Who is the bassist for Chic?

[Woodchuck]

Originally posted by jazzbo


Carol Kaye.

 

[JimK]

Originally posted by Stewmc5222
hey JimK,
I wrote 'once and future' because Duran took some time off and John was playing for them again years later when they reshuffled things some. that's all.

Gotcha.
Mea culpa.
...meanwhile, have you heard the original Duran Duran-ers are getting back together?

 

[Woodchuck]

I heard that there were some problems with that. A couple of the members don't wanna play nice.

 

[Stewmc5222]

haven't followed the trials and tribulations of the Durans in some time. I really liked what they had when they Steve Ferrone and Warren Cuccurullo (sp?) were in the band. Bernard Edwards would have been proud of THAT!



from the low end,


Stew

 

[JimK]

Stew-
...I haven't followed DD for awhile, either.
Just happened to catch wind of their reunion today on Cable News.

 

[scatman]

Bernard Edwards is my main influence, along with Ronnie Baker (Philly Int'l).

Favorite Bernard Edwards:
1) Happy Man (Chic).
2) Somebody Loves Me (Sister Sledge).
3) Friend To Friend (Diana Ross). A beautiful, but tricky, 6/4 ballad.
4) Thinking Of You (Sister Sledge).

 

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

news from the Chic tribute site-
http://www.chictribute.com/

Diana Ross' 1980 album "Diana" is being reissued in a deluxe 2CD edition adding the original mixes by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, and other tracks.
this also means the previous reissue is being cleared out- I picked it up for £3 today at CD Warehouse.

also a book on Chic is to be released- "Chic: Everybody Dance - The Politics of Disco" on the Helter Skelter label.

I found a couple of interesting interviews with Nile Rodgers and former Chic and Chic-organisation drummer Tony Thompson-
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- Chic started out as a rock band???!

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally posted by David Benyahia


The bass most asscoiated with him is a Musicman Stingray, but he also used a Precision (all strung with flatwounds). Those were his studio basses.

I remember reading an interview with him in the old 'Musician' magazine and he was really indifferent to gear and what he used.

So I can remember them asking him what strings he used - and he said "..well what strings do these basses come with (indicating MM Stingray)?"

Interviewer is perplexed and asks why - and he explained how he had never changed the strings since he got it!

 

[Ari]

He also played a Sadowsky in his late days.

 

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

John Taylor of Duran Duran/Neurotic Outsiders has one of Edwards' Musicman stingrays-

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[mcbassdude]

Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield


I remember reading an interview with him in the old 'Musician' magazine and he was really indifferent to gear and what he used.

So I can remember them asking him what strings he used - and he said "..well what strings do these basses come with (indicating MM Stingray)?"

Interviewer is perplexed and asks why - and he explained how he had never changed the strings since he got it!

Just goes to show what a piece of wood can become in the right hands. Too much emphasis can be placed on model numbers and brands.

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally posted by mcbassdude


Just goes to show what a piece of wood can become in the right hands. Too much emphasis can be placed on model numbers and brands.

That's right - in the same interview I remember him and Nile having a discussion about something like why a flat 9th at one point in the song sounded OK - these guys were into music not gear!!