Got to see my original inspiration last night...
https://i.imgur.com/dVyuY7s.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wQvQIdh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kNqpnCh.jpg...And he threw his wristband to my dad and I, which was a wonderful moment.
When I was a kid, I had the 'Piece of Mind' album and Thin Lizzy's 'Black Rose' cassette tapes, which made me want to play bass.
WASP's 'Crimson Idol' and Big Country's 'The Buffalo Skinners' made me pick up the guitar too.
I don't listen to Steve (or Phil) much any more, because Jack Bruce and Chris Squire just took it that little bit further, but it was incredible and exhausting to watch him in action.
British Lion as a band are incredibly polished live, but the dynamics came through in a way that the albums just can't capture (modern technology). I'd thoroughly recommend the gig if you get the chance to see them.
https://imgur.com/1NYwJEdSo who made you pick up the bass?
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And flea.
Whose bass playing do I enjoy listening to most? Rutherford
Who do I most want to sound like? Karn or Palladino
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In 1977, my father purchased the Soft Machine three-disc retrospective compilation titled Triple Echo. The packaging included a booklet. The centre pages of this featured a Pete Frame "family tree" diagram to explain who had been in the successive Softs line-ups, what bands they were in before and what they went on to do after they left (or burnt themselves out or were sacked).
Needless to say Hopper and Sinclair are named several times in the "tree".
I was fifteen at the time. I can not pretend that I "got" all of the music but I gave it a fair listen.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
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I play a Jazz Bass now though.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein