The Last Bass Outpost

They actually are like that, whenever I bought something from them, they had this extremely friendly and helpful "assisted living"-approach which would automatically make me feel teleported into a retiree's home!

"aggressively kind and creepily attentive"


Quite.

Old people are dangerous.

Quote from: Dave W on May 15, 2025, 07:09:19 PMLook who just showed up at Norm's!

The talented siblings progress.

I really like those two:



And of course this here, which only Dave made me aware of on these pages many moons ago!


Nick is a Brit national treasure. And regarding the last song: You can lie to women all you want, yet they still won't tell you the truth. 😁

Quote from: Dave W on May 14, 2025, 12:29:57 PMJust premiering now on the Jack Bruce channel. Jack was born 82 years ago today.

Full concert. With Blues Saraceno and Simon Phillips.

The only time ole Dave ventures near prog rock, Jack Bruce really lures him. 

Well, he did rehearse for their choreography and got it down pretty well ...

"I don't hear it at all. That pablum was the best the UK could do for their Eurovision entry? Sad."

And it won (as I had expected after hearing it). I didn't think it was awful (as cheese goes), bit Tony Orlando & Dawn'ish, but I preferred this a few years later, years before "MTV Unplugged" these boys & girls inventend "ESC Unclad" (@01:28):


Das Auge isst mit. Now watch Rob say something really derogatory about it.

Quote from: Dave W on May 10, 2025, 07:33:00 AMJohnny Rodriguez passed yesterday. Great voice, deailed by personal demons.

I'm sure it's coincidental, but I was immediately reminded of this here as a European:



Not a put down, I like the melody.

Tom, it's supposed to be an homage to the teenage fantasies of budding guitarists, hence the incongruous mix of 12-bar and OTT neo-classical harmony playing. I think it captures that well.

When I started writing this song I had no idea how important the contributions from Glenn and Steve would be. What they brought to the track made it all happen. My original idea was to have Glenn Hughes and Justin Hawkins do the vocals together. I got this crazy idea on the Monsters of Rock Cruise where Glenn and Justin were both performing. Unfortunately, when I got back from the cruise I tested positive for Covid and I entered into a 10-day fog, forgetting if I had sent the invitations to collaborate. When I finally recovered, I heard back from Justin's people that The Darkness was going to be releasing a record at the same time and he wouldn't be able to contribute to the song, so, I sent a rough demo to Glenn and he was into it. I pray no one ever hears that demo of me singing into my iPhone.

— Joe Satriani

This song depicts all that Joe and I used to think about as teenagers. All of the things we loved about pounding rock 'n' roll and the glorious Guitar. It is an absolute phenom for us to be able to present to you now our teenage aspirations in this song. I remember those days and how absolutely exciting it was to play the guitar. Our whole world revolved around it as if it was a mysterious monolith, as it is, and I know that there are teenagers right now that are feeling the same thing about this sacred instrument when they play it. It feels like freedom and joy and I recommend everybody find some time in their life to PLAY THE GUITAR. And to be able to hear the mighty voice of one of our childhood heroes on this track, the great Glenn Hughes is more than the icing on the cake, enjoy!

— Steve Vai

A Yank, well it had to happen sometime and given that seven out of nine current Supreme Court judges are Catholic ...  Still, it must have been difficult to find an American who speaks so many languages fluently ...

But then, people called Bobby are always good guys ...

It's a Befehl, what can you do?

It'll be right up your alley, Dave!


Jeff Beck is apparently on rhythm guitar.

Glenn Hughes is the only singer on earth who can have Satch & Vai doodling in the background and not only hold his ground, but come out on top. 🤣

Apparently, that dachshund led the good life while away ...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/07/after-braving-the-wilderness-for-500-days-valerie-is-heavier-than-ever-has-someone-been-feeding-the-mini-dachshund

Some self-deprecating humor there.