John Giblin (Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Simple Minds)

 

Alive and Kicking,” “Games Without Frontiers,” “In The Air Tonight,” “Babooshka” “Don’t You Forget About Me….

 

You’ve heard him on the radio for five decades and counting! An extended range, pocket / melodic fretted/fretless/upright UK studio ace, John Giblin’s genre traversing bass artistry spans generations.

 

His work on stage and on record includes notable array of artists and seminal sides, as compiled by Know Your Bass Player Com reader Xavier Padilla: Eric Clapton, Sting, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Brand X, Peter Gabrie, David Sylvian, Chris de Burgh, Masami Tsuchiya , Kate Bush, Scott Walker,  Al Green, Duncan Browne, Joan Armatrading, John Lennon, Judie Tzuke, Annie Lennox, Roberta Flack, Paul McCartney,  The Everly Brothers, George Martin, Gerry Rafferty, Hugh Masekela, Mavis Staples, Simple Minds, Jon Anderson, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, John Martyn, Richard Ashcroft, Franco Battiato, Saro Cosentino, Eros Ramazzotti Claudio Baglioni, Manolo García,  Alan Parsons…

 

John Giblin Sound & Vision:

 

Simple Minds:

 

“Alive and Kicking” https://youtu.be/ljIQo1OHkTI

 

“Sanctify Yourself” https://youtu.be/sGQNRyxmhhg

 

“Don’t You Forget About Me” https://youtu.be/VQdhDw-hE8s

 

Kate Bush:

“Babooshka” https://youtu.be/6xckBwPdo1c

 

“Breathing” https://youtu.be/VzlofSthVwc

 

“Rubberband Girl” https://youtu.be/85wZw1O83aE

 

Peter Gabriel:

“Games Without Frontiers” https://youtu.be/3xZmlUV8muY

 

“Family Snapshot” https://youtu.be/EYnk8a–fXQ

 

Phil Collins:

 

“In The Air Tonight” https://youtu.be/YkADj0TPrJA

 

“Tomorrow Never Knows” https://youtu.be/5nH-sUGWALo