Surprise bass player! Is there someone you never knew played bass?

[chriswareham]

  On 17/07/2023 at 13:42, Newfoundfreedom said:

Don't know if it's already been mentioned. Can't be bothered to read 4 pages back. 

 

I was surprised to learn Jason Mamoa plays bass. 

 

Of course, on him it looks like a ukulele. 

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Same height as me apparently (6'4" / 193cm). I briefly played a Hofner violin bass, which really did look like a ukulele on me 😄

[LowB_FTW]

  On 17/07/2023 at 13:42, Newfoundfreedom said:

Don't know if it's already been mentioned. Can't be bothered to read 4 pages back. 

 

I was surprised to learn Jason Mamoa plays bass. 

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Page 2 😊

 

And according to this link, Steve Martin also plays upright bass (I just learned that Steve Martin also plays banjo, guitar and mandolin as well).

 

Mark

[Baloney Balderdash]

  On 18/07/2023 at 16:12, chriswareham said:

Same height as me apparently (6'4" / 193cm). I briefly played a Hofner violin bass, which really did look like a ukulele on me 😄

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I am 6'4' as well and my preferred main bass of choice is my just 28.6" scale Ibanez Mikro Bass.

 

Then again you have people just as tall playing 24.75" Gibson scale guitars, and no one seems to think that looks strange.

 

I also believe Stanley Clarke must be just as tall, if not even a bit taller, and further more have pretty huge hands, and he plays a mean upright bass as well, yet his preferred electric bass of choice is a 30" short scale Alembic. 

[snorkie635]

  On 18/07/2023 at 08:39, EssentialTension said:

On a Fender Mustang??

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There must have been three of them, as he clearly states, "three riders were approaching (on their Mustangs?) and the wind began to howl". 🤭

[Waddo Soqable]

  On 18/07/2023 at 17:24, snorkie635 said:

There must have been three of them, as he clearly states, "three riders were approaching (on their Mustangs?) and the wind began to howl". 🤭

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Nah, he could SEE three of them.. Doesn't mean there was actually three of 'em 

 

[upside downer]

Oh, my! It's Percy Plant!

 

 

 

 

From the splendid book Led Zeppelin - A Celebration by Dave Lewis, which is where the following snippet regarding a regrouping in early 1986 also comes from.

 

 

 

 

It wasn't to be. And this, from last year, where Percy claims (probably tongue in cheek) that there's a smidgen of his bass on Led Zeppelin I.

 

https://metalheadzone.com/the-only-led-zeppelin-album-featuring-robert-plants-bass-parts/

 

I'll bet it's not him doing the fiddly parts on Good Times Bad Times 

[Guest]

  On 18/07/2023 at 09:57, asingardenof said:

I've heard that you don't hear Noel Redding on any Jimi Hendrix recording, but that could be (and probably is) just a myth.

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A myth I think!

 

IMHO Billy Cox took that trio to another level

[Guest]

  On 18/07/2023 at 08:39, EssentialTension said:

On a Fender Mustang??

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Never heard that

 

[EssentialTension]

  On 18/07/2023 at 23:09, NAS Bass said:

Never heard that

 

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I read it somewhere but I have no idea if it's true.

 

[Dazed]

[Steve Browning]

Interesting (re Jim Moir). I have just watched an interview with Bob Mortimer (interviewed by Rob Brydon) and 6 minutes in, Rob Brydon asks how he had the confidence to go on stage as, apart from being a bass player in a band, he had no performing 'urge'.

[Guest]

Chris Poland followed up being this guitarist......

 

 

....with being this bassist....

 

 

[casapete]

Mrs CP is currently watching ‘Portrait Artist of the Year 2023’ on Sky Arts.

One of the sitters is Nigel Havers, who has brought with him a Hofner Violin bass.

Said he played a bit in bands a few years ago. Who knew?

[Cosmo Valdemar]

  On 09/11/2023 at 19:57, casapete said:

Mrs CP is currently watching ‘Portrait Artist of the Year 2023’ on Sky Arts.

One of the sitters is Nigel Havers, who has brought with him a Hofner Violin bass.

Said he played a bit in bands a few years ago. Who knew?

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I only know him for his distinctive keyboard playing.

 

 

[sandy_r]

  On 09/11/2023 at 20:19, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I only know him for his distinctive keyboard playing.

 

 

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...Spinal Tap's warmup band?

 

[tauzero]

  On 09/11/2023 at 20:19, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I only know him for his distinctive keyboard playing.

 

 

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Is that Paul Whitehouse on guitar?

[kwmlondon]

  On 09/11/2023 at 22:53, tauzero said:

 

Is that Paul Whitehouse on guitar?

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That's Thotch. The biggest-selling band of the 1970's I'll have you know. 

 

[super al]

  On 17/07/2023 at 13:42, Newfoundfreedom said:

Don't know if it's already been mentioned. Can't be bothered to read 4 pages back. 

 

I was surprised to learn Jason Mamoa plays bass. 

 

Of course, on him it looks like a ukulele. 

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I gotta feeling that when we watched Aquaman, Aquaman's dad (played by Boba Fett actor) had a bass guitar in his lighthouse... I said to the kids "I bet that's there cos the bloke playing Aquaman is one of us"

And of course not all superheroes wear capes, some play bass 😎...and can breathe underwater 😆

[pineweasel]

Robert Plant, mentioned above, on bass during the Concert for Bert Jansch last weekend at the Barbican

[EJWW]

Here is some more material from this vein...

 

 

[asingardenof]

  On 09/11/2023 at 19:57, casapete said:

Mrs CP is currently watching ‘Portrait Artist of the Year 2023’ on Sky Arts.

One of the sitters is Nigel Havers, who has brought with him a Hofner Violin bass.

Said he played a bit in bands a few years ago. Who knew?

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He played a bit of bass in the TV series Manchild I believe - I have a distinct memory of seeing him sat on a sofa playing a Precision next to Don Warrington.

[Mickeyboro]

  On 13/11/2023 at 15:40, asingardenof said:

 

He played a bit of bass in the TV series Manchild I believe - I have a distinct memory of seeing him sat on a sofa playing a Precision next to Don Warrington.

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He is also a Fulham fan! I am warming to him even more…

[LowB_FTW]

Chuck Norris with a Thunderbird …

(Stolen from a FB post that appeared on my timeline, so please excuse the text, it's not mine.)

 

 

Mark

[Skybone]

Re. Paul Whitehouse, there was one episode of the Whitehouse & Mortimer Gone Fishing where they're talking to Fergal Sharkey, and Paul said he auditioned for That Petrol Emotion on guitar. OK, not bass.

[Rich]

Not a bassist, but this is Peter Dinklage apparently playing in a ska band (YES!) in the mid 90s.