Guestbook
NAME: pLee
LOCATION: nYc
ADDRESS:
Date: 10/1/2004
Time: 10:01:04 AM
COMMENTS
Hope you are feeling and doing well - a year is quite a milestone.
NAME: jean louis
LOCATION: somewhere in france
ADDRESS: karlotti@club-internet.fr
Date: 10/1/2004
Time: 3:47:20 PM
COMMENTS
i started playing electricbass at age of 13 after listening "fresh cream", now i'm 48 and professional jazz uprightbass player , i would simply say thank you jack for your career as a composer , singer and bass player , wich was always a source of inspiration ......merci encore ............jean louis
NAME: Bill
LOCATION: Islip, NY USA
ADDRESS: oneonta29@netscape.net
Date: 10/4/2004
Time: 1:53:26 PM
COMMENTS
Jack: I was an avid fan of Cream and saw you, Eric and Ginger during the final tour in November 1968. You were my favorite member of that super group and I tried to be like you (I did play bass at the time). You also wrote the group's best songs (except for the the old blues standards by greats like Robert Johnson and Skip James). I just found about your surgery, and am pleased that you are recovering.
NAME: roberto
LOCATION: italia
ADDRESS:
Date: 10/5/2004
Time: 7:40:18 AM
COMMENTS
just take a look at this address...
http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/brucej.htm
ciao Jack
NAME: HK
LOCATION: las vegas
ADDRESS:
Date: 10/9/2004
Time: 9:56:15 PM
COMMENTS
Jack,
You have mentioned that something special will occur next year...................we can only hope and pray to the G-DS of music that you are refering to a CREAM Reunion. We know that you and Ginger would go for it, Clapton is the only hold out...........or is he?? 2005 WILL BE A CREAM YEAR
NAME: Terry Boardman
LOCATION: Stourbridge, England
ADDRESS: terry.boardman@blueyonder.co.uk
Date: 10/14/2004
Time: 4:50:51 PM
COMMENTS
Jack, I felt moved to write this after visiting your website for the first time in a while and finding the news about your illness, the operation and your recovery. Because you have been so important to my musical development (amongst other things, without you I would haven't discovered the guv'nor, J.S.Bach), I wanted to write and say a profound "thank you".
Because of your obvious respect for classical music (which now includes jazz, blues and rock) I feel sure you will understand what I write below about Cream and Lifetime, who were truly "classic".
I was never into rock bands in which the other members simply supported the guitar hero. Some people still don't get the idea that Cream were truly great because they were perhaps the ONLY rock band in which all three members were equally leading while yet really listening to each other. Three tremendously free musical talents steaming ahead in a spirit of creative joy, sparking and stimulating each other. I believe it was this image of evident musical brotherhood (despite or even because of the rows between you and Ginger)and this image of such dynamic joyous creativity in action that made people love Cream so much and remember you all so affectionately. That love surprised the band members themselves on 26 Nov 1968 at the farewell gig at the Albert Hall, right Jack ? As you once said, Jack, "Cream was really a jazz band; only we didn't tell Eric". The very best example of Cream's genius, I feel is "Spoonful" on the "Wheels of Fire". The greatest improvisation in the history of rock I have always felt, it is perfectly balanced; everything happens just at the right instant - every Clapton chord, every Bruce bass note, every Baker cymbal hit - just perfection. The song around the improvisation is also a blues masterpiece with tremendous phrasing and nuances of feeling - one of your greatest pieces of singing. I have listened to "Spoonful" hundreds of times, never tiring of it. It is an inspiration to hear such a performance of three great musicians inspiring each other at such a dynamic level. The only time I've heard anything comparable was when you played in "Lifetime" in Nov 1970 at Manchester University - the greatest electric gig I've ever been to - a life-changing revelation for me. The lack of a Lifetime live album from 1970 is a great loss to music.
I thank you deeply for all the wonderful music you've put into the world, Jack, not least for the bass which you single-handedly ennobled, and I wish you many more equally creative years ahead.
Terry
NAME: Steve Neal
LOCATION: Indiana
ADDRESS: 4tune@4tuneinc.com
Date: 10/17/2004
Time: 6:40:34 PM
COMMENTS
You have been in my musical life since the 60's. you have always been one the premier "Lead Bassist's" of all time as well as your keyboard abilities. If you ever have time to respond, One of my favorite albums is West Bruce & Lang "What ever turns you on" which i still have; How did you ever get together with this mid-west guitarist? I will always have a special place in my heart for your "Slow Blues" from the above mentioned album. Was West and Lang there when you did the keyboards? I was in the military at the time of this album release, and heard some cuts from John Peel on Radio Luxenburg; We drove to a Canadian PX in the Black Forest to buy it. I am so gla you are still out there,..... Thanks for everything.
NAME: Gerd Bobermin
LOCATION: Bielefeld, Germany
ADDRESS:
Date: 10/21/2004
Time: 12:52:46 PM
COMMENTS
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct.USA
ADDRESS: davidstoltz@msn.com
Date: 10/22/2004
Time: 3:07:58 AM
COMMENTS
Good morning,Jack Bruce!I miss you alot and look forward to your return[in your own good time,of course!].Be well,my friend,Dave
NAME: Tristan Mulrooney
LOCATION: Atlanta, Ga.
ADDRESS: temulrooney@hotmail.com
Date: 10/23/2004
Time: 5:33:12 AM
COMMENTS
Jack, I grew up on bass listening to you as my absolute idol and inspiration, in the seventies. I had my elbow on the stage when you played the ROXY on sunset in '76, when you played the fretless. I wasn`t the only one who saw the neck smoking when you were finished that night. Yours was the best concert I`ve ever seen, bar NONE! I bought an EB-3 and had a lot of fun playing in bands in the seventies. I owe all of that to you, and I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart , for you made it what it was for me. Theres no words to convey the depth of your influence but I know your soul touched mine somehow and truly affected my life in a magical way through your excellent music. You have always been my main hero !
Hoping you're doing well Jack! Take care, Tristan
NAME: Emilie
LOCATION: Long Beach, CA
ADDRESS: emilie1031@yahoo.com
Date: 10/24/2004
Time: 9:51:05 PM
COMMENTS
I love hearing Jack's beautiful voice ... stay well, Jack!
NAME: Mike Vernon
LOCATION: Austin, Texas USA
ADDRESS: mvernon@texas.net
Date: 10/26/2004
Time: 8:49:24 PM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack, Haven't been on the site for awhile and to learn that you have been ill and recovered is a shock for me but am so glad you are feeling better. I have all of your albums(well, a lot) and want to say thanks for the many fantastic compositions and hope to hear more in the future...I am counting on you! Please come to Texas, we need you!!!
NAME: john ott
LOCATION: indianapolis, indiana
ADDRESS: jjatott@msn.com
Date: 10/28/2004
Time: 8:04:58 PM
COMMENTS
Jack, Just a few words to thank you for sharing your great talent. Your bass playing inspired me as a young bass player, and the music you created opened my mind to the many forms and styles you worked in.I recently purchased the Cream box CD set and upon listening I was immediately electrified and transported to that incredible time.Your music will live forever. Thank you, John Ott
NAME: Peter
LOCATION: Germany
ADDRESS:
Date: 10/29/2004
Time: 4:01:57 AM
COMMENTS
I wish you all the best and hope you be back soon on stage!
