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12-07-2009, 03:18 PM
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For those who find it hard to believe(or don't want to believe) that he was one of the other Motown bassist.
Tony even recorded on tracks with James Jamerson.
Take the time to check out this informative video. A true hidden gem in the world of bass(and music in general) http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...e+video&hl=en#
Here's his bio. http://www.novastarinteractive.com/T...on_BassBio.htm
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12-07-2009, 03:22 PM
| | | Very interesting,
Thanks !  |
12-07-2009, 03:24 PM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | | You're welcome. |
12-07-2009, 03:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryville, TN | | | Wonder what happened... it seems like he was electrocuted one too many times now...
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12-07-2009, 06:40 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | I saw the Holdsworth era Lifetime and always dug the way Newton grounded that band in the same way Rick Laird did with the original Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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12-09-2009, 11:28 AM
| | | | Isn't he interviewed in one of the documentaries about jamerson and motown?
I remember seeing an interview a few years back. |
12-09-2009, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by jerry  I saw the Holdsworth era Lifetime |
Those two albums are the only stuff I've ever heard Tony Newton do! Always wondered where he came from and what he went on to do.
But yeah, he was the perfect foil for Williams, Pasqua, & Holdsworth.
In a similar sense, Newton (& Laird) reminds me of Mark Leonard's bass playing on Pat Martino's Joyous Lake: i.e., totally gonzo drummer, mind-bogglingly fascile & harmonically adventurous guitarist, syrupy Fender Rhodes that's almost too diffuse to cut through the mayhem...and then a bass player who holds it all together with steadfast, almost anonymous resolve.
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12-09-2009, 12:03 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Charleston, South Carolina | | Aside from being a fantastic bassist, that cat's got the best hair in the business
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12-09-2009, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 3toes that cat's got the best hair in the business | Ya beat me to it!
And check out his Rex Bogue triple-neck bass: standard 4-string, piccolo 4-string, and mandolin!?!?! (Rex Bogue built John McLaughlin's infamous "Tree Of Life" double-neck guitar, as well as a fretted bass for Alphonso Johnson. Whatever happened to Rex?) |
12-09-2009, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jerry I saw the Holdsworth era Lifetime and always dug the way Newton grounded that band in the same way Rick Laird did with the original Mahavishnu Orchestra. | Color me envious, I would've LOVED to see that band live. 
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12-09-2009, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoover Ya beat me to it!
And check out his Rex Bogue triple-neck bass: standard 4-string, piccolo 4-string, and mandolin!?!?! (Rex Bogue built John McLaughlin's infamous "Tree Of Life" double-neck guitar, as well as a fretted bass for Alphonso Johnson. Whatever happened to Rex?) | Rex unfortunately died sometime in the mid 1990's
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12-09-2009, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoover In a similar sense, Newton (& Laird) reminds me of Mark Leonard's bass playing on Pat Martino's Joyous Lake: i.e., totally gonzo drummer, mind-bogglingly fascile & harmonically adventurous guitarist, syrupy Fender Rhodes that's almost too diffuse to cut through the mayhem...and then a bass player who holds it all together with steadfast, almost anonymous resolve. | +1 on Joyous Lake!
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12-11-2009, 11:36 AM
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12-12-2009, 05:55 PM
| | | | is that the same Tony Newton that played with Gary Moore on the G-Force album? I loved that album, I think he also played later with people like Joachim Kuehn... |
12-12-2009, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Hamerguy is that the same Tony Newton that played with Gary Moore on the G-Force album? I loved that album, I think he also played later with people like Joachim Kuehn... | It's the same guy. The Joachim Kühn album you're referring to is called "Let's Be Generous" (CMP, 1991) and it gives equal billing to Newton, Kühn, guitarist Miroslav Tadic and drummer Mark Nauseef. Nauseef of course played on that same G-Force album with Newton. A superb drummer. |
12-13-2009, 12:59 AM
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