Paul Webb (Talk Talk)

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Amid the barrage of keyboard synthesizers, drum machines, and other digital wizardry, many a bass player in the 1980s pop music medium had to further explore the instrument to maintain its relevance.

Enter Talk Talk’s founding bassist Paul Webb who worked the fretted and fretless, abetted with effects, rendering counterpoint and soulful grooves aplenty in the service of Mark Hollis’ compositions.

Dig Talk Talk “It’s My Life” https://youtu.be/cFH5JgyZK1I

A producer, writer – nowadays Webb works under the moniker “Rustin Man” with two slabs to his credit.

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Paul as Rustin Man “Judgement Train” https://youtu.be/IgBs42v3l0k

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