Craig Gruber

Rainbow/Elf bassist Craig Gruber, RIP

Veteran hard rock/heavy metal bassist Craig Gruber died yesterday (5/5), after battling prostate cancer, Blabbermouth reports. He was 63. Gruber was a member of Elf, one of the early bands of Ronnie James Dio (who we lost in 2010), playing on their second album, 1974’s Carolina County Ball, and their third and final album, 1975’s Trying to Burn the Sun…