Double Bass Tony Garnier's bass?

[Jason Sypher]

I actually spoke with Tony once about his bass but I forgot the name. It's a big beautiful slab cut bass. Anyone know what it is. Of course, Tony has a few basses but this one is his newest.

Tony plays with Bob Dylan btw...

 

[Jake deVilliers]

Hey Jason, my memory wants it to be made by an Australian luthier - maybe Benedict Puglisi? I kinda remember seeing a photo of the two of them with the DB in question but I just can't place it. I must be getting ready to join the OLD GUY...

 

[Jason Sypher]

Yeah, I think that's the guy alright. I used to run into Tony at the playground here in the neighborhood, but with the cold, no one is hanging out in the playground these days. The gumbo is legendary...

 

[petesenkowski]

According to the Sept. 2009 BP article, his current bass was built in 2006 by Paul Davies of Arts Music, Melbourne, Australia.

Thanks,
Pete

(This was addressed in another thread earlier this year)

 

[MR PC]

Tony plays with Bob Dylan btw...

I enjoyed Tony's work with Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Really swinging!

BTW, I hear that the 'Angels are riding hogs with the band, and doing security at Mr. Zimmerman's shows these days.

 

[Jake deVilliers]

According to the Sept. 2009 BP article, his current bass was built in 2006 by Paul Davies of Arts Music, Melbourne, Australia.

Thanks,
Pete

(This was addressed in another thread earlier this year)

That's the one! There's a picture of Garnier and his Davies DB in this PDF:

http://www.allansmusic.com.au/Downloads/Arts-Music-Flyer.pdf

 

[MR PC]

Can't open that for some reason. What size is this bass? I know that Tony used to favor 1/2 size instruments.

 

[Jason Sypher]

Funny that some luthiers can be so hard to find....

 

[Jake deVilliers]

Can't open that for some reason. What size is this bass? I know that Tony used to favor 1/2 size instruments.

Looks like a 3/4 to me unless he's really short!

I just checked the link and its loading fine...

 

[Paul Warburton]

Hey Jason, my memory wants it to be made by an Australian luthier - maybe Benedict Puglisi? I kinda remember seeing a photo of the two of them with the DB in question but I just can't place it. I must be getting ready to join the OLD GUY...

I heard that, JACK.....

 

[MR PC]

Looks like a 3/4 to me unless he's really short!

I just checked the link and its loading fine...

Maybe as the tour buses got bigger, he switched up to 3/4!

All I'm getting from the link is a pdf that won't load. No biggie.

Tony is a fine bassist, with whatever instrument he's using.

 

[Damon Rondeau]

I gotta put my oar in, too, for chanting up Tony. As someone who came from pop and roots music, and who is and always will be an immigrant in the world of jazz, Tony's been an inspiration. I play double bass because of [DEL]seeing[/DEL] hearing him live with Dylan back in 1990.

 

[Jake deVilliers]

I play double bass because of [DEL]seeing[/DEL] hearing him live with Dylan back in 1990.

 

[Jason Sypher]

I saw that tour as well, right up against the stage in New Orleans. I thought Tony was magnificent.

 

[Don Higdon]

I heard that, JACK.....

OK, your hearing's intact. What about the rest?

 

[Don Higdon]

I can't sit through two minutes of Dylan. Sounds like a Faustian bargain to me. I'd take it, for a while, but...

 

[Treyzer]

I can't sit through two minutes of Dylan. Sounds like a Faustian bargain to me. I'd take it, for a while, but...

I Love the literary reference Don. It made me laugh.

I had an interesting experience with Mr. Dylan more than a few years ago (maybe 10 or 15 years). I played with him out in Malibu one day at one of his places. It was not a great musical experience by any stretch; to raw and folky for me as well as out of tune and out of time, but it was fun watching him be BOB DYLAN.

 

[Don Higdon]

I Love the literary reference Don. It made me laugh.

Call me a doubting Thomas.

 

[Jason Sypher]

Faustian Bargain....GREAT bandname Don... Or, better yet, GREAT Bob Dylan album name!

 

[Don Higdon]

Faustian Bargain....GREAT bandname Don.

They already have a name. They call themselves The Rolling Stones.