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John Entwistle!

#162
This is terrbile, my I was in beb and my girlfriend came up and told that "the bassplayer of the Who died". Suddenly I was awake, no this can't be true.
It's a real shock for the basscommunity and music in general.
John wherever you are, I really hope you'll meet James Jamerson, Jaco, Bernard Edwards, Clif Burton and the other bassist that are with you now.
Just start an amazing orchestra with you holding it alltogether. Yes, you were the one that actually could play a zillion notes and still make it groove and keep it all together.

John "Thunderfingers", RIP
 
#173
Doctor, there's something wrong with me/My health is not all what it used to be/My heart is out of beat...
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--"Doctor Doctor" by John Entwistle

Sadly ironic, but in a dark way that JAE would have appreciated. I have a gig this weekend, and "Heaven and Hell" and "Boris The Spider" have been added to the set list.

Also, FWIW, I am stunned by the lack of coverage his death is getting.
 
#176
- this is truly sad - found about it on the drive home from work yesterday.

- Its depressing to see him go but I am thankful he came around and shared his gifts with all of us, can you guys imagine if the Ox never dialed up the trebly tone? raked? or did the typewriter on his fretboard? we are all that much richer for having experienced his contributions to music.

RIP John Entwistle.
 
#178
We can all thank John Entwistle for for being the first electric bassist with truly great tone. Just listen to "My Generation". Waaaay ahead of its time. A pop hit in the 60's with featured bass solo breaks? And the tone! Entwistle insisted in interviews that it was recorded just before he switched to roundwound strings...but they sure sound like rw's to me. He was really the first cat to get away from that "the deader the better" philosophy of bass strings. He was one of the first, if not the very first, guys to modify stock Fenders with new electronics and pickups. His was a never-ending quest for awesome bass tone.

At the music store where I teach there's a picture of John in the display case when he made an in-store appearance, and it's one of the few pictures I've seen of him where he's actually smiling from ear to ear. He's greeting a fan and handing over an autograph, and is obviously having a ball.

RIP "silent" one...we owe you alot.
 

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