NAME: helene greth
LOCATION: 7414 alma st. #1 phila,pa.19111
ADDRESS: zeroforyou@webtv.net
Date: 10/31/2004
Time: 1:50:25 AM
COMMENTS
HELLO MR JACK BRUCE, I REMEMBER SITTING ONE CHAIR AWAY FROM YOU AT THE SUSHI BAR, AT THE TAJ MAHAL IN ATALANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. YOU DID NOT FINISH YOUR SASHIMI. I DID NOT WANT TO BOTHER YOU...SO YOU COULD KEEP YOUR PRIVACY..RTC...THAT LONG HAIRED WOMAN JUST WOULDN'T STOP STALKING..I FELT FOR YOU..I HATE BEING BOTHERED WHEN I AM HAVING DINNER, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU HAD TO GET UP AND YOU SAID TO HER, I HAVE A PLANE TO CATCH!! I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE HEALTHY AND DOING GREAT AFTER YOUR SURGERY...PLEASE BE HAPPY AND LIVE YOUR LIFE AND MAYBE YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT GIGGING COME 2005? YOUR A GREAT PERFORMER AND DON'T FORGET YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS!! TAKE CARE AND BE HAPPY! PEACE AND HAPPINESS, HELENE
NAME: DD
LOCATION: D lan d
ADDRESS: dd@d.com
Date: 10/31/2004
Time: 1:54:56 AM
COMMENTS
You're great!!!!!!!!!!!
NAME: terry hamlin
LOCATION: huger,s.c.
ADDRESS: the_red_horse_barn@msn.com
Date: 11/1/2004
Time: 4:50:38 PM
COMMENTS
I bought Songs For A Tailor in 1970, and it continues to be some of my favorite music. Took my wife to see Ringo Starr's Alstars when Jack played and she is a fan now,too.
NAME: Jorge Alberto Marçal de Carvalho
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
ADDRESS: jorgeamcarvalho@ig.com.br
Date: 11/2/2004
Time: 3:24:01 AM
COMMENTS
I play bass too. Certainly, Jack Bruce and Chris Squire are the most important bass players for me. I have the completely collection of Cream and I hear "Spoon Full" (Wheels of Fire) almost every day. Nobody plays bass guitar like Jack. He is unique. Jim Roberts wrote that Jack "inspired him to become a bass player" (How The Fender Bass Changed The World). I hope that Jack Bruce come and play here, in Brazil, some day. The first ticket will be mine. Long live, Jack! In portuguese (em português): Eu também toco baixo. Jack Bruce e Chris Squire são os baixistas mais importantes para mim. Eu tenho a coleção completa do Cream e ouço "Spoon Full" (Wheels of Fire) quase que todos os dias. Ninguém toca baixo como Jack. Ele é único. Jim Roberts escreveu que Jack "o inspirou a se tornar um baixista" (How The Fender Bass Changed The World). Eu espero que Jack Bruce possa vir e tocar aqui, no Brasil, algum dia. O primeiro ingresso será meu. Vida longa, Jack!
NAME: Deryl Hall
LOCATION: TX
ADDRESS: derylhall_1@juno.com
Date: 11/3/2004
Time: 1:36:50 PM
COMMENTS
Ive listened to cream since 1968,played guitar for over 25 years.I have always enjoyed your playing and because of your influence im considering switching to bass,in theses days of nothing but guitarists a good bassist is hard to find..you are a great bassist..always have been.You have shown me 2 things through your playing..1 a bassist can write songs..2 a bassist can lead a band.Of course guitarists dont like that fact.Hope you get back with cream,just so we can see the power once again.Best wishes...a dedicated fan..36 years.
NAME: Jimmy Craveiro
LOCATION: colorado
ADDRESS: Jamesknight55@hotmail.com
Date: 11/4/2004
Time: 10:51:46 AM
COMMENTS
NAME: Walter Serri
LOCATION: Italy - Torino
ADDRESS: info@walterserri.com
Date: 11/8/2004
Time: 3:09:32 AM
COMMENTS
Yeahhhh! I'd like to thank you Jack for the inspiration that you give me (at the past and at the present...). You're a great source of musicality for us, bassist or guitarist (I'm a guitar player). I hope to see you soon in Northern Italy or France! Ciao! Walter
NAME: Dave Oswald
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS: dave@edaltd.co.uk
Date: 11/10/2004
Time: 9:19:17 AM
COMMENTS
Rumour has it that Cream are playing 5 concerts at The Royal Albert Hall in London sometime in 2005.
NAME: plee
LOCATION: Manhattan
ADDRESS:
Date: 11/10/2004
Time: 2:43:35 PM
COMMENTS
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/cream%20to%20reform%20in%202005
congratulations, true or no.
NAME: John Hopkin
LOCATION: USA
ADDRESS: johnhopkin68@yahoo.com
Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 10:10:52 AM
COMMENTS
I've been bouncing off the walls for two days since hearing of the possible Cream reunion. I REALLY hope it's true.
NAME: Donald Henry
LOCATION: Minnesota
ADDRESS: duckboy@acegroup.cc
Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 6:06:37 PM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack, I just want you to know that you've influenced me greatly as a musician (also a bassist/vocalist), and would just like to say Thanks! My dream is still alive because of you and the others that have given me the inspiration to continue on as a musician for the last 38 years. sincerely, Donald
NAME: Alexandre
LOCATION: Sao Paulo - Brazil
ADDRESS: alexandrefeleto@ig.com.br
Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 8:14:13 PM
COMMENTS
Hello Master! "I´m so glad, I´m so glad, I´m glad I´m glad I´m glad"...to know that you are in a good recovering. I really hope see you with Cream here in Brazil some day. It would be a great time!
NAME: Bill Fiene
LOCATION: Cape Coral, FL
ADDRESS: vonfiener@swfla.rr.com
Date: 11/11/2004
Time: 10:49:36 PM
COMMENTS
Just read that Cream are considering playing again. Hooray, for that must mean you are feeling much better. I recently purchased a CD of the BBC sessions. That version of "Politician" is fantastic, it is now my favorite recording by Cream. If the reunion goes well in London, hopefully Cream will cross the pond and play some shows in America. Good luck, and all the best.
NAME: Dave Smith
LOCATION: UK
ADDRESS: daveprotonsmith@btopenworld.com
Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 10:46:07 AM
COMMENTS
Hi I heard, on a Canadian news programme, the one with nothing to hide,that there will be a Cream reunion at the Albert Hall - a week long concerts. Is this true,what are the dates,and how do I get tickets?
Regards Dave Smith
NAME: Joe Higgins
LOCATION: Blue Island Illinois USA
ADDRESS: webmaster@alovesuprememusic.com
Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 12:03:45 PM
COMMENTS
Word is out Jack plans to begin rehearsals in January for a May 2005 five show gig at The Royal Albert Hall with Eric and Ginger, Cream. All I can say is I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad. I hope it will be on pay per view in the USA and they will make dvds and cds availlable for us travel impaired Cream and Jack appreciators worldwide. The best news is that Jack is healthy enough to do it. Peace and love, Joe
NAME: HK
LOCATION:
ADDRESS:
Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 7:25:56 PM
COMMENTS
As I mentioned many weeks back.................The Cream it appears are re-uniting. What an incredible thought!! BUT where are the shows in the States?? I understand that they will only do five shows in England. JACK, IF YOU EVER READ THESE COMMENTS, YOU GUYS NEED TO COME TO THE USA!!! DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF FANS HERE!!! C'MON DOWN!!!
