one or two on the harmonica. Arguably it is an extension of the direction he had already started upon with "Monkjack".
Of course the title for such a project is obvious: Jack Bruce - "UnJackPlugged" .... Just a thought.
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: SimianCity
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/24/2001
Time: 9:40:01 AM
If Jack, Ging 'n Gramps were to so much as to publicly fart together, the reissues would come roaring out. Ain't no love story.
NAME: eric
LOCATION: england
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/24/2001
Time: 9:07:30 PM
hey Pete...you`re back??! why don`t you post your bullshit on some other site.
NAME: Paul Fuller
LOCATION: Australia
ADDRESS: fullermp@ros.com.au
Date: 8/25/2001
Time: 7:04:57 AM
G'Day Guys, Justa few comments about what has been said about J.B's new album . I personally love the cd. I really like the remakes of the old tracks, but I must admit to preferring the original of " He The Richmond". Jack's open tuned guitars sound lovely on the old cd ( and record ) " Songs For A Tailor " . As most people have said , Mr Bruce continues to exband as a musician and song writer . We have to remember that he is no longer a young man , and that something as huge as Cream will not happen . So what ? We still have several brilliant solo albums to enjoy , as well as the old stuff . I love Jimi Hendrix , but if he was still with us , I bet his music would be very toned down from what it was in the '60s. We all get older , taste comes with age . Jack Bruce's music is timeless , all great art is. Paul.
NAME: PLee
LOCATION:
ADDRESS:
Date: 8/26/2001
Time: 8:15:29 PM
Eric - keep checking. It's therapeutic.
NAME: Dan Keegan
LOCATION: Cheverly Maryland
ADDRESS: warwickthumb@webtv.net
Date: 8/27/2001
Time: 8:50:08 AM
Oh boy,some history between PLee and Eric.I'm gonna stay tuned.
NAME: Joe Caputo
LOCATION: the Watchung Hills of Jersey
ADDRESS: jseedesign@aol.com
Date: 8/28/2001
Time: 12:31:27 PM
Thank you, Jack, for all the notes, the splendid grooves and the earthy tones.
NAME: Lyn Beardsall
LOCATION: Classic Pictures, Shepperton Studios
ADDRESS: lyn@classicpicutres.co.uk
Date: 8/29/2001
Time: 10:22:02 AM
Love the site. Well laid out and packed with useful information. Fantastic biograhpy!!!
NAME: Rudolf Günther
LOCATION: Berlin
ADDRESS: rudyblue@T-online.de
Date: 8/29/2001
Time: 11:31:41 AM
Hi Jack,if it´s possible somehow bring out your Album "Out Of The Storm" on CD - PLEASE !
NAME: Russcular
LOCATION: Newport News,Va.
ADDRESS: Russell410@mac.com
Date: 8/29/2001
Time: 5:29:35 PM
Checked into this site a few hours ago only to find that Shadows was in the stores.Credit card in hand rushed to the store and grabbed the soul copy,12 pack in hand placed disc into sound system.Thank you Jack,Eric and all. Great percussion section.If we can't have Ginger this new format works well for your music.Bravo
NAME: Dave Boyce
LOCATION: Wirral UK
ADDRESS: info@liverpool-roadrunners.org.uk
Date: 8/31/2001
Time: 9:55:34 AM
Before joining Cream as Road Manager, BOB ADCOCK was Road Manager for the early 60s Liverpool R&B Band The Roadrunners, if he is still working for Jack Bruce or you have a contact for him please pass on this message as we would love to hear from him.
NAME: Ed Toad
LOCATION: Bridgeton, NJ
ADDRESS: Superdrum1@aol.com
Date: 8/31/2001
Time: 10:45:12 PM
The majestic beauty of Jack Bruce's music comes not so much from where he puts the notes, as much as it derives from where he puts the spaces. Listening to Jack's music is like viewing a 3-D picture; it has depth and perspective. Most rock music can make you tap your foot; Jack's music can make you cry. He is rock's Bach. There is no finer musician on planet Earth than Jack Bruce. Thank you, Jack, for the pleasure your music has brought to my ears and my soul!
