Bass Player: Geddy Lee The 1996 ‘Test For Echo’ album was Rush’s last recording before a personal tragedy forced a 5 year hiatus on the band. The album was not one of the band’s most successful and a lot of the tracks have disappeared into obscurity. ‘Driven’ was the tune that was featured the most…

Bass Player: Alphonso Johnson A massively underrated player due to his proximity to the legendary Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson’s playing on the 1976 Weather Report album, ‘Black Market’ is entirely comparable to Jaco’s and this transcription shows a lot of lines that suggest that he was every bit as creative and inspirational as his successor.…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee Bilbo remembers the 1982 Rush album ‘Signals’ because he was in the front row of the Wembley Arena on that tour, stood right at the feet of the maestro himself. The transcription here is a request that came in today and is a complete transcription of ‘The Analog Kid’ (shame they…

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: Gerrit-Jan Bloemink Silhouette are a Dutch Prog rock band that came into existence in 2005, started by a couple of friends with passion for progressive rock music. At that time, the band consisted of Brian de Graeve (vocals and guitars), Jos Uffing (vocals and drums), Gerrit Jan Bloemink (bass guitar), and Erik Laan…

Bass Player: Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the manbo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions). Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States…

Bass Player: Dick Nolan Dick Nolan is primarily known for his work with UK neo-Prog band It Bites who had a massive impact on the scene in the late 1980s with their three albums, ‘The Big Lad In The Windmill’ (1986), ‘Once Around The World’ (1988) and ‘Eat Me In St Louis’ (1989). The band…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee The complete set of pdfs for the 1978 Rush album, ‘Hemispheres’, including the tracks: 1. Cygnus XI: Book Two – Hemispheres I. “Prelude” II. “Apollo (Bringer of Wisdom)” III. “Dionysus (Bringer of Love)” IV. “Armageddon (The Battle of Heart and Mind)” V. “Cygnus (Bringer of Balance)” VI. “The Sphere (A Kind…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee The tune that got them into trouble, with Neil Peart painted as a mindless disciple of Ayn Rand etc etc.. A clumsy critique of Communism etc etc. Who knows? We are here for the bass part. Some lovely lines from Uncle Geddy but watch those time signatures again.

Bass Player: Geddy Lee What else can we say about Geddy Lee? One of the pre-eminent bass players in Rock, he has won awards and plaudits from a host of sources and has influenced more than one generation of bass players. A lot of his reputation arose from the halcyon days of 1970s/80s Rush and…