NAME: Ed Tracey
LOCATION: Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
ADDRESS: Edward.J.Tracey@valley.net
Date: 11/12/2004
Time: 11:30:00 PM
COMMENTS
Is this true, that a week-long engagement at the Albert Hall is in the works for 2005? Oooohhh....how did we get so lucky? Derek, if you have information on obtaining tickets (or if other shows are planned world-wide) please post that information here!
NAME: KEN
LOCATION: LONDON
ADDRESS: KDUNGATE@AOL.COM
Date: 11/13/2004
Time: 8:59:14 AM
COMMENTS
jACK BEEN SEARCHING ALL THE SITES AFTER THE DAILY MAIL MENTIONED YOU ARE BACK REHEARSING WITH GINGER AND ERIC FOR AN ALBERT HALL RE UNION. ANY COMMENTS OR DATES AT THIS TIME AS I HAVE TO TAKE OUT A BIG LOAN AS ALL THE FAMILY WANT TO GO. THANKS
NAME: Ken Klein
LOCATION: Portland Oregon
ADDRESS: vidrip@mac.com
Date: 11/14/2004
Time: 9:28:44 PM
COMMENTS
The rumors are fast and furious, reported most recently on CNN that Jack, Ginger, and Eric are currently in rehearsals for a Cream reunion concert to be performed at the Royal Albert Hall early next year. I never thought I'd see that happen!
NAME: Gies
LOCATION: Hilversum (NL)
ADDRESS: giesaal@xs4all.nl
Date: 11/15/2004
Time: 6:06:13 AM
COMMENTS
Great news: I just read that Cream is re-invented and planning a tour. I'll be there!
NAME: tom
LOCATION: IN
ADDRESS: sterlinghaydn@yahoo.com
Date: 11/17/2004
Time: 3:27:47 PM
COMMENTS
Cream Reunites?!? Unf***ingbelievable!
CNN and www.pitchforkmedia.com have reported that JB, GB, and EC will rehearse in 2005 and perform at the Royal Albert Hall during the same year. Does anyone have any information regarding that? Derek, please post an update on news if you have any information! Keep your fingers crossed!
NAME: Heyjay
LOCATION: Texas
ADDRESS: info@lykaden.com
Date: 11/17/2004
Time: 3:58:17 PM
COMMENTS
Luv da Bruce! Luv da Cream! http://www.lykaden.com
NAME: peter boykin
LOCATION: longbranch
ADDRESS: pboykin@realseriousbusiness.com
Date: 11/18/2004
Time: 2:15:14 PM
COMMENTS
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NAME: Larry
LOCATION: Boca Raton, FL.
ADDRESS: ljldt@adelphia.net
Date: 11/18/2004
Time: 10:23:22 PM
COMMENTS
Mr. Bruce: (Like this will ever happen) Please contact Mr. Baker, Mr. Clapton and Mr. Winwood (some delicious frosting)and get the best musical ensemble our generation could have put together and let's show this non-musical generation what it feels like to really truely hear the "Cream" of Blues/Jazz/Rock and to experience the real "Blind Faith" (no offence to Ric Grech and associates) before it's too late. You're the best!
NAME: uli rohde
LOCATION: heidelberg, germany
ADDRESS: b-bender@gmx.net
Date: 11/19/2004
Time: 6:39:38 PM
COMMENTS
now after 40 years of knowing jack bruce´s music there has been enough time to become tired of it. today i listened to "songs for a tailor" again and again I´m overwhelmed! deeep bow!
NAME: Trevor Kempin
LOCATION: Perth, Western Australia
ADDRESS: trevork1@iinet.net.au
Date: 11/19/2004
Time: 8:45:27 PM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack, I sincerely hope that your health is progressing in the right direction. Regrettably we don't get the opportunity to see too many great artists here in Perth. If all of the rumours are true about a Cream reunion sometime next year at the RAH then I really need to start saving my pennies.
Kind Regards Trevor Perth Western Australia
NAME: Cory west
LOCATION: Plano texas
ADDRESS:
Date: 11/19/2004
Time: 10:53:24 PM
COMMENTS
Dear jack, I heard a rumour that cream is getting back together for a week at the royal albert hall. if its true,groovey!, but if not when ever you are ready, post it on this site. Im only 14 and i primarily listen to cream and other things from 65' until 79'. don't like the 80's. bye.
NAME: jeff stratton
LOCATION: tweed heads, australia
ADDRESS: moonbeam@pacific.net.au
Date: 11/21/2004
Time: 11:10:40 AM
COMMENTS
jack, it's wonderful to hear of an upcoming cream re-union......."songs for a tailor" has always been one of my 'desert island discs'.....you've been a real inspiration to this musician.... i've regarded your singing as unique and your songwriting style just as distinctive........in short, i believe there's way too much talent bottled up inside this one scotsman than should ever have been allowed !! hey, mate, keep taking that 'spoonful' and make a full recovery ....
NAME: Randy Davis
LOCATION: South Mississippi
ADDRESS: ballandcone@aol.com
Date: 11/21/2004
Time: 10:25:03 PM
COMMENTS
There's not a day that goes by without playing a few of your songs.Hope you are doing well,you are the man Out Into The Fields,Theme To A Imaginary Western,Wor ld of Pain @ Wheels of Fire are my favorite.You and F elix are the best. Take Care...
NAME: Mike Moran
LOCATION: Fall River, MA, USA
ADDRESS: wsarmike@aol.com
Date: 11/22/2004
Time: 7:33:22 AM
COMMENTS
Jack:
Is it true? So many press reports of a Cream reunion. What a wonderful gift that would be. I haven't found any public comments from Jack yet in print or on the web. Asking again -- is it true???
NAME: Davee
LOCATION: Houston, Tx. USA
ADDRESS: carolanddavee@sbcglobal.net
Date: 11/22/2004
Time: 2:10:07 PM
COMMENTS
... Hang in there and take care of the new addition. Thoughts and Prayers are with you and yours.
NAME: olu
LOCATION: lome
ADDRESS: idey@yahoo.com
Date: 11/23/2004
Time: 12:19:49 PM
COMMENTS
jack is my favourite haaaaaaaaaa
NAME: Jonathan Andrade
LOCATION: Juiz de Fora-MG, BRASIL
ADDRESS: larvax@yahoo.com
Date: 11/23/2004
Time: 9:30:52 PM
COMMENTS
Hi!
I´d like to go to the Royall Albert Hall in 2005 to see the best trio of the world... The Cream!!!
When i saw the article in billboard.com i cannot belive in my eyes!!!
I´m a bassist too... i wish play as Jack one day...
Come to Brazil Jack! All your fans and Cream fans wants to see you here!
best regards!
John
NAME: Lou Muradas
LOCATION: New Jersey, USA
ADDRESS: loumur@optonline.net
Date: 11/23/2004
Time: 9:35:53 PM
COMMENTS
Jack, hope you're feeling chipper. Also hoping that you, Eric, and Gin find your way to us for a bit of fun.
I never heard you live, although my friend Jack (short, blond, wired, pudgy guitar player with a little cheap acoustic that you autographed) met you in Atlantic City, and told me what a great guy you were. I'm now 46 years old and counting. Seeing you guys together just once would be an honour & thrill to an aging picker. Hope to see ya!!!
NAME: bruce
LOCATION: boise, idaho
ADDRESS: thevino@justcatholic.net
Date: 11/24/2004
Time: 9:22:42 PM
COMMENTS
I am thrilled to have been directed to this web-site. Thanks Bobby! After seeing you perform several times with Cream, West Bruce and Laing,(in 1980 in NYC when Lennon died) Jack Bruce and Friends, and last here in Boise, Idaho, 2000 with Ringo's All-Stars!! Wow!! I am ready to see Cream Re-Unite and Get us back where we belong, As You Said. Peace and Prayers and Good Health.
