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Tag Archives: Bass Guitar
Los Angeles, May 1997
The first ever New Labour government had just been elected in England. On my TV, a Richard Branson impersonator with a gurning grin and a wife with a mouth like a letterbox were glad-handing the peasants near the entrance to Downing Street. The scene cut back to a weasely-looking man blowing kisses to the crowd and a fat man trying desperately to look like he could move in time to music. For the time being, I was better off here … Continue reading
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Tagged Bass Guitar, Bike Ride, Bruce Thomas, Los Angeles, Mountain Bike, Profile, Wrightwood
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Now That’s What I Call Bass!
Here’s a page to dip into — a selection of great bass lines spanning almost fifty years of popular music — with clips to view of them captured on record, video or in early performance. Though many of them are ‘old’ they’re still relevant and well worth watching. All of them had some influence on me. But not only have they influenced me — and that’s why I begin with Evelyn King / ‘Shame’ from 1978. Then hear how it was deconstructed to … Continue reading