Bass Player: Dave LaRue Dave LaRue is the bass player with the virtuoso rock group Flying Colors. He is also a long-time member of the instrumental groups the Steve Morse Band and the Dixie Dregs. LaRue’s technical prowess is formidable among other jazz-fusionists, but his unique talent is to project his virtuosity with remarkable soul…

Bass Player: Tony Reeves In or around 1974, keyboard player Dave Greenslade disbanded his group, Greenslade, and produced his first solo album, ‘Cactus Choir’. Whilst he did not play on all of the album (Dave Markee and John G. Perry performed on some tracks), Tony Reeves, the bass player from the Greenslade band, was the…

Bass Player: Tom Hill A band that had it’s own moderate successes, Geordie are primarily known as the band that AC/DC’s Brian Johnson led before joining Australia’s finest. A request from a member at Talkbass, this is the bass part for the tune ‘Going Down’ from the band’s 1974 album, ‘Don’t Be Fooled By The…

Bass Player: Andy Gonzalez Originally released in 1989, Astor Piazzolla’s The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night was recorded in New York in September 1987, with an ensemble that included Fernando Suárez Paz (violin), Pablo Zinger (piano), Paquito D’Rivera (alto sax, clarinet), Andy González (bass), and Rodolfo Alchourrón (electric guitar). The recording was produced by Kip Hanrahan…

Bass Player: Dik Cadbury From a musical family, classically trained in childhood as a violinist and vocalist, he organised his London singing lessons to coincide with attending rock and R&B gigs at the MArquee Club. He began playing career in 1971 with jug Folk band Totem. He joined Decameron in 1973 following the release of…

Bass Player: Chuck Rainey (?) CHuck Rainey is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franking, Steely Dan and Quicy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,000 albums and, alongside Lee Sklar, Ron Carter, Will Lee and Carol Kaye, is considered the most recorded…

Bass Player: Jon Poole Another one from the Lifesigns ‘Live In London – Under The Bridge’ CD/DVD, this is Jon Poole’s bass part from the closing track, ‘Carousel’. Some really challenging reading on this one due to the Db key signature and the chromatic key movement in some sections of the tune. In short, you…

Bass Player: Jon Poole This is a stray that snuck in whilst the ‘Altitude’ album was being transcribed. This is Jon Poole’s bass part from the tune ‘Kings’ from the Lifesigns ‘Under The Bridge’ CD/DVD. Once again there is no attached video/Spotify recording as Lifesigns have a policy of not posting their recordings on streaming…

Bass Player: Jon Poole The bass part for the tune ‘Last One Home’ from the 2021 Lifesigns album, ‘Altitude’. There is no attached video/Spotify recording as Lifesigns have a policy of not posting their recordings on streaming services. The album can be accessed through the Lifesigns ebay page at Items for sale by lifesignsmusic | eBay whilst…

Bass Player: Jon Poole The track ‘Fortitude’ from the 2021 Lifesigns album ‘ Altitude’. There is no attached video/S[potify recording as Lifesigns have a policy of not posting their recordings on streaming services. The album can be accessed through the Lifesigns ebay page at Items for sale by lifesignsmusic | eBay whilst further details can be accessed…