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Photo of Jack BRUCE and BBM and Ginger BAKER and Gary MOORE; L-R: Ginger Baker (drums), Gary Moore, Jack Bruce performing live onstage
“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

By Nick Wells Published

In 1993 the late Cream bassist joined forces with Gary Moore and Ginger Baker to form the short-lived power trio BBM

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Ian Hill of Judas Priest performs in support of the Redeemer Of Souls Tour at Fox theater on October 19, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan.
“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

By Joel McIver Published

From the Beatles to the Bluesbreakers, we asked Ian Hill to name five albums that helped him along the righteous path to metal glory with Judas Priest

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Jack Bruce, Flea, Charles Mingus and Doug Wimbish of Living Colour
“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

By Nick Wells Published

Back in 2010, we asked Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing

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Jack Bruce of West, Bruce & Laing performs on stage in 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He plays a Gibson EB-3 bass guitar
“Unlike Jimi Hendrix, we never deliberately tuned down”: Listen to Jack Bruce’s bassline on Cream’s Politician

By Nick Wells Published

Jack Bruce wrote with Pete Brown for Cream’s third album, 1968’s Wheels of Fire

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A piece of bass history has been listed on Reverb

By Nick Wells Published

What do you mean, you don’t have $7,250 for an original Gibson EB-1?

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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”

By Joel McIver Last updated

In this classic 2003 interview, the pioneering bass guitarist and rock legend talks Cream, explains why Clapton was better than Hendrix and confesses his love for gangsta rap

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Alex Lifeson, Bumblefoot and Eric Johnson all appear on Jeff Berlin's album Jack Songs
Jeff Berlin releases Jack Bruce tribute album featuring guitar solos from Alex Lifeson, Bumblefoot and Eric Johnson

By Matt Parker Published

The star-studded tribute record, Jack Songs, has been a long time coming but the bass hero says it’s now available to order

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Eddie Ojeda (left) and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister perform at the Bloodstock Festival at Catton Park on August 12, 2016 in Burton upon Trent, England
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

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The hard-rocking version of the Pete Brown/Jack Bruce-penned tune – famously covered by Mountain – features on Legacy, the forthcoming all-star Leslie West tribute album

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9 of the best fretless bass performances

By Bass Player Staff Published

Dive into some of the most sublime examples of fretless playing in bass guitar history

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Buddy Guy Plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with Jack Bruce and Buddy Miles in 1969

By Damian Fanelli Published

What would Buddy Guy sound like if he were backed by members of Cream and Jimi Hendrix's band? The answer is, of course, very, very awesome.

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