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Title: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Chaser001 on March 01, 2010, 11:50:57 AM: I was saddened to learn that T-Bone Wolk passed away. People mostly seem to remember him from Hall and Oates and SNL, but he did a lot of bass playing other than that, too.

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/hall-and-oates-bassist-t-bone-wolk-dies-at-58-238525
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: gweimer on March 01, 2010, 12:24:07 PM: Wow. 58 is too young to go. Heart attack, no less. Sad news.
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Hornisse on March 01, 2010, 01:09:50 PM: I heard on the 12 o'clock news as my wife and I were heading to lunch. Very sad news indeed! Such a tasty bass player. R.I.P. :sad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-OO0xqTe4

Check out the lick at 2:08 where he snaps his fingers. I always loved that! He really acknowledged Motown on this one.
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Deathshead on March 01, 2010, 01:26:47 PM: wow that sucks!, I happen to be wearing my vintage h&O T-shirt today too.
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 01, 2010, 02:59:55 PM: >Whew< Thot it was T-bone WALKER there for a minute.
He's gotta live til at least Sat. to collect his oscar. ;)
I really dug Crazy Heart.

A bud of mine is a huge H&O fan. He runs the Y&T site.
Guess I'll post this info for him over there...
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: nofi on March 01, 2010, 05:22:04 PM: t bone walker died back in the seventies. ???
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: rahock on March 01, 2010, 06:28:31 PM: Quote from: nofi on March 01, 2010, 05:22:04 PM
t bone walker died back in the seventies. ???

I though T Bone died in the late 50s. ???
Rick
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: nofi on March 01, 2010, 09:06:36 PM: all i know is he is still dead. ;D
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Chaser001 on March 01, 2010, 09:28:40 PM: I am sure Rhythm n Bliss meant to say T-Bone Burnett. T-Bone Walker died in 1975.
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 01, 2010, 11:35:58 PM: Yeah, yeah~ Burnett. Too many T-bones.
One less now to reduce the confusion.

"They call it Stormy Monday..."

My bud said Wolk was the H&O music director as well as being their bassist so he'll be sorely missed.
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: rahock on March 02, 2010, 06:21:08 AM: Quote from: nofi on March 01, 2010, 09:06:36 PM
all i know is he is still dead. ;D

Yeah that's probably right ;D. I'm a big T Bone Walker fan, I should have known when he died.
How come there are so many T Bones and nobody went with Porter House or New York Strip ???
Rick
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: nofi on March 02, 2010, 06:36:09 AM: i think there was a blues guy on fat possum records called Super Chikan or something like that.
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 02, 2010, 03:56:26 PM: Quote from: rahock on March 02, 2010, 06:21:08 AM
Yeah that's probably right ;D. I'm a big T Bone Walker fan, I should have known when he died.
How come there are so many T Bones and nobody went with Porter House or New York Strip ???
Rick

Tommy Lee is one mofo that deserves the nickname T-bone. heh

Those other nicknames would be a misSTEAK!!!

Sorry. ;D
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Hornisse on March 02, 2010, 04:28:29 PM: Quote from: Rhythm N. Bliss on March 02, 2010, 03:56:26 PM
Tommy Lee is one mofo that deserves the nickname T-bone. heh

More like "Tube Steak"...... ;)
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: birdie on March 06, 2010, 10:42:49 PM: RIP T-Bone Wolk. A great musician. Never needed to be some pappy-whackin' technical uber goober. Soulful and talented did him just fine. One of my faves. :-[
Title: Re: RIP T-Bone Wolk
Post by: Deathshead on March 07, 2010, 12:17:20 AM: probably one of the first to really popularize dropping a dimarzio j pup at the bridge of a p bass too..