NAME: kevin ryan
LOCATION: fring, norfolk, uk
ADDRESS: annkev@fring.org.uk
Date: 9/2/2001
Time: 3:45:17 PM
great to see the website. a fitting tribute to someone whose music continues to inspire me in my paintings thirty four years after first seeing him perform.(at wallington town hall)... can we get hold of the chris welch book here in the uk? and any other publications? i believe jack was writing his autobiography, publisher sidgwick & kackson but although I placed an order the book never seemed to materialise. any info on this? rgds
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point Australia
ADDRESS: jlorro@tpgi.com.au
Date: 9/3/2001
Time: 12:51:47 AM
Shadows In The air Survey Results Well the 31st August 2001 has passed and it's time to tally up the results. My thanks to those who participated your input was greatly appreciated. Dark Heart was clearly the favoured track in both categories. The results were : Top 4 Personal Choices : 1.Dark Heart 2.Directions Home 3.Heart Quake 4.White Room
Top 4 Commercial Choice : 1.Dark Heart 2.Heart Quake 3 Sunshine of Your Love , White Room & Directions Home 4 52 nd Street (very close between 3rd and 4th).
Of the two surveys combined the results were : 1.Dark Heart 2.Directions Home 3.Heart Quake 4.White Room Cheers Dennis ....................................................
NAME: Paul MC Naught
LOCATION: Toronto,Ontario,Canada
ADDRESS: muffinman115@hotmail.com
Date: 9/4/2001
Time: 7:23:13 PM
Hello Jack,
thanks for the new music, what a treat
as all your music is. Please come to Toronto when
you next tour North America!! Keep making great
music for us.
Paul.
NAME: TAKAKO
LOCATION:
ADDRESS: hiro-jul@h4.dion.ne.jp
Date: 9/5/2001
Time: 9:17:04 AM
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NAME: Kevin and Janette OCarroll
LOCATION: Arrochar, Scotland
ADDRESS: k.ocarroll@zoom.co.uk
Date: 9/5/2001
Time: 6:19:37 PM
Excellent no-nonsense website...only just discovered it! See you at the Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Oct 6. Cheers!
NAME: Norik
LOCATION: USA/Armenia
ADDRESS: magri77@mail.com
Date: 9/5/2001
Time: 9:07:17 PM
Hi Jack, I'd like to use this apportunity to express my and also friends of mine deep respect to all of your great works with and without Cream. Since 1968 we were listening and understanding beauty of unknown to us music. And since then in small country of Armenia was born fan club of Cream lovers. I can't not mention our endless love to Eric and Ginger, they will be forever the best. Thank You Jack for your cristal clear music.
NAME: Richard Myron
LOCATION: Paris, France
ADDRESS: rlmyron@compuserve.com
Date: 9/6/2001
Time: 12:53:03 PM
Jack has always been my favorite!
NAME: Mike Dantone
LOCATION: Pittston, Pa., U.S.
ADDRESS: mdjbass71@hotmail.com
Date: 9/6/2001
Time: 7:17:09 PM
Jack, you are the greatest of all time. I started playing bass right after I heard crossroads,and spoonful when Wheels just came out. I just purchased a Warwick fretted 4 Corvette. No matter what song I`m playing in our local band, the guys tell me it sounds like you. Your agressive style has been a great influence on me. I saw you play at the Station in Wilkes- Barre, Pa. back in the 80`s. Can`t wait for the new album and maybe the tour. Keep on jammin`
NAME: joe polizzi
LOCATION: highland mills, ny usa
ADDRESS: joeypol@frontiernet.net
Date: 9/7/2001
Time: 9:53:18 AM
Jack, I've been a huge fan for over 30 years, you're still the world's number one singer/bassist, I've learned a lot from listening to your music. Will you be touring in the U.S. soon?
