Jack Bruce: The Man Behind the Bass

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Jack Bruce: The Man Behind the Bass

2012

0h 30m

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The late Jack Bruce fronted the 1960s supergroup Cream alongside Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker and has played with everyone from Marvin Gaye to Jimi Hendrix and from Lulu to Lou Reed.

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