Tony Newton

[JAUQO III-X]

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)

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Here's his bio.


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[cnltb]

Very interesting,
Thanks !

 

[JAUQO III-X]

You're welcome.

 

[Grizzly700]

Wonder what happened... it seems like he was electrocuted one too many times now...

 

[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.

 

[cnltb]

Isn't he interviewed in one of the documentaries about jamerson and motown?
I remember seeing an interview a few years back.

 

[Hoover]

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.

 

[3toes]

Aside from being a fantastic bassist, that cat's got the best hair in the business

 

[Hoover]

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?)

 

[The Owl]

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.

 

[The Owl]

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

 

[jerry]

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!

 

[JAUQO III-X]

For those who may be interested.

 

[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...

 

[PhR]

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.

 

[JimmyM]

Hopefully that new video will help put to rest those "crazy old guy" posts. I don't even have a venue and I'm ready to book the guy!