Kai Eckhardt – Bass In the late 1980s, guitarist John McLaughlin put together a groundbreaking trio with percussionist Trilok Gurtu and a series of bass players, Jeff Berlin, Kai Eckhardt and Dominique Di Piazza. The first line-up, with Jeff Berlin on bass, never made it onto tape (although I believe there are bootlegs around) but…

Wally Lowe – Bass Last in the Clarkin series (well, maybe).

Wally Lowe – Bass I have to admit this one was a challenge. It is not the playing that is challenging but the mix. I sometimes found it difficult to hear the bass as the mix is very dense. There are passages where I had to guess the notes based on the chord movement and…

Wally Lowe – Bass From the 1988 ‘Wings Of Heaven’ album.

Wally Lowe – Bass Endless Magnum tunes – ‘Endless Love’ from the 1985 Magnum album ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’.

Wally Lowe – Bass Another (unsurprisingly) off the ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’ album, this is the complete bass part for ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’ (that last bar is sick!

Wally Lowe – Bass Another one requested as preparation for a fledgling Magnum tribute. I heard today that Tony Clarkin, the composer of all of Magnum’s material, lyrics and all, passed away last year. That made me sad. He was 77 which is what we British call a ‘good innings’ but, nevertheless, a reminder that…

Wally Lowe – Bass Another one for the Clarkin series. Love the album cover – takes me back to an era in my life where I wanted to paint album covers (didn’t we all?). I had a mural all the way around my teenage bedroom of Roger Dean album covers but Rodney Matthews and Patrick…

Wally Lowe – Bass Another in a series of Magnum charts prepared for a Basschat chum who needed them quickly! This is Wally Lowe’s bass part for the 1985 MAgnum album, ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’. Piece of trivia – Multi Story, the band I recorded a track for on their ‘CBF 10’ album (see Bits…

Wally Lowe – Bass I always thought that Magnum were a Prog as a lot of other Prog bands, especially that Kingdom Of Madness album. The intro to this tune is pure Prog. but then it gets heavy. Some nice note choices that I suspect were Clarkin’s not Lowe’s but it’s all a long time…