Category: "Interviews"

Marco Mendoza Interview

Interview with Marco Mendoza by Ty Campbell, Bass Frontiers Staff Contributor Recently while in St. Louis, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Marco Mendoza. Marco has played with such great artists including Ted Nugent, Whitesnake, Edgar Winter, Bill Ward, Blue Murder with John Sykes, Delores O’Riordan, and countless others. Marco is [...]

Interview: Mark Robertson

by Shane Vahle Bass Frontier Contributor Mark Robertson has more than one iron in the fire. He’s a multifaceted Upright/Electric player who has spent the better part of the last decade touring and recording with The Legendary Shack Shakers as well as finding time to work from his Nashville-based studio producing albums and writing music [...]

Keeping up with Funkboy! An Interview with Ivan Bodley

Interview by Barbara Wiesenberg Who is one of the busiest working bassists you’ll meet? That would be the versatile, dynamic, industrious and accomplished Ivan “Funkboy” Bodley. To wit, the bulk of this interview was conducted virtually; during “down time” at hotels and on buses between Japanese towns and during sound checks while Ivan was out [...]

Steuart Liebig Interview – Hidden Treasure Part 1

By Brent-Anthony Johnson How can I describe Los Angeles-based composer, experimental music icon, all-around nice guy and über bad-boy fretless bassist Steuart Liebig? HMMM… that’s truly one for the books, folks. I first met Steuart in ’00 when I was looking for a couple bassists to study with via e-mail. After several really cool conversations, [...]

Steuart Liebig Interview – Hidden Treasure Part 2

By Brent-Anthony Johnson Missed part 1? Click here to view it. BAJ: What is your vision for your musical voice, and what are you favorite mood provoking devices – musically and compositionally? SL: Dude, these are deep questions! My musical voice? In terms of my voice on the bass, I’ve been trying to do some [...]

Rockabilly Bassist “Slick” Joe Fick

Interview by Shane Vahle If you’ve spent any time on Memphis’ famed Beale St. in the past few years, chances are likely that you’ve seen or at least heard of one of Bluff City’s best known and most entertaining bands; a “high octane” Rockabilly trio known as The Dempseys, made up of Joe Fick (Upright [...]

Jeff Berlin Interviewed by Roy Vogt

Roy Vogt Interviews Jeff Berlin on his new CD, High Standards, now available on iTunes. Click the album cover below to view in iTunes. To read the Bass Frontiers review of High Standars click here. RV: Why a CD of standards? JB: Well, I’ve played standards since I was 19. Standards were my first introduction [...]

“A Day In The Life” on the Road with Sugarland

by Annie Clements People often ask me for details on what a typical “day on the road” looks like. Well, it looks (and smells) different everyday. Being a bassist in a popular country band can mean anything from waking up on the tour bus in the parking lot of a stadium like Soldier Field, to [...]

Dennis Crouch – Part II

Note – The first part of this interview can be found here:http://www.bassfrontiersmag.com/nashville-bassist-dennis-crouch-part-one JT: Dennis, I know you had done a few very popular movie soundtracks over the past couple of years; what were they? DC: Well let’s see, there was Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Cold Mountain was one, and Walk the Line was another. [...]

Steuart Liebig: Hidden Treasure

by Brent-Anthony Johnson How can I describe Los Angeles-based composer, experimental music icon, all-around nice guy and über bad-boy fretless bassist Steuart Liebig? HMMM… that’s truly one for the books, folks. I first met Steuart in ’00 when I was looking for a couple bassists to study with via e-mail. After several really cool conversations, though [...]