Doug Rauch

[bassist15]

I am a big fan of the first few Santana albums with David Brown on bass. Ive not heard alot of doug rauch anywhere. It seems he was a great bassist then died very young. I was just wondering if anyone had anything to add. What albums would you recommend. Anyone have any pics?

[jerry]

Besides the albums he did with Santana, you can check out Lenny White's 'Venusian Summer', Billy Cobham's 'Life & Times' and the Santana/Mclaughlin collaboration. You can do a search here too, but info on Rauch is pretty slim. He was a awesome player and a huge influence on the scene at the time.

[jerry]

p.s. If you can, download Chicken-Fried Steak from Venusian Summer, a early example of double thumping. There is a lot of playing on that album that influenced Marcus Miller in a big way.

[PhR]

Check this older thread, plenty of info there:
Doug Rauch