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  1. Gotta agree Mart, and as a Steelmaker the line 'and things get f#*^d and you're to blame' has haunted me many times....... .....actually, "Things get f***ed and we're to blame", "we" being the working class.
  2. Waterloo Festival! Eddie was walking along the beach round about the time I was playing! Back playing with the China's, off and on, have been for a couple of years. Even played Hanna Hanna a few times. Hadn't been played since '83, seems like nobody could work out how I do it. Not telling! There's a live version from the Ahoy in Rotterdam in '83, which even I hadn't heard till a few weeks ago. Grin like a Cheshire cat in the gym when that came on. Back playing fretless, 5-string, now. Haven't loved playing this much in years, and I'm 60. Gig at every opportunity till you drop, I've learned that too many times in the last 20 years. Just do what you love.
  3. Conan, to be honest, Walter Becker's attention to detail meant that nothing but the best was allowed under the radar. The best education a musician could ever get and a life-changing experience. The guy's innate musical knowledge is second to none and, as a person, totally inspirational. His enthusiasm for music knows no bounds and he's honest and just a f***in' great bloke. I've got a mate who's a dog's-bollocks trumpeter and he says that playing on Flaunt had the same effect on him. And he's played with The Who and Eric Clapton! Make no mistake, the greatest thing that ever happened to me, though, was the day Kevin Wilkinson walked through the rehearsal door. A bass player's only as good as his drummer, and we had the best.
  4. Ah yes. Fire & Steel. Bass sound inspired by Imagination's "Just An Illusion", believe it or not. Aria SB100 fretless with Dean Markley Ground Roundwound strings and a Boss Octaver. I loved the sound of that dual-oscillator fluid bass synth and that's the nearest I could get to recreating it. Bass line created during an intense brainstorming overdub with Mike Howlett and Gil Norton. I'm surprised nobody ever mentions "Hana Hana", the sliding harmonics went down a treat on the support for Simple Minds "Sparkle In The Rain" European tour. Thanks for listening to a fat arl fella, it's very much appreciated! God, I love being a bass player.
  5. Hello, I am the aforementioned Mr. Johnson. I don't know if anybody is following this thread but I'll straighten out a couple of things. I run a workwear shop in Seaforth, not a garage in Waterloo. Gary Daly played the bass on the original recording of African & White. The fretless playing on Christian is by Andy Pask, of 'Landscape' (Einstein A Go-Go, also the co-writer of the theme from 'The Bill'). Although I played it for so long I feel like like it's mine, it still makes me feel very emotional as it brings back some very sad memories. I joined after the release of Difficult Shapes and the first thing I recorded with the band was Tragedy & Mystery. And it's a Warwick Thumb 5-string, my hands are too small for a 6-string, and I still use it to this day in a pub band at the weekends. The drummer calls it The Throb. Thanks for listening. GAZZA.
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