HW: Sabbaticals

[Ted Jackson]

On 20 Feb 2003 at 16:50, Doug Pearson wrote:

> >Who are these 3 stellar bassists you mention Doug?
> >I'm stuck on one.
>
> Adrian Shaw?  People forget him since he wasn't in the band for very
> long, and his style is absolutely nothing like Lemmy/Alan, but his
> sense of melody, note placement, and his ability to play *with*,
> rather than *through*, a song, sets him head and shoulders above 99%
> of the world's bassists.  Some of his parts, although
> deceptively-simple sounding, take a serious effort to learn and
> correctly execute.  I'm still blown away by his musicianship every
> time I see him with the Bevis Frond.
>
I saw Ade with Bevis Frond, and he's a great bassist.  Good observation about his
playing 'with' a song.  I was impressed by his ability to play notes that 'fit' and didn't
step on anyone else's parts.  Great tone too...

theo