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03-24-2009, 06:18 PM
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I just picked up Israel Houghton's new CD and saw that a bass player by the name of Tommy Simms is on it. He played for a Christian rock band called White Heart and appeared to do some various other studio sessions here and there but I couldn't find too much on him through Google. Does anyone know of or could recommend some albums that has played on before?
New Israel CD is great BTW! |
03-24-2009, 07:21 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | He produced and played on Michael McDonald's 'Blue Obsession' album that I really dig. He also has his own solo album. He is really respected as a producer and bassist in Nashville.
Check out some youtube clips of Bruce Springsteen's 1992 tour and you can see him tearing it up on Bruce's material.
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03-24-2009, 07:23 PM
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03-24-2009, 07:31 PM
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TOTALLY got caught by the Name while looking at 15 other things at once - you want to him TOMMY check out his record PEACE AND LOVE - OMG the most slept on record of that year, 02 maybE? GRWAT GREAT GREAT record!
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03-24-2009, 07:32 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar Amplification, Mike Lull,MXR,Gruv Gear, Mono | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California | | | that record peace and love, by the way is Tommy up in front, on the side, in the background - not "sideman" stuff. You'll love it trust me!!!!!! So glad to FINALLY hear and see his name popping up!
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03-25-2009, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jerry  He produced and played on Michael McDonald's 'Blue Obsession' album that I really dig. He also has his own solo album. He is really respected as a producer and bassist in Nashville.
Check out some youtube clips of Bruce Springsteen's 1992 tour and you can see him tearing it up on Bruce's material. | rumor in Nashville has it that he got $1mil to do that tour. very much repsected producer here in Nashville and dude can flippin play. |
03-25-2009, 11:20 AM
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03-25-2009, 11:29 AM
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03-25-2009, 11:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Grayson, GA | | | +1 on the "great bassist, great person" comment. Saw him with Whiteheart several times. Also played on Margaret Becker's "Soul", sharing bass duties with another overlooked bassist, Jimmy Lee Sloas.
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03-25-2009, 11:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Metro Atlanta, GA | | | "Peace and Love" is one of my desert island discs.
I saw Tommy last month at BB King's in Nashville and it was really something to see him do his thing live. BTW, he only played bass on two tunes and I didn't even care. (He played guitar most of the evening)
He's one of those guys that makes you forget all about gear, technique, and "my tone, man". Music just pours out of him effortlessly like a fountain. I wish I had just a little bit of what he has.
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03-25-2009, 11:40 AM
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03-26-2009, 04:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | Thanks guys for the information. As I've gone back through the Israel record, I am really impressed with his playing. He isn't showy at all but he interjects the right things at the right times and has a great sense of space and groove. I really like this player a lot. |
03-26-2009, 05:45 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | check out the first "Out of the Grey" record as well....He even plays a Rickenbacker on some tracks.... |
03-26-2009, 05:55 AM
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03-26-2009, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaymi check out the first "Out of the Grey" record as well....He even plays a Rickenbacker on some tracks.... | I saw him play with them back in about '94 now that I think about it. I remember thinking man that Out of the Greay player is sick. It's all coming back now. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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