Mike d’Abo had big shoes to fill as he was installed as the new lead singer of the hit making machine called Manfred Mann in the mid 1960’s to replace Paul Jones. However Mike d’Abo was a super success & continued the hits for Manfred Mann singing classics such as: The Mighty Quinn, Ha Ha Said the Clown, Fox
Read morePurple Haze is very saddened to hear of the death at 71 years of singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, etc. & all-round music legend: Jack Bruce. Jack Bruce was best known for being the bass player & lead singer of Cream but also had a fruitful solo career right up to 2014. Vale John “Jack” Symon Asher Bruce 14/5/1943 – 25/10/2014 Official
Read moreJack Bruce, one of the greatest popular musicians Britain has ever produced. A supremely talented instrumentalist and vocalist, eminently respected by his peers, Jack’s pioneering bass playing style has influenced successive generations of bassists, including such luminaries as Paul McCartney, Jaco Pastorius and Sting, alongside more contemporary musicians such as Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. He is also the possessor of one
Read moreGuitarist Leslie West is one of the true pioneering heavy rock guitarists having made his mark initially in the New York band The Vagrants. He went on to form Mountain, “a band heavier than Cream” with Felix Pappalardi, the man who produced Cream’s famous albums. Leslie West then formed West Bruce & Laing with ex-Cream bassist Jack Bruce, after which he forged a strong solo career releasing a continuous series of albums right up
Read more1 Sunshine of Your Love/Cream “Disraeli Gears” 1967 2 Powerhouse Sod (live)/West Bruce & Laing
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