Any love for Stu Hamm?

[Les Fret]

Just watched this. Very sad in general. The pandemic hit a lot of people very hard, but it's eye-opening to realize that even players like Stu Hamm that have enjoyed higher profiles over the last 20 to 30 years had almost nothing to fall back on financially during 2020.

Sure. I don't know his personal situation of course but this counts for many professional musicians that rely on gigs, not only for Stu. Even more for less famous players. I think he has a lot to fall back on, teaching, online teaching, studio work, session gigs etc. Gigs are starting again now. I guess he could have as many students as he wants. I wish him all the luck!

 

[factorplayer]

I really liked his last album, The Diary of Patrick Xavier. It's just him on the bass, no drums even, and he doesn't even use any of his usual bag of tricks - it's all about the composition of groove and melody. Plus, without any fancy techniques an intermediate player (like me) could learn them. I'll take it over the wanks on YouTube any day.

The Diary of Patrick Xavier by Stuart Hamm

He's got an Indiegogo project going for his next album, I threw it $20.