Craig Gruber

Biography

Craig M. Gruber (June 15, 1951 – May 5, 2015) was an American rock bassist, best known as the original bassist in Rainbow. He also played in Elf, consisting of vocalist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarist Steve Edwards.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

  1975

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  The Best Of Rainbow

  1981

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  Carolina County Ball

  1974

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  Victims Of The Future

  1984

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  Trying To Burn The Sun

  1975

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  Rainbow Rising / Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

  1976

Credited work

372 releases · 28 albums · active 1974–2026

• Performance · 442
• Other credits · 5

Studios: Musicland Studios · Kingsway Recorders · Sweet Silence Studios · Le Château D'Hérouville

Frequent collaborators

• Rainbow
• Gary Moore
• Elf (3)
• ELF (3)
• The Rods
• Bible Black
• Dio (2)
• Ronnie James Dio

Around the web

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