Don't read this Rhythm N. Bliss!!!

[uwe]

Rob, what happened to Superfloor? That is a different band you're now playing with right?

That prototype hobbit looks gorgeous on you! Ich bin neidisch.  

[Basvarken]

Superfloor still exists and I'm still a member. But the live circuit in The Netherlands has plummeted. We don't have a lot of gigs.
So last summer I finally succumbed to the charms of Stonefly. I had helped them out earlier this year when they were in between bass players.
When their new found bass player didn't work out they asked me again. So now I'm in two bands.

The Hobbit Prototype is the best sound sounding bass that I have.
Plus it has large stringpost machine heads which makes tuning easier with long scale strings on this short scale bass. The only down side to this bass is the extreme low output. Even with the use of an impedance transformer you have to crank the amp way up high.

[lowend1]

FYI...
http://www.sleazeroxx.com/news09/0106whi.shtml

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Interesting. Might get that M3.

Saw Glenn Hughes at The Whisky in June 2007 & he ROCKED the place!
Been meaning to get Soul Mover ever since cuz the Title Track was one of my favs of the show.
Finally got it today & it's pretty badass! A lot of FUNK without being funky if ya know what I mean.
He's a great bassplayer & excellent singer...but I ain't buyin' the hype that he's The Voice of Rock.
Sounds more like The Voice of Funk to me.  ...at times sounding like Rick James (bitch!) & other times the Prince of Pop---
Purple Reign hahaaa

I prefer Coverdale anyday...but Glenn is definitely worth listenin' to too!!

Chad Smith on Drums & JJ Marsh on guitars & help with songcrafting, Ed Roth on "Soulful Organic Keys"
Dave Navarro on guitar on Soul Mover & the intro to She Moves Ghostly

Good stuff.

[gweimer]

Definitely get Soul Mover.  It's a great album.  There's songs on there that are even better than "Soul Mover"

[Basvarken]

Soul Mover kicks ass!

[lowend1]

Ed Roth on "Soulful Organic Keys"

I always loved the "Rat Fink" stuff.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

I had Mother's Worry when I was a kid. 

Not the same Ed Roth tho. haha "Big Daddy" passed away in 2001.

[uwe]

Hughes' voice is one of a kind and he still has amazing range (unlike Coverdale). What he totally lacks is what Coverdale has (or used to have) in abundance: the authority to fill a room with a few notes of his voice. Hughes is always hypheractive with his voice, embellishing things to death (sometimes), Coverdale can sing something quietly, low key and laid back and still grip you. To me, Hughes is a muso's singer, musicians dig what he does because they can appreciate the technique and enthusiasm behind it. Non-musicians, women in particular, are relatively unmoved by what he does and find his vocal gyrations grating. To hear what I mean:

Coverdale (trademark heavy breathers and all):





(my how the boy from Rrredcarrr who had his northern accent mocked by Blackmore in 1973 has adopted a nice posh London accent over the decades)



Hughes (his version of Georgia on my Mind not only splits his groin - and I have recordings where his shrieks are even higher -, but also the audience right down the middle into lovers and haters):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwE69M1uTyY&feature=related




But together their voices were more than the sum of the respective parts.



 

(where the two switch from verse to verse and sing the anthemic chorus together, that guitar solo was played with a screwdriver by the way as Blackmore was bored with the track and wanted to document just that, the outcome is one of his greatest solos though!)


If Coverdale and Hughes got back together again, recorded a selection of Motown and blues classics with someone like Rick Rubin producing, I am positive that they would be selling shitloads of CDs with their duet style and eclipse commercially anything they have done individually in the last 20 (Coverdale) or even thirty (Hughes) years.

[lowend1]

I think Hughes (with the exception of the Trapeze stuff) is best left as a side dish and not the meal. Select songs, like "Holy Man" are great, but in most cases an entire album of his singing gets old real fast - mainly because he still hasn't learned the art of restraint. Ever heard "A Soulful Christmas"? Sheesh. He was held back a bit on Hughes/Thrall - and that, along with characteristic 80s production made him more appealing to the unwashed masses.

With regard to Coverdale's speaking voice and accent - my old pal Ray Gillen once told me that the first time he met Coverdale, he was reminded of old James Bond movies. That was in the 80s - he doesn't sound nearly so smooth on the Cal Jam recordings, so your point is well taken, Uwe.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

But together their voices were more than the sum of the respective parts.

Purple Reign lol

This one's appropriate for me right now...I'm moving once again...
Lookin' for a place down by the sea here in SoCal...

[gweimer]

I've always said that Deep Purple played it smart when Ian Gillan left.  Instead of simply replacing him, they decided to hire two lead singers, and not just a bass player and singer.  Burn is one of my favorite albums of theirs.