<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Jack-bruce ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/jack-bruce Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Paul McCartney likes to control things under the guise of saying, ‘Play as free as you like.’ Then he’ll start to pick it all apart”: Chris Spedding’s favorite sessions ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/chris-spedding-favorite-sessions x9VbzbPdoJkyXLF6ZtwrGe Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People got stuck on an image of axe-wielding maniacs on drugs or if they would even speak to each other”: What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/cream-chronicled-nettie-baker-interview 6MCzxU8nizTqC3dbcyAqse Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:50:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As soon as they started to jam, all three felt the magic. They instinctively knew they were on to something”: Their first single was so bad, the label pulled 10,000 copies. Yet they went on to be one of the most influential supergroups in music history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-history-of-cream tHT2DxZbSz2QCFiyeMTLcM Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:25:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Atlantic Records told me, ‘Eric should be the singer. You’re just the bass player.’ So I cried in the corner while they came up with Strange Brew”: Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/jack-bruce-eric-clapton-cream yBKt45GUvvL6oXttdaeNFH Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:40:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He got really upset and ran off down the street. He turned the corner, and I never saw him again”: Jack Bruce’s final encounter with Jaco Pastorius ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-jack-bruce-met-jaco-pastorius BTfozxbbCNcTYY5ZrjnAFf Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:20:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:15:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Used for the Cream reunion shows, arguably one of the biggest rock reunion performances of all time”: Jack Bruce’s Gibson EB-1 is going up for a one-time-only public display ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/jack-bruce-eb-1-bass-gibson-garage-london xedJpnTywSSsPSUC2JiBr4 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:19:06 +0000 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:19:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The door burst open. It was James, who was late and had come into the wrong room. He started listening and said, ’No, no, that's not the way you do it,’ and grabbed my EB-3”: Jack Bruce on his chance meeting with Motown hit-maker James Jamerson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-jack-bruce-met-james-jamerson tvbhFfcfDFHDzYhXbYxtZn Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:23:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:15:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was one gig where Eric and I stopped playing for two choruses. Jack didn’t even know”: Cream were one of the loudest rock bands of their time – but the excessive volume tore the band apart ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/cream-jack-bruce-volume-breakup a3Zf2SJSwSwU3henhJpKLB Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:07:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we started in 1966, Eric and Jack had one Marshall each. Then it became a stack, then a double stack, and finally a triple stack”: Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker recount the wild story of Cream, rock's pioneering power trio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-story-of-cream 8CzNWoyHm8g4XkXR66mQ2V Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:37:39 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:24:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Everyone I've ever met that I worshipped has been a disappointment, so I want to keep him as my hero”: Geezer Butler names his favorite bassist of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/geezer-butler-names-his-favorite-bassist jGbf3nfnciDG52BSErTNVX Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:13:00 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:06:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric was a bit taken aback”: When Jack Bruce radically reworked Cream hits to Eric Clapton’s surprise – and that time Marvin Gaye asked him to join his band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-shadows-and-air j7wj7zuYpWfoEUQDS7NnRc Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:23:31 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Peter Green is tasked with filling the shoes of Clapton, the man referred to as God”: Tracking the phenomenal guitar lineage of John Mayall in 12 essential releases ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/john-mayall-essential-guitar-albums 4GyDhZsMqBve5hBrSTiGnT Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:26:02 +0000 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:29:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You could argue that Cream was the first fusion band. Eric Clapton was our Ornette Coleman – we just didn’t tell him!” How Jack Bruce tapped into his jazz roots with fusion supergroup Spectrum Road ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-on-spectrum-road 2WLeJQ2JT7n5N9hSkEsgy8 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 11:21:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After one of the shows, Ginger said, ‘You are a great bass player after all.’ I couldn’t believe it – he’d never once said that in all the years”: In 2005, Jack Bruce reunited with Cream after 36 years – and realized how much his bass playing had changed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-cream-reunion QUAX4HShtftduF2Cf2PeMW Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:13:58 +0000 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:49:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This guy came up to me and said, ‘Hi, I’m Jimi Hendrix, can I sit in with your band?’ I said, ‘Well, I dunno – let’s go and find out’”: In June 1968, Jack Bruce came close to forming a band with Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-came-close-to-forming-a-band-with-jimi-hendrix NVa7DJMZ8uQ3RAHcccwiGE Wed, 15 May 2024 15:50:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jack loved that a kid like me, with a blue mohawk and plaid guitar, was making the songs my own – playing Cream and doing divebombs in the corner”: Blues Saraceno toured with Clapton’s Cream bandmates, recorded for Cher and had a bumpy ride with Poison ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/blues-saraceno-cream-poison jCSXgoCsVUK3JFjUbp5jNK Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:11:57 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:04:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I turned everything on the amp to 10 and smoked the guitar so hard that it would rattle someone’s teeth… They said nothing, then Jack Bruce signaled me out”: How Blues Saraceno became ‘the kid that replaced Clapton’ – despite almost blowing the audition ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/how-blues-saraceno-replaced-eric-clapton onksd8f7GzycypdHjzfMX7 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:21:42 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:19:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My dad showed that the bass can play an equal role in melodic and rhythmic invention”: Heavenly Cream mastermind Malcolm Bruce doesn’t use Jack Bruce’s gear, but he can tell you how to easily get his father’s sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/malcolm-bruce-heavenly-cream Db5euL2aLBx4792VK76tyB Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:28:07 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:37:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric Clapton’s a great guitarist, but Gary Moore’s a more exciting player”: Jack Bruce on the brilliance of Gary Moore and why Cream’s real chemistry was between Bruce and Ginger Baker ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-on-the-brilliance-of-gary-moore metP9cTD8Pr7vMDWtgRKe3 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:49:27 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “McCartney was fantastic. Mind you, I tried one of those Hofner basses and I thought it was crap”: Judas Priest’s heavy metal veteran Ian Hill picks his top 5 bass albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/ian-hill-picks-his-top-5-bass-albums VXRbzisWWrTBw7ywMs8R8X Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:52:27 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s hard to think who the greatest bass players are. You could say Flea, but he doesn’t need the plug!” Jack Bruce on the bass players that shaped his sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-top-5-basslines AHeh3Cav4AzTb5ZgHMGrJD Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:48:56 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Unlike Jimi Hendrix, we never deliberately tuned down”: Listen to Jack Bruce’s bassline on Cream’s Politician ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-on-creams-politician J6RqLaBcdyNseU4kejLURJ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:26:00 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:45:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ A piece of bass history has been listed on Reverb ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/a-piece-of-bass-history-has-been-listed-on-reverb 4C2sLwJCpuWdiBMpoyRCKE Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:23:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jack Bruce: “Jimi Hendrix regarded the guitar as an extension of himself. But in an instrumental sense, I would argue that Eric Clapton was probably better” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-bruce-classic-interview caekwgNXD2vXvEWS8hoYxL Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:06:43 +0000 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:14:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Berlin releases Jack Bruce tribute album featuring guitar solos from Alex Lifeson, Bumblefoot and Eric Johnson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jeff-berlin-jack-songs-alex-lifeson-eric-johnson-bumblefoot pb6S3aQ8YAGiiyGPYqyQVV Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:10:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and Eddie Ojeda team up with Rudy Sarzo and Mike Portnoy for a thunderous cover of Theme For An Imaginary Western ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/snider-ojeda-sarzo-portnoy-west scJBj7aWetjxkWBbuCcXfQ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:22:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ 9 of the best fretless bass performances ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/9-of-the-best-fretless-bass-performances aUpytnZBeEJPZycvTDBJHi Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:00:43 +0000 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 09:27:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Buddy Guy Plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with Jack Bruce and Buddy Miles in 1969 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/buddy-guy-plays-mary-had-little-lamb-jack-bruce-and-buddy-miles-1969-video HcWCcpvUxMZKEWUKfCJmHd Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:36:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cream Play "Sunshine of Your Love" on Glen Campbell's Show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/cream-play-sunshine-your-love-glen-campbells-show qMfzT4DzYsXH3T36WbFgah Mon, 14 May 2018 15:56:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The Music of Cream' Tour Announced ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/the-music-of-cream-tour-announced 3Laf9L2moPW6ohEPAmWd4m Mon, 14 May 2018 15:35:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton's 10 Best Guitar Moments ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/eric-clapton-10-best-guitar-moments bTDdGZbcgPKgSJwNGxeYJ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:13:39 +0000 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:24:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jack Bruce Basses Up for Auction at Sotheby's in London Tomorrow — Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jack-bruce-basses-auction-sothebys-london-tomorrow-video xEe9yzqmKM9JJgr4yUfTgj Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:55:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Allman Brothers Band Perform Cream's "Politician" as Tribute to Jack Bruce ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/allman-brothers-band-perform-creams-polititian-tribute-jack-bruce oaJS6w5EnybTF2CmmiFKJb Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:44:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Clapton Premieres Jack Bruce Tribute Song, "For Jack" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eric-clapton-premieres-jack-bruce-tribute-song-jack TSZboJnHd4csmzhf2q25dJ Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:52:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jack Bruce, Cream's Influential Bassist and Singer, Dead at 71 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cream-bassist-jack-bruce-dead-71 9W47ydJn3jC658dQHLqsUc Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:53:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 20 Greatest Supergroups of All Time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/20-greatest-supergroups-all-time qeQEdDVfs34FoGGwaF2qj7 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:53:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Debut Album by Spectrum Road, Featuring Vernon Reid and Jack Bruce, Expected June 5 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/debut-album-spectrum-road-featuring-vernon-reid-and-jack-bruce-expected-june-5 F3UbFrzBxSJkQsAFyTQ2EW Wed, 09 May 2012 16:04:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ How I Got Recruited to Play Guitar with Rock Royalty ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/blogs/how-i-got-recruited-play-guitar-rock-royalty Zd6ZbJFhEueCYUqUzxfU8g Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:57:12 +0000