bagsieblue Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Last night - Blackpool Empress Ballroom. Brand New Heavies, Andrew Levy absolutely amazing. Effortless, funky, busy but in the pocket. The whole band were great actually - crystal clear sound. Super tight. Great bass sound, played a Fender Jazz for most of the night, couple of songs on a 4 string thumb and a couple on a sparkly 5 string Warwick SS1. The Warwicks were brilliant - without a doubt the best tone I've ever heard - Not a P bass in sight! Andrew was playing through a TC Electronics rig. We were right at the front, high fived most of the band and got a full on handshake with Andrew Levy! Couple of pics: Edited December 15, 2013 by bagsieblue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Saw them in London on Wednesday and was impressed too. Good funky bass playing which fitted nicely with the drums and percussion. Thought the singer was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou24d53 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I've not seen BNH since 1994 in the Glasgow Barrowlands! Desperate for them to come up north again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 [sup]Saw them at Ronnies last year, great playing from AL[/sup] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo0tsy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) I've seen BNH a couple of times over the years...so very good live. Was it Dawn Joseph on vocals? They seem to have fallen out with N'dea Davenport Their last album 'Forward' is great too BTW. Edited December 16, 2013 by Bo0tsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Haven't seen them live but have bought most of their lps over the years & I think Andrew Levy is a fantastic player. If I ever get the chance to play in a similar kinda band I'd jump at it. Rock schmock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I am amazed at how few Warwick basses are seen being used by pro's in the spotlight. OK same could be said of Wal basses, but Warwicks are produced in many more numbers. Good basses too. Fender still wears the crown I guess.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 [quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1387204294' post='2309271'] I am amazed at how few Warwick basses are seen being used by pro's in the spotlight. OK same could be said of Wal basses, but Warwicks are produced in many more numbers. Good basses too. Fender still wears the crown I guess.. [/quote] Aesthetics and price are probably the answer to this. Warwicks just ain't fashionable right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I'm not a huge fan of the band,to be honest, but Andrew Levy is a wickedly good player and always has been . He used to be a regular customer at a clothes shop where my mate worked when we were students and he is apparently a very nice chap, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I've never seen BNH live but think Levy is a great bass player. I'm often surprised by how overlooked he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Saw them last year (or possibly very early this) at Under the Bridge - very good live & Levy had a great sound, I think he was using those same basses too. I think one of the reasons not too many people are using Warwicks at the moment is that their sound is almost too recognizable - I think they sound great but sometimes you don't want the instrument to scream a brand, you just want it to fit in with the music (that's how I'm feeling about mine anyway)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Love em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatboter Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 [quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1387204294' post='2309271'] I am amazed at how few Warwick basses are seen being used by pro's in the spotlight. OK same could be said of Wal basses, but Warwicks are produced in many more numbers. Good basses too. Fender still wears the crown I guess.. [/quote] Around here in Belgium I know bands where you have lesser chances to join them when you don't play Fender... I brought several basses along (Wal, Alembic, Fodera, Warwick..etc) and still you get the reaction "yeah, but it's not a Fender". Even the worst mexican crap Fender gets you more credibility than other basses.. They do listen with their eyes... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Blimey, hadn't realised they were playing or I'd have gone. Or would have tried to; may not have made it given the dismal weekend I had. Great player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Like him..you can't teach what he has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 We saw them last night in Cambridge. Brilliant a really fun gig and great bass led grooves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearhart74 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) {Note from Rich: sorry, that pic just had to go. I wasn't kidding about the trigger.} Edited November 18, 2019 by Rich See text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Whoa. Nearly triggered my epilepsy there, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 15/12/2013 at 09:57, bagsieblue said: Couple of pics: Are they of you or Mr Levy? One of you resembles a Mr. Man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandypjb Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) Saw them last night in Newcastle - good vibes; audio mix less so. Might have been the room. Here's a pic of Mr. Levy playing his PJ. Sure it's a Squier rather than a Fender but couldn't quite see. Rig was Ashdown as you can see. Edited November 22, 2019 by Sandypjb Minor change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 13 hours ago, Sandypjb said: Saw them last night in Newcastle - good vibes; audio mix less so. Might have been the room. Here's a pic of Mr. Levy playing his PJ. Sure it's a Squier rather than a Fender but couldn't quite see. Rig was Ashdown as you can see. I think that it’s a Sadowsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearhart74 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) On 23/11/2019 at 03:19, lonestar said: I think that it’s a Sadowsky rogers headstocks never look like a fender clone. Andrew could probably play a 50 dollar memphis from a thrift store and make it sound good. Edited November 24, 2019 by bearhart74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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