NAME: John Burrell
LOCATION: Harrogate, England
ADDRESS: johnburrell@rapidial.co.uk
Date: 9/8/2001
Time: 1:36:24 PM
Hey, Howard Johnston of Chester, England - Jack did his version of Unplugged in Edinburgh and at the QEH in London prior to the release of Monkjack. It contained the Monjack material but also he did piano versions of lots of material from down the ages as I think he uses the piano mainly to compose his excellent songs. Sorry you missed it - it was excellent!! Perhaps he can be persuaded to do it again some time - what about it Jack? Go see him on his October gigs - the new band is brilliant as is the material. See you at Manchester, Howard on the 7th October!!!
JB
NAME: Schmidt Manfred
LOCATION: Vienna/Austria
ADDRESS: schmidtmanfre46@hotmail.com
Date: 9/8/2001
Time: 6:20:31 PM
Hi Jack! Plaese mailing me the lyrics from "Send for me". CD "Knights for the blues table" Cyril Davies. Thank you! Manfred
NAME: Todd Leslie
LOCATION: Santa Barbara, CA
ADDRESS: tleslie@silcom.com
Date: 9/9/2001
Time: 11:49:39 AM
I just gotta say that "Shadows in the Air" is fantastic! It is a showcase of the broad range of Jack's musical talent.
Bravo Jack!
Todd
NAME: John Park
LOCATION: Limington, Maine, USA
ADDRESS: jpark@psouth.net
Date: 9/9/2001
Time: 10:04:10 PM
Any tour dates scheduled for the USA especially in the Northeast region. I'd be particularly interested in finding out so as to make arrangements to attend. Love your music. JPark 09/09/01
NAME: Nipa Nieminen
LOCATION: Helsinki Finland
ADDRESS: nipa.nieminen@edu.hel.fi
Date: 9/10/2001
Time: 1:42:42 AM
Thank you Jack. Love & Peace. Nipa
NAME: barry richard
LOCATION: bergen norway
ADDRESS: barry.richard@c2i.net
Date: 9/10/2001
Time: 7:23:49 AM
cheers jack great to here your version of he the richmond acustic dot music. where can i get the tab or do i have to sit for hours to work it out.great song.what about the consul at sunset,very underated. keep on doing it
NAME: roberto
LOCATION: italia
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/10/2001
Time: 1:54:35 PM
Does anybody in Italy know somethin'about the Milan's Alcatraz date on 18th October? I've phoned there but they DON'T know anythin' about JB's new tour.... PLEASE HELP!!!!
NAME: Douglas McLeod
LOCATION: Glasgow Scotland
ADDRESS: douglas.mcleod@concer-visp.com
Date: 9/10/2001
Time: 5:35:36 PM
Jack's first three albums after leaving Cream were brilliant, but I had lost touch with his recordings since 'How's Tricks'. I'm really enjoying 'Shadows in the Air'. Jack's voice is still great and I'm really looking forward to seeing him again when he comes back (home) to Glasgow on 6th October to play at The Fruitmarket. I would be interested to know of any other gems I may have missed in the intervening years.
NAME: Gerd Zeilinger
LOCATION: Austria
ADDRESS: gerd.zeilinger@utanet.at
Date: 9/11/2001
Time: 5:12:15 AM
I´m very sorry that the 2001 JB tour schedule does not show any dates in Austria or Vienna - I´ve seen great performances from Jack here in the past.
NAME: Steve Hamelink
LOCATION: Montabaur, Germany
ADDRESS: steve.hamelink@t-online.de
Date: 9/11/2001
Time: 2:34:00 PM
Hi Jack, I saw you playing with Ringo´s Allstars 2 years ago in Stuttgart. It was fuckung funny and great. Anyway, I´m also doing music consulting for MODERNE WELT, your tour-agency for the October tour in Germany, and I would like to please you look for www.rosanna-zelia.com, if you like them. I have proposed them being your support in Germany in Oct. Hope to hear from you soon.
