Huckabee on Leno!

cybersnyder · #1 01-02-2008, 10:11 PM

I just sat down and my wife was watching Leno. There was Huckabee playing bass with the Late Night band.

He has my vote. 4 strings is as good of a criteria for selecting a politician as anything else I can think of.

(Really not trying to be political.)

Beast · #2 01-02-2008, 10:18 PM

Freaking. Sweets.

If I was 4 years older, the man would totally get my vote.

Jeff K · #3 01-02-2008, 10:22 PM

Funny you said that. I saw a clip of him on the news the other day playing his bass. My thinking was along the lines of yours. Ya' gotta' love a bass player! (And before I get lambasted - no, that is not my criteria for voting. Just a joking observation. It's just good to see a politician with such an obvious plus - ie., he's a bass player!)

Beast · #4 01-02-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff K

Funny you said that. I saw a clip of him on the news the other day playing his bass. My thinking was along the lines of yours. Ya' gotta' love a bass player! (And before I get lambasted - no, that is not my criteria for voting. Just a joking observation. It's just good to see a politician with such an obvious plus - ie., he's a bass player!)

I hope that nobody really makes their decisions off of those small things.

cashhere · #5 01-02-2008, 10:38 PM

Alright, that seals the deal for me, imagine having a bass playing pres..Yeah I know that is no criteria, so no ragging, but I do think he is an alright sincere guy. I would not miss the IRS.

scottice · #6 01-02-2008, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Beast

I hope that nobody really makes their decisions off of those small things.

Amen. Uh, I mean... oh, forget it.

funkydanbass · #7 01-02-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Beast

I hope that nobody really makes their decisions off of those small things.

Is as good a reason as any with the clowns you guys have to pick from over there!

cybersnyder · #8 01-02-2008, 10:48 PM

Clarification - the vote for the bassist comment was just a joke. I take voting a lot more serious. GWB can actually play a few chords on the geetar, but, well, umm, ahhhh. (I will stop now.)

gweimer · #9 01-02-2008, 10:55 PM

There seems to be a few pics of him floating out there lately. And he's always playing a pretty nice bass. So far, I've seen him with a Tobias and a Hamer Cruise. Haven't heard him - I've heard he's actually pretty good.

scottice · #10 01-02-2008, 11:06 PM

SUNNyday r. · #11 01-02-2008, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by funkydanbass

Is as good a reason as any with the clowns you guys have to pick from over there!

This won't get political at all. Nice to have a choice of people to vote for, even if they are "clowns".

Oh snap, I got political!

Dave R · #12 01-02-2008, 11:21 PM

Yeah, I caught that. He can play. He was using a sunburst Jazz--not any of the ones pictured so far. Maybe the bass belonged to the band's bassist?

Anyhow, there are some YouTube videos of him playing with "Capitol Offense."

ElMon · #13 01-03-2008, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by scottice

Nice. I'm lovin that Tobias. Mike sure does have the 'gameface' of a serious bass geek.

Deluge Of Sound · #14 01-03-2008, 05:50 AM

Parts One And Two:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=67dfSnIu7wk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KWZIhQF1JKQ

watspan · #15 01-03-2008, 09:29 AM

I saw a clip of him with a sunburst hamer bass--anyone know the model? I've also seen pics of him w/ an Ibanez?

WRBass · #16 01-03-2008, 10:35 AM

Every time you see him, it's with a different bass. Almost like he's borrowing them each time. But he sounds great, which is impressive.

I think he is a much better bassist than Clinton was a sax player.

markjazzbassist · #17 01-03-2008, 10:40 AM

nice clips, he's a funny dude too

agreatheight · #18 01-03-2008, 10:45 AM

I can't watch the clip (I am at work) - is he any good?

WRBass · #19 01-03-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by agreatheight

I can't watch the clip (I am at work) - is he any good?

I thought is was good. The clip is real short. It's just after they come back from a commercial break. He played a fairly simple bass line, then took it up the fret board and noodled around a little. It didn't sound like he missed any notes.

infect · #20 01-03-2008, 10:53 AM

At least he doesn't have a cross or jesus sticker on his basses.