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Ultimate Power-Trio Bassist Jack Bruce Steps on the Silver Rails

Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 6 May 2014

HE'S BEST KNOWN to the average classic-rock fan for the scant time in the '60s, fewer than three years, that he spent singing and playing bass for a quiet little trio named Cream, alongside subdued guitarist Eric Clapton and noted shy-guy drummer Ginger Baker. But Jack Bruce has certainly had a multi-hued career since those acid-drenched days of white rooms, strange brews and tales of brave Ulysses.

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