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Some lovely Bass work on this Lalo Schifrin TRACK:

My take as well.

The Musician Man basses were popular, and from about '87 onwards, the five-string version joined in on the fun.

Another recording of AJ back in his four string days (with a lovely rich tone). This live video may be the early days of 'smooth jazz', but still, both AJ and Steve Gadd are really in the pocket. In fact, the whole band are:

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I think it passed him by. "A separate programme called, Following Eastenders". As it happens, Ray Russell is a decent chap and quite humorous in his own right when he's not interviewing. He's an old school UK session Guitarist with a terrific body of TV and film credits behind him, along with all those major artist pop and rock sessions he played on

Probably most have seen this interview with AJ, but if not, it's worth 30 minutes of your time. He joins in with Simon Phillips for the second part of the interview and he was certainly a very fascinating character:

Blimey, he needs those big boots to find his way around that big pedal board...

Four minutes. Blimey, how did you manage that long? Drugs?

Danny and Béla !! 👍

That's definitely worth plastering over any social media accounts one might have. Thanks for the link. 👍

I have a Guitarist friend who I have known for years. For a very long time he has been known as 'Dank Foreskins'. It's actually an anagram of his name.

When the Bass starts the Ostinato on the open E string in 'Love Games' for the first time. That was a wow moment for me back then.

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I couldn't imagine what that sounded like, so I had a word with the fellow over at ChatGPT. The below, was his response. Question = What would Kermit the Frog gargling with porridge sound like? ChatGPT said: "If you imagine it, it’d probably be a mix of: Kermit’s distinct voice: that high, slightly nasal, throaty tone. The wet, bubbly gargle sound: like sloshing oatmeal mush in the back of the throat. A muffled “hrrmm-hrrmm-hrrrmph” quality: because porridge is thick, it would make the sound less liquidy and more gloppy. So it might come out like: 👉 “Grrhh–glllhrrmm–muhhrrggghhh–blrrp!” with little oaty splats at the end. Do you want me to try to write out a full onomatopoeic “Kermit gargling porridge performance,” as if it were in a script? Also, would you like me to make a quick audio impression of this as well (using onomatopoeia and frog-like tone), or do you prefer it just as a written script?

The fellow who runs the YouTube channel in question is named 'Shaun Martin'. He has seven various social media and YouTube channels with links in his main profile channel. It looks like he is some kind of digital creator/groupie who probably thinks Mick Mason is a celebrity. He's now certainly that!! He has seven channels including YouTube and other Social Media platforms, and looks like he will interview anyone who has any kind of involvement in show business. The seven links are next to his picture profile. He comes across as naive and star struck (just my opinion, of course). He's probably a very nice chap who just needs convincing the Mick Mason is a proper, full on, professional conman. Link to his Digital World: A backstage pass to the world of entertainment! - Shaun Martin

For some reason, I always thought it was the great studio player, 'Larry Kimpel'? He actually played with George Duke quite a bit around that period, Good luck getting to the bottom of that one...

The channel owner must be glued to his 'Puter, because he is removing posts pretty much immediately.

I have just looked at that YouTube link and was thinking exactly the same!! "A backstage pass to the world of entertainment!" didn't mention the other successful racket he is running.

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This is one of the charges, "pretending to act under the authority of a County Court". If proven, the fellow might not be so lucky this time... Section 135, County Courts Act 1984: up to 7 years’ imprisonment for pretending to act under County Court authority. Other possible offences might carry higher penalties (up to 10 years or even life) depending on intent and impact.

Yes, of course, one can run that risk if not serious about what they do or deliver. But if one wants to be called up again, one makes sure they know all/most of the relevant, popular Bass lines to certain well-known songs, rather than just busking lines over changes and structures. Any regularly called up, depping musician, will have a vocabulary of 'learned' tunes stored in their brain that they need to know (or should do). That's why they get called back again, and again. Just busking over a set of chords might be okay if you get called at the last minute. In fact, some bands/MD's/leaders may well be thankful you helped out without any major disasters. However, you probably won't get the call again in favour of someone who knows the tunes/Bass lines. Or at least, you get asked to learn the tunes in advance. As 'Chris B' said further up thread, you want to do as good a job as the musician you are covering. Just busking the gig on its own, probably means you are just winging it. Successful, regular depping is an art. If you get called back regularly, it's probably because you are better than being 'just good enough'. You tend to do a lot of homework and become familiar with a lot of tunes. The only gigs I remember doing where just busking away was okay, were usually Jewish functions. A lot of the music was just solid one and five playing. Or on certain pub gigs, playing Jazz standards, or covers of soft rock/country tunes etc, but certainly still not to be taken lightly. Well, that's from my personal playing experience, along with working with excellent, reliable deps... And just as importantly, have enjoyed regularly working with them on a musical level. YMMV.