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I am a half-assed bass player and not really too well-informed. A Buddy of mine (with considerable available funds) wants to get a Jon Shuker Bass. Handcrafted in England with exact precision, etc, etc but are they really worth over 2 Grand? i know the Guy from The Stranglers plays them...

Hiatt: "I got the radio down / And I'm yellin' at The Kids in the back cos' they're bangin' like-a Charlie Watts."

All I have I have remaining now is a ball-end from the A-string of John Entwistle's bass (A Standard Buzzard Graphite) which he designed and smashed at a "Who" performance.) He smashed it! The Who were even odder Englishmen than myself...what with smashing those great instruments! (Mr. John...

Separated since April 2019. Music Is My Mistress!

Oh yes. the Puslar 450 "she" is Blonde as well! "Stoked" to have her!

Absolutely Mark King. (My brother's wife dated Mark back in The Old Country.) Mark is a dynamic Rock bassist, no doubt.

Well I love Rock (Geddy Lee / John McVie / Macca / J.P. Jones (brilliant musician)) but SERIOUSLY where is : Ray Brown / Willie Weeks / Gerald Johnson/ Jimmy Garrison / Paul Chambers / Marcus Miller and (most notable Omission) : Michael Henderson. (Keep tokin' RS...weed does impair judgement!)

Well, I really love Rock (John-Paul Jones / John McVie / Geddy Lee / Lee Sklar) but...C'mon where is : Ray Brown / Paul Chambers / Willie Weeks / Gerald Johnson / Marcus Miller and (in my mind) Most Notable Omission : Michael Henderson. (Keep tokin', Rolling Stone.)

When I met Sonny (at the Ottawa Jazz Festival) they they had these little mini-concerts (30 - 60 minutes duration) in a small (air-conditioned) theatre. Sonny performed only with drummer Rashied Ali (John + Alice Coltrane / Blood Ulmer) and they played only one song : Cole Porter's "Just One of...

Yep. Have to look at this stuff. Just listened to 45 minutes of Agharta for the first time in six months. I was a White Canadian Drunk in Victoria, B.C. when it first came out! Drinkin' Music! (No drink for 28 years now!) I met Sonny Fortune here in Ottawa about 16 years ago and told him that I...