#bassists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bassists, aggregated by home.social.
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“Chaka Khan decided to fire the whole band – I don’t know why. But the week after she fired us, Prince called”: How Andrew Gouche rose from playing church halls to become the guru of gospel bass with Prince
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/andrew-gouche-chaka-khan-prince
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“They’ve been stuck in London customs for a month”: Paul McCartney's guitars allegedly held up in England ahead of major Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibition
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“Jaco said, ‘If you ever need a sub please call me! I’d kill to play for you guys”: When Chicago’s Peter Cetera met Jaco Pastorius
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“I see bass players trying to play our stuff using all downstrokes, and I think, ‘You're going to ruin your arm’”: How Mike Dirnt honed his signature bass tone for Green Day’s Revolution Radio – and why it all starts with the wrist
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“If I didn’t get some kind of help, I was going to die. So I said, ‘You guys, can I have a minute? Please give me a minute.’ And they said, ‘No’”: Jason Newsted explains how addiction struggles led to his Metallica departure
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“The songs are different every night because he never sings them the same way. I don’t know anyone who knows as many songs as Bob Dylan”: 38 bassists appeared on Bob Dylan albums before Tony Garnier came onboard. In the 37 years since, no others have
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/tony-garnier-bob-dylan
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“Yngwie was replaced for becoming difficult. We auditioned Steve Vai in secret”: Gary Shea’s never-say-never approach to Alcatrazz, New England… and maybe even Vinnie Vincent
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/gary-shea-alcatrazz-interview
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“My boss said, ‘Paul Simon’s in town, and they’re looking for you in the studio. Here’s the money. Take the bus’”: When Bakithi Kumalo got the call to audition for Paul Simon’s 1986 multi-platinum album
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“He’s like, ‘Where did you find that? Our storage unit’s been broken into. Everything’s been cleared out’” Korn bassist Ra Díaz recovers 15 bass guitars that were stolen from him – thanks to community effort
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“He would put a lot of treble on his amp to get the sound he wanted out of Lucille. Working and being in his presence was magical”: Jerry Jemmott on playing bass with B.B. King
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“What’s that headless bass that looks like a toothpick? I really liked the sound, but I hated the bass”: How bassist Cliff Williams landed the gig (and found his sound) with AC/DC
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“We’ve always been big fans of Nickelback – their guitarist came to see one of our shows and asked if we’d support them”: How UK riff-slingers Don Broco ended up recording with Muse’s bass rig – and collaborating with Nickelback
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CW: Bass guitar erotica
Come on, you can't call yourself #Bassists if you have never fallen so in love with a new #bassguitar that you take it to bed just so that you can wake up with it in the morning.
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“I do have a pedalboard now. But I wasn’t allowed one for a very long time”: Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on why he was barred from having a ’board – and the advice Johnny Marr gave him to cover up mistakes
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“The bass strings broke – I had to tie them together. I would slide down the strings, cutting my fingers and getting blood all over the bass”: Bakithi Kumalo looks back at his formative years touring South Africa
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“Weather Report belonged to the three of us. When it ended, they didn’t pay me – they just took it”: Miroslav Vitous on his departure from Weather Report (and his thoughts on the bassists who replaced him)
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“COVID happened. I’m like, ‘I’m not going out there’”: Former Korn bassist Fieldy finally opens up on why he left the band
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/why-fieldy-left-korn
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“Absolutely essential listening for any would-be rock bass player”: How Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber galloped his way through a hard-rock classic alongside Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio
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“When the session was over, Mickie said, ‘Nope, Peter can’t be in your band. There’s only going to be one star, and that’s you’”: Suzi Quatro reveals Peter Frampton nearly joined her band – but was rejected by her producer
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“I was on a summer break from music college. Suddenly, I had a DM asking if I would be interested in a gig with Little Mix”: From Raye to Zara Larsson, how session pro Liv Thompson learned to nail pop’s biggest gigs
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“Chuck Schuldiner called me. The next thing I knew we’d rented a rehearsal room in Miami. I would just burn a joint and play”: Steve DiGiorgio’s life with Death – and why he wouldn’t trade Testament for Megadeth
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“George Clinton said, ‘You just can’t play guitar like that until your heart has been shattered to smithereens and you have lost all hope’”: Flea looks back on his life-changing jam with Parliament-Funkadelic guitar hero Eddie Hazel
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/flea-jam-with-eddie-hazel
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“50 years since you last played that”: Watch the moment Paul McCartney was first reunited with his long-lost Höfner bass – half a century after it was stolen
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Dive Bar Unveils Safe Haven Drop Box for Unwanted Bassists
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Dive Bar Unveils Safe Haven Drop Box for Unwanted Bassists
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Dive Bar Unveils Safe Haven Drop Box for Unwanted Bassists
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Dive Bar Unveils Safe Haven Drop Box for Unwanted Bassists
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Dive Bar Unveils Safe Haven Drop Box for Unwanted Bassists
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“ #Bassists hold a special kind of gravity, an unseen, if not underappreciated role as the quiet force of the band. They hold the #music upright while everything dances above it.” #BusterWilliams #jazz #jazzsky #music #MusicSky open.substack.com/pub/activeli...
