degrees of separation between you and ??

[Bard2dbone]

I took lessons from Chuck Rainey for a few weeks in '89 or '90. So I guess that makes me two degrees from everyone cool in musical history.

I used to Jam with Steve Scales who has recorded with the Talking Heads who used to use Adrian Belew on guitar who is frequently a member of King Crimson who had Tony Levin on bass. So I'm like, four degrees from Tony Levin.

Once with Steve Scales we jammed with Jennifer Batten. She later toured with Michael Jackson (lead guitar on his last several tours) so I'm three degrees from the entire Los Amgeles Sherrifs Departments' Crimes Against Children Unit.

My wifes' coolest and most interesting cousin is an amazing jazz guitarist, Slim Richey. At his house I have gotten to jam with Johnny Gimble, and Erik Hokkannen, So that would make me two degrees from Bob Wills and Bill Frisell, reapectively.

My Grandfather was Cleophus 'Flash' Bagwell, who was a Lightcrust Doughboy for a while, so again I'm two degrees from Bob Wills. But to be wierd, let's try this :

My Grandfather was Cleo Bagwell and I jammed with Johnny Gimble, both of whom played with the Lightcrust Doughboys for W. Lee O'Daniel, who became Governor of Texas, the same office later held by G. W. Bush, who pretends to run the free world at the behest of his Master, Dick Cheney, who made Robert Johnson able to play anything he wanted to on guitar in exchange for his soul. So I'm four degrees from Robert Johnson.

[Headroom]

Originally Posted by Bard2dbone

But to be wierd, let's try this :

My Grandfather was Cleo Bagwell and I jammed with Johnny Gimble, both of whom played with the Lightcrust Doughboys for W. Lee O'Daniel, who became Governor of Texas, the same office later held by G. W. Bush, who pretends to run the free world at the behest of his Master, Dick Cheney, who made Robert Johnson able to play anything he wanted to on guitar in exchange for his soul. So I'm four degrees from Robert Johnson.

And thus only five degrees away from El Diablo himself (unless you want to count the previously mentioned Michel Jackson connection, which might move you a bit closer).

[Bard2dbone]

Originally Posted by Headroom

And thus only five degrees away from El Diablo himself (unless you want to count the previously mentioned Michel Jackson connection, which might move you a bit closer).

Actually, I was trying to make a 'Dick Cheney is the devil' joke, but it seems to have collapsed under its own weight and is suffocating on the floor.

The most frustrating thing about the internet is when something is really funny in person, but when you try to capture it in plain text it just kind of sits there.

I think the Cheney joke just died. Let's have a moment of silence for it.

[jrthebassguy]

My band once opened for 30 foot fall, who toured with Fenix Tx, who were discovered and managed by Mark Hoppus (blink 182).


My band also opened for The Queers once, and through them you could probably tie us to just about any punk band out in the past 20 years.



Probably doesn't count, but we played at a venue about two nights after Opeth played there. The difference was we had about five people there, they sold out the place.

[Headroom]

Originally Posted by Bard2dbone

Actually, I was trying to make a 'Dick Cheney is the devil' joke, but it seems to have collapsed under its own weight and is suffocating on the floor.

The most frustrating thing about the internet is when something is really funny in person, but when you try to capture it in plain text it just kind of sits there.

I think the Cheney joke just died. Let's have a moment of silence for it.

Actually, I think you Cheney comment was witty. If I had bothered to read more it carefully, I wouldn't have needed to post a redundant observation. I'm afraid I can't say more about the wages of sin and the current administration without crossing over into political discourse.

[naughtry]

Originally Posted by dougjwray

Actually, if you're that close to Stevie Wonder, you're only one additional step away from James Jamerson! (May I shake your hand, sir?)

I can almost do Jamerson but it doesnt really count...

my 74 Precision --> Elderly Instruments --> Bob Babbitt/Funk Brothers while on tour ? --> Jamerson

[Munjibunga]

Originally Posted by joninjapan

When I was just starting, one my regular substitute teachers in High School (in Tallahasee) was Mr. Adderley, he has a couple famous sons(Nat and Julian)... who everybody played with.... Just after graduation, I was asked to play bass with a guy named Glen Hardin, who was visiting, found out afterwards he had just left a job as Elvis's pianist! he also worked with Ron Tutt, Jerry Scheff, Herb Pedersen, Emory Gordy, Brian Ahern, James Burton, John Denver, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell... glad I didn't know that before I played. (Speaking of Elvis, I met him before his 68 comeback when he was in Houston... I was only 8, but I knew who he was!!!). My friend Dave introduced me last week to Bill "the rubberhand man" Sharp, who was in town playing with Dave Koz (sax) and also tours with Cher, and he and Dave are both friends of James Tyler, who makes the best basses.... if he would only make a few more!...

not quite six degrees.. more like three or four

OK, I've met Bill Sharp and Dave Koz, so there's only one degree of separation between you and me.

