Brand New Heavies / Andrew Levy Last Night - Best Gig I've Seen, Best Bassist and Best Bass Sound

[bagsieblue]

Last night - Blackpool Empress Ballroom.


Brand New Heavies, Andrew Levy absolutely amazing. Effortless, funky, busy but in the pocket.
The whole band were great actually - crystal clear sound. Super tight.

Great bass sound, played a Fender Jazz for most of the night, couple of songs on a 4 string thumb and a couple on a sparkly 5 string Warwick SS1. The Warwicks were brilliant - without a doubt the best tone I've ever heard - Not a P bass in sight!
Andrew was playing through a TC Electronics rig.

We were right at the front, high fived most of the band and got a full on handshake with Andrew Levy!

Couple of pics:

Edited December 15, 2013 by bagsieblue

[spike]

Saw them in London on Wednesday and was impressed too. Good funky bass playing which fitted nicely with the drums and percussion. Thought the singer was great.

[lou24d53]

I've not seen BNH since 1994 in the Glasgow Barrowlands! Desperate for them to come up north again.

[yorks5stringer]

[sup]Saw them at Ronnies last year, great playing from AL[/sup]

[Bo0tsy]

I've seen BNH a couple of times over the years...so very good live. Was it Dawn Joseph on vocals? They seem to have fallen out with N'dea Davenport

Their last album 'Forward' is great too BTW.

Edited December 16, 2013 by Bo0tsy

[Horizontalste]

Haven't seen them live but have bought most of their lps over the years & I think Andrew Levy is a fantastic player. If I ever get the chance to play in a similar kinda band I'd jump at it. Rock schmock

[leftyhook]

I am amazed at how few Warwick basses are seen being used by pro's in the spotlight. OK same could be said of Wal basses, but Warwicks are produced in many more numbers. Good basses too. Fender still wears the crown I guess..

[risingson]

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I am amazed at how few Warwick basses are seen being used by pro's in the spotlight. OK same could be said of Wal basses, but Warwicks are produced in many more numbers. Good basses too. Fender still wears the crown I guess..
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Aesthetics and price are probably the answer to this. Warwicks just ain't fashionable right now!

[Dingus]

I'm not a huge fan of the band,to be honest, but Andrew Levy is a wickedly good player and always has been . He used to be a regular customer at a clothes shop where my mate worked when we were students and he is apparently a very nice chap, too.

[Marvin]

I've never seen BNH live but think Levy is a great bass player. I'm often surprised by how overlooked he is.

[Lw.]

Saw them last year (or possibly very early this) at Under the Bridge - very good live & Levy had a great sound, I think he was using those same basses too.

I think one of the reasons not too many people are using Warwicks at the moment is that their sound is almost too recognizable - I think they sound great but sometimes you don't want the instrument to scream a brand, you just want it to fit in with the music (that's how I'm feeling about mine anyway)...

[lojo]

Love em

[wombatboter]

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1387204294' post='2309271']
I am amazed at how few Warwick basses are seen being used by pro's in the spotlight. OK same could be said of Wal basses, but Warwicks are produced in many more numbers. Good basses too. Fender still wears the crown I guess..
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Around here in Belgium I know bands where you have lesser chances to join them when you don't play Fender... I brought several basses along (Wal, Alembic, Fodera, Warwick..etc) and still you get the reaction "yeah, but it's not a Fender". Even the worst mexican crap Fender gets you more credibility than other basses.. They do listen with their eyes...

[4000]

Blimey, hadn't realised they were playing or I'd have gone. Or would have tried to; may not have made it given the dismal weekend I had. Great player.

[JTUK]

Like him..you can't teach what he has

[lonestar]

We saw them last night in Cambridge. Brilliant a really fun gig and great bass led grooves

[bearhart74]

{Note from Rich: sorry, that pic just had to go. I wasn't kidding about the trigger.}

 

Edited November 18, 2019 by Rich
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[Rich]

Whoa. Nearly triggered my epilepsy there, thanks

[SICbass]

On 15/12/2013 at 09:57, bagsieblue said:

 

Couple of pics:

Are they of you or Mr Levy? One of you resembles a Mr. Man.

[Sandypjb]

Saw them last night in Newcastle - good vibes; audio mix less so. Might have been the room. Here's a pic of Mr. Levy playing his PJ. Sure it's a Squier rather than a Fender but couldn't quite see. Rig was Ashdown as you can see.

Edited November 22, 2019 by Sandypjb
Minor change

[lonestar]

13 hours ago, Sandypjb said:

Saw them last night in Newcastle - good vibes; audio mix less so. Might have been the room. Here's a pic of Mr. Levy playing his PJ. Sure it's a Squier rather than a Fender but couldn't quite see. Rig was Ashdown as you can see.

I think that it’s a Sadowsky

[bearhart74]

On 23/11/2019 at 03:19, lonestar said:

I think that it’s a Sadowsky

rogers headstocks never look like a fender clone. Andrew could probably play a 50 dollar memphis from a thrift store and make it sound good.

Edited November 24, 2019 by bearhart74