Cream bassist honoured by music school
LATE Jack oured Bruce Cream with has bass a memorial been guitarist honsculpture at his old music school.
The Scottish singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist has been recognised by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he was a cello and composition student from 1958 to 1961.
The sculpture, made of wood, perspex and metal,
encapsulates some of Bruce’s own bass guitar strings and was created by artist, designer and costumier Hazel Blue. The artwork is also laser-etched with a quote from the Glasgow-born musician. It reads: “Failure can be a triumph but fear of failure is always a disaster.” Bruce won a scholarship in cello and composition to
what was then the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, from where he later received an Honorary Doctorate of Music. He played with Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, John Mayall and Manfred Mann before forming Cream with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker. Bruce composed most of Cream’s hits, including I
Feel Your and band’s many Free, Love, meteoric others Sunshine White career. during Room the Of The memorial was unveiled during a reception at the institution with his widow Margrit and daughter Kyla among those in attendance. It was followed by a Blue Mondays concert featuring jazz students from Scotland’s national conservatoire.