Steve
NAME: Paul Watkins
LOCATION: Hereford, England
ADDRESS: paul@watkins83.freeserve.co.uk
Date: 9/13/2001
Time: 8:18:59 AM
Jack's playing with Cream inspired me to take up the bass nearly 30 years ago. I'm still playing! The most under-recognised British musician of them all. Thanks
NAME: Ken Brody
LOCATION: San Diego, Ca.
ADDRESS: marikenn@earthlink.net
Date: 9/13/2001
Time: 12:01:25 PM
Where can I get a CD of Out of the Storm. I can't find it anywhere.
NAME: Ethem Cetintas
LOCATION: Salisbury
ADDRESS: ethem@btinternet.com
Date: 9/14/2001
Time: 8:24:47 AM
Saw you a few times with Cream in my youth, knocked me out for six and never got over the performence to this day. So glad to see you're still there for us Jack as so many have gone.... Will be there for your concert in Bournemouth on October.
NAME: Phil Murphy
LOCATION: Stalybridge, UK
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/15/2001
Time: 8:27:32 AM
What a great White Room on Shadows! Wheels of Fire is still a brilliant album and I listen to it often - I'm on my fourth copy! But time moves on and I'm delighted Jack's finally coming north again. I was turned away at Sheffield Student's Union in 1970 cos I was too young, then went down to Hyde Park in 1971 and tried camping out, but was foiled by the police, then saw Lifetime in Sheffield and since then I've never been where he's performing. It has been a long wait, but I will not be disappointed. Do it again soon, Jack.
NAME: Barry Seigel
LOCATION: St Peters,Mo.,USA.
ADDRESS: litlebaer@yahoo.com
Date: 9/15/2001
Time: 10:00:19 AM
Jack,
Finally got a copy of Shadows in the Air. The way that you used the drums and percussion throughout the album was incredible. As a writer you always seem to be able to take it to the next level. Like the first time that I heard "Politician". The most profound statement coming from the simplest thought. As I have listened to your work over the years, that appears to be your trademark. "As you Said" is another shining example of that.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that there is one more satisfied listener of yours out there. Thanks, again, for your time.
Barry Seigel.
NAME: rick a
LOCATION: boston,ma.
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/16/2001
Time: 6:37:50 PM
Great web site!! As a fan since sunshine of your love,all I can say is that I'm still enjoying Jacks music,new and old. The new album is great. I find myself playing it over and over. White room with the percussion comes across as a totally new song and the new songs are great! Glad to see out over the fields. It's better than the original. For years there have been rumors of a complete unreleased album with Tony Williams. Has anybody ever heard any of it?
NAME: kosta
LOCATION: brazil
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/18/2001
Time: 8:19:45 AM
yeah iheard about that record...supposedly it was recorded in sweden in mid seventies and features someone called "tequila" on vocals.another interesting album(it's a video actually)is something called SUPERSHOW 69 or something like that.Jack plays bass with Buddy Guy and Buddy Miles.
NAME: Alexis Roman
LOCATION: Valparaíso, Chile, SouthAmerica
ADDRESS: aeleequis@yahoo.com
Date: 9/20/2001
Time: 10:11:34 PM
I will try to write in english.
I am the leader voice and the bassman of a band in my city. the name's band is MITOMANOS and we play a lot of Cream songs.
It would be a dream for us to have any contact with any Cream member.
I want to thank you for give me the chance to sing the real lyrics of many great songs.
Eric Clapton is coming for second time to our country, Chile, after almost fifteen years. I wish I could go to his concert, I don't know by now.
Please don't forget me and remember that we (the band) will wait any contact. We really love Cream music (specially live performances).
Good bye and thank you wherever you are...
NAME: Frank Mena
LOCATION: North Hollywood, CA.
