MOSCOWBASS Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Does anybody know who the bassist is and what bass he's playing? Thanks Edited September 8, 2019 by MOSCOWBASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 In 1989 it could have been James Finnegan but it doesn't look like him in the picture. It was around then I think that he stopped working with them and started with Stiltskin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Could it be a very young Coco Cunningham ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Pretty sure it isn't Finn. He always played a Wal during this period. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Think the bass might be a Lag (French) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Is it Will Lee? Pretty sure he was with them around then. I think he played on their 1988 album ‘Remote’. Edited September 8, 2019 by BrunoBass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSCOWBASS Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Apparently it is James Finnegan, been speaking to guitarist on the gig, Nigel Clark. Still not sure about the make of bass, Schecter has been mentioned Edited September 8, 2019 by MOSCOWBASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Looks like a Valley Arts Guitars logo. They were pretty popular back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Here’s the Lag bass I was thinking of. Looks the same shape, just this one has binding. http://forum.laboitenoiredumusicien.com/viewtopic.php?t=2913 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 10 hours ago, MOSCOWBASS said: Apparently it is James Finnegan, been speaking to guitarist on the gig, Nigel Clark. Still not sure about the make of bass, Schecter has been mentioned That's a name that rings some bells - I remember Nigel Clark as a stalwart of the Dunoon Jazz festival (my hometown) through the 90s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defo Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 It's a Lag, I remember drooling over it when they were on TOTP, memories.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSCOWBASS Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Beer of the Bass said: That's a name that rings some bells - I remember Nigel Clark as a stalwart of the Dunoon Jazz festival (my hometown) through the 90s. I've known Nigel since we were kids, we lived 2 or 3 doors apart. I've played in Dunoon many times, used to play in the Glen Morag hotel....did you know John Peel drums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSCOWBASS Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 hours ago, ped said: Here’s the Lag bass I was thinking of. Looks the same shape, just this one has binding. http://forum.laboitenoiredumusicien.com/viewtopic.php?t=2913 Thank you! That's scratched an itch, hadn't heard of Lag before😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 That is James Finnegan. I bought his Vigier Arpege from him back in the day: oddly enough, he bought a nice vintage Fender Jazz from me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 16 minutes ago, White Cloud said: That is James Finnegan. I bought his Vigier Arpege from him back in the day: oddly enough, he bought a nice vintage Fender Jazz from me! The chap has taste!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Got to say that's a boring looking bass, but then again it goes nicely with Hue and Cry's boring sounding music. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 4 hours ago, MOSCOWBASS said: I've known Nigel since we were kids, we lived 2 or 3 doors apart. I've played in Dunoon many times, used to play in the Glen Morag hotel....did you know John Peel drums? I didn't know John Peel well, but I do remember running into him, also at the Glen Morag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangotango Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 3 hours ago, BigRedX said: Got to say that's a boring looking bass, but then again it goes nicely with Hue and Cry's boring sounding music. 😉 Ain't gonna talk with you no more! 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 11 hours ago, White Cloud said: That is James Finnegan. I bought his Vigier Arpege from him back in the day: oddly enough, he bought a nice vintage Fender Jazz from me! I met him a few times around 1990 and he had a nice Warwick Thumb NT5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timplog Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 another Lag found in seattle US a few years ago nicely built should've kept it but didn't get on with 5 strings at the time cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defo Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 12 hours ago, timplog said: another Lag found in seattle US a few years ago nicely built should've kept it but didn't get on with 5 strings at the time cheers Thanks for that, brings back a few memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawman Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 On 09/09/2019 at 10:19, MOSCOWBASS said: Thank you! That's scratched an itch, hadn't heard of Lag before😁 FWIW - I have this very bass now. It's lovely 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertbuang Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 it most certainly is jamey boy. regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I read somewhere that James Finnegan is a school music teacher nowadays. I remember seeing him playing that bass back in those days. Excellent player, and I quite liked Hue And Cry at the time. Saw them opening for Madonna. Where has the time gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Crikey, now there's a band I hadn't thought of for a long, long time. A mate of mine was a huge fan (he was also very big on getting groups of people who didn't know each other together as well); he organised tickets for a Hue and Cry gig at the Wilde Theatre, Bracknell about 20 years ago, perhaps longer. I can't find a single reference to it online, so I could have dreamt it, but unlikely. I guess there were about 20 of us. I'll profess I only knew Labour of Love (as did about 18 or us)...they did two coma-enducing sets with an intermission between and I swear about half the audience didn't return for the second half. I couldn't tell you what they played, how many were in the band, anything. I do however remember eating a rather splendid cheeseburger beforehand and had a pint between sets, beyond that? Nada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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