Percy Jones . . .

[alexgeddy]

hi,
Had the oportunity to see Percy within 3 feet at a show in Phila. .. when he was done I talked to him and he was very gracious with his time and even showed me how he frapps the G string... one of the best!!

Bill

[klaus486]

.......please explain "frapps the G string".......

[alexgeddy]

Percy made a mistake in a reording session where he pulled the g string off the fret board and let it go .. the sound engineer loved it but percy was like what did i do .. sound engineer just said keep doin g it and it became part of his sound and technique

Bill

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by winston

There are other bassists on those albums too (including Paul Rudolph of Hawkwind and Brian Turrington), but the crazy melodic fretless bits that get lodged in your noggin are Percy's.

Gotcha.

[mrcircle]

I spent many hours in the '80s and '90s listening through headphones to Percy's unbelievable bass playing with Brand X, always wondering, "How the f#%@ does he DO that?" I never had the opportunity to see him live, but he'll always hold a place of honor in my personal pantheon of bass gods. Glad to see others appreciating him, too.

[Roscoe East]

Originally Posted by winston

There are other bassists on those albums too (including Paul Rudolph of Hawkwind)

Wow, I had no idea that's where Paul Rudolph came from!

[Joe Ricardo]

I use to love listening to the Brand X albums with percy and phil collins was awesome on drums, amazing talent.
Funny enough i actually really dug john giblins playing as well, he also deserved more limelight. I actually once tried to get him to come down to the music college i studied at to do a workshop but he declined and instead advised me to get in Laurence cottle who was awesome but i was sad that john didnt feel up to it.
Well sorry to go off topic but yep percy jones is that man!

[Jaco Taco]

Originally Posted by Joe Ricardo

Funny enough i actually really dug john giblins playing as well, he also deserved more limelight. I actually once tried to get him to come down to the music college i studied at to do a workshop but he declined and instead advised me to get in Laurence cottle who was awesome but i was sad that john didnt feel up to it.
Well sorry to go off topic but yep percy jones is that man!

John Giblin has played with a lot of people, I especially like his work with Kate Bush. Very good fretless player.

[jerry]

Originally Posted by Jaco Taco

John Giblin has played with a lot of people, I especially like his work with Kate Bush. Very good fretless player.

Yeah, I have a lot of recordings with Giblin's name on it, I don't think he's ever hurting for work. Wonderful player!

[greggster59]

I just cued up Unorthodox Behavior on the stereo and saw this thread.

Interesting stuff. PJ really knows how to make music on a fretless!