What is Craig Gruber?
'''Craig Gruber''' (June 22, 1951 &ndash; May 5, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[bassist]] and [[musician]]. He was best known as the original [[bassist]] in the [[England|English]] [[band]] [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]]. He also played in [[Elf (band)|Elf]] with [[vocalist]] [[Ronnie James Dio]], [[keyboardist]] [[Mickey Lee Soule]], [[drummer]] [[Gary Driscoll]] and [[guitarist]] [[David Feinstein (musician)|David Feinstein]]. Gruber died from [[prostate cancer]] on May 5, 2015 in [[Florida]], aged 63.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Stef Lach|url=https://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2015-05-06/rainbow-bassist-craig-gruber-dead-at-63|title=Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber dead at 63|work=ClassicRock.com|date=May 6, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gruber, Craig}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American bass guitarists]] [[Category:American rock musicians]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Florida]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] {{US-bio-stub}}