[Munjibunga]

Also, I got my picture taken with Bootsy. Also with Arnold, so there's one degree between me and President Bush (don't hate me) and two degrees between me and everyone the president has met.

I've also met Bryan Beller, so there's only two degrees between me and people like, say, Jeff Berlin who knew Jaco, so three degrees between me and Jaco. What more is there?

[JB Lars]

I used to work for Chip Z'Nuff, who's Been (capital B) with Madonna. That puts me three degrees from just 'bout the whole industry, if not a trip to the free clinic.

[Jazzin']

I met Kenny Garrett who is also the husband of the sister of a music teacher (drums) at my college.

[plexibass]

OOOH OOOH OOH I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE. "the raves", the band i mentioned before, 3 of the guys are brothers last name of yoakum. their father was the guitarist for the STAR RHYTHM BOYS, an early sun records act. that puts me 2 degrees away from elvis presley, jerry lee lewis, johnny cash, sam phillips, carl perkins, charlie rich and a bunch of other people.

and one that isnt so cool, 2 friends of mine went to high school with mark david chapman. no comment

[Dash Rantic]

Well, let's see... My mom has a friend who used to have Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) living on her street when he was younger, I guess she yelled at him a couple times or something So that's what, one degree between me and him?

Also, when I took guitar lessons for a short time, the guy teaching was the same guy who had given Jason Newstead bass lessons when he was little as well So I guess that's one degree there as well...

I've never met any famous musicians myself, though.

-Dash

[spudmaster34]

FOB is from my town, I am so embarresed about that

[Drake Kennedy]

Victor Wooten, Adam Nitti, Steve Bailey, Stu Hamm, Chuck Rainey, and Richard Bona - one degree. I went to the Bass/Nature Camp Vic hosts.

Jimi Hendrix - Two degrees; I got a few bass lessons from Doc Wayne Kirby, who has played with Jimi before. IIRC on that one.

[dave_p]

dave brubeck 1 degree. took care of his trees, know his granddaughter, father in law taught his kids.
john cafferty, 1 degree. mooched a smoke off me.
toy caldwell, 1 degree. met after a show.
family man, 1 degree. watched the monitor amps on a wailers show.
tom jones, 2 degrees. took lessons from wifes friends uncle rocco, who happened to have done several tours with tom.
roy clark, 2 degrees. met grady nut in church in kentucky.
marshall crenshaw, 2 degrees. played with a dude who played with marshall.
foghat, 2 degrees. played in a band that opened for foghat(before i was the bass player).

[Bard2dbone]

Originally Posted by dave_p

dave brubeck 1 degree. took care of his trees, know his granddaughter, father in law taught his kids.
john cafferty, 1 degree. mooched a smoke off me.
toy caldwell, 1 degree. met after a show.
family man, 1 degree. watched the monitor amps on a wailers show.
tom jones, 2 degrees. took lessons from wifes friends uncle rocco, who happened to have done several tours with tom.
roy clark, 2 degrees. met grady nut in church in kentucky.
marshall crenshaw, 2 degrees. played with a dude who played with marshall.
foghat, 2 degrees. played in a band that opened for foghat(before i was the bass player).

I forgot Foghat. I was invited to audition for them in 1988. I got to the place where they were having the auditions...and was sent home without even playing, because I didn't have the right 'look'.

That's right people. I'm officially too ugly for Rock and Roll.

[Headroom]

Originally Posted by Bard2dbone

I forgot Foghat. I was invited to audition for them in 1988. I got to the place where they were having the auditions...and was sent home without even playing, because I didn't have the right 'look'.

That's right people. I'm officially too ugly for Rock and Roll.

Too good-looking for Foghat would be more likely.

[Bard2dbone]

Originally Posted by Headroom

Too good-looking for Foghat would be more likely.

Well...I'm fat, bald, and bearded...and the guy they hired had eighteen pounds of hair and a narrow butt. So I guess I had it unfortunately correct with 'Too Ugly For Rock and Roll' but that would have been a lot easier to cope with had the audition been for say Bon Jovi or something, or if they had let me play and then said "Next."

The reason I'm still bitter about it nineteen years later was that they never even let me play. They just looked at me and said "Um, no."

[Headroom]

Your right- that was a shame. Age bias has or will impact us all, irrespective of the occupation or the relative importance of our physical appearance to the bottom line.

[Cloggy]

Originally Posted by Headroom

As the subject of Der Fuhrer rarely comes up on this forum (fortunately), morbid curiosity compels me to request a little clarification about the statement:

“I played in a band and met an ex member who was Adolf Hitler's favourite!”

You met an ex-band member or an ex-Nazi Party member? And this person was Hitler’s favorite “what” ? Person? Band musician? Likely his tastes ran toward some sort of Aryan, proto-Kraftwerk polka outfit.

I used to work in the Berlin Polizei Orchesta.
Nuff said.