On AXS earlier this year, one of her concerts was televised and she pulled this bass off the rack for a couple of tunes.
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Sheryl Crow--who knew?
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EdwardofHuncote
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- Aug 21, 2013
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She must have a couple of those old Guild M-85 II's... at least one of them was a sunburst.
She's a good bassist. Any bassist that can sing play proficiently is good. Yes, even Roger Waters is good. People like to bash him but he's good.
More to praise in that workmanlike approach than there is with that of some of the artistes out there. I always admired players like Tina Weymouth with her minimalist but oddly infectious bass lines. Good to see another player is also getting it done with minimal fuss and drama regardless of their gender.
Me too!
Does the "be myself" refer to her playing a bass instead of a guitar?
I’m guessing it’s more her reaching that age when you become comfortable with who and what you are and stop worrying about being what you’re told to be.
I like her more recent look and stage demeanor. Reminds me of the women I grew up with back in the late 60s and 70s. Smart, unapologetic about being female, and not the type to suffer fools gladly. Some very cool people they were. Learned a lot from being around them.
Funny story about Sheryl and the Guild M-85. The bassist in the "Tuesday Night Music Club" had a semi-solid "deep" M-85 like this: (Which happens to be mine.)
Apparently she loved the sound of it and wanted to purchase one. What she didn't know is that from the 60' to the 70', Guild switched from the deep semi-solid to the thinner, completely solid-body like this: (Also mine.)
So it turned out she liked the feel of the thinner body better and stuck with the later solid M-85.
Apparently she loved the sound of it and wanted to purchase one. What she didn't know is that from the 60' to the 70', Guild switched from the deep semi-solid to the thinner, completely solid-body like this: (Also mine.)
So it turned out she liked the feel of the thinner body better and stuck with the later solid M-85.
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I was surprised to learn this, too, while I was learning this song for my band.
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The Bass Player article was really interesting. She credited switching to bass with helping break her out of a song writing rut. She writes a melody and a bassline and then figures out what chords work with them. Pretty cool.
And she still is, IMO. We should all look so good as she does at 56.
There just is something ineffable about as bass whose headstock is as long as its first five frets.
