Anyone who has not been living under a rock can recognize the signature sounds of beloved Stevie Wonder songs, such as “Do I Do,” “Sir Duke,” “Higher Ground,” and “Superstition.” Nate Watts has been providing signature bass lines alongside music legend Stevie Wonder since 1974. This dynamic duo makes for quite a show and if [...]
Neil Stubehaus. Where to begin? I suppose you begin with this list of people he’s been associated with since the 1970s: Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Aerosmith, Gigi D’Alessio, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton, Ricky Martin, Dan Fogelberg, John Fogerty, Cher, Joe Cocker, Bobby Caldwell, Taylor Dayne, [...]
It is impossible to tell you how cool we feel to have this video interview with none other than Michael Anthony! Currently the bassist for supergroup Chickenfoot (with Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith, and Joe Satriani), but best known as a founding member of Van Halen, Michael is one of the most loved and revered rock [...]
Derrick Hodge is a true phenom of the new generation of professional musicians. He is functioning (or has functioned) as a bass player with Maxwell (for whom he is now music director), Robert Glasper (in his trio as well as the RCDC Experiment), Gretchen Parlato, Kenneth Whalum III, Terence Blanchard, Chris Dave, Jill Scott, Mos [...]
In a very cool little feature for us, and hopefully the first of many like this, our editor-in-chief, Dave Fowler, got a chance to interview one of our very good friends, Hutch Hutchinson at the 2011 Canadian Rockies Bass Bash about a month ago. This video is the first part of this interview, and we [...]
Rudy Sarzo will always have a place in history as one of the most quintessential bassists of rock ‘n roll. With a resume that includes Ozzy, Dio, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, and Tony MacAlpine, among a ton of others, how could you go wrong? It was easy to see when we got to sit down with [...]
Stefan Lessard really needs no introduction. Fonz is the guy who gets to play bass standing next to Carter Beauford, and behind Dave Matthews. For 20 years, since the age of 16, he has been part of Dave Matthews band. They have consistently been at the top of highest grossing tours for years, and have [...]
Pete Griffin has owned the bass chair in two musical situations on COMPLETELY different ends of the spectrum. Namely; Hanson and Zappa Plays Zappa. Holding the bass spot in the ZPZ band, Pete has the job of living up to bassists who themselves were forced to live up to the standards of Frank Zappa. These [...]
Did you know Collin Raye, the American country music singer who sang hits such as “Love, Me”, “In This Life”, “My Kind of Girl” and “I Can Still Feel You”, plays bass guitar? We got the chance to interview Collin and he told us all about how he grew up with the bass, and how [...]
We first met Bernhard Lackner at Bass Frontiers a few years ago as he had made the trek to Nashville, TN from his native country of Austria. He is a great teacher, player…
Erik:
I Would Like to Know When you gonna give this kit ?
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Many of the charts in the original Real Book were based on transcriptions and (unapproved)...
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