HUE AND CRY 1989

[MOSCOWBASS]

Does anybody know who the bassist is and what bass he's playing?

Thanks

Edited September 8, 2019 by MOSCOWBASS

[Delberthot]

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

[kodiakblair]

Could it be a very young Coco Cunningham ?

[JohnR]

Pretty sure it isn't Finn. He always played a Wal during this period.

[ped]

Think the bass might be a Lag (French)

[BrunoBass]

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

[MOSCOWBASS]

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

[NikNik]

Looks like a Valley Arts Guitars logo. They were pretty popular back then.

[ped]

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

 

[Beer of the Bass]

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. 

[Defo]

It's a Lag, I remember drooling over it when they were on TOTP, memories....

[MOSCOWBASS]

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?

[MOSCOWBASS]

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😁

[White Cloud]

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!

[ped]

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!!

[BigRedX]

Got to say that's a boring looking bass, but then again it goes nicely with Hue and Cry's boring sounding music. 😉

[Beer of the Bass]

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.

[mangotango]

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!

[Delberthot]

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. 

[timplog]

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

[Defo]

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.

[Shawman]

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

[robertbuang]

it most certainly is jamey boy. regards

[Misdee]

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?

[NancyJohnson]

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.