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“After hearing the finished track, I thought, ‘Wow, I never knew how busy playing one note could sound’”: The story behind the deceptive bassline on a politically charged ’70s anthem that was later covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
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“It was heartbreaking. I remember the day I saw that album and those erroneous credits for the first time. It was like a punch in the solar plexus”: Bob Daisley on not receiving credit for playing on Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman
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“I don’t think that bassline is playable by anyone else”: How Stevie Wonder recorded one of the funkiest basslines in existence
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“His sense of humor, much like his #musical voice, was dry, subtle, to the point, hilarious and always left you wanting a more. Yesterday, he left this world, leaving so many who loved him wanting so much more…of him.” #RIP #FredSmith #Television #bassists #MusicSky variety.com/2026/music/n...
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Rest In Power to one of the kings of the low end, Billy Bass Nelson, best known as the original bassist with Funkadelic. His riffs & grooves were a huge reason the first 3 albums (Funkadelic, Free Your Mind…, and Maggot Brain) are so iconic. Thank you for the music Mr. Nelson!!
#bassists #bass #bassguitar #funk #funkadelic #parliament #billybassnelson #restinpeace #restinpower #rip #music #1970s -
Rest In Power to one of the kings of the low end, Billy Bass Nelson, best known as the original bassist with Funkadelic. His riffs & grooves were a huge reason the first 3 albums (Funkadelic, Free Your Mind…, and Maggot Brain) are so iconic. Thank you for the music Mr. Nelson!!
#bassists #bass #bassguitar #funk #funkadelic #parliament #billybassnelson #restinpeace #restinpower #rip #music #1970s -
Rest In Power to one of the kings of the low end, Billy Bass Nelson, best known as the original bassist with Funkadelic. His riffs & grooves were a huge reason the first 3 albums (Funkadelic, Free Your Mind…, and Maggot Brain) are so iconic. Thank you for the music Mr. Nelson!!
#bassists #bass #bassguitar #funk #funkadelic #parliament #billybassnelson #restinpeace #restinpower #rip #music #1970s -
Rest In Power to one of the kings of the low end, Billy Bass Nelson, best known as the original bassist with Funkadelic. His riffs & grooves were a huge reason the first 3 albums (Funkadelic, Free Your Mind…, and Maggot Brain) are so iconic. Thank you for the music Mr. Nelson!!
#bassists #bass #bassguitar #funk #funkadelic #parliament #billybassnelson #restinpeace #restinpower #rip #music #1970s -
Rest In Power to one of the kings of the low end, Billy Bass Nelson, best known as the original bassist with Funkadelic. His riffs & grooves were a huge reason the first 3 albums (Funkadelic, Free Your Mind…, and Maggot Brain) are so iconic. Thank you for the music Mr. Nelson!!
#bassists #bass #bassguitar #funk #funkadelic #parliament #billybassnelson #restinpeace #restinpower #rip #music #1970s -
“I used to be a musical snob and thought that people who were sampling were cheating, but reading #Derrida made me realize that sampling is just a way of manipulating culture. That’s when I embraced it all.” #MelvinGibbs #bassists #music #MusicSky #jazz #JazzSky jazztimes.com/features/pro...
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Listening to the album Batik with #RalphTowner, #EddieGomez & #JackDeJohnette. It’s extraordinary, the rapport between Gomez and #DeJohnette. One of the latter’s great strengths was his ability to lock in with a range of great #bassists. He really will be missed. #RIP #jazz #music #MusicSky #JazzSky
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“Back in the 60s I used to get a lot of grief from jazzers, asking me why I was bothering to play all that #folk stuff. But I was never bothered what type of music it was. It was #music, you know? Plain and simple” - #DannyThompson #RIP www.guitarworld.com/artists/bass... #bassists #bassplayer #bass
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard an album with #DannyThompson on it that wasn’t good, at least in terms of the #bass, but his contributions to the sui generis album Songhai are particularly remarkable. #RIP #music #MusicSky #bassists #bassplayers
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lzmbpnntm22a -
I want to create a Community on #Dreamwidth for #musicians, #soundEngineers, #audioEngineers, #producers, #guitarists, #bassists, #synth players, #drummers, and the like.
What should it be called?
It'll be affiliated with #TheFreaksClub
https://thefreaksclub.dreamwidth.org/Think of it as being the #LiveJournal based alternative to forums like TalkBass, and @lemmystudio 😜
Not as a replacement, of course. Just as a different format; a home carved out in a different section of the web. -
“Town and cities drowning, they would not hear the truth. Hit by lightning, alone they need to pray.” - #JackBruce & #RobinTrower, Lives of Clay #song #music #rock #guitar #guitarists #bass #bassists m.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8Z...
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“Town and cities drowning, they would not hear the truth. Hit by lightning, alone they need to pray.” - #JackBruce & #RobinTrower, Lives of Clay #song #music #rock #guitar #guitarists #bass #bassists m.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8Z...
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“Town and cities drowning, they would not hear the truth. Hit by lightning, alone they need to pray.” - #JackBruce & #RobinTrower, Lives of Clay #song #music #rock #guitar #guitarists #bass #bassists m.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8Z...
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“Town and cities drowning, they would not hear the truth. Hit by lightning, alone they need to pray.” - #JackBruce & #RobinTrower, Lives of Clay #song #music #rock #guitar #guitarists #bass #bassists m.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8Z...
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“Town and cities drowning, they would not hear the truth. Hit by lightning, alone they need to pray.” - #JackBruce & #RobinTrower, Lives of Clay #song #music #rock #guitar #guitarists #bass #bassists m.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8Z...
Lives of Clay