NAME: johncameron
LOCATION: grandisalnd ny
ADDRESS: johncband@cs.com
Date: 11/25/2004
Time: 1:01:13 PM
COMMENTS
JACKSthe man the greates af all time so is the cream .I still listen to the CDS all the time please tour again johncameron fan buffalo NY
NAME: SRI-Rob
LOCATION: South Shields, England
ADDRESS: robfaircloth@blueyoner.co.uk
Date: 11/25/2004
Time: 3:51:58 PM
COMMENTS
Jack All has gone quiet on the news front for you ..... I hope that you are well and continuing to improve. I've just ordered More Jack Than God and can't wait to hear it, although I know it will of course be superb. Hope you're already getting everything ready to cook the Christmas dinner! Take care of yourself
Rob
NAME: Lee Robison
LOCATION: Lake Havasu City Arizona
ADDRESS: secondwinter2003@yahoo.com
Date: 11/26/2004
Time: 12:30:52 PM
COMMENTS
Hi jack. I hope this post finds you recovering and in good health.Im 52 and I still remember hitch hiking to God knows where in the San Fernando Valley when I was 15 or 16 right? Ans a guy with am 8 track stereo and speakers lining the back seat was blaring White Room, and other Cream songs at full volume.it was like hearing Jimi Hendrix or Johnny Winter for the first time.You never forget that rush!You make beautiful music my friend.And "that" makes the world a better place to live. Be Well Be Safe. Lee Robison.
NAME: Roger ODonnell
LOCATION: England
ADDRESS: roger@thecure.com
Date: 11/28/2004
Time: 9:49:19 AM
COMMENTS
When I was a 15 year old just getting into music and watching Jack play a benefit concert in London I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would meet jack and play on the same bill . Last night I did and I have to say he's one of the nicest people I've ever met in this business , sometimes its ok to meet your heroes. He's an inspiration now as he was then when 30 years ago.
NAME: bob schryver
LOCATION: coram,n.y.
ADDRESS: gtbob109@aol.com
Date: 11/28/2004
Time: 9:59:49 AM
COMMENTS
Jack I hope you are feeling well.I`ve always loved your bass playing,you are a fine player.I hope the rumours about cream reuniting are true.you have an artists heart and it is greatly appreciated.take care
NAME: J FERGUSON
LOCATION: OKLAHOMA,USA
ADDRESS: pawbill@sbcglobal.net
Date: 11/29/2004
Time: 3:04:55 PM
COMMENTS
Jack we have certaintly enjoyed your music over the years. Understand you are considering a comeback with CREAM. What a show that will be. Hope your health is on the mend. Any chances there would be a follow up tour in the US? We can only hope. A sellout in any city.
NAME: Lyn Ze Bond
LOCATION: Orlando,FL USA
ADDRESS: rc@zebondrocks.com
Date: 11/30/2004
Time: 1:06:53 AM
COMMENTS
Hello Jack,
It's ZE BOND ROCKS. We hope you are feeling better and ready to play again. I hear that a Cream reunion/rehersals and shows in London are in the works....That will be Great!!!...I hope we can be there....Cream Rocks!
It was a pleasure to meet you & your wife at the train station in Leicester earlier this Spring(end of May.) Lyn Ze was carrying her guitar(Les Paul) and we talked with you for a minute. We asked you for directions to the bus station.
We were so disoriented & didn't have a chance to explain our situation. We were invited to come over to England from America to play a benefit for Parkinson's Disease in the West Midlands at the end of May put on ex-Budgie member Pete Boot. We payed our own way there. He arranged an opening gig for us(for which we didn't get paid), We recieved our picture & press in the Express & Star(Walsall edition), did some interviews for a music magazine and then were dropped from the show and left at the Train Station in Wolverhampton......without explanation, $$$ or direction.
We struggled & stood strong thru it all....Walked alot(passed many Clock towers) and played at Vic's Pub. We sold our band CD's & T-shirts on the street to earn $$$ for bus tix and food and we were very glad to make it to Amsterdam-where we had paying gigs that we booked ourselves.
Please visit our website @ http://www.zebondrocks.com and let us know if there are any upcoming performances that you might need an opening band for. Royal Albert Hall, etc. We are a full sounding, dedicated 2-piece band.
ZE BOND ROCKS would like to send you a CD sometime. Thanks for the cigarette & Tell Nancy we said hello.
Keep Rockin' The Music Lives On Forever!
Florida's Female Rockers ZE BOND ROCKS http://www.zebondrocks.com
NAME: Alan Mackie
LOCATION: Aberdeenshire Scotland
ADDRESS: almac21@btinternet.com
Date: 11/30/2004
Time: 2:01:00 AM
COMMENTS
Glad to hear that you are on the "road" to recovery. Also was chuffed to buts to hear that the 3 of you are reforming next year. I have always said that the 2 Bands that I'm sorry I never saw were Jimi Hendrix and the Experience plus Cream. I know that Hendrix is not an option but seeing Cream is a real bonus. I just hope that I can get tickets as living in the North East of Scotland makes it difficult at times. All the best, and I look forward to seeing you (hopefully) at the R.A.H. Alan Mackie
NAME: David F
LOCATION: Northampton
ADDRESS:
Date: 11/30/2004
Time: 6:20:30 PM
COMMENTS
Just a surfing fan who would like to add his thanks
NAME: desert dog
LOCATION: taos, new mexico
ADDRESS: dcm_music
Date: 12/1/2004
Time: 12:31:45 PM
COMMENTS
my dad had liver cancer and tried experimental treatments, to try and defeat it. i hope the technology has advanced enough in this time and age to help a person heal from this life threatening disease. I must admit that when i saw the cream at the syndrome in chicago in 68, that ginger baker was my hero, even though he sounded like 10 drummers playing at one time, he needed you jack, to compliment his playing when he wasn't doing a solo. When you do get on your feet again, and start rehearsal for the re-union at ralh,a song that would really sound good with a cream touch,is the john mayall tune "california". i heard a version of that song by the cashman vaquero band years ago, and thought that the cream could really do a great jam on this tune. get better soon before that bass and amp start getting dusty. dd
NAME: abv
LOCATION: new york
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/1/2004
Time: 3:53:58 PM
COMMENTS
hey jack - it's a given you're doing the cream reunion - who's opening? MOUNTAIN????? what a show it would be...well for us anyway...can you toss me a ticket?
NAME: Patricia Webb
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
ADDRESS: Patricia.Webb@vu.edu.au
Date: 12/1/2004
Time: 6:49:29 PM
COMMENTS
Looks like I'd better get my passport renewed and organise long service leave. If Jack has the willpower to overcome illness and get back on the road, the least I can do is make it to London next May. 6 months and counting down!