ADDRESS: Turbotortoise@aol.com
Date: 9/22/2001
Time: 10:40:20 PM
HI Jack Bruce, You are a man of volumes,and where does a long time fan begin who has had many years of great musical memories , many trivia questions , and just a helluva lot of fun . I think Cream was one of the great "Wonders of the World", three guys who were like three pieces of a puzzle , the three corners of a musical pyramid that provided so much for so many , then went out with a bang like a great comet . Cream was the "James Dean" of Rock and Roll, too fast too live and to young to die". But of the three , as much as I dug Eric and Ginger, I was blown away by the depth , the fire, the versality and heart of your musicianship and have followed your exciting journey of so many musical roads. I jusy want say "Thanks Jack", for opening my mind to so many different styles of music and culture. You are a "Jack"-of all musical trades(instrmentally speaking),but a master of one------ THE BASS
Frank Mena
{P.S.- Does anybody remember whatever happened to that short two-subject biography film of Jack and Pederovsky, that started off with Jack sitting on a cliff overlooking the ocean's crashing waves strumming this giant black acoustic guitar and wearing this massive black hat , the eery strumming broke into Rope Ladder to the Moon. It was awesome. I'm assuming that was Jack's old island of Sanda).
F.M.
NAME: Carl Edwards
LOCATION: San Diego, CA
ADDRESS: boogiebass@hotmail.com
Date: 9/23/2001
Time: 1:11:25 PM
Wonderful page. If anybody deserves a proper webpage, it's Jack! Still the best there is, what a pleasure to hear the new album! Keep up the good work.
NAME: Ed Ferguson
LOCATION: northeastern ohio
ADDRESS: elfvkw@aol.com
Date: 9/24/2001
Time: 7:13:18 PM
Jack, I've really enjoyed your music, (to say the least) your bass playing is like no other. Of all the music I listen to yours is found in my player most of all. I hope to check out the 'HOT FLASH' stuff you've been working on. Man would I love to see that show! Hey speakin' of HOT FLASH, I had the great pleasure of seein' Dennis Chambers with CAB last 4th of July weekend. W O W ! and Brain Auger was smokin' on those keys. Jack, hope to see you soon in Cleveland Ohio. Keep up the GREAT work!
PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS! Ed
NAME: Dennis Lawrenson
LOCATION: Wallabi Point, Australia
ADDRESS: jlorro@tpgi.com.au
Date: 9/24/2001
Time: 7:57:54 PM
To Jack and to all that are embarking on the "Shadows In The Air" tour.Have a great time. I'm sure you will be warmly welcomed and the concerts will be well supported with capacity crowds of fans and friends who have been looking forward to seeing you again or for many the first time. I'm sure that the expense associated with a tour of such proportions will be outweighed by growing CD sales of your masterful new release plus the older ones still in print as well as associated merchandising. Your tour of the US will be a blessing ,and give our friends something positive to look forward to and enjoy and take their mind off their current despair (even if it's only for a short time). To friends in Australia ,it's a moment of a lifetime and for many because of the size of our wonderful country a bit of a logistical nightmare to co-ordinate to ensure we see as much of you and the band as possible. Marc and I and your friends in Oz would endear the opportunity to meet you and the band if that was at all possible maybe over a few lagers (or in Marc and Lorraine's case a few Jack Daniel's) Also as it is the last leg of your tour, Australia is a great holiday destination for a bit of rest and respite ! Kind regards and have a ball. Dennis
NAME: Captain Quornheart
LOCATION: North Saturn Delta (Lancashire)
ADDRESS: newmanmiles@hotmail.com
Date: 9/25/2001
Time: 3:52:02 PM
Will Vernon Reid be playing on the tour?
NAME: Jack
LOCATION: England
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/26/2001
Time: 8:43:18 AM
Hi! The line up for the Jack Bruce & The Cuicoland Express Tour is: Jack Bruce, Vocals, Bass, Piano, Vernon Reid Guitar, Bernie Worrell, Hammond Organ, Robbie Ameen, Drums, El Negro Horacio Hernandez, Drums and Richie Flores, Congas. Personally I can hardly wait to get going! See you on the Road!
