Courtesy of Ampeg Com

 

The consummate studio cat, Bob Glaub’s body of work embraces blues, folk, pop, country, jazz, and rock and permutations thereof.

 

His astounding list of record credits span Patti Smith, Rod Stewart, Nicolette Larson, Gladys Knight, Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Jon Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Natalie Merchant, Donna Summer, Bob Seger, Eddie Money, John Fogerty, CSN &Y, Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Lucinda Williams, and Carole King to cite a very very select few.

 

Producers and artists depend on Glaub because he delivers exactly what is needed as a supportive player – a warm tone, melodic interplay, and pocket grooves.  Lakland created a Bob Glaub signature bass which is modeled after his 1964 Fender Precision.

 

Bob Glaub Sound & Vision…

 

Tony Senatore’s rendition of  Bob’s brilliant passage Jackson Browne’s “The Pretender” https://youtu.be/2nbIKdJenzE

 

Rita Coolidge “I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love” https://youtu.be/yCaq9BOe5Yc

 

Warren Zevon “Excitable Boy”  https://youtu.be/fZokPAuhD6k

 

Stevie Nicks “Gold & Braid” https://youtu.be/rtSFGsG7yiE

 

Bob Dylan “Seeing the Real You At Last” https://youtu.be/-Dy0UgPt_tM

 

Rod Stewart “Lost In You” https://youtu.be/aEFZ2hHn40w

 

Neil Diamond “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” https://youtu.be/g4Ig2Rwls3U

 

Eddie Money “Let’s Be Lovers Again” https://youtu.be/WKX3Lc5uXys

 

Patti Smith “Going Under” https://youtu.be/xXi40UG-AAE

 

Linda Ronstadt “Girls Talk” https://youtu.be/AIlMetJm14E   

 

Courtesy of Klaus Voormann Com

By Thomas Semioli

… There’s somebody on bass who many people have heard about, but they’ve never actually seen him – Klaus Voormann…”

 

George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh introduction of his friend, musical colleague, former Manfred Mann member, and acclaimed graphic artist who designed album covers for the Beatles’ Revolver and Anthology series, and the Bee Gees, among others – was a welcome revelation.

 

Klaus’ body of work on the Beatles’ extensive solo cannon and as a sideman was an exercise in musical diversity – he worked the pocket and served as a melodic catalyst – always in service of the song.

 

A first- call studio bassist for Lennon, Harrison, Star; B.B. King, Donovan, Harry Nilsson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lou Reed, Randy Newman, Dion, Maria Muldaur, Sir Paul, Dr. John, Van Dyke Parks, Carly Simon, and Peter Frampton, to cite a select few – Klaus’ lone solo slab aptly entitled A Sideman’s Journey, features Voormann’s famous friends paying musical homage to this gifted musician and artist. 

 

An integral member of the Fab Four’s inner circle beginning in their Hamburg days at the dawn of the 1960s, Voormann moved to London at the behest of George as Beatlemania took off. He became a member of Manfred Mann in 1966, then gravitated to session work until his retirement from music in 1989. Klaus’ “accidental” intro for Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” is among the most recognizable bass lines in the history of pop music.

 

Klaus main weapon of choice was his custom painted Fender Precision.

 

Klaus Voorman Sound & Vision….

 

Manfred Mann “The Mighty Quinn” https://youtu.be/kMRWPu1LCXw

 

George Harrison “Give Me Love” https://youtu.be/LYW9cjcO_SY

 

John Lennon “How Do You Sleep”  Outtakes https://youtu.be/FoJQAyrUHhA

 

John Lennon “Instant Karma” https://youtu.be/NVoeNxWxjdA

 

Ringo Star “Photograph” https://youtu.be/nevdSt_2PIM

 

“Your So Vain” https://youtu.be/cleCtBP0o5Y

 

Harry Nilsson “Spaceman” https://youtu.be/-yK5vUFBshM

 

Dig Tony Senatore’s renditions of these Klaus classics!

