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10-06-2008, 09:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nashville,TN | | | " And the Bass player of the year is...
Barry Bales!" It's about time! Congrats to Barry!
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10-07-2008, 06:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina | | | I got to see Bales briefly at the top of the escalators after the DTB show at Fan Fest. I told him I had been poised and waiting to holler when he won that award FOR YEARS. It was long overdue.
Bales has been the man since he was a kid, way back hammering it in the days of Dusty Miller. In his usual fashion, when I spoke to him he seemed "all keyed up." NOT, but that's just him.
I came home from SPBGMA in 1990 after Dusty Miller won it (and then they picked till 6 AM at Brian Fessler's house) and told folks that Bales would be a new standard bearer and he has been. The IBMA voters have just been a little slow to recognize it, I think.
They've finally got it right in Bales' case. |
10-07-2008, 06:27 AM
|  | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | How about some info? I've never heard of the guy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Bales |
10-08-2008, 06:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina | | Well, we're on the double bass side of Talkbass and this thread is found underneath the bluegrass listings. He's played bass for Alison Krauss since May of 1990.
He's also played on a ton of session work for folks like Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and several others.
For several other links go here: http://www.google.com/search?q=barry+bales
I've been knowing him personally since February of 1990. And sometimes he lurks here on Talkbass. |
10-08-2008, 06:47 AM
| | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | Cool. I didn't even realize this was a DB thread. I usually do a search of new topics and just click on threads at random depending on it's title. Thanks for the info. |
10-08-2008, 09:44 AM
|  | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Hey that's great! Barry's playing is so subtle & strong. His way of distilling the harmonic motion of Union Station is one of the best styles in bluegrass. He has his own sound, which is so hard to do in bluegrass without sticking out awkwardly.
Your turn will come too Alan!  |
10-14-2008, 09:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Menomonie, Wisconsin USA | | | Barry performed in Richmond this past weekend with the Dan Tyminski band. What a talented and driving bassist. |
10-15-2008, 10:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Barry
Hey y'all....Being a jazz bassist, I don't wander over here very often. Trying to include most musical genre in my musical life has greatly rewarded me.
Being endowed with fabulous technique, huge ears, and an unbelievable sense of taste, not to mention a total lack of ego  , I felt the need to give some critique on Barry's work.
I'd heard him several times on TV and was very impressed.
Then, thanks to your links, I stumbled onto some stuff of his that totally knocked me out.
In one particular video, he takes a brief solo that employed some beautifully executed triplets with his left hand ala some of our jazz bass heroes: Red Mitchell, Ray Brown and on and on; my own self included, of course.
I thought I was ready for anything in terms of great bass playing, but Barry almost made me want to visit the bathroom, when he pulled this **** off in a very musical fashion. His time, sound and taste speak to me in a fulfilling musical experience!
Right on Barry, and thank you guys for the turn on.
PW 
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Oh, no.....have we gone OT yet again?
"The opportunity was there...but it never presented itself." Phil Urso, 1980. :atoz: |
10-15-2008, 11:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | I agree.... he's one of those guys that just drops 'em where they need to be.
I like Victor Krauss for the same reason. |
10-15-2008, 12:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bozeman Montana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton  ..... Barry almost made me want to visit the bathroom ...... His time, sound and taste speak to me in a fulfilling musical experience! Right on Barry .... | Yes Indeed ! Congrats Barry .... 'Bout time for that award!
I had the privilege of watching Barry and the rest of The Dan Tyminski Band last August in Wyoming at Grand Targhee. What a band and what a show  . I was hanging out in the "mosh pit" right in front of the stage, marvelling at his playing and stage presence, and snapping some pixs. Lord Willin' .... I will see them again in Portland, Oregon at the River City Festival this coming January.
Barry can not only play bass with the four T's (tone, timing, taste, and tenacity) but he can sing excellent harmony while he's hangin' on the bass. He's serious about playing and how he sounds ..... in mid-stream on a couple flat-out-fast numbers, he would reach around back to his amp off his right shoulder and fine-tune his sound / volume and adjust his tuning pegs until he was happy without missing a beat. He drives that Band hard and communicates with the other players really well. He is positioned right where a good bass player should be ..... Front and Center  . Now maybe if he could find a 7/8ths bass so that his Kay don't look so dinky ...... ...... |
10-17-2008, 07:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Knebel Yes Indeed ! Congrats Barry .... 'Bout time for that award!
