louisthebass Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 There was a celebration of tv theme tunes (mainly ITV) in London towards the end of 2018 - a friend of mine who used to work for DeWolfe was invited, and there was a bit of footage shared on Facebook (Phil Mulford was playing bass in the house band). 1 Quote
geoham Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 23/01/2019 at 19:40, ubit said: Taggart Oh yes, I was watching an old episode the other day noticed how awesome the theme tune was! Quote
Rich Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 24/01/2019 at 06:44, lowdown said: Rich did an interview with Mo Foster for Basschat several years ago. An interesting read. Blimey, that's taking me back! that was fun, and Mo was an absolute star. What a lovely man. 1 Quote
Rich Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Some favourites: St Elsewhere https://youtu.be/g9h7ugSzlEk Van Der Valk https://youtu.be/OV8t3jA-krc Shoestring https://youtu.be/L9l8kwEg_p0 Taxi https://youtu.be/pptFCbYuOIM Quote
Rich Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 24/01/2019 at 00:23, TrevorR said: Don’t you mean Bwian Wawlden? My favourite Spitting Image sketch with Brian Walden was the one where he was asking Cecil Parkinson and Michael Heseltine about all the 'rancour' within the Conservative party... 1 Quote
MrCrane Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 30 minutes ago, Rich said: Some favourites: St Elsewhere https://youtu.be/g9h7ugSzlEk Van Der Valk https://youtu.be/OV8t3jA-krc Shoestring https://youtu.be/L9l8kwEg_p0 Taxi https://youtu.be/pptFCbYuOIM and I'll add this one Hill Street Blues 1 Quote
MrCrane Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 and this one (although it was on the Beeb IIRC) 1 Quote
Rich Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 31 minutes ago, MrCrane said: and I'll add this one Hill Street Blues D'oh. How could I have forgotten that? *slaps self* Quote
casapete Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 42 minutes ago, MrCrane said: and I'll add this one Hill Street Blues Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear Larry Carlton starting that solo. 😮 Quote
lowdown Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Seeing as 'ITV' was just used as click bate, I will throw in a Bill Conti composed classic. Ray Pizzi on Alto and Ernie Watts on Tenor. As tight as two Saxes together can get! Plus: Dennis Budimir (guitar), Mike Lang (keyboards), Lee Sklar (bass), Steve Schaeffer (drums) and Emil Richards (percussion, tympani) . Trumpets: Jerry Hey & Gary Grant. Edited January 25, 2019 by lowdown Quote
lowdown Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) There is a great YouTube Channel, where most of the musicians are listed for a lot of the American TV themes. Just click on 'Show More' (below the video). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7USgS7s7MTzOshd7xaPvNw/videos Edited January 25, 2019 by lowdown Quote
bassace Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 That’s a great resource, lowdown. Looked up Moonlighting, Al Jareau, and found Nile Rodgers on synth bass. Hours of fun, no doubt. 1 Quote
TrevorR Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 On 24/01/2019 at 09:35, Hobbayne said: You cant beat Space 1999 for some classic 70's Wackacha' pedal. No idea who the bassist was. Carol Kaye done some TV themes. Was musing on how great this tune is and decided to check out whether Allmusic.com had and sort of entry. Turned out they did. It certainly threw a few interesting names into the mix... Drums - Liam Genockey Of Steeleye Span fame Percussion - Tristan Fry Of Sky fame Wakka wakka Guitar - Vic Elmes (who was in prog band zZebra with Genockey) But the name which really caught my attention was the bass player from zZebra who provides that great bass line. A certain Mr John McCoy, later of Samson, Gillan and Mammoth. Saw him playing with Gillan on the Future Shock/Double Trouble tour. What a commanding presence! Great P bass tone too! 1 2 Quote
Hobbayne Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 I remember him from Gillan. He once appeared on TOTP playing bass with his left hand upside down! 😊 Quote
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