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…

Wally Lowe – Bass He must have regretted that moustache at some point. Special request for a Basschatter who is joining a Magnum Tribute band (a few more on their way). I loved this album when it came out (I was already a Magnum fan having got into them with their ‘Marauder’ album. Really tight…

Kermit Driscoll – Bass Driscoll was born in Kearney, Nebraska. He began playing piano at age five. Soon after, he added saxophone, and at age thirteen he picked up the bass guitar. He was soon was playing gigs around the midwest. When an offer to travel with a rock band came up, he dropped out…

Jeff Berlin – Bass I post this partial chart with an apology. I got to the 79th bar and couldn’t get past a bar of some weird polyrhythm that I just couldn’t find. It feels like 5 against four but, if it is, it doesn’t resolve properly and I cannot find where it lands so…

Mike Rutherford – Bass Just a easy one to get people excited about what you can achieve when the dots start to come alive. This is the second track on ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’, the 1974 concept album from U.K. Prog legends, Genesis. There are only two notes in this one and the…

Mike Rutherford – Bass A profoundly musical bass player, Rutherford’s part always serve the song but remain constantly creative, similar to players like Steve Rodby from the Pat Metheny Group; quietly virtuosic. Lacking the pyrotechnics of many of their peers, these players are constantly pushing the envelope without drawing attention to themselves. It is it’s…

Jack Bruce – Bass What often gets me about some of these tunes is how short they are. I guess, being a Jazz and Prog Rock fan, I am used to tracks being 8 minutes minimum if not 15 – 20. Some of the tunes on these old albums are barely over 2 minutes in…