Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
When you play bass, you’re rarely the focus of attention. The guitar is usually front and center; the drummer gets to smash things, at least by appearances. Not a lot of bass players get much attention, and when they do it’s usually because they sing lead (Rush’s Geddy Lee, the Grass Roots’ Rob Grill, Chicago’s [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... he said: “The first time I was like ‘Did I just hear that'’ The second time I looked at [bassist] Garry [Tallent] and said, ‘Did you hear what I just heard'’ At that point I knew I had to get Bruce’s attention, but I couldn’t get it through the rest of ‘Wrecking Ball.’ There was no time to really have that conversation [ laughs hysterically ]. I’m like, ‘Please, God, don’t give him...
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
What could possibly beat getting my first Instalanche in three years and change? Getting linked from Backstreets.com, the official home of all things Bruce, that’s what! The Jersey News Turnpike linked to yesterday’s piece on Garry Tallent’s birthday. When I was in my twenties, ekeing out a living as a freelancer, and still trying to make it [...]
