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10-23-2007, 06:02 AM
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I was watching an old Dvid Bowie concert I found on the end of an old VHS, he has an absolutely gorgeous black lady playing bass. She had a shaven head and surely could play! Any idea who she may be? The concert was probably at least 10 years old and the audience was tiny - probably 300 people
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10-23-2007, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | Gail Ann Dorsey. ...another Philly bassist! |
10-23-2007, 07:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Out in the the bush, Australia | | | Cheers Larry.
Any ideas what the concert may have been? |
10-23-2007, 07:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | not sure? I know she's been playing with Bowie for years, even still today if I'm not mistaken?
check it out: www.gailanndorsey.com |
10-24-2007, 09:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: south east u.k | | | lovley G A D. been with bowie since at least 97 with reeves gabrels and zak alford, she is on the outside album, I saw her twice with bowie, check out under pressure, better than freddie ? I just think so.
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10-24-2007, 10:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York City | | | sounds like the Bowie at the Beeb show from awhile back....they issued 2 cd's of old stuff, along with a cd of the contemporary concert, a vid was briefly available, but tough to find here in amurica...
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10-24-2007, 11:02 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Does she play bass on Bowie's Let's Dance album? China Girl has one of the best sounding bass tone I have ever heard. SRV's playing on that album doesn't suck either.
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10-24-2007, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Baird6869  Does she play bass on Bowie's Let's Dance album? China Girl has one of the best sounding bass tone I have ever heard. SRV's playing on that album doesn't suck either. | I don't think that's her, but I could be wrong. I know that Nile Rogers produced that one. Just looked it up. It's Carmine Rojas.
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10-24-2007, 11:15 AM
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G A D is a GREAT player!
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Last edited by Bass Boy : 10-24-2007 at 11:16 AM.
Reason: album: Let's Dance
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10-24-2007, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Bass Boy Didn't Carmine Rojas play on that album? | LOL! I just posted my edit!
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10-24-2007, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Woodchuck LOL! I just posted my edit! | Great minds think alike! 
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10-24-2007, 11:17 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver, CO | | | GA Dorsey is killin.' her playing is great and her voice is sick! i saw her 2 summers ago and her duet w/ db on underpressure was a show stopper! better than freddy mercuries! she's all about musicman and mtd basses. |
10-24-2007, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: south east u.k | | and before Carmine Rojas it would have been George Murray then... 
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10-24-2007, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver, CO | | here's a link with a few of the bowie bands... i don't agree with all of the reviews, bt the band list is alright. http://www.warr.org/bowie.html
trevor bolder (spiders bassist), tony visconti, herbie flowers (always tasty), george murray, carmine rohas, tony sales.
i don't think that this is everyone, but i threw it up all the same. |
10-24-2007, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK | | | She's a great player and she plays a bongo! |
10-24-2007, 12:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by thombo her duet w/ db on underpressure was a show stopper! | her playing and singing "under pressure" is a real feat- tricky contrary rhythms.
also Yossi Fine plays on the Outside album (Erdal Kizilcay's only on "strangers when we meet" which was carried over from the Buddha of suburbia album)- nice fretless on "the hotel". |
10-24-2007, 02:26 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | I'd like to know who played bass on the studio version of Bowie's "Let Me Sleep Beside You."
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10-26-2007, 05:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia. | | | She can also sing great, two separate concerts here saw he gain standing ovations. Totally awesome performer and amazing she's not far more popular.
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10-26-2007, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by mlowe She can also sing great, two separate concerts here saw he gain standing ovations. Totally awesome performer and amazing she's not far more popular. | +1, Gail Ann Dorsey is a monster talent both playing and singing. There is a clip of her on Youtube singing with Gwen Stefani that really shows how unfair entertainment can be when it comes to rewarding people according to actual talent.
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