Recent content by panzywhiff

This is an older thread, but great topic. A friend took me to King Crimson at the Fillmore (SF) on their Construktion of Light tour. I'd never been into them, had never been aware of the Adrian Belew era Crimson or even John Wetton-era (I have no excuse.) Anyway, I was floored. Trey Gunn and...

Jack Bruce played a Thumb a lot in the latter part of his career/life. I don't think the body is ovangkol or bubinga, but it's a Thumb with the Thumb sound. "Shadows in the Air" is representative and a great CD. The bassist for the Dave Matthews Band played a Warwick Dolphin Pro on the first...

Hi I have been playing bass off and on since high school. I've played a lot of guitar, but learned to be more of an all around musician on the bass (reading notation, taking jazz lessons, understanding arpeggios, etc.) and think I've fallen into fewer ruts. I'm currently in a covers band...

"Going to My Hometown" by Rory Gallagher on Live in Europe is a good example of Gerry McAvoy IMO. It's just Rory, Gerry, and a drummer (Wilgar Campbell) doing it all on that tour.

Hi Does anyone know who played the bass on the studio recording of "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond? IMO the part is well constructed, very tasteful, 'just enough' for the song, simple, but with some interesting off-beat phrases.