Recent content by Barbablanca

A band I was in a few years back did nothing else but. We called our show "Undercovers" and the repertory consisted of songs by famous bands, but ones which were less famous than their hits: Thus we covered the likes of "Two Thousand Light Years from Home" - by the Stones or "Skating Away on...

Not been through this entire thread... But has anyone mentioned the work Jaco Pastorius did on a couple of Joni Mitchell albums. Sublime coupling. Here's an example:

First one to come to mind was Hookfoot - basically Elton John's backing band in the early 70s. Their "solo" albums are superb. Caleb Quaye (Lead Guitarist) was admired by Eric Clapton, amongst others.

Green White and Red, eh? Could it be you were an Italian in a previous existence? ;)

This will be no help at all unless your wife is a keen Shakespearean scholar or a theatre buff. Whenever I mention I am about to feed my MIAS (Musical Instrument Acquisition Syndrome) .... I quote King Lear at the point where he is asked why he needs so many hangers on: "Reason me not the...

Have you tried a Ukulele Bass? (PAUSES FOR THE LAUGHTER TO DIE DOWN) I am serious! The floppy rubber strings seem to give the instrument a sound far closer to an upright than a bass guitar.

Hi George, like you, I'm also a newbie and I'm also hoping to prove that you're never too old to learn the bass... only I've got a lot less time left than you to perfect my skills ;-) Where in the world are you? I'm in darkest Catalonia ... well actually the sun is cracking the flags at the...

Picked up bass again after an age.... My beard has now turned white since I last took fat strings seriously - hence the name of my avatar (White Beard). Long story, but a friend from Amsterdam, who plays double bass, was coming to visit me, so I asked another friend who is the bassist for...