Bilbo

I lived in the same town as Heyes when I took up the double bass the first time. Called him up for lessons. He only taught during office hours so that was the end of that.

Another ' adjust it to the room and then leave it' guy here.

Look up Mark Egan, Mo Foster, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia and a band called Montreux. That's a couple of hours sorted.

Kermit Driscol, Bill Frissel.

Dirty Loops on amphetamine.

[quote name='Kevin Glasgow' timestamp='1456769603' post='2992086'] Hi folks, Here's a new video from my band Preston-Glasgow-Lowe. Hope you enjoy it! [media]http://youtu.be/qvU4EizrbMA[/media] Cheers, Kev [/quote] I saw these guys doing this live at my Jazz East at The Alex thing in Felixstowe earlier this year. This was a stand out track, for me. I couldn't even MIME it. I still think Kevin is arguably the greatest bass player in the UK at the moment. I know he disagrees but I am bigger than him so I win.

Jaco, Anthony Jackson, Steve Swallow, Jimmy Johnson and Richard Bona on electric. On double bass it's Dave Holland, Marc Johnson, Charlie Haden, Edgar Meyer and Renaud Garcia-Fons.

I have a real soft spot for ACDC. I was there when it was Born Scott. Loved it. Makes me smile every time

I once walked into Andy's Guitar Shop in Denmark Street with a guitar roadie from a famous Parisienne guitarist. He asked Andy 'can you recommend a good Polish for my man's guitars'? Andy answered 'Pledge' :-D I left the shop really quickly.

Main problem with being a Sheehan is that you need a Vai or Gilbert to bounce off and there aren't many of them, despite the rhetoric to the contrary.

Just keep trying. A lot.

The most replaceable bass player in music

Here is my Wal Custom Fretless 4 (1985), now 30 years old, sharing the stage with John Etheridge a couple of weeks ago. The drummer on the gig (19th June) was a guy called Gary Wilcox who I last played with on a trio gig with Dylan Fowler in 1994. I used my Wal on that gig also!! [URL=http://s283.photobucket.com/user/bilbo230763/media/Etheridge%20and%20I_zps4evmwkof.jpg.html][IMG]http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk287/bilbo230763/Etheridge%20and%20I_zps4evmwkof.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Brighton is full of great musos. Shouldn't be hard to find one. One other point. Don't feel that every transcription that you do has to be complete. Sometimes, a few 'special' bars are enough to learn something important.

I lost a GK MB150S and an SWR electric Blue cab stolen from my car at the Aust Services by the old Severn Bridge. We were inside buying food. The saxophonist was in the car at the time. They took it from the boot without him realising it wasn't us.

Try non bass music. Gerry Mulligan, Curtis Fuller, Bob Brookmeyer - horns like baritone sax and trombone which mirror the range of our instrument.

Not had time. Am working on an album with guitarist Tim Ainslie and drummer Brendan O'Neil (Rory Gallagher). It's tying up what little free time I have.

Tormato has some of my favourite Squire bass work on.

Not read the whole thread but I would respond badly to someone like Rich. Duke Ellington was a gentleman and his band 10x that of Rich. This behaviour is simply unnecessary bullying. As for Whiplash, a dreadful film.

If you need a ledger line, you have gone to far. Get back down there!!!

I posted this here in 2010 but had no chords. Glad to see you got that bit nailed.

New face to me... http://youtu.be/p9rEQgASIvg

Yep. It's way ahead of what most people are doing even today.

Carl Hudson on keys (Boy George/Culture Club, Incognito, Professor Green). Great player if slightly bonkers!

It's like Modern Jazz, invented in the mid 1940s.