NAME: Roger Rhinte
LOCATION: USA
ADDRESS: rhinte@optonline.net
Date: 12/2/2004
Time: 9:17:27 AM
COMMENTS
I saw the Jack Bruce Band,at the Fillmore East,NYC always loved his stuff. Its 12.02. 2004, i heard a rumor, Cream is reuniting ? tour ? Please respond to me about tour. I was supposed to see the Cream at Madison Square Garden with the revolving stage etc, one of those dates, but it never happened. Been waiting 37 years for this. Jack thanx for all the tunes & stay well, Roger Rhinte
NAME: Wiel
LOCATION: Venlo Netherlands
ADDRESS: cream113@zonnet.nl
Date: 12/3/2004
Time: 10:41:14 AM
COMMENTS
I saw Jack Bruce preforming sunshine on a German TV show, 50-years rock love songs!!, last saterday evening.( with Ian Anderson from the Tull) Great to see him on stage, he did not lose his power on bass and vocals As a cream fan I'm look forwards to the shows next year in London. To go to London is not a problem, the problem is to get tickets but I have good hopes for that. Is ther any one who can tell when these gigs are???
NAME: jw smith
LOCATION: usa
ADDRESS: john.w.smith@verizon.com
Date: 12/3/2004
Time: 3:02:34 PM
COMMENTS
re: rumoured cream reunion in 2005. *** please *** beg eric to play a gibson and run thru a marshall !!! no strat, no matchless ** please !! - see if todd rundgren will loan the les paul/sg ??? i beg !!!
NAME: PLee
LOCATION: NYC
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/3/2004
Time: 9:42:45 PM
COMMENTS
Maybe 5 nights is enough.
NAME: John Forster
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne,U.K.
ADDRESS: johnforster@lineone.net
Date: 12/5/2004
Time: 11:27:30 AM
COMMENTS
I'm so glad that you are now fit and well after your illness.I play bass in a Clapton tribute band - 'classic clapton' and we were in Scotland during that time.We made a point of mentioning your situation and were alaways touched by the reception your name got. There's a lot of love out there for you mate. The 'news' about Cream next year is phenomenal - cant wait to see you... again !
NAME: Howard Moss
LOCATION: Las Vegas, NV
ADDRESS: renaldo7777@yahoo.com
Date: 12/6/2004
Time: 5:51:16 PM
COMMENTS
Dear Mr. Bruce, I was just at the Leslie West site where I read you have been diagnosed with liver cancer. Your music has brought me many, many hours of listening pleasure. I will include you in my prayers. Please get well soon. Yours truly, Howard Moss
NAME: Paul Donald Benham
LOCATION: Whidbey Island, Washington state USA
ADDRESS: nauthst@usa.net
Date: 12/7/2004
Time: 5:05:58 AM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack, I last saw you live with West, Bruce and Laing in the Seattle Center Arena many years ago; I have never been so impressed w a singer nor any other bass player. Lately, I have been exploring the possibility of getting fine artists like you of our generation prime time airplay in the US market. I have been dismayed to find that artists such as Neil Young get so little exposure for their current work that they turn to other media, like moviemaking! I feel your current/recent work as well as most of your solo recorded performances stand up well to the classic rock standards played by our local C Rock stations, but they won't play them. The genra is the same or similar, so what's the problem? I hear there will be a live Cream reunion next year. I wonder if you three can break this "spell" for the rest of the fine, more matured rock artists who are being frozen out! I have suggested to several stations that they try playing say a "Cream" version of "White Room" with one of your or Eric's newer renditions with no success. What do you think is up with this?
NAME: Russ
LOCATION: Barrie, Canada
ADDRESS: surr_tteggil@rogers.ca
Date: 12/7/2004
Time: 7:39:16 PM
COMMENTS
Just wanted to say thank you for showing me what is posssible to do on a bass. You changed my world musically, and I managed to eke out a 15 year career trying my best to be as busy as you. Can't thank you enough for opening my mind to the possibilites. good health! Long life!
NAME: Kirk
LOCATION: Florida
ADDRESS: buxillafion@msn.com
Date: 12/8/2004
Time: 9:57:03 PM
COMMENTS
I LOBE YOU JACK! YOUR MY HERO AND MY INSPARATION. I HOPE SOMEDAY TO BE HALF AS GOOD AS YOU!
NAME: paul schmelzer
LOCATION: Hasty, co usa
ADDRESS: plschmelzer@hotmail.com
Date: 12/9/2004
Time: 1:52:51 PM
COMMENTS
I'm glad I visited the guest-book. I was unaware of any rumblings about a Cream re-union. Great news. I saw Cream at the Family Dog in Denver, Colorado in 1967 when I was really too young (12) to go to concerts.
Anyone out their find it ironic that the least versitile and technically gifted of the Trio, (Clapton) has had the most successful career? Don't get me wrong, I've always loved Clapton's playing, but unlike Jack, your never going to see Eric play with a Tony Williams, a John McGlaughlin, a Larry Coryell etc. I was always disapointed that Eric never got into a Jazz /Blues thing like a Kenny Burrel or like George Benson with Jimmy Smith. Unlike Jack, he never learned to play changes. Share your thoughts with me.
NAME: Shaun
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/9/2004
Time: 4:15:58 PM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack
Glad to hear you are recovering well! I am 17 and have been listening to Cream since I was knee high, it was all my dad would play! I have always enjoyed your music, and now I am older I have tracked down your back catologue, which I enjoy just as much as the Cream stuff. Hope the rumours of a reunion are true! If they are I would give my right arm to come and see the shows, as, for obvious reasons I was just a bit too late to see Cream in 1968!
Take care & hope to see you on tour soon
Shaun
NAME: John Mancino
LOCATION: Mission Viejo, California USA
ADDRESS: jdmancino@cox.net
Date: 12/9/2004
Time: 4:55:53 PM
COMMENTS
I am such a great fan of Jack. I was wondering when Jack might be back in the U.S., especially in California. If someone can advise me of any plans for this,I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
John
NAME: Rondi Moreira
LOCATION: bh Brazil
ADDRESS: rondilm@yahoo.com.br
Date: 12/10/2004
Time: 5:29:18 PM
COMMENTS
Hello jack Last saturday,my brother and myself get completely drunk at a party,and i take the guitar and stared to play some Cream stuff,like"Tales of brave Ulisses","Strange brew","White room",'Those were the days",etc.Nobody understud nothing. i'm telling you that to show that your fantastic music reach evrybody,everywhere. I'm hoping cream shows in 2005.Me and my brother we'll see you anywhere sorry my very poor english! Thank you!
NAME: Peter Hendriks
LOCATION: Netherlands
ADDRESS: Peter.Hendriks@reedbusiness.nl
Date: 12/13/2004
Time: 5:41:55 AM
COMMENTS
Jack, I was delighted when I heard about the Cream reunion, but I have one request. Keep Eric Clapton on his toes. He is a great guitarist, but for the last thirty years he has been relying on his routine. He seems to shun adventure and musical challenge. (How did he get away with that for so long?) So make sure he doesn't claim the position of frontman. Let him concentrate on his guitar and leave the lead vocals to you. He can sing harmony and do the lead vocals in crossroads and badge, but no more.
Peter Hendriks
NAME: Allen Bomar
LOCATION: Bakersfield California
ADDRESS: allenbomar@peoplepc.com
Date: 12/14/2004
Time: 4:29:02 AM
COMMENTS
I just heard a rumour that you and Eric may put together a Cream reunion , and put together a new album , I hope it's all true , I have been a Cream fan from day one , I have also collected as many Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton solo albums as possible , and they are all great ! > I hope you and Eric do it , and I hope you will include Ginger as well , to me Ceram would not be Cream without Ginger !
