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[quote name='Platypus' timestamp='1372494291' post='2126340'] Nile Rodgers got the bass player he wanted. If he was looking for a Bernard clone I'm sure he could have found someone to copy his style. It wastn't what he was looking to do. Nice vid below gives some background on how Jerry Barnes came to join Chic and how Nile regards him: http://youtu.be/O_VIub6YZ-0 [/quote] WOW !! Cheers for that ...blown away. Omar Hakim on drums too.

Would love to see him in Ireland.

Jerry Barnes is a groove monster , that lick in freak out had nile rodgers and seasick steve going WTF !!!! Brillant .

Sounds great to me.

[quote name='Booooooom' timestamp='1372322696' post='2124184'] He's got a [url="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/06/album-review-norman-watt-roy-faith-grace/"]solo album[/url] out: [/quote] It's on spotify as well.

[quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1372341890' post='2124555'] Had a quick go whilst waiting for tardy students and managed to get it playing Autumn Leaves but then had a devil of a time getting it to stop. I couldn't exit the programme I was in to go onto anything else. This is on an iphone, so maybe it's better on a tablet. I had to switch the phone off in the end. I probably need to set some time aside to learn how to use it. Trouble is, that's time I could spend practising ... [/quote] Same thing happened to me .

Sounds great !!

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1371494129' post='2114619'] I recall someone raving about the recent(ish) Jack Bruce autobiography. Sorry but I cant remember the title. [/quote] Put me to sleep ,enjoyed Ginger Bakers one immensely.

Just remembered this thread , hope things have improved for him.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370512475' post='2101958'] http://youtu.be/-l0zAUXTFqk [/quote] Used to love that album along with Marc johnsons Bass desires

Great solo with Larry Corryell and Philip Catherine . http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Twn0DUlt0rw

Loving NHOP with Kenny Drew . http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a0-dcOLAwf0

Take the money smile and put it down to experience.

That is one beautiful sound .

Fantastic band and VERY underrated. So many different influences in their music from eastern to rock , jazz ,funk , fusion . Sting brought the canvas and all three provided the colours. The last GREAT trio I fear.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365128170' post='2035783'] Were they old? I dunno, but i just expect any woman who remembers what it's like to go out int he hey-day of disco to be old. Maybe they don't... [/quote] They all knew a few tricks !

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1364856038' post='2031956'] I think they're still a group... I think they played in Belfast not that long ago. [/quote] I was there , Mandela hall , great show wasn't that fussed on the bass player but Nile Rodgers was outstanding . Audience was 90% women glammed up ,only gig I've ever been at where the WHOLE crowd danced from the first song to the last.

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1363928589' post='2019668'] Andy Summers' biography "One Train Later" is a great book. [/quote] +1 great book. As is Miles Davis.

Has to be the sadowsky. Good thread by the way .

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' timestamp='1363089358' post='2008140'] If you mean the iPad books, absolutely. I'm working on these as we speak. I had been hoping to release them at the same time as the physical versions, but a severe chest infection back in December scuppered those plans! I'm aiming to have them released in late April, pending Apple's sometimes lengthy approval process of course. Kindle/generic ebook format books will follow later in the year. Cheers Stuart [/quote] Happy days I'll wait on these versions. I recently downloaded your iBook on scales and modes and I've got to say I was blown away. The quality is of the highest standard and its a joy to use. I never thought I'd say that about an ipad book lol .

I agree with Sting ...... Rock star Sting has called the X Factor "televised karaoke" and said judges like Simon Cowell have "no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion". The singer, 58, told London's Evening Standard that the Saturday night show was "a soap opera which has nothing to do with music". He added: "I am sorry but none of those kids are going to go anywhere, and I say that sadly." Sting rose to fame with The Police, but has also had a successful solo career. With albums like Ten Summoner's Tales and Nothing Like The Sun, he has notched up 11 Grammys, two Brits, a Golden Globe, an Emmy and three Oscar nominations. The Police, who recently reformed and performed a sell-out world tour, scooped five Grammy awards when they were together. 'Appalling' Sting said the singers who participate in the X Factor, created by Cowell in 2004, were "humiliated when they get sent off". He added: "How appalling for a young person to feel that rejection. It is a soap opera which has nothing to do with music. "In fact, it has put music back decades. Television is very cynical." The singer, whose Fields Of Gold is a staple of talent show auditions, went on to say that X Factor encouraged contestants to "conform to stereotypes". He added: "They are either Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston or Boyzone and are not encouraged to create any real unique signature or fingerprint. "That cannot come from TV. The X Factor is a preposterous show and you have judges who have no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion, advising them what to wear and how to look. It is appalling. "The real shop floor for musical talent is pubs and clubs, that is where the original work is. But they are being closed down on a daily basis. It is impossible to put an act on in a pub. "The music industry has been hugely important to England, bringing in millions. If anyone thinks the X Factor is going to do that, they are wrong." A spokesperson for the X Factor declined to comment on Sting's interview, saying he was entitled to his opinion.

Sounds good

Just switched today myself . Got a sterling ray35 and it sounds great but I'm finding switching to the A and D strings tricky . Good fun .

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1347442953' post='1800749'] [b][i]No Sweat [/i][/b]is superb - funnily enough I really didn't like it when I first got it years ago - now it's now probably in my top three bass albums of all time evah... the last two tracks are gorgeous but it's the mad 16th note stuff on 'Until The Cows Come Home' that I've gone back to time and time again - I'm trying to get a little of this stuff down but it's hard to get it to GW's level of perfection! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvTgHcQla2A Like I say the new TT album won't be everyone's bag but if you're a Willis fan then it's got some amazing playing on, some of his best for a while me thinks [/quote] No Sweat is one of my favourite albums , great music there . Also love Gerald veasleys "Look ahead" after a guy in Hmv told me about it in Oxford street years ago.