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Rory and I were (are) the same age. Gives one pause - never take a single day for granted.

Jack revolutionized the bass unbelievable player! Any doubt on his effect on guitar players listen to Clapton with and without Jack! No comparison!

Jack was the best part of Cream, IMO. That direct strong voice and driving bass. Just drew you in and touched your soul!

Remember everything

As Jack should...Rory can stand toe to toe with any of the greats because he is one. Great comment.

Of course he did, Jack was a gentleman. However Rory had crap tone, an annoying vibrato and extremely clichéd phrasing. Rory wasn't great

@@jupitermoongauge4055 I agree (especially about the phrasing). Rory was okay, and simpatico, but definitely does not rank with the greats. Jack Bruce, on the other hand . . .

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So used to hearing people who can't sing? You definitely need to listen to more music. Jack is great but there are loads, and I do mean loads, of singers that are far better than Jack.

Great singer and songwriter too

oh yes

What about SRV ?

@@mvela1235 Interesting comparison. As I see it they were very different players. SRV took Jimi’s licks and attitude to stratospheric levels nobody else will ever reach. But Rory had an almost scholarly level of grounding in the old folk blues, and he could make the instrument sing like a human being. But let’s face it. Once players reach a certain level comparisons get to be a matter of taste. Every great player has his strong points - and his limitations that other players cover. This is true on every instrument in every genre.

@@danielschaeffer1294 bro that's the best explanation for anything I've ever heard, Much respect. For my taste SRV is the Goat

@@mvela1235 Glad to.😉

Rory was awful. The best at what ? Shit tone and crap vibrato

When I die,bury me in flannel✌️

Jack was amazing, Rory was pretty crap

@@jupitermoongauge4055 oh really is that so troll

@@TheMcInturff he's right. Rory's good, and very likeable, but no great shakes in the greater scheme of things. He doesn't remotely rank with the best.

@@chicklets4ever51 yeah ok

Vas iz dis "GOAT" mean???????

Hello Lynn how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

How are they going to compete it’s not a duel they are playing a song and they play different instruments. I know you are echoing what others say but the statement doesn’t make sense.

People with REAL talent don't feel the need to compete with others... If Eric Clapton had been there, or Gary Moore there still wouldn't have been any "competition" simply because all these great musicians liked and admired each other... I mean, you can see the look on Rory Gallagher's face playing rhythm guitar while Jack Bruce is singing... He's genuinely happy to be there...

Always thought Clapton was the anchor for Cream. The more I see I’m convinced it was Jack Bruce. Talented man.

@@jjp.8690 , Cream was like Zepp in that the sum was greater than the parts.

@@sholland42 whoa there! Jack, one of the greatest rock bassists, Ginger, one of the greatest rock drummers, Eric, nuff said!!!

check out the Graham Bond Organization Sound of 65 lp

@@fiachra4266 Solid Bond…..wow!

Thanks for the great music Rory and Jack, forever xx

Who is the drummer? Excellent

@@BelleTolles Brendan O'Neill, drummer in Rory's band. ❤️✌️

@@BelleTolles The piano player is Geraint Watkins.

@@joyceh2721 Thanks!

Hello Melissa how are you doing hope you having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

Jimi Hendrix said Rory was the Best

Was priviledged to see Jack in a small venue in San Francisco in the mid 80s, and produced Rory and Taste while VP of the Cal Poly Concert Committee in the early 70s. One of a kind artists, RIP....

Thanks Bud,FUNNY, it might have been the"Hermits"? BUD was Dads nickname. Dave Mason was/is no slouch on guitar,solo,D&B, w/Traffic [jam],n.p.i. ROCKIN ON!!! -thanks

Talent and taste beat "showmanship" and ego indulgence every single time. Flash is good for impressing the punters, but for those who actually understand music, we come to a different conclusion about what is truly impressive. It's not how fast you can play or throwing everything you know into every single song. It's about taste, and the use of space. No one understood the blues any better than Rory and Jack, and here's your proof...

. That's interesting.....never thought about it ; that does seem to have been true. With Cream, I guess when folks keep repeating "Clapton is God", writing it on city walls (saw it here recently on an overpass while on the highway. Blew my mind it's still being written ), then maybe others get brainwashed into thinking the best one has already been singled out and they roll with it and forget the rest or not give it much credence. For decades I've noticed how many music lovers knowledge of reggae stops dead cold with Bob Marley...... or maybe they dabble a little in some Peter Tosh as well or something like that.. They seem to just have this notion the whole music genre IS pretty much just Bob Marley. Ask them anything else about reggae and you'll get no real reply or display of any depth of understanding of reggae, or say " UB40 makes good reggae",, or something kinda' dumb like that. Yet, they know most other genres much deeper and can talk at length about them. My point, Bob Marley has been sold like a brand It's the number one selling artist/brand for a really long time -- shirts, music, accessories. Go around the world and you'll see the shirt -- I have many times. Well, the banding has been done so well that today when people think of reggae they instantly think of Marley. And the reverse is true as well : Marley = Reggae . In reality, not true at all but people believe it. The same may have happened with Clapton, and Bruce was the victim. Clapton = God. No need to look further. God is #1. Just pondering .........it's an interesting theory. Maybe it's been thought of already. .

@@lanier1000 Ginger was also God 😎 And Cream and Taste were founded the same year 😎

@@ShamanKish Yes, in the early British invasion days, other than the Beatles, and Stones, we listened to Taste, Cream, Joe Walsh, the Animals, and Ten Years After, and the Who-----

@@thomasfoss9963 Taste was named as a sarcastic punch line, as so many guitarists (especially) and bands have none.

Some of us recognized his talents from 1968, he was a decent sax player too,

Hello Patricia how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

At any level, a band sound only comes out of time spent playing together. This was more like a pickup jam than a polished performance by an established band. Don't confuse or compare one with the other.

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Bollocks. Rory Gallagher wasn't fit to shine Eric's shoes when Eric was in Cream. And the drummer here is no Baker

Eric, Jack and Ginger weren't fighting each other musically in Cream, they were feeding off each other , firing each other up for virtuoso performances as in Jazz improvisation.

@@jupitermoongauge4055 You need to return to outer space. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Yeah, me too. Blind Faith, for all the talent in that band, was nothing special. I never understood the choice of Rick Grech (sp?) for the bass position. I guess they only had room for so much ego in the band and needed someone mediocre to add balance. lol. I saw Delaney and Bonnie with their new guitarist playing mostly rhythm. George somebody, I think he used to play with some famous British band or other.

@@budizen3104 THANKS!!!

As much as I love Jack Bruce, I think John Entwistle gets to be called the GOAT.