NAME: ian smith
LOCATION: coromandel, N.Z
ADDRESS: id@paradise.net.nz
Date: 12/14/2004
Time: 10:21:38 PM
COMMENTS
Dear Jack,when I was 19 & cream had recently broken up I was hitching with a friend up the west coast of scotland. A nice bloke in a small ferrari stopped and gave us a ride even though we were making rude gestures; went to a great deal of trouble rearrainging his baby and luggage to squeeze us in with our packs. Thanks for going to all that trouble and for the memory.
NAME: Claudia
LOCATION: Chile
ADDRESS: claudiatownstle@hotmail.com
Date: 12/16/2004
Time: 4:13:50 PM
COMMENTS
Dear Jack, I did'nt know you were so ill, I am so sorry for that, but now I feel happy you are recovering with success, I wish you all the best always, and I'm glad you are getting well and making more wonderful music, we don't forget you in Chile... all the best
NAME: Shaun
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 7:43:20 AM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack
Great to hear the May Cream concerts finally confirmed! Look forward to seeing you.
Shaun
NAME: Helen
LOCATION: Bedfordshire
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 9:07:00 AM
COMMENTS
Not a regular surfer but just heard about your illness. So glad you fought back, that's the Bruce spirit. A revived Cream would be good because how can all these years go by and that good stuff not be played again? Tell Eric everyone says so. But the most important thing is that you keep on singing and playing Jack stuff. Happy Christmas.
NAME: kosta
LOCATION: brazil
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 1:42:34 PM
COMMENTS
Great news.This will be really exciting.I hope more dates will follow.I wish you all the best.Kosta
NAME: Henk Buss
LOCATION: Haarlem, The Netherlands
ADDRESS: benkhuzz@wxs.nl
Date: 12/18/2004
Time: 9:31:16 PM
COMMENTS
At first I could not take it for real, the rumoured reunion but there it is, its now official: after 37 Years of wishing & hoping its finally true: the three Gods of contemporary music are leaving the Olympus and are showing us their good grace.... But it will be a hefty pelgrimage to London, next year. Only 4 shows are planned and I'm afraid that lots of tickets will go to people who are close to the nucleus of the musical-industrial complex. Nonetheless I'm thrilled and will do anything to get there... This is the text I borrowed from Eric's [Where's Eric] site:
CREAM REUNION: IT'S OFFICIAL! After weeks of speculation it was announced today by Eric Clapton that legendary 60s supergroup Cream will reunite for 4 shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The venue was the scene of the trio's last appearance in 1968.
Concert appearances have been scheduled for May 2005. Information regarding ticket sales has not yet been made public. These are the only Cream concerts scheduled. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Eric Clapton made the announcement on BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker show. The shows will be recorded. Eric also said that tickets will go on sale soon.
After leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in 1966, Eric accepted drummer Ginger Baker's offer to start a new band. Eric suggested bassist Jack Bruce. During its two-year life span, Cream - as in "cream of the crop" - released four albums: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1968). The band's performances were not a series of three-minute hit song recreations but featured ground-breaking long-form improvisation around album cuts. The band's final two performances on 26 November 1968 at London's Royal Albert Hall were filmed. Farewell Cream has been released on DVD demonstrating the band's continuing popularity over the years. In the decades since the band broke up in late 1968, countless musicians have pointed to the power trio as an important influence on their own playing and style and the hard rock genre.
Cream reunited once before in January 1993 when they performed three songs at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
NAME: Martin Johnson
LOCATION: Liverpool
ADDRESS: martin.johnson3@tesco.net
Date: 12/19/2004
Time: 7:57:43 AM
COMMENTS
Just read the announcement of Dick Heckstall-Smith's death. Dick's contribution to british jazz and blues has been inestimable and his will be a very very sad loss not only for his friends and family but for lovers of all good music. With two thirds of the great Graham Bond Organisation playing in London in April I hope that the Cream reunion could also be used as a tribute to Dick as well
NAME: Joe Higgins
LOCATION: Chicago Illinois USA
ADDRESS: webmaster@alovesuprememusic.com
Date: 12/19/2004
Time: 10:29:26 AM
COMMENTS
Dear Jack,
I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your good friend Dick Heckstall Smith. I loved his work with you and I will be sure to check out more of his other work. I've lost a lot of people in my life, parents, grandparents, a dear love, but never my closest friend. Must be very difficult. My heart goes out to you.
Peace and love, Joe
NAME: Eric Vincent
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA, USA
ADDRESS: proferic@hotmail.com
Date: 12/19/2004
Time: 11:00:46 AM
COMMENTS
Jack;
Sorry to hear about Dick Heckstall-Smith My deppest condolences go to you and your family.
Eric Vincent.
NAME: Larry
LOCATION: The Bronx, NYC
ADDRESS: simibaby714@aol.com
Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 12:53:39 AM
COMMENTS
Jack, My sincere condolences on the passing of Dick H-S. I know he was part or your musical family. You two communicated so beautifully on "Things...", "Never Tell..." etc. And I love the way you intr'd him on "Cities..." as:
"My Dad, Dick Heckstall-Smith".(that says it all). May he rest in Peace.
And to you, Jack, and your family,
Happy Xmas and a happy and healthy New Year. Peace, Larry
NAME: David Stoltz
LOCATION: West Hartford,Ct. USA
ADDRESS: davidstoltz@msn.com
Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 3:30:59 AM
COMMENTS
Jack........what can I say? I am so sorry to hear about the passing of Dick Heckstall Smith.He was a true legend and a big part of your music that was a one of a kind fit."Never Tell Your Mother..." and many other songs were what they were because of him.As hard as this news must be to accept,I only hope that you find some solace in the fact that we appreciated him so much and that you were the one who presented him to the world,America in particular.Many of us may not have known about him,if not for you.He did alot for you and you did alot for him,too!He must surely be up there smiling down on you,Jack.Many hearts are with you at this time.
NAME: Dave Oswald
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS: dave@edaltd.co.uk
Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 8:38:41 AM
COMMENTS
CREAM REUNION: IT'S OFFICIAL!
After weeks of speculation it was announced today by Eric Clapton that legendary 60s supergroup Cream will reunite for 4 shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The venue was the scene of the trio's last appearance in 1968.
Concert appearances have been scheduled for May 2005. Information regarding ticket sales has not yet been made public. These are the only Cream concerts scheduled. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Eric Clapton made the announcement on BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker show. The shows will be recorded. Eric also said that tickets will go on sale soon.
After leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in 1966, Eric accepted drummer Ginger Baker's offer to start a new band. Eric suggested bassist Jack Bruce. During its two-year life span, Cream - as in "cream of the crop" - released four albums: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1968). The band's performances were not a series of three-minute hit song recreations but featured ground-breaking long-form improvisation around album cuts. The band's final two performances on 26 November 1968 at London's Royal Albert Hall were filmed. Farewell Cream has been released on DVD demonstrating the band's continuing popularity over the years. In the decades since the band broke up in late 1968, countless musicians have pointed to the power trio as an important influence on their own playing and style and the hard rock genre.
Cream reunited once before in January 1993 when they performed three songs at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
NAME: Howard Johnston
LOCATION: The Wirral
ADDRESS: hsmj.ghostmojo@virgin.net
Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 10:51:58 AM
COMMENTS
What a weekend for receiving mixed news... The bad news first is that Dick Heckstall-Smith has passed away. What a great shame and what a great player. His playing on "Things We Like" in particular was quite inspired. I saw him play in concert with Jack many years ago, and he was an outstanding musician.
It must be especially heartbreaking for Jack, coming as it does, so soon after recovering from his own serious illness. D H-S will be greatly missed amongst all lovers of great jazz and blues.
