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Pino Podcast!!!
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Great interview. A Bassist would have asked a lot more gear and technique questions but QuestLove seemed to hit on all the important stuff.
My biggest takeaway….. Pino describes his Fretless work as being a cross between Jaco and Mick Karn. Spot on , I would say.
Of course all the PBass fanatics will enjoy him paying his desert island bass is his famous PBass with the same flats he installed and used on the Voodoo sessions . Still wearing those TI Flats with one broken string replaced during that session or tour ( I can’t remember ).
My biggest takeaway….. Pino describes his Fretless work as being a cross between Jaco and Mick Karn. Spot on , I would say.
Of course all the PBass fanatics will enjoy him paying his desert island bass is his famous PBass with the same flats he installed and used on the Voodoo sessions . Still wearing those TI Flats with one broken string replaced during that session or tour ( I can’t remember ).
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Pino loves Michael Henderson solo albums, especially Going Places! I have always thought Henderson’s playing on his solo albums was incredible, especially his fretless playing.
Here is a reminder of why we like Pino so much.
Thanks for sharing, always great to hear Pino speak with his genuine humility....
Sorry but I cant understand how this Questlove guy didn't know that Pino's big break was fretless bass on Paul Youngs "Every time You Go Away" and then... when the snip plays, they are singing along with the chorus and not listening to the bass part (except for one guy)!
Sorry but I cant understand how this Questlove guy didn't know that Pino's big break was fretless bass on Paul Youngs "Every time You Go Away" and then... when the snip plays, they are singing along with the chorus and not listening to the bass part (except for one guy)!
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It is surprising considering that "Questlove Guy" is a living encyclopedia of the history of the evolution of the music in hip hop, neo-soul, and much of late 20th century music to boot. Also a fantastic drummer and musicians in his own right, having played with Pino on D'Angelo's Voodoo.
Interviews with or by Questlove are usually worth some attention
Might have something to do with the mushrooms and marijuana that were referenced in the interview.
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The voodoo atmosphere after effects perhaps?!?
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Questlove did not know about Japan or Nick Karn either. I suspect that Eighties British music was not high on his radar, but what he knows, he really knows.
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Fair point
I was the opposite growing up, I was all over the New Wavers, and missed a lot of the evolution of styles of music in Questlove's wheel house (aside from Mutual respect of the Beastie Boys)
So I enjoy his info dumps
I was the opposite growing up, I was all over the New Wavers, and missed a lot of the evolution of styles of music in Questlove's wheel house (aside from Mutual respect of the Beastie Boys)
So I enjoy his info dumps
My biggest takeaway….. Pino describes his Fretless work as being a cross between Jaco and Mick Karn. Spot on , I would say.
LOL fair!Might have something to do with the mushrooms and marijuana that were referenced in the interview.
Sometimes interviewers ask leading questions they know the answers to, in order to draw out the interviewee for their personal opinions or to let the interviewee stay in the foreground by doing the explaining.
Hi Doc. Yeah, that says a lot about Mr. Thompson that he didn't try and ******** his way through it. The dude already knows more than just about anyone. He can be excused for not knowing the 80s--there was a lot of dreck in there--I should know, it influenced me a bit too much.
I ******** too much. "You know that guy Mick Karn?" Me: "Yeah, that guy from the 70s...." "80s" Me: "Yeah, right 80s."
This is so awesome! Thank you for posting. Great musicians going back and forth. Gold.
I’ve been hoping for a long format Pino interview, this is so good!
Pino is the definition of cool. He’s laid back, friendly, and confident. I’d love to get someone to do a tour of his bass collection.
Pino is the definition of cool. He’s laid back, friendly, and confident. I’d love to get someone to do a tour of his bass collection.
They are right about Pino's son Rocco, that Yussef Dayes album Black Classical Music is one of my favorite albums in the last year, killer stuff!
I listened to it on Spotify the other day but it's fun to watch it and catch some of the things I missed the first time.
