RIP John Giblin

[WG Plum]

Sad, he was a part of some of my favorite music.

 

[jerry]

A lot of his great bass playing is on a lot of CDs in my music collection. Awesome fretless work!
fly on John........................

 

[Dr. Cheese]

R.I.P. to a great bassist.

 

[foal30]

Sorry to hear that

Did some cool Fretless work with both Joan Armatrading and Kate Bush

 

[bass12]

I knew him mainly from his work with Simple Minds. RIP to a very tasteful musician.

 

[Killing Floor]

Dang. Sad. He’s all over my favorite songs.

 

[Pauly 4001]

Kate Bush paid tribute on her website:

JOHN | Kate Bush

Bush wrote: “Everyone loved John. He was a really beautiful man in every sense of the word. Everybody wanted to work with him because he was such a great talent and everyone wanted to be his friend because he was such a wonderful person.

“I loved John so very much. He was one of my very dearest and closest friends for over forty years. We were always there for each other. He was very special. I loved working with him, not just because he was such an extraordinary musician but because he was always huge amounts of fun.”
“We would often laugh so much that we had to just give in to it and sit and roar with laughter for a while. He loved to be pushed in a musical context, and it was really exciting to feel him cross that line and find incredibly gorgeous musical phrases that were only there for him. He would really sing. It was such a joy and an inspiration to see where he could take it.

“We’ve all lost a great man, an unmatchable musician and I’ve lost my very special friend. My world will never be the same again without him. Kate.”

 

[Relayer71]

RIP. Loved his work with Simple Minds and Kate Bush.

 

[Hot Rats]

Ahh, that sucks. 71 is too young, I feel for Kate tonight and those who loved him. Me included. R.I.P. John. R.I.P.

 

[pbass2]

RIP. A great bassist.

 

[Carl Hillman]

Sad, he was a part of some of my favorite music.

I always dug his playing with Brand X circa 1979-82. (along with Percy Jones, of course)

 

[jerry]

 

[Les Fret]

Sorry to hear that

Did some cool Fretless work with both Joan Armatrading and Kate Bush

Which Armatrading songs exactly?

Sorry to hear this.
John Giblin’s fretless work was a big inspiration for me. The Grace and Danger album and his Brand X stuff especially. Too bad he played less fretless later on.

 

[Lo-E]

Such a great player. Such a big influence. R. I.P. and thanks for the music.

 

[bobunit]

Noooooooo! Damn.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Sad, he was a part of some of my favorite music.

I very nearly bought one of the basses he owned last year, I believe the one used on 'Love and Anger' on Kate Bush's 'Sensual World.' It wasn't just that I was considering a 5 string fretless, but that he was a player I aspired to on many recordings I love, although could never aspire to his level of skill. It was a reasonable price too. The provenance wasn't completely provable, but it looked exactly like the one in the 'Love and Anger' video. This was just before Kate Bush got to number 1, hence the reasonable price for something associated with Kate Bush.

Very sad.

I shall play some of his stuff this evening and maybe play along out of respect.

 

[Polfuste]

Sad news. He was responsible of one of my first bass emotion with Simple Minds. The "live in the city of light" is the very first CD i bought, even before having a CD player, as i already had it in K7 and LP. I've listened it a million time, way before start playing any instrument... RIP Mr Giblin...

 

[tvbop]

Remember hearing Cannot Believe It's True for the first time and was struck by the accuracy and subtlety of the bass playing. Fine player indeed.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

 

[kobass]

Sad news. RIP John.