 

George Harrison’s “The Art of Dying” https://youtu.be/DKPRhk4zap8

 

John Lennon’s “Crippled Inside” https://youtu.be/k0uFU2lPAGA

 

John Lennon’s “Gimmie Some Truth” https://youtu.be/k0uFU2lPAGA

 

George Harrison “Don’t Let Me Wait Too Long” https://youtu.be/nvh3XJlfv9w

 

George Harrison “I’d Have You Anytime” https://youtu.be/HRE8DtzfZo8

 

By Thomas Semioli

 

To my recollection, he was dubbed “Rick the Bass Player” on the Howard Stern Show during one of several raucous Joe Walsh appearances.*

 

 Among the top sidemen on the LA scene until his passing in 2014, Rick Rosas was an exemplary pocket / song player whose list of credits include several laudable slabs and tours with Neil Young (including CSN&Y, as a sub for Billy Talbot in Crazy Horse, and for a Buffalo Springfield reunion), Joe Walsh, Johnny Rivers, Terry Reid, Etta James, Ron Wood, and Johnny Rivers to cite a select few.

 

Rick appeared as “Buster” the bass player in Jonathan Demme’s final film Ricki and the Flash (2015).

*According to bassist Bill Cherensky Prior to Howard Stern, Joe Walsh had a show on FM radio (WPLJ, I think). He was Rick The Bass Player on there. The funniest thing I ever heard was his brilliant skewering of McCartney’s Silly Love Song. I mean, it takes talent to use bass playing as satire!

 

Rick Rosas Sound & Vision:

Joe Walsh “The Gamma Goochie” https://youtu.be/SVo8QQelhvU

Neil Young “Living With War” https://youtu.be/P5tNjdgLqws

Live with Terry Reid and Waddy Wachtel “You Don’t Know” https://youtu.be/C2OG7FXht6E

 

 

The late, great Wilton Louis Felder first made his mark in the music biz as a saxophonist and founding member of the groundbreaking Crusaders jazz ensemble with Joe Sample and Stix Hooper. Originally tabbed the “Jazz Crusaders” – this innovative collective was among the early practitioners of “soul jazz” and “jazz funk” – later to be referred to as “jazz fusion” and ultimately “smooth jazz.” 

 

In the late 1960s, Felder commenced to working sessions on electric bass, waxing sides with the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, John Cale, Seals & Crofts, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Michael Franks, Steely Dan, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Laws, Shuggie Otis, Dee Dee Bridegwater, and Joan Baez, to cite a select few.

 

With a Fender Precision that growled when he grooved, Wilton also waxed eight solo sides, and also served as a producer, composer, and arranger.

 

Wilton Felder Sound & Vision…

 

Joni Mitchell “Free Man in Paris” https://youtu.be/jQj6h8KpkiQ

 

Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” https://youtu.be/UvynvnxZJ3Q

 

Billy Joel “The Entertainer” https://youtu.be/d_VHFyaSXQw

 

 

When he first heard the Wilson Pickett Band on stage in a small New England town when he was 12, James Hutchinson knew exactly what he wanted to do in life!

 

A versatile multi-instrumentalist who doubles on upright, and extended range, Hutch plies his craft with an extensive array of tones and techniques to serve the singer and their songs – which is why he is among the elite session players of his generation.

 

Hutch was hatched in Lynn, Massachusetts, and as a young lad, he soaked up the sounds of the 60s folk boom in Cambridge and Sommerville. He honed his craft working in jam bands throughout the Bay Area, and Latin ensembles San Francisco’s Mission District wherein local legends Micky Hart (Grateful Dead) and John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) took him under their respective wings. Cipollina tabbed John for his Copperhead debut slab and ensemble in 1970.

 

Spending significant time in Central America recording and doing live dates, Hutch landed in Austin with the fusion collective The Point – where they garnered the Top Jazz Group honors at the inaugural Austin Music Awards in 1977. There he met the Neville Brothers, who brought him to New Orleans wherein Hutch also such local acts as The Lastie Brothers, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Jesse Hill, Huey Smith, and The Wild Tchoupitoulas, among others. Hutchinson met Bonnie when the Neville Brothers opened for the Stones on their ‘82 tour, and the rest as they say, is Hutch history….

 

 A first call session cat / sideman with Bonnie Raitt – he’s anchored her touring ensemble since 1983 or thereabouts. Hutch’s credits on stage and on record include the aforementioned Neville Brothers and their ‘Nawlins neighbors along with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Nicks, CSN&Y, Al Green, Alejandro Escovedo, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, BB King, Merle Haggard, Eric Burdon, and Boz Scaggs, to cite a very, very, very few.

