MoJoKe Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I have just read in several places that TM Stevens is suffering from dementia and has to stop playing. He's such a lovely bloke, please tell me this is a hoax...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJoKe Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 sh*t, its all over his FB page... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 It's all over the place. The photos of him are awful. He's unrecognisable. I played his Shockazooloo album about a million times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 That's a real shame, cruel disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I met him at the LBGS a couple of years ago - really nice fella - took the time to sign a Bass Guitar magazine for me. Terrible shame.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 A great musician and a terrific, funky Bassist. Such a shame about his condition. One of my favourite chart Bass lines was played by him, and a stonking line it was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txRXPviItwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Having worked as a musician very closely with sufferers of Dementia, this hits hard. I had an emotional time getting to know some truly beautiful people but seeing how Dementia affects them. I've met TM a few times and on one memorable occasion, I wanted to tell him that I loved his playing and enthusiasm, but he beat me to it, complimenting my own playing instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 So sad to hear about this in someone still relatively young. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. The first was about 17 years ago when he was playing on a stand at Music Messe in Frankfurt and I was managing an adjacent stand. Needless to say I think I spent more time over there than on my own stand. I still have some recordings of his performances there. More recently he gave a Masterclass at ACM in Guildford to which I was fortunate to be invited. Such a nice guy and always a pleasure to see/watch/hear. A great advocate of music education for the young. Tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MoJoKe Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 [quote name='obbm' timestamp='1505766759' post='3374205'] So sad to hear about this in someone still relatively young.... ...Tragic. [/quote] So,so tragic. As you said, a very genuine, giving man. Dementia is a horrible and destructive thief, all too close for us here in Devon at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 What an awesome bass player. Such a shame. He was very inspirational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 That's very sad. I'm not on FB, so had no idea about this. His discography is massive - just one of those players you'd love to be, with a massive stack of recordings in different genres. He actually co-wrote the Narada track as well, easily one of my favourite lines ever. How very depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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