Isaac Newton Played Bass?

[bassistjo]

I forget where I heard it but some where I heard that Isaac Newton Played bass is this true and are there any other famous people (not famous bass players) that played bass?

[Brad Barker]

i don't think so.

[BassChuck]

Warren G. Harding played tuba. Does that count?

[fraublugher]

yeah he did , remember this was jusssst before apple sauce was invented so , you had to amuse yourself .

[Brad Barker]

Originally Posted by fraublugher

yeah he did , remember this was jusssst before apple sauce was invented so , you had to amuse yourself .

can you show me your sauce... err... source?

[JohnBarr]

Of course he did. Everyone knows this.
Then he took out a copyright on the name and sold it to an offshore manufacturer

Here's pruf:
http://www.fernandesguitars.com/gravity.html
http://www.aampselectricguitarstore....luxe_bass.html

[fraublugher]

Originally Posted by Brad Barker

can you show me your sauce... err... source?

can't for the life of me remember where i found out , but it wasn't the internet.

[bassist 4 life]

He did... There was a thread here about famous people who played bass, and Isaac Newton was there, along with Hulk Hogan, O neil, and looots of guys.

[Brad Barker]

Originally Posted by bassist 4 life

He did... There was a thread here about famous people who played bass, and Isaac Newton was there, along with Hulk Hogan, O neil, and looots of guys.

that settles it, then.

[fraublugher]

the question is , could sir Isaac Newton have gotten as smart
as he was WITHOUT playing bass ?

doubtful

[bassist 4 life]

Haha, of course, the secret to his intelligence was bass!

You could find the thread by searching, the prob is i dont remember which seciton it was win, bassists or miscellanous

EDIT : It was called Fun"Theyre Bass Players " Facts

Fun "Their Bass Players" Facts

here it is, Newton is talked about in a couple of pages.

[Insomnia_Junkie]

He also died a virgin (hopefully had nothing to do with bass) but he only had a lady friend when he was around 19 and never had another girlfriend/wife the rest of his life. Kinda sad. He was religious however, he could have been celibate. but yeah I can't find any info on his bass playing.

[Depth_Charge]

Bruno Kirby.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456124/

He played in Good Morning Vietnam, City Slickers and was also the actor who played bass in That Thing You Do.

I read in a bass magazine that he actually saw a teacher to learn the parts for bass and was able to play his own parts by the time the movie was filmed.

He wanted to play bass after the movie but his schedule didn't allow it.

[blizzard]

He was an alchemist too, according to this special I saw "Newton, the dark alchemist"