Thanks to the necrothread, I'm now on track 2 of v4 - diggin' it!
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graham maby
- Thread starter Joe Nerve
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I just cannot believe it's been already 11 years since I first heard 'Volume 4' and also saw them play here in Wellington!! Haven't listened to the album in a looong, long time actually and only remember two, maybe three songs straightaway.
You did a good thing!
GM was a huge influence on me, too. He plays much differently now than he did in the early JJ days, but it's still great.
He had dropped out of the scene for a while a few years ago. As I understood it, his wife passed away while his kids were still teenagers so he stayed off the road for a while so he could be there for his kids. I believe he was managing a store or something. Last I heard he was back out playing again.
He's an old friend of a drummer friend of mine, and my friend keeps threatening to introduce me to him. I wish he'd just get on with it! I'd love to meet the guy just to express my appreciation. He was one of the reasons I started playing bass.
Despite growing up a jazzer Graham is one rock player I've always really dug. He's the only guy besides Ray Brown I've ever asked for an autograph.
Around the time this thread started I was working as a house lighting tech at the Commodore Ballroom. After the show I was on stage wrapping cables and asked Joe's road manager if Graham would sign an old P Bass pick guard for me. He said he'd take it up and see. Thinking that Joe or even the whole band might sign it and shag up my pick guard I put a sticky note on it saying, "Autograph? GRAHAM MABY ONLY PLEASE". Apparently that had never happened before and Joe and the guys though it was pretty funny. Graham signed it but I was out shutting down FOH when they split so I never talked to him. I'd had serious reservations about being a fanyboy geek (a pro stagehand never bugs the talent).....until I saw Graham had Buck Owens' autograph on his bass and figured it might be ok.
Around the time this thread started I was working as a house lighting tech at the Commodore Ballroom. After the show I was on stage wrapping cables and asked Joe's road manager if Graham would sign an old P Bass pick guard for me. He said he'd take it up and see. Thinking that Joe or even the whole band might sign it and shag up my pick guard I put a sticky note on it saying, "Autograph? GRAHAM MABY ONLY PLEASE". Apparently that had never happened before and Joe and the guys though it was pretty funny. Graham signed it but I was out shutting down FOH when they split so I never talked to him. I'd had serious reservations about being a fanyboy geek (a pro stagehand never bugs the talent).....until I saw Graham had Buck Owens' autograph on his bass and figured it might be ok.
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Hi, would someone be able to tell me what month and year GM was in BassPlayer USA magazine please?