Of course, very sadly, that puts a hude dampener on the good news. The latter is of course that Eric finally confirmed the rumours of the long awaited Cream Reunion. He spoke on last Friday's BBC Radio 2 "Johnny Walker Show" and revealed that 4 shows will be played next May at Cream's ancestral concert home - The Royal Albert Hall in London.
Apparently they will all be recorded for posterity. (I hope they receive better treatment than the last recordings made there of Cream back in 1968.)
And I suppose I'd better start queueing now.....
NAME: John Burrell
LOCATION: Harrogate
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 5:16:41 PM
COMMENTS
I'm sure we are all saddened by the death of Dick Heckstall-Smith. I remember buying my first Alexis Korner LP on Ace of Clubs and being turned on by the the music. Graham Bond followed, then I managed to see Dick with the Mayall Bare Wires band, which contained the nucleus of Collosseum. I saw Collosseum many, many times and they remain to this day one of my favourite bands - one of my favourite numbers being Tanglewood 65. How will he be replaced on the forthcoming tour, I wonder. I only saw him with Jack on two occasions but thoroughly enjoyed his contributions. One of my favourites is his playing on a trio with John James the acoustic guitarist. I remember he was in the crowd at the Cuicoland debut at Londons Jazz Cafe, enjoying his mate's new line up. I have just got his book and was looking forward to getting stuck into it when I was stunned by the news on Jack's web site. A great guy, a great player and a stalwart of the great British Blues scene. Rest in peace, Dick.
NAME: Phil Watson
LOCATION: Sydney Australia
ADDRESS: phil.watson@reedbusiness.com.au
Date: 12/20/2004
Time: 6:40:57 PM
COMMENTS
Jack,
I am so sorry to hear of Dick's death...he was a fantastic musician and the godfather of the British blues scene for so many years...he will be terribly missed.
After hearing Fresh Cream in 1966 and later Disraeli Gears I was taken aback when I first heard the Colosseum classic, 'Those who are about to die, we salute you'.
What a band! the fact that they are still making records AND touring is a testament to the great music that Jon Hiseman and the band have written and played over all these years.
It's ironic that with Dick's illness, Jon's wife Barbara Thompson has been filling in on saxes with Colosseum on gigs. Given Barbara's own battle's with illness the band still gets it on!
As soon as I get home tonight I will slip on the Colosseum live DVD and relive the great Dick Heckstall-Smith as he would like to be remembered...on fire with one of the world's most underated bands.
I hope your health is improving and it's not too long before you are back on the road.
I am gonna sit on the beach this weekend and crack a nice cold beer in memory of Dick, one of the best!
Have a great Christmas and best wishes to all Jack Bruce fans around the globe.
Phil.
NAME: Geoffrey Neill
LOCATION: New Zealand
ADDRESS: geoffreydom@yahoo.com
Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 3:12:10 AM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack, sincere condolences for the loss of your friend, Dick H-S. Sadly, or perhaps fortunately, I read of his passing while listening to his dual-soloing on Colosseum's "Those About To Die..."
There has always been, for me, a shortlist of names that would make me prick up my ears when I heard them. One of those names was Dick Heckstall-Smith.
I hope he enjoys the big jam in the sky. RIP Dick.
NAME: jeff lynch
LOCATION: harrisburg, pennsylvania usa
ADDRESS: jeff@jefflynch.net
Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 9:11:23 AM
COMMENTS
so sad to hear of the departure of dh-s ... he was clearly so close, so important. hope to talk soon ... stay on the road to better, ok? wishes for peace and happiness in the coming year ... and sounds!
jeff.
ps: note the change in the email addy. the spammers finally did the old one in!
NAME: Bill Flynn
LOCATION: Virginia, USA
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 10:16:22 AM
COMMENTS
Jack,
I wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday season and good health in 2005 and for many years to come.
Long time fan, Bill
NAME: Dave Oswald
LOCATION: London
ADDRESS: dave@edaltd.co.uk
Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 12:00:53 PM
COMMENTS
So sorry to hear of the passing of Dick Heckstall-Smith. Saw him with Colisseum and Big Chief. Loved his work with Jack on Things We Like and Cities of the Heart. Got his album Woza Nasu too. Rest in peace.
NAME: bob goodchild
LOCATION: reading england
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 1:30:42 PM
COMMENTS
cream reunion would be interesting but that would mean clapton vocals would much rather hear your brillant vocals solo .i have seen you live 35 times over the years. in various settings starting with one of your solo gigs lyceam in the strand i think.you have surpassed cream years ago.but i havent enjoyed claptons playing post blind faith. now if you had jeff beck on guitar and christian vander from magma on drums and vocals that would be my dream team. and the finest trio of talent in the worl
NAME: Seppo Valjakka
LOCATION: Finland
ADDRESS: seppo.valjakka@suomi24.fi
Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 4:51:17 PM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack! I just wanted to thank You for Your great music and singing and playing during last decades.I have been your fan ever since the "wrapping paper"!I play guitar for as a hobby,but have released a couple of albums called "Blackbird"and "Taking it back"including your songs like "WHITE ROOM"and "TAKE IT BACK" Thank You again and God blessing to You and Your loveones!!
Yours sincerely Seppo Valjakka,Finland
NAME: tom puzio
LOCATION: pequannock n.j. usa
ADDRESS: puzio24@aol.com
Date: 12/21/2004
Time: 5:41:24 PM
COMMENTS
holy cow heard today on q104.3 cream will reunite this spring?jack you have to bring out the eb-3. or i'll send you mine tom old bass player.
NAME: Martti Turunen
LOCATION: Finland
ADDRESS: martti.turunen@ritmacon.fi
Date: 12/22/2004
Time: 7:46:51 AM
COMMENTS
Dear Jack,
I give my condolences for Dick´s death. He was a nice person and player, playing with you in many fantastic sessions. We´ll never see "Never Tell Your Mother..." any more.
Martti
NAME: guido
LOCATION: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
ADDRESS: g.tolbecq@pandora.be
Date: 12/23/2004
Time: 9:58:37 AM
COMMENTS
Hi Mr Bruce, Saw just in your diary Dick is no more.How is it possible,except You nobody say anyword about it or did'nt I lissen?I know Dick for years,from the sixties with Mayall,and saw him on stage with Mike Harison last year.He's the best on sax.As we say in french Mr Bruce,sincères condoléances. Saw you on stage a few years ago in Antwerp.Great as usualy.See you in London next year.Merry Xmas. guido.
NAME: Layla
LOCATION: Germany
ADDRESS: Layla@wolke7.net
Date: 12/23/2004
Time: 6:17:43 PM
COMMENTS
Great hope for a Cream Reunion at the Royal Albert Hall, London in may 2005:) I`ll be there! Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year Layla
NAME: Layla
LOCATION: Germany
ADDRESS: Layla@wolke7.net
Date: 12/23/2004
Time: 6:24:05 PM
COMMENTS
CREAM REUNION: IT'S OFFICIAL!
After weeks of speculation it was announced today by Eric Clapton that legendary 60s supergroup Cream will reunite for 4 shows at London's Royal Albert Hall. The venue was the scene of the trio's last appearance in 1968.
Concert appearances have been scheduled for May 2005. Information regarding ticket sales has not yet been made public. These are the only Cream concerts scheduled. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Eric Clapton made the announcement on BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker show. The shows will be recorded. Eric also said that tickets will go on sale soon.
After leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in 1966, Eric accepted drummer Ginger Baker's offer to start a new band. Eric suggested bassist Jack Bruce. During its two-year life span, Cream - as in "cream of the crop" - released four albums: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1968). The band's performances were not a series of three-minute hit song recreations but featured ground-breaking long-form improvisation around album cuts. The band's final two performances on 26 November 1968 at London's Royal Albert Hall were filmed. Farewell Cream has been released on DVD demonstrating the band's continuing popularity over the years. In the decades since the band broke up in late 1968, countless musicians have pointed to the power trio as an important influence on their own playing and style and the hard rock genre.
Cream reunited once before in January 1993 when they performed three songs at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame www.whereseric.com
NAME: jjohn
LOCATION:
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 1:02:15 PM
COMMENTS
NAME: Scott Carey aka Chang Noi
LOCATION: Bangkok, Thailand
ADDRESS: chang_noi_band@yahoo.com
Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 11:04:01 PM
COMMENTS
Jack it is great to hear that you guys will getting back together! I will be playing your music tonight as I do almost every night here. In Thailand there is a great appreciation for Rock and especially the music of Cream. 41 years playing guitar and you guys have always been my greatest influence Pleae visit and sign our gusetbook http://geocities.com/chang_noi_band Thanks for all
NAME: dave
LOCATION: nyc
ADDRESS: dlorcd@aol.com
Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 11:18:37 PM
COMMENTS
Hi Jack i'm very sorry for the loss of your great friend. Dick Heckstall-Smith was one of our finest musicians and will be sorely missed. May you have a very healthy and happy new year.
NAME: Charley
LOCATION: Baltimore, MD
ADDRESS: CTConkling@comcast.net
Date: 12/24/2004
Time: 11:40:21 PM
COMMENTS
I saw you play at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA on 4-19-1968. Aawesome show. In fact, it remains the best concert I ever saw. I would love to see a reunion. Thanks for the memories. Charley
NAME: Rob
LOCATION: South Shields, England
ADDRESS: robfaircloth@blueyoner.co.uk
Date: 12/25/2004
Time: 2:22:49 PM
COMMENTS
Jack
Have a great Christmas and most importantly a healthy new year. Then a few Cream gigs wouldn't go wrong ..... although how we're all going to get the few tickets available is another thing. Looks like it's on the streets again for me. That'll pay off at least the card booking fee! And 'thank you' for More Jack Than God - it is wonderful. Best wishes. Rob
NAME: Ron Dolce
LOCATION: Evanston, Ill. U.S.A.
ADDRESS: rondolce@go.com
Date: 12/26/2004
Time: 11:36:05 AM
COMMENTS
Deepest regrets on the loss of your friend, Dick Heckstall-Smith. I remember first hearing him on "Songs For A Tailor" and having to defend his playing to the college jazz-band members I hung out with at school (this was pre-Bitches Brew, so college jazzers were very closed off to anything outside their big-band-bebop-Miles universe).I've always found his music to be challenging, but emotionally and intellectually rewarding and it was worth following his career up to the end. Incidentally, I just finished reading "Blowing The Blues" a couple of days ago and I'm impressed with his deep committment to his musical vision and I'm glad he got to tell his life story. Sorry again. P.S. I eventually won most of those college debates.
NAME: Tony Brennan
LOCATION: Airdrie, SCOTLAND
ADDRESS:
Date: 12/28/2004
Time: 6:28:56 PM
COMMENTS
If it was`nt for Jack Bruce and Bladesy I would`nt be a Bass Player. You don`t know it but it`s true.
NAME: RONI MILAZZO
LOCATION: JAMESBURG N.J.
ADDRESS: RMILAZZO@EPIC.COM
Date: 12/29/2004
Time: 2:30:41 PM
COMMENTS
DEAR JACK, THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG INFLUENCE ON ME. I AM A HUGE FAN AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. I HAVE AN ALBUM OF YOURS WITH THE GRAHAM BOND ORG.THAT WAS RECORDED LIVE IN 1964 AT KLOOK'S KLEEK IN LONDON. I MUST SAY YOUR EARLY VERSION OF TRAINTIME IS AWESOME.I AM GLAD YOU ARE BETTER.I AM LOOKING FOWARD TO THE CREAM REUNITING AGAIN. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE SAID YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO REHERSE EARLY IN 2005 AND DO A WEEK OF SHOWS IN LONDON. IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF GOING TO THE USA? IF NOT WILL THERE BE A VIDIO OF ANY PEFORMANCES? IN CLOSING I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS AROUND. I KNOW THAT MY PLAYING WAS INFLUENCED BY YOU. I WAS A FAN IN 1966 AND STILL AM IN 2005. YOU SIR ARE THE BEST. THANKS YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES. RONI MILAZZO
NAME: Jana a Veronika
LOCATION: Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, Earth, galaxy of Milky Way, turn left at Aldebaran, and you're there in no time...
ADDRESS: barrett6146@yahoo.com
Date: 12/29/2004
Time: 7:50:35 PM
COMMENTS
Hi jack,
just heard the news about your illness today... and it had shocked us and everything... just can't find the words. We only want to wish you all the best, good health and above all A LOT OF LUCK (because, as they say - there has been a lot of rich and healthy people on Titanic, after all... :-)). Hope to hear some good news soon. Veronika says she knows you'll make it - she's the same sun sign and she says she would... :-))) So you'd better... Loads of love from silly pair!
NAME: Dave Pickel
LOCATION: Somerset, NJ, USA
ADDRESS: pickeld@hotmail.com
Date: 12/29/2004
Time: 11:25:40 PM
COMMENTS
Once in a while, a definitive song comes along. Some examples: Purple Haze, We don't get fooled again, Wanted Dead or Alive, and many more. These songs are the ones you LOVE the first time you hear them, and from then on. I was in High School when I first heard White Room. It took over 30 yrs for me to even start to grow a bit tired of it. Even though I don't play it as often, It still sends shivers down my spine. So perfectly written. Jack, Thanks so much for all the music. Live Cream Vol II is still one of my most prized possessions. My kids knew who Cream was before they started school. Best Regards, Dave Pickel PS-Please take the re-united Cream to the New York area :)
NAME: Brian Miller
LOCATION: Denver, Colorado
ADDRESS: bmilleryh@yahoo.com
Date: 12/30/2004
Time: 6:53:07 AM
COMMENTS
Jack:
How about LAZARUS RISING as the album name?
Thanks for taking my suggestion, that evening at Don Quixote's in Denver, for creating an acoustic version of "As You Said" with your son, Malcolm.
Coming in on the 4th beat for the Sunshine guitar solo, Cole Porter's Refrain from "Night & Day" in Octaves may work (starting with E5 on the 9th position to G5 on the 12th; fretting and opening the 3rd string during chording also seems to work here). Playing Sunshine in E, I think the refrain ends in G Major. After a 3 beat tacet interval to finish the bar, I play a unison bend on C# , then B C# G A for the main sunshine riff, which again becomes the subdominant in E, leading back to tonic.
Additional words for Strange Brew:
"On a Rainbow Malestrom in an Ancient Sea
We will take our Stand for Eternity..Because.....
You Know All Else is Lost"
Strange Brew..... A Panorama of Life Inside You"
(2nd verse)
"Near a House at the end of 47th Street
We will turn Ourselves back to The Broadway Beat......Because.....
Know Mr. Jimi'...s Boss
Strange Brew......A Panorama of Life Inside You"
I know this will come off - You are all wiser for the years.
Thanks,
Brian Miller