Bruce Cameron - Midnight Daydream (Great Bluesrock US 1999)

Size: 120 MB
Bitrate: 256
mp3
Ripped by: ChrisGowaRock
Artwork Included

Bruce Cameron (1955 - October 16, 1999) was a guitarist who managed to attract a number of famous rock-and-roll musicians to record his 1999 debut and only album, Midnight Daydream, released by Brain Cell Records (North Carolina).

The unlikely cast of supporting musicians for this seemingly obscure album included:

The entire album was self-recorded and engineered by Derrick Acker of Quetzal Recording and Cameron at his own home studio in North Carolina. It was seemingly self-funded and promoted based on the quality of the website, advertisements and production quality.

A press conference concerning the release was held at the Hilton Hotel in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 15, 1999. Those present included Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, Cameron, and Cameron collaborator, ANT-BEE (drummer and quasi online rock-journalist). Publicity material touted the group of musicians as a reunion of the famous Hendrix band, The Band of Gypsys, on the then Cameron-run website. Full page advertisements promoting the album had been run in a nationally distributed guitar magazine.

Within a month of the press conference, Cameron committed suicide, ending a rather curious and short high-profile career of recording with world class greats known to millions. The album has been under-represented to the public by its artists, who have tended not to list them in any public forums (with a couple of exceptions). But, the fact remains that the record is a notable one due to the involvement of so many Jimi Hendrix alumni players along with great bassist Jack Bruce among others.

The record itself was a "buffet" of styles that mirrored the past releases of the guest talents involved. For example, the title track, "Midnight Daydream," which featured Band of Gypsys singer/drummer Buddy Miles, sounds like a Hendrix guitar-driven song. He has a son, Riley Cameron, who is determined to become the guitarist his dad wanted to become. Riley is the guitarist of a band that is currently recording their first album. He lives in Rocky Point, North Carolina.

* Jack Bruce (Cream, B.L.T., and solo career).
* Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, and Ramatam).
* Buddy Miles (Band of Gypsys, Electric Flag, Buddy Miles Express).
* Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep, Blackfoot).
* Harvey Dalton Arnold (Outlaws).
* Neal Smith (Alice Cooper).
* Michael Bruce (Alice Cooper).
* Bunk Gardner (The Mothers of Invention).
* Billy James (Ant-Bee).
* Billy Cox (Band of Gypsys, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows).

01. Midnight Daydream       6:37  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
  Billy Cox - Bass 
  Buddy Miles - Vocals, Drums

02. Doctor Please       4:47  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
  Jack Bruce - Vocals, Bass 
  ANT-BEE - Drums 

03. Mind Gardens       5:19  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars, Mellotron 
  Ken Hensley - Keyboards 
  Neal Smith - Drums 
  Harvey Dalton Arnold -  Bass 
  ANT-BEE - Vocals

04. Miles Away        3:25  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
  Harvey Dalton Arnold -  Bass, Vocals 
  Mitch Mitchell - Drums 

05. Born to Lose      5:27  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
  Billy Cox - Bass 
  Buddy Miles - Vocals, Drums

06. I Want to Be Late      4:14  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
  Michael Bruce - Vocals 
  Neal Smith - Drums 

07. Forever Rebel Girls      6:13  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
  Harvey Dalton Arnold -  Bass, Vocals 
  ANT-BEE - Drums

08. Just Like a Spaceman      3:52  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars, Mellotron, Pedal Steel 
  Ken Hensley - Keyboards 
  Neal Smith - Drums 
  Harvey Dalton Arnold -  Bass 
  ANT-BEE - Vocals 

09. So Aliens Have Been Here   4:21  
  Bruce Cameron - Guitars, Mellotron 
  Harvey Dalton Arnold -  Bass

10. A Thousand Moons      3:49  
   Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
   Billy Cox - Bass 
   Buddy Miles - Vocals, Drums 

11. Raining the Blues      4:34  
   Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
   Jack Bruce - Vocals, Bass 
   Mitch Mitchell - Drums

12. Day After Yesterday      3:23  
   Bruce Cameron - Sitars, Mellotron, Sarod 
   Bunk Gardner - Woodwinds 

13. Falling up a Mountain      4:04  
   Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
   Michael Bruce - Vocals 
   Neal Smith - Drums

14. She's so Gone      2:29  
   Bruce Cameron - Guitars 
   Ken Hensley - Keyboards 
   Neal Smith - Drums 
   Harvey Dalton Arnold -  Bass 

1. Link

or

2. Link

.