The Last Bass Outpost

Quote from: shadowcastaz on April 05, 2011, 06:14:41 PM
I think him & Duane  are content with what they see & hear now.

Yep, and they are seeing and hearing it from the same location....so to speak. Duane and Berry were laid to rest side by side at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, GA.




Duane on the left and Berry on the right.

1. Dusty Hill / ZZ Top
2. Jack Bruce / Bluesbreakers, Cream, Ringo Starr and His Allstar Band
3. Glenn Hughes / Trapeze, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion
4. John McVie / Blues Breakers, Fleetwood Mac
5. Tommy Shannon / Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Arc Angels
6. Berry Oakley / Allman Brothers
7. Allen Woody / Allman Brothers
8. Geddy Lee / Rush
9. Roger Waters / Pink Floyd
10. James "Jim" Dewar / Robin Trower Band and Stone The Crows.

In memory of Berry Oakley!



April 4, 1948 / Nov. 11, 1972

Raymond Berry Oakley was the Bass player and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band. He died as a result of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident about a mile away from where  Duanne Allman was killed thirteen months earlier in a motorcycle accident.



Berry and Duane

Duane and Berry are both laid to rest in the cemetery that was memorialized by co member Dickey Betts in the song "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed".

~In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed~

The song is named after a headstone Betts saw at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia, a place frequented by band members in their early days for relaxing and writing songs.





"To brighten the future we must illuminate the past."

Yeah Dave...I seen that after the fact.....I should have double checked my source, I have caught them being wrong before. But your right  we will just start Mel`s party early!

Great pic Heavy Chevy!

Happy Birthday to Mel Schacher!



April 3, 1951

Mel is best known as the bassist for Grand Funk Railroad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyF5J7au1jE

I love The Telecaster! I want this one!

In memory of Leon Wilkeson on his birthday!



Apr. 2, 1952 / July 27, 2001

Leon was the bass guitarist for the Southern rock band "Lynyrd Skynyrd". On stage and on record, their full throttle boogie style was both explosive and surprisingly graceful as evident in the genre's landmark "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama". Known for his outlandish hats, Leon Wilkeson survived the plane crash in 1977 that killed band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines.

by Ron Moody

 

In memory of Robert Lockwood Jr on his birthday!



Mar. 27, 1915 / Nov. 21, 2006

Lockwood developed a style all his own becoming one of Blues most successful musicians. He was born in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas. He learned to play the guitar at age eleven from blues pioneer Robert Johnson and by the age of fifteen was playing professionally. After playing locally on the radio (where he mentored B.B. King), Lockwood moved to Chicago, Illinois in the 1950's and became a popular session musician for Chess Records. In 1960 he settled in Cleveland, Ohio performing regularly at Fat Fish Blue and other blues establishments. Late in his career he received recognition for his solo work with two of his albums, "I Got to find me a Woman" (1998) and "Delta Crossroads" (2000) receiving Grammy nominations. He toured the US, Europe and Japan regularly, won several National Blues Music Awards and WC Handy Awards and in 1989 was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. The music legend died in Cleveland after suffering a stroke.

Bio by Big Woo http://www.robertlockwood.com/

In memory of Jeff Healey on his birthday!



Mar. 25, 1966 / Mar. 2, 2008

A native of Toronto, he is best remembered as the lead singer and guitarist of The Jeff Healey Band. Formed in 1985, with bassist Joe Rockman and drummer Tom Stephen, the trio had numerous hit songs and albums during the 1980s, 1990s, and into the 2000s. Some of their best known recordings include, "Angel Eyes" and Jeff covered George Harrison`s "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," with a guest appearance by none other than George Harrison himself.
They were also nominated for the "Best Instrumental" Grammy Award for the single "Hideaway", and in 1990 they won the "Entertainer of the Year" Juno Award. Blind since the age of one because of cancer, he taught himself how to play the guitar while having the instrument lay across his lap. He was not only known for his mean playing style of the guitar as a blues and rock musician, but he also played the clarinet and trumpet during live jazz performances. His music career also led him to play with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Harrison, B.B. King, Deep Purple. Besides being a recording artist, Healey was also a sometime actor appearing in episodes of the television series, "Due South", and the film, "Road House" (1989, with Patrick Swayze). Healey was also widely known for his vast collection of over 30,000 78 rpm records which he played regularly on his CBC radio program, "My Kind Of Jazz", and again when he moved his show to CJRT-FM (later JAZZ FM91). For many years, he also ran his own music-based club Healey's on Bathurst Street in Toronto, before moving to a larger location and renaming it Jeff Healey's Roadhouse.

Source: http://www.jeffhealey.com/

Quote from: Freuds_Cat on March 17, 2011, 02:14:25 PM
Good music alright. thanks for the reminder. I might put that album in my car for the day. Haven't played it in a while. I was playing some Traffic the other day. Love that band.

You might enjoy this...



Live from Madison Square Garden is a 2 CD/2 DVD live album by Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood which was released on May 19, 2009. They performed, primarily, Blind Faith songs as well as some selections from Traffic, Derek and the Dominos, Clapton's solo career and some Jimi Hendrix covers. Their band consisted of Willie Weeks on bass, Ian Thomas on drums and Chris Stainton on keyboards and Derek Trucks on guitar. I have the CD and love it.

In memory of Ric Grech who passed away on this day in 1990!

Ric Grech was the Bass player with Family, Blind Faith and Traffic.



11-1-1946 / 3-17-1990



Ric Grech, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood.





Blind Faith



Blind Faith album with Mariora Goschen.

1. Had to Cry Today" (Steve Winwood) – 8:48
2. "Can't Find My Way Home" (Winwood) – 3:16
3. "Well All Right" (Buddy Holly) – 4:27
4. "Presence of the Lord" (Eric Clapton) – 4:50
5. "Sea of Joy" (Winwood) – 5:22
6. "Do What You Like" (Ginger Baker) – 15:20

Happy Birthday to Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)



March 15, 1940

One of the strongest intellects and most extraordinary musical talents in rock history, Phil Lesh re-defined what the bass could sound like, and in so doing heavily influenced what the Dead sounded like. Instead of being part of the rhythm section, Phil's bass was a low end guitar, and his improvised interplay with Garcia and Weir made the Dead rock band that it was. Raised in an eastern suburb of San Francisco, he began his music studies with classical violin before switching to "cool jazz" big band trumpet a la Stan Kenton. Later he studied with Luciano Berio and composed avant-garde music in the realm of Stockhausen. In 1965 he attended a Warlocks show at a pizza parlor in Menlo Park, and afterwards his friend Garcia informed him that he was the new bass player in the band. Fortunately for future Dead Heads, he said, "Why not"?

Source: http://www.dead.net/band/phil-lesh

Quote from: jumbodbassman on March 07, 2011, 08:48:34 AM
i share my bday with a zombie..... cool.  power pop rules...

Happy Birthday JB! 

Happy Birthday to Chris Taylor White!



March 7, 1943,

Chris Taylor White was the bass guitarist and songwriter with the 60s British Invasion band The Zombies.

In memory of Jance Garfat on his birthday! March 3, 1944.

Robert Jance Garfat played bass with Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show from 1971 to 1984. Jance died on November 6, 2006, in a motorcycle accident.