 

Among Hutch’s extensive bass collection is his beloved Signature Kala Electric U Bass.

 

Hutch Comments…

 

Jim Donavan: I was proud to work with him in 1999 on my 1st solo record. He’s the best, or at least in the top 5 ever, as far as i am concerned. and great stories come from him about other sessions, as he LIVES IN THE STUDIO. I sent Bonnie’s manager a tape right after she won the Grammies around 1990. Hutch told me later that the band loved like 5 different songs, and they fought for hours on which was best. they never could pick one, and she avoided them all, but the entire band respected me from that day on. I was going to record in NY, but was in LA, and offered a great deal at a studio owned by thew drummer of a harpist old buddy, Jimmy Wood. So i found out they have hutch’s number, they call him up, he says he doesnt know me, but shows up. once he sees me, he starts laughing, hugs me, says he is bad on names. We start trading stories -he had done the Bon Jovi gtrist 1st solo record, a real winner, and i shocked him by telling him that was what were chasing that day, that audience, that this was not a blues session, that i need him for hard rock. He grinned, admitted he doesnt get to do this often enough, and we rocked! See, he knew i was a bassist, with a ruined left shoulder/left elbow, and made sure I would love his work that day. When he asked about pay, i asked him if he didnt mind taking rolled up quarters. he looked at me like you gotta be kidding, which i was, lol. Then i pulled out my roll, and he laughed. See, a bassist will work hard for another bassist, but nobody wants to a wheelbarrow full of quarters. Hutch reads music, writes music and lives it!

 

David Fraser:  Hutch is simply the best! Soulful, Smooth, Dedicated, Smart and a great guy too!

 

 

 

Courtesy of Kala Bass

 

Hutch Sound & Vision…

 

Bonnie Raitt:

 

“Right Down the Line” https://youtu.be/-T_aMNbXVdA

 

“Gypsy in Me” https://youtu.be/MzNSgAQR9yg

 

“Two Lights in the Nightmare” https://youtu.be/DxivzvshehE

 

“Unintended Consequence of Love” https://youtu.be/Aq62G_2iQVU

 

“Thing Called Love” https://youtu.be/krF6LpUXODc

 

“Love Sneakin’ Up Behind You” https://youtu.be/74JyGKvfAp0

 

“Burning Down the House” https://youtu.be/eqJcCmxZYdM

 

Copperhead “Kamakaze” https://youtu.be/w3bXsDtTlcA

 

Dig Hutch on the Kala with Abraham Laboriel, Steve Baily, and Bathiki Kumalo https://youtu.be/xXKMo0cAujo

 

Hutch talks U Bass https://youtu.be/doKO0XdqjHM

 

Eric Burdon “Soul of a Man” https://youtu.be/yGBmDUU4NFM

 

Boz Scaggs “Some Change” https://youtu.be/EaQ8H729kBE

 

Roy Orbison “You’re The One” https://youtu.be/2u6lNOgZgJY

 

Ringo “Weight of the World” https://youtu.be/k_S77XSXDe8

 

Courtesy of Bonnie Raitt Com

Among the seminal ensembles which crafted Americana is the oft neglected Poco, initially formed from the ashes of the mighty Buffalo Springfield by Jim Messina, Richie Fury, and Rusty Young.   With bassist, singer-songwriter, producer Timothy Bruce Schmit, who succeeded founding bassist Randy Meisner in this band and later, The Eagles – early Poco rocked rather adventurously  as evidenced by the fusion-like extended instrumental “Nobody’s Fool/El Tonto de Nadie, Regresa” from their 1969 self-titled platter and the incendiary live collection Deliverin’ (1971).

 

Schmit, mostly known for his stellar harmony and lead vocals (“Keep On Trying,” “I Can’t Tell You Why” among many others), is an exemplary in-the-pocket, fretted, and fretless player who vacillates from rendering supportive passages to inventive harmonic extensions as the situation warrants.

 

Aside from his Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame career with The Eagles, Timothy has waxed five commendable solo albums, and has collaborated extensively as a hit-making session  – touring bassist/ vocalist with artists including Bob Seger, Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, Jimmy Buffett, Ringo’s All Star Band, Firefall, and CSN, to cite a select few.