Damon Minchella

[iamthewalrus]

Hi all,
The band I'm in are looking to do "The Riverboat Song" by Ocean Colour Scene at some point, which led me to digging out my copy of "Moseley Shoals".

Damon Minchella's bass playing on that album is really tasteful, & I really like the tone he gets from his Fender Jazz & (I think) a Gibson EB3.

Anyone else here rate him?

Cheers,
iamthewalrus

[FuNkShUi]

[quote name='iamthewalrus' post='685760' date='Dec 15 2009, 09:37 PM']Hi all,
The band I'm in are looking to do "The Riverboat Song" by Ocean Colour Scene at some point, which led me to digging out my copy of "Moseley Shoals".

Damon Minchella's bass playing on that album is really tasteful, & I really like the tone he gets from his Fender Jazz & (I think) a Gibson EB3.

Anyone else here rate him?

Cheers,
iamthewalrus[/quote]

This is the song im getting about learning now. Cant omment on other songs, because i havent heard many others, but i like his playing on this song!!

[Cat Burrito]

I think he's generally well rated and highly regarded. I saw him with OCS many years ago in Oxford and he was good. I don't really listen to them but I was suitably impressed with that show

[YouMa]

I cant stand ocs and that new the day we caught the train mod crap even though im a huge small faces/who/kinks fan.Saying that i liked this guys playing alot at the time.

[Geek99]

Yes like his work. Isn't it a p bass tho?

[dave_bass5]

[quote name='Geek99' post='685994' date='Dec 16 2009, 03:13 AM']Yes like his work. Isn't it a p bass tho?[/quote]

Cant say what he used on that track but im pretty sure ive never seen him play anything other than a Jazz bass. At least, not with Paul Weller.

Great bassist.

[jimijimmi]

great bassist and a great bloke too..

i think he used a 1972 jazz..

hes the reason i picked up bass in the first place!

[dave_bass5]

I learnt a lot from Damon's playing when i was doing the Weller tribute band a few years ago.

[JPS]

He contributes some nice playing in his current band Trio Valore as well. Return Of The Iron Monkey, a cover of Rehab and the Get Carter theme.

[Stuart Clayton]

Damon has just joined the bass team at BIMM Bristol. Actually, I say team, but it's just me and him!

He's a great guy, and a terrific player. I actually had no idea he'd done so much cool stuff, but my hat is well and truly off.

Stu

[AndyTravis]

Always admired him, the cream of the Indie bass crop.
LOVE his white Fender Jazz with the tortie plate and block inlays.
Heard the new OCS single the other day, and it wasn't an instant classic, if you get me...
But still, Damon is a geezer, and certainly can play.
I'm off to find my ocs albums...

[evilLordJuju]

He owns Ronnie Lane's [url="http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/H27.php"]Harmony H27[/url] IIRC.. Ronnie Lanes wife gave it to him or something. And I did see him playing that with Paul Weller on a DVD at some point.

Am I remembering correctly?

Didn't know he played a Gibson EB3 though... is that confirmed?

[iamthewalrus]

[quote name='evilLordJuju' post='686944' date='Dec 17 2009, 01:46 AM']He owns Ronnie Lane's [url="http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/H27.php"]Harmony H27[/url] IIRC.. Ronnie Lanes wife gave it to him or something. And I did see him playing that with Paul Weller on a DVD at some point.

Am I remembering correctly?

Didn't know he played a Gibson EB3 though... is that confirmed?[/quote]

I've been going over some stuff out of a 6 year old copy of "Total Guitar - Bass Special" from 2003 which had a lesson from DM - he's a bit of an Andy Fraser fan & said he had a Gibson EB3 like Andy's.

I saw DM play with Paul Weller at The Forum in Kentish Town a few years back (when "As is Now" came out) - that night he was using an Ampeg rig with his White Jazz & a White P-Bass (the P-Bass spent the night in it's stand though).

His playing on "The Players" album with Steve White & Mick Talbot is pretty cool as well. Nice to see DM's got some fans on the forum

Cheers,
iamthewalrus