Widowmaker LP

[Steve Swann]

Btw, if any of you are fans of the Dio-era Black Sabbath, definitely go see them as Heaven & Hell.  I've seen them twice recently, touring with Megadeth (who were also awesome) and more recently with Priest and Motorhead.  They were terrific both times.  I never thought I would have a chance to hear "Sign of the Southern Cross" or "Falling Off the Edge of the World" live...  <glee>  :)

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Scruton <js3619 at ACMENET.NET>
Date: Monday, Sep 8, 2008 1:27 pm
Subject: Re: Widowmaker LP
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>From black-sabbath.com 
The bass line for Heaven & Hell was written by Geoff Nicholls. Geoff
Nicholls was originally brought in to replace Geezer Butler, but moved to keyboards when Geezer returned to the band before the album was recorded. 
There's another rumour that the bass on this album was actually played by Craig Gruber, and not Geezer, but this is largely unfounded.  Craig was briefly tried out for bass during the period that Geezer quit, but did not formally join. All the songs were written before Geezer returned - the only song that Geezer actually had a hand in writing was Neon Knights, which was the final song recorded. 

fun facts. I only just read that because a friend bougth the album for me. replete with a lynn curlee cover (the Agents of Fortune cover creator.)  

hmmm ... there's a contest : 6 degrees of BOC-L.

J.

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:05:53 -0500, mike coleman <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
 On 9/8/08, iainferguson at aol.com <iainferguson at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I like it, bought it years and years ago, still sounds good now..albeit
 in
> a classic 70's stylee..
 
 
 I recommend the first one myself, which is the assumed article here, it is
 on CD in case you didin't know, it rocks, and Geezer Butler stole one of
 the
 bass lines from this or the other one (likely this) to create  the
"Heaven
 and Hell" bass line....