JACK IS BACK!!! THE PURPLE HAZE ARCHIVE presents ROCK’S GREATEST BASS PLAYER JACK BRUCE: THE SOLO ALBUMS (Show #2) on PODCAST

Jack 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

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THE PURPLE HAZE ARCHIVE presents HARD ROCK GUITAR LEGEND LESLIE WEST of MOUNTAIN on PODCAST

Guitarist 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

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Supergroups on Radio Ga Ga 16/04/11

In 1966 when 21 year old guitar wiz Eric Clapton from the Yardbirds joined with Jack Bruce from Manfred Mann & Ginger Baker from The Graham Bond Organisation to form the band Cream, the supergroup was born.  On Saturday the 16th of April 2011 Radio Ga Ga will feature two hours of music from supergroups. We will of course feature the music

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