NancyJohnson Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Blimey. And there goes another one. Sadly, Piers Morgan is still alive. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Never heard this Sad news indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Bloody hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just heard this myself. Damn Was playing Dio songs on Friday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Better dig out "Rising" and "On Stage" and give 'em some... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Sad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Shame , great player (( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just saw this on Neil Murray's Facebook page. Such a shame. Really good player. RIP Jimmy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4stringslow Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 [quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1453627032' post='2961062'] Blimey. And there goes another one. [/quote] Yes, and the really sad thing is that Death's recent 'harvest' have only been in their late 60s - far too young. I know we've all got to go sometime but I was hoping to sneak into my 80s. Perhaps musicians just wear out faster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Very sad. Those Dio-era Rainbow albums - Rising particularly - were a big part of the soundtrack of my teens. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 [quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1453651217' post='2961396'] Perhaps musicians just wear out faster? [/quote] Musicians don't wear out faster than any other long term drug & alcohol abusers, the only difference is that they make the headlines when they die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 sad day R.I.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 All of my heroes who are too old to die young are leaving us! Hearing Rainbow Rising as a kid was the lightbulb moment when I decided that I wanted to be in a band and when I saw Jimmy Bain on the cover I thought that there is no reason why I couldn't do that. Jimmy Bain was basically the reason that I picked up a bass guitar...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 My first gig was Dio on the Dream Evil tour in 1987, when I was 13, and Jimmy Bain played bass at that gig. He was part of a real pivotal moment for me, experiencing the excitement and volume of my first live gig, right at the start of my bass playing life. So thanks Jimmy, and take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_g Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 love his Dio and wild horses stuff with Brian Robertson will be sadly missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinthepod Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Love his Dio stuff. RIP. His playing/tone on the "Dio" album is perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 RIP Jimmy Bain, never realised he was a Highlander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Hope you don't mind me posting here. A sort of Wal-based tribute to the late Jimmy Bain over on the Wal Bass History Blog... [url="http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/wal-pro-ii-bass-review-by-jimmy-bain-of.html"]http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/wal-pro-ii-bass-review-by-jimmy-bain-of.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1453926456' post='2964379'] Hope you don't mind me posting here. A sort of Wal-based tribute to the late Jimmy Bain over on the Wal Bass History Blog... [url="http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/wal-pro-ii-bass-review-by-jimmy-bain-of.html"]http://walbasshistor...my-bain-of.html[/url] [/quote] I remember Jimmy's reviews in Beats International. I recall him writing a column explaining how to EQ a bass amp properly for relative beginners, including four examples of different types of bass tones. This was invaluable to me and was the start for me learning how to get a decent bass sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I never realised he was a regular contributor. How cool. I had always wondered why he randomly was reviewing a bass for them. Explains it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1453930380' post='2964446'] I never realised he was a regular contributor. How cool. I had always wondered why he randomly was reviewing a bass for them. Explains it! [/quote] I don't think that it was over a prolonged period[i]. [/i]I also remember him reviewing an early Musicman Stingray - I believe that he finished the column by saying he was buying the review model in preference to his old Fender ([b]if [/b]I remember correctly)...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I remember him reviewing one of the first Yamaha BB series basses too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) A bit of a tribute clip / recent interviews with Jimmy and his Last In Line band members. You can see that the hard living has taken it's toll but you can see what a solid player he was (right to the end) and unsurprisingly, he appears to have been a bit of a character! I particularly like the anecdote where he was asked to retrieve a van from a police pound (as the original driver had been thrown in jail) and deliver some gear to Olympia studios where Led Zeppelin happened to be recording Kashmir. He stayed for two days... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl8OvjtBmds"]https://www.youtube....h?v=Wl8OvjtBmds[/url] Edited January 28, 2016 by peteb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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