He doesn’t claim to be a singer or a true musician, but Al Stewart has been crafting intelligent folk and pop laced songs for over 45 years.
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The music of Level 42 is addicting, and if that’s the case, fans of their music have been in rehab for 30 years. That’s when bassist Mark King and keyboardist Mike Lindup started injecting lyrics into their fusion, funk-based tracks at the suggestion of their label in 1980.
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Consider it Deja Vu, if you wish. But for Lee Sklar, hitting the road with Carole King and James Taylor for the 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour was a dream-turned-reality.
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Every so often, you discover a musician whose instrumental performance literally boggles your mind and leaves you overjoyed, amazed and virtually speechless.
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Since his arrival in the States from Cuba just a few years ago, 30-year-old acoustic bass prodigy Carlitos del Puerto has quickly become one of the most recognized and highly sought-after session players in Los Angeles.
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You may know Chuck Rainey as the legendary Steely Dan bassist that has played on some of the most significant recording projects in history. What you may not know is that Chuck was a bassist in the making from the very beginning.
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It seems that we at Inside MusiCast have recently been delivering musical legacy stories. Our next guest is also a legacy artist. His dad was a big band leader for Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra; his Mom, a talentetd vibes player; his brother Michael is a sought-after keyboardist and session player.
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Spend a little time with bassist Chris Kent and you’ll find that he’s so much more than a musician. He’s also a man who loves life. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to become one of the busiest first-call bassists for Gospel, Country, R&B, Jazz and Rock artists.
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In the music world, most musicians focus on one instrument….some two, some rarely play three, and others are unique…like Shem VonSchroeck…who, on his last solo album Son of Arthur, played bass, guitar, piano, drums, percussion, bodhran, and also sang lead and background vocals.
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When Brian Bromberg got his real break as a jazz bassist at the age of nineteen, he had already been playing professionally for six years.
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If you listen to Inside MusiCast on a regular basis, you know that we chat with some of the most talented people in the music industry.
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In the music business you can’t always plan where your career takes you. Most of the time it just falls into place over the course of the many years. Our guest has had the good fortune of having the pieces of his career fall into place by calling the right shots at the right time.
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Having completed two tours this year with Donald Fagen and Steely Dan, bassist Freddie Washington is ready for whatever comes his way.
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Lee Sklar is a busy musician. He has played literally thousands of sessions and has toured with the best. So, what does he prefer? Working within the confines of the recording studio or the stage life of a world tour?
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If you’re into drag racing, you know what TOP FUEL means. This is where the big boys play with nitro methane fuels; the fastest speeds. So, what does that have to do with music?
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