Felix Pastorius and a Fodera Imperial

The gift of the bass has definitely been passed to Felix’s DNA.

 

Absolutely, must have been countless hours of practice.

 

His brother Julius is also a hell of a drummer.

 

The influence of music has been strong in the Pastorius family for a few generations, at least.

 

WELL....i like the bass...

 

I’d like to see him jam on the bass of doom.

 

I hope that's the only thing he's inherited.

Poor Jaco

 

Jaco's nephew David is also a smoking bass player. He's currently on the road with Carl Palmer.

 

I remember when Victor brought out a 17 year old Felix for Bass-day over twenty years ago and how some people were gunning for him, it was sad. Being the son of a legend must bring on more scrutiny than most of us can imagine. My favorite work of Felix is with Jeff Coffin and the band Venture with the great Mike Clarke.

 

He is but he knows to take it easy on the slap with Pat Travers and Carl.

 

Alright...Fodera makes some great basses but this is the first time I'd say the tone on one really blew me away. Of course, I'm sure Mr. Felix's hands have something to do with that too

 

Watching him play with Hipster Assassins was memorable. They had a guy holding it down on a four-string and Felix playing melodic leads on a six. He's a monster.

 

Mike Bendy is the the other bass player of that group, his brother John is the guitarist. Both fantastic players and very awesome people in general. Those two also have a group called Bendy Effect that is equally as awesome as Hipster Assassins (little more on the rock/blues side but still highly improvised).

 

There's footage out there. He used it on the Yellowjackets album "A Rise in the Road"...took a GORGEOUS solo with it. It makes me misty-eyed...Dad would be proud

 

Regognize what he starts playing at 1:05? Love it