Whoever this guy is (John Gustafson?)

[rberry7777]

I LOVE that album! I first heard it as a teenager when touring England in the '70s and I was hooked. John's tone and energy on "Casanova" and "The Thrill of It All" are great, and I love the strange beginning of "Bitter-Sweet". Great player.....

 

[rberry7777]

Hands down my favorite Roxy Music Album. Also has John Whetton on it

 

[Harper]

I've played bass for 27 years, love Roxy Music, had no idea what the bassist's name was :shrug:

Great player, though!

 

[Michedelic]

Hands down my favorite Roxy Music Album. Also has John Whetton on it

Wetton is not on Country Life, recorded during the summer of ‘74 when he was still involved with King Crimson. In fact, the studio tracks of Red were being recorded at roughly the same time. Wetton did join up in time for the supporting tour once CL was released; tracks recorded during that jaunt ended up on the Viva! live album, and then he contributed to Phil Manzanera’s solo album, Diamond Head, before joining Uriah Heep for a while, I believe. I saw Roxy in February, ‘76, on the Siren tour, and Rick Wills(David Gilmour)was the live bassist. Opening act was Backstreet Crawler, featuring Paul Kossoff from Free; he was kind of a mess during their set, and came back out and apologized afterwards. A week later he was dead.