NAME: Lee M
LOCATION: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
ADDRESS: LeeDrummer@aol.com
Date: 9/26/2001
Time: 10:00:32 PM
Jack Bruce is still my favorite bass player of all time! This is a great website so we fans can find out when you'll be playing a concert we can get to. The only time I saw Jack play live was as part of Ringo's All-Star Band in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, around 1999. What impressed and amazed me was that Jack was passionate and enthusiatic about playing not only his own songs but also the other stars' songs that had very weak basslines, such as Ringo's pop songs. Jack is the only member of Cream who could still match the artistry they displayed on "Wheels of Fire." Hurry on back to Florida, Jack!
NAME: karl lance keeler
LOCATION: concord, california
ADDRESS: karlcatspajamas@aol.com
Date: 9/27/2001
Time: 3:11:29 AM
I have played music for a living for 31 years. still a fan and still learning from jack & ginger.
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: NYC
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/28/2001
Time: 9:51:40 AM
There's a benefit here on 10/20 at the Garden - a lot people you, Eric and Ginger know will be there.
Now there's nothing thin or patronising.
NAME: Rob Peters
LOCATION: Garden Grove, California
ADDRESS: rockypete@surfside.net
Date: 9/28/2001
Time: 4:43:32 PM
Dear Jack, From time to time over the past decade, both yourself, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker have all stated individually your interest in regrouping Cream if the timing and reasons were right. I am suggesting to you that as a result of the tragic events in New York and Washington on September 11, the timing and reasons are now right. What better reason can you find than humanitarian relief aid to the victims of this disaster? An album, a concert, or a series of concerts with the proceeds going to benefit the Red Cross or similar organization, would be a wonderful gesture from the three of you. I hope you will give this idea consideration. Sincerely, Rob Peters
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: NYC
ADDRESS:
Date: 9/28/2001
Time: 5:14:58 PM
...and if Ginger can't due to INS, IRS, health, whatnot, I can. Derek can reach me.
NAME: Jean-Marc Massé
LOCATION: Paris - France
ADDRESS: masse.jean-marc@wanadoo.fr
Date: 9/28/2001
Time: 7:49:07 PM
Hi Jack! I'm 42 and since the first time I saw you with WBL in Paris in 72 your music has always been following me. I just didn't understand a guy could do this with a bass guitar, playing so fast and with such a feeling... Every part of my life is associated with one of your song. Sadness is the root of any creation, and you made with Pete Brown some of the most beautiful songs never writen. Just a question. My english isn't so good so in your first albums with cream or in song for a tailor when you're rolling the "r", is this the scottish accent, or is this a joke? :)
NAME: Jean-Marc Massé
LOCATION: Paris - France
ADDRESS: masse.jean-marc@wanadoo.fr
Date: 9/28/2001
Time: 7:52:48 PM
mmm I forgot.. Can someone give me a link or send me the lyrics of "Pollution Woman" on "Why dontcha"?
NAME: Michael J
LOCATION: So Cal, USA
ADDRESS: dude69327@aol.com
Date: 9/29/2001
Time: 7:30:01 PM
Hello Mr. Bruce, I wanted write you and tell you how much of a fan I am. I am 24 years old, and have been fascinated with you since I first heard Cream 20 years ago. I just got "shadows in the air" and it is lovely. I just wanted to thank you for your music, and for inspiring me. You are the reason I picked up a bass guitar. I absolutely cannot wait till you tour in my area. Hope to see you soon. Thank you, and Take care.
NAME: Elaine and Tony Ferrier
LOCATION: Oxford, UK
ADDRESS: ferrier@catslide.freeserve.co.uk
Date: 9/30/2001
Time: 7:46:02 PM
Hi all, Just got back from the gig in Cambridge. It was brilliant, we really enjoyed it. All the best for the rest of the tour. From Elaine & Tony.