Recent content by Tony In Philly

Nice! Did Jaco own that particular bass or did he borrow / rent it? That's the first time I've ever seen him with that one.

I had a single coil P-Bass pickup fail on me at a gig. It's a good thing a I had a backup bass.

My Jazz Bass is from this series and the shipping box had a warning about temperature changes to the finish when it arrived at my house. I gigged with it in the summer and fall when the temperatures were mild, but I'm wondering about winter temperature changes and going into warm clubs for...

This interview always stuck with me - a really great player and gregarious human being, too: https://www.jtl.us/nlightsweb/lib/reviews/camp97.htm Your bass playing has always been melodic and exciting. Who were your influences and how do you think you came to develop this style of playing? In...

I'm really sad that he died. I saw him play with Renaissance numerous times; his tone and melodic sensibility were very memorable. He was an amazing player. The great Stanley Clarke once said to him "I might be faster that you, but I could never be as melodic as you." The interview is here: Jon...

When I have a dry spell with gigs, I just listen to a lot of music of all styles and get inspired again.

It's an interesting proposition, and one that's been around quite a while. For example, Yes did a great deal of unique covers with their own arrangements on their early albums. Also, these days I hear a lot of jam bands putting their own unique spin on existing tunes. Simply doing every tune...

In my experience, the TJ rounds tend to rust after about a year or so. The flats never do.

Back in the 70's I was at a party and a guy from a funk band was there using his thumb quite a bit, especially on the low strings and mixing it up with his fingers. As someone who had a classical guitar playing background this seemed like a natural to me and I've used the thumb extensively since...

Sometimes, if the sound is echoing and swirling a bit onstage, harmonic clashes the overtone series, which are all but inaudible offstage can play tricks on the ear. This happens to me frequently and it's maddening, but fortunately nobody in the audience has ever noticed it when I have asked...

I remember seeing photos and hearing Mark Sandman of Morphine's unique custom two-string bass, but this is yet another one! ATLANSIA Alien Bass 2st 2.39kg made in Japan https://reverb.com/item/82657278?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=82657278

We had a gig at Crooked Eye Brewing in Hatboro, PA last Saturday night. It's a great hall with a really decent PA system.

Haha - yep, Bill. That's me singing - thanks!

From our Saturday night gig at Cheshire Brewing in Elkins Park, PA.

It kind of evolved this way. We had been a two guitar, bass, drums cover band but shrank to a trio as one of the guitarists played too loud for most rooms. As a trio we played a lot tunes that Cream and other blues/rock bands did, and then we eventually added keyboards. That allowed us to take...