jhk Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [size=4][size=5][i][b]just spent a delightful afternoon,watching herbie flowers,chris spedding plus band playing for free in open air on beach front ,in our village in rottingdean,east sussex.........[/b][/i][/size][/size] [size=4][size=5][i][b]he`s now 74 years old!!!!!..............and just as enthusiastic as ever ........ a joy to listen to, on both double and electric bass....................blimey!! ...I hope I last as long as him......[/b][/i][/size][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Excellent, what was the event? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhk Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 [size=5][b][i]it was a gig ,celebrating the recent opening of a beachfront performance area.There`s been a series of gigs this summer at this venue................... herbie lives just up the road in ditchling,but is often seen gigging around brighton area..........................it was quite surreal listening to space oddity and walk on the wild side(both herbie`s sessions)and looking out to a shimmering sea....[/i][/b][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 He's a fantastic chap to talk to over a pint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Wish I knew about that would have been there for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) Me too - especially with Chris Spedding as well, one of the unsung guitar greats. Edited August 27, 2012 by casapete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Herbie & Chris have been playing in the band on the annual " Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds" tours for a quite few years now too - a very entertaining night out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Saw him at the Cardiff show for war of the worlds a coupla years ago. Brilliant show and he had a killer tone. Only knew he was playing when we sat down and read the program before it started. Made my night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Herb is a lovely bloke, great raconteur, and a superbly generous educationalist. I've seen him play with Chris several times, and Plux has literally spent weeks with him over the years at his Brighton Rockshop events: he even lent Plux his infamous Jazz bass for just about the entire week and the final performance, just because Plux was so into it (and because he plays db and so can actually get one of those telegraph cables to touch the neck at all). An absolute gent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglycustard Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Never heard anybody have a bad word to say about Herbie a lovely down to earth bloke with no ego!" whatsoever and always ready to let anyone have a go on his old stacker-jazz(as if it was just a cheap squier!). Long may he carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 ....out of interest, what rig was he using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 A truly magnificent bass player. His electric bass playing on some of those old Serge Gainsbourg records is absolutely sublime- well worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I think the bass on the Serge Gainsborough records was Russ Stableford, certainly on Je T'aime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Apparently Gainsbourg used a few bass players during his classic era, including Russ Stableford and also Brian Odgers, ( basically, along with Herbie , the top session players in London during this era) but a lot of tracks were Herbie Flowers . As might be expected, there is by now some disagreement as to who played on the final version of which track ( similar to the whole Jamerson-Carol Kaye controversy/debate). The upside is that they were all great. Edited September 16, 2012 by Dingus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglycustard Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1347801989' post='1805134'] ....out of interest, what rig was he using? [/quote] I'm not sure what he uses these days,but I always loved the sound he got from his old Wallace amp in the 70's At one point he used Trace Elliot and also had a Roland cube.None as good as the Wallace... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 He was still using the Roland Cube last time I saw him (2006) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Was he playing the LPB bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhk Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 [i]at this gig it was his trusty blue jazz , plus also his double bass. Not sure about amp, but it was a tiny combo........ roland cube size or smaller......[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hear one of his talks a few years ago at the Portland Pub in Brighton & Hove and he was fabulously entertaining.. Told me off for chewing gum when I walked in the room IIRC! By the end of his talk he had everyone singing and playing along to 'Walk on the Wild Side'.. He started off as a tuba player in the army he said and has just gone on from there. Sort of bloke that should be Basschat's Patron or something.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1347809506' post='1805268'] I think the bass on the Serge Gainsborough records was Russ Stableford, certainly on Je T'aime. [/quote] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Some posts from his son [size=3][[color=#000000]Glyn Stableford][/color][/size][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Herbie joins in i think.[/font] [url="http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/07/the-love-affair-everlasting-love/"]http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/07/the-love-affair-everlasting-love/[/url] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 [quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1347879053' post='1805959'] Hear one of his talks a few years ago at the Portland Pub in Brighton & Hove and he was fabulously entertaining.. Told me off for chewing gum when I walked in the room IIRC! By the end of his talk he had everyone singing and playing along to 'Walk on the Wild Side'.. He started off as a tuba player in the army he said and has just gone on from there. Sort of bloke that should be Basschat's Patron or something.. [/quote] Was that the Brighton Bass day thing? Was a great day that, and Herb really ought to be the Patron Saint of Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1347892699' post='1806225'] Was that the Brighton Bass day thing? Was a great day that, and Herb really ought to be the Patron Saint of Bass [/quote] Yep! The one Dave Barnard used to run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Wonder why it stopped happening? Had a great time (including a jam with Plux and Terry Popple on the drums which was hilarious!), and it was properly busy all day - the pub must have made a mint.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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