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There are some great bands on tour this summer and,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, as an old guy, I am reminded of some of the famous and infamoous rock bands and their bass players. Bass players are often the quiet, forgotten members of a band (quick-who played bass for the Beach Boys? I don't know either, so we are even). But a few have burst out of the dark side of the stage and left a mark, both musically and lifestyle, that deserve mention.
Think about John Entwistle of the Who. Known as the Ox, JE stood to the right of Roger Daltry, played faster than any other rock bassist and apparently had other appetites worthy of the name Ox. Unfortunately for all rock n roll fans, the Ox took a pound of coke,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, had a heart attack and got dead.
Then there is Bill Wyman, formerly of the Rolling Stones. Despite being the oldest Stone and always ignored next to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Wyman managed to sleep with hundreds of willing fans during assorted tours by the Stones. Read his book Stone Alone and you will find yourself needing a shower and a lot of antibiotics. Of course he settled down when he married the lovely 15 year old Brandi, at least for the 3 months that the marriage lasted. An underrated bass players (just listen to Ya-Yas and pay attention to the bass parts. You will get chills) he overcompensated with with his Wyman.
Jack Bruce,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, John Bonham, Roger Waters, Ron Blair, Sir McCartney and a host of others played memorable bass and managed to keep out of the tabloids (well, not McCartney. He actually supported tabloid journalism for years but I am tired of talking about him) for the most part. Tom Petty's bass player Howie Epstein died from drugs but still managed to put down some great sounds, Sting is boring both in music and his life and I can't tell you anything about the bass player for U2, like his name. I just saw Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson has his 84th bass player since Tull's inception. The list goes on in my fevered mind.
So--what is the point? Nothing, really. Just that some of the music I have heard this summer has put me in a reflective mood about some fo the bands and msuicians who created amazing soundtracks for my life. To them I say Thank You.