Members of Riders in the Sky, accordionist Joey, left, fiddler Woody Paul, guitarist Ranger Doug and bassist Too Slim, play for area school students at the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium Monday morning. Riders In The Sky carry...
...professionally a year later." He picked up the bass initially for practical reasons. In college, guitar players outnumbered bassists 10 to 1, and he knew he'd get more gigs as a bass player. Music and computers: After a few years working as a musician...
...guitar players outnumbered bassists 10 to 1, and he knew he'd...One Moment." Composer, bassist and guitarist Ford James 020801...Home>Archives> Composer, bassist and guitarist Ford James Composer, bassist and guitarist Ford James ...
...includes keyboardist Steve Nelson and drummer Vern Fowler, who also sing, and Adrian Minne and Ford James will alternate as bassists. The band plays 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight and Saturday at the Alaskan. For dancing of the square and contra variety...
...includes keyboardist Steve Nelson and drummer Vern Fowler, who also sing, and Adrian Minne and Ford James will alternate as bassists. The band plays 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight and Saturday at the Alaskan. For dancing of the square and contra variety...
...instrument," said Paul, "is to lay it on the couch and then tell him not to touch it." Quinn chose bass the way most bassists do: the band needed one. At 10, he was too short to play the upright, so he began on an electric. Abby started playing...
...conducting the singalongs, Murphy said he was inspired by the improvisional, rotating "Jazz Workshop" led by the late American bassist Charles Mingus.As for the song selections, one of the hardest parts of the singalong program is finding songs for kids to...
...resident Friday, when he performs with Collette Costa and the Whiskeysippers before the Whipsaws concert at Centennial Hall. The bassist, songwriter, arranger and producer plans to relocate to Portland, Ore. later this month, but his influence on the capital's...
...a graphic novel called "Scott Pilgrim." Pilgrim, the novel's hero, is a 23-year old Canadian; he is a part-time bassist in a band with friends in Toronto called "Sex Bob-omb," and a part-time slacker. Pilgrim falls in love with an American...
...group from the San Francisco Bay area; trombonist Wayne Wallace, also from the Bay Area; and Kristin Korb, vocalist and bassist from Los Angeles. The festival will include free brown bag lunch concerts, evening concerts, an array of workshops and clinics...
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