John Gustafson RIP

[spongebob]

Just read this sad news -

http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-09-14/john-gustafson-dead-at-72

Loved his work with Roxy - 'Out Of The Blue' has always been a top bass-track for me.

RIP John.

[MB1]

MB1.
Great Player
He played on some of Roxy Musics finest albums...
Stranded
Country Life
Siren
Viva (Live)

Rest in Peace.

[Urban Bassman]

Saw him with the Gillian Band at The Marquee back in the day. Great player, another sad loss.

[madshadows]

That's a very sad loss, great player, here's a track he did with Ian Hunter.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nSxVhSIjW0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nSxVhSIjW0[/url]

John

[White Cloud]

Desperately sad to read this news. John was a truly excellent bassist.

Sublime taste and tone. What a loss

[2004gdavi]

Special place in Wal history as the JG range was named after him. I'm sure we'll see postings to mark John's passing on the related web sites shortly.

[Allie]

RIP John

[bumnote]

A great player

[paul_5]

[ezbass]

Another of our number passes

[rushbo]

As a die hard Rocker in my early years, the "Live at the Budokan" by the Ian Gillan Band was on heavy rotation on my crappy old stereo. The Bass playing is superlative and the Wal he's pictured with on the sleeve provoked much early GAS... safe journey John.

[nick]

Apologies if this has already been posted, but couldn't see anything on here...

Apparently John Gustafson passed away last week
[url="http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-09-14/john-gustafson-dead-at-72"]http://classicrock.t...fson-dead-at-72[/url]

Amongst the many other bands he played for , he did some great stuff with Roxy Music.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJdf_RJ89iA"]https://www.youtube....h?v=OJdf_RJ89iA[/url]

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbWcUyzgDWU"]https://www.youtube....h?v=nbWcUyzgDWU[/url]

Edited September 18, 2014 by nick

[EssentialTension]

There was a thread on Gustafson's death already but I can't find it either.

[nick]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1411068966' post='2556253']
There was a thread on Gustafson's death already but I can't find it either.
[/quote]

Found it, [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/245232-john-gustafson-rip/"]http://basschat.co.u...-gustafson-rip/[/url] For some reason the search function doesn't find it
TBH was surprised at what I thought was no mention.

Edited September 18, 2014 by nick

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Let's not forget his early work with pioneering power trio The Big Three. I don't think they left much of a recorded legacy but their reputation as a live act was nothing less than formidable.

[dub_junkie]

His playing on Roxy Music's 'Mother of Pearl' from the Stranded album is outstanding imo. Busy but never detracting from the song,always complimentary. He played some great stuff across a few Roxy Music albums.Inspirational player imo

[BassBunny]

Saw him with The Big Three many times. Used to be on at The Oasis, in Manchester, regularly. Superb band.

[Sonic_Groove]

RIP John,

I have only just caught up with this, one of the greats beautiful feel & tone. Will listen to the "Gusto" Roxy albums later (and probably cry)

Love & Peace

Brendan

[Sonic_Groove]

Here is John on Brian Ferry's (solo) remake of (Roxy's) Re-make/Remodel -- Superb bass playing

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSL7JTRqpRM[/media]


B

Edited September 21, 2014 by Sonic_Groove

[karlfer]

Oh dear, another great gone. Not noticing until Jaco day doesn't help.

[KevB]

Been away so only just caught up with this, very sorry to hear of his passing, particularly enjoy his work on the Clear Air Turbulence and Scarabus albums with Gillan Band, would loved to have seen that lineup like Urban did. RIP Gus...

[discreet]

Missed this entirely, just found out from looking at the Wal site. Very sad.

[dmccombe7]

Sorry to hear this. Was a big influence on my style and sound since hearing him with Gordon Giltrap late 70's / early 80's with that sharp WAL bass sound.
Sad sad news.
Sympathy to his family and all who knew him.

Dave