Barry can not only play bass with the four T's (tone, timing, taste, and tenacity) but he can sing excellent harmony while he's hangin' on the bass. He's serious about playing and how he sounds ..... in mid-stream on a couple flat-out-fast numbers, he would reach around back to his amp off his right shoulder and fine-tune his sound / volume and adjust his tuning pegs until he was happy without missing a beat. He drives that Band hard and communicates with the other players really well. He is positioned right where a good bass player should be ..... Front and Center . Now maybe if he could find a 7/8ths bass so that his Kay don't look so dinky ...... ...... | That does look like a Kay in your pics Bob, but I don't think he owns one. He has a plywood Meisel bass that he's played for 20+ years (probably plays about 75%-85% of the time), an American Standard (about #169 or so) and a carved bass. If he was on the west coast at this festival, he probably borrowed the bass he was playing, if it was a Kay. |
10-17-2008, 09:12 AM
| | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Wyoming's on the West Coast now?! You'd think we'd have felt the Earth move! |
10-17-2008, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers Wyoming's on the West Coast now?! You'd think we'd have felt the Earth move! | Ah yes, the Palin Effect strikes again. |
10-17-2008, 12:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers Wyoming's on the West Coast now?! You'd think we'd have felt the Earth move! | Maybe it's the upper mid-west coast.
When I see these guys, in my neck of the woods, they're only about 2 hours from their homes (at least in the case of Steffey & Bales) so they drive their own personal vehicles. We're so deprived!
I'm pretty sure Dan doesn't own a bus and I don't know if they even lease one. They're probably requiring the promoters to fly them to far and distant lands and Barry don't take too well to flying his basses. He has either a Kolstein or a Gage case that he was using on the Great High Mountain Tour a few years back, but he was just sliding his bass in a bag and then stowing it in the case as it went underneath the bus they were riding in.
When Alison Krauss went to England for a short tour in 2005, they shipped Barry's bass (along with a ton of sound reinforcement gear) over prior to the tour and then shipped that stuff home after the tour. Barry's bass didn't go into a Gage case, it traveled in something similar to an Anvil case (very large box).
He's also not near any major airport, so it becomes a hassle to carry his bass (even in a flight case) to an airport to fly anywhere. Lots of times, he just borrows an instrument after arriving at the gig. |
10-17-2008, 02:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bozeman Montana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by M Ramsey .... Barry don't take too well to flying his basses .... He's also not near any major airport, so it becomes a hassle to carry his bass (even in a flight case) to an airport to fly anywhere. Lots of times, he just borrows an instrument after arriving at the gig. | That all makes perfect sense Mike .... I'm pretty-sure The Dan Band boys flew into Idaho and they probably had no extra room nor the desire for flying a personal bass around for their Grand Targhee show. I'll bet that the Kay Barry was playing was loaned to him by Eric Thorin. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers Wyoming's on the West Coast now?! ... | Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Ah yes, the Palin Effect strikes again. | Now C'mon fellers .... Don't be giving our pal Slim Pickins too much grief . Actually he is correct (only about 100 million years off). We Joe Six-Packs here in Wyoming and Montana can find fossil sea shells high up in the Rocky and Big Horn Mountains and we know that our states were west-coasters at some point during the Cretaceous period. Of course, that was way before the Palin Effect came into play about 6000 years ago when Our World really fired up. Wink Winkety Wink
P.S. I forgot something ..... Quote:
Originally Posted by M Ramsey ..... When I see these guys, in my neck of the woods, they're only about 2 hours from their homes (at least in the case of Steffey & Bales) ..... We're so deprived! | Hey Slim .... All I got to say about that is .....  . You East Coast Guys are starting to really pizz me off and I'm mighty envious. I had to drive 8 hours round-trip to see The Dan Band last August. The summer before I drove 13 hours round-trip to the sunny beaches of Wyoming to thoroughly enjoy Mountain Heart. Should I decide to bite off a nasty winter drive over 4 mountain passes this coming January to catch Round 2 of The Dan Band in Currently-West-Coast Oregon ..... Well that one is 24 hours round-trip.
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10-17-2008, 08:50 PM
| | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | I was thinking that was maybe Eric's bass. Last time I saw it Mike Bubb was playing it at Targhee.
And the Del McCoury Band flew into Denver and was driven to targhee in a motor home!
Between that and the altitude, Del had a lot of trouble remembering lyrics and arrangements. He took it really well though.......... |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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