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Main Forums => The Bass Zone => Topic started by: nofi on February 11, 2016, 08:04:55 AM

Title: Colin Hodgkinson
Post by: nofi on February 11, 2016, 08:04:55 AM

the only interesting thing to come out of whitesnake.  :mrgreen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfqvIGLLp0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gutdzlHK6E

Title: Re: Colin Hodgkinson
Post by: Pekka on February 11, 2016, 01:49:21 PM

Quote from: nofi on February 11, 2016, 08:04:55 AM

the only interesting thing to come out of whitesnake.  :mrgreen:

Heard of a band called Back Door? He also played with Jan Hammer.

Neil Murray also didn't come out of Whitesnake but did became famous with them and he is also a fantastic bassist. Very different to Colin but probably more suitable for Whitesnake (especially during the early years when they were interesting).

Title: Re: Colin Hodgkinson
Post by: uwe on February 24, 2016, 06:38:08 AM

I've seen Colin live (not only with WS, where he was largely uncomfortable). He's a fine and very idiosyncratic bass player with strong blues and jazz roots, but he's not really a rhythm section rock bassist plus a bit angular in his groove. With WS he actiually played less than his (also jazz-influenced) predecessor Neil Murray, but when he played something a bit more adventurous it was actually ill-fitting. He didn't really know what to do in WS. A man for the intimacy of clubs and a small line-ups, not for arenas battling it out with a drummer like Cozy Powell, a roaring Hammond and two lead guitarists plus having to meet John Kalodner's (Whitesnake's Rasputin at the time) "act, breathe and look like a rock star"-standards .

That's not knocking Colin, not everybody has to be made for the hard rock/heavy metal world. He's best in a two- or three-piece in a club.

To hear what I mean: Here's Colin playing Guilty of Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22RynnH8pr4

and here's Neil Murray:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-LBg5hjCP4

Different mixes and line up changes aside (the later version has just one guitarist, leaving more room for the bass), Neil's playing is just more assertive. He felt at home playing that type of music, Colin didn't. That's him right there on a jazzy Cozy Powell solo outing, much more comfortable, but a bit angular, that's just his style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqJrTzkNUds