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12-26-2008, 10:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Omaha, NE | | | Anyone else have an irrational fear of Anthony Jackson?
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I just break out in a cold sweat whenever I see him in Bass Player magazine. Nothing I do will ever be good enough for Mr. Jackson. His eyes follow me around the room, watching... judging. 
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12-26-2008, 10:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bad_andy  I just break out in a cold sweat whenever I see him in Bass Player magazine. Nothing I do will ever be good enough for Mr. Jackson. His eyes follow me around the room, watching... judging. | It seems like that would be a completely rational fear, sir...
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12-26-2008, 10:30 PM
|  | Funkify your Life | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Bucket, RI. | | | No, but Michael Jackson scares the living crap out of me. Tee hee! Shamone! |
12-26-2008, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | I am not a fan and that makes me scared that he will hit me over the head with that bass of his.
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12-26-2008, 11:11 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | I'm a fan. I remember him on this old CTI disco track from the '70s. It was a tricky piece, he was probably sightreading his part and he sounded better than I'm going to sound on the best day of my life. 
One of the nice things about being a bass player is that you are unlikely to get stuck in a room with another one that is much better than you - they're always off on another gig! 
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12-26-2008, 11:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I been everywhere, man... | | | I actually was fairly intimidated by the "best of the best" nature of his work and written word persona at one time. Later on, I'd see him around NYC once every couple of months.
In person, he's about a head shorter than those of average height and is pretty soft-spoken and low key. AJ doesn't seem to give off a passive-agressive or competitive vibe, so any intimidation I used to have is now replaced exclusively by a deep, healthy respect.
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12-27-2008, 12:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | No irrational fear here. I've met and hung with him quite a few times over the years and he's always been nothing but gracious.
About the only "bad" thing I've ever heard is Cliff Almond complaining about how loud he gets at the 55 Bar.
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12-27-2008, 01:16 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | No, but I get that way about Anthony Hopkins.
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12-27-2008, 08:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chunk-O-Funk No, but Michael Jackson scares the living crap out of me. Tee hee! Shamone! | My friend, you best not start talking S*** about MJ while I'm around. It's gonna rain whoop-arse on you if you do.
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12-27-2008, 09:15 AM
| | Funkify your Life | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Bucket, RI. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by wilser My friend, you best not start talking S*** about MJ while I'm around. It's gonna rain whoop-arse on you if you do. | Riiiiight.
Like I can do anything to hurt his reputation.
Great artist, but he's not exactly all there.
Bring the rain, tough guy.
Me, play in front of Anthony Jackson?
Well, maybe if he needed a good laugh or something.
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12-27-2008, 09:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | I suspect he is a nice guy, but I would be ashamed to play around him.
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12-27-2008, 01:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | | I'd be delighted to meet him and probably would humbly pick his brain for any life/bass wisdom that I could manage to gather. |
12-27-2008, 02:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Stavanger, Norway | | | No, I think he's a fantastic bass player and an interesting character.
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12-27-2008, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Omaha, NE | | | I'm glad to hear that he's a nice guy in person. Maybe now I'll finally stop having that dream where I screw up the changes on "For the Love of Money" and he beats me to death with his meaty fists.
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