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applejuice · June 18, 2006, 07:38:09 PM

My girlfriend doesn't know who Stanely Clarke is. I Showed her some videos of him playing and she seemed impressed. I am not sure if she remembers it.

The greater shock to me was when I mentioned Alembic. She didn't have a clue about it. A bassist, doesn't know Alembic. She also didn't believe me when I said that she will never want to play any other bass after an Alembic. She thinks they are too expensive.
Hopefully she will learn

olieoliver · June 18, 2006, 07:41:07 PM

I hear ya' Bill and couldn't agree more. More often than not if a good bass and drum combo will go unnoticed to the average listener. But you get a drummer that rushes or can't come out of a fill in time, or a bassist that doesn't know a major scale from a minor and man you will really notice them then.

darkstar01 · June 19, 2006, 02:20:16 AM

im sorry, but... can anyone name one violist i might have heard of?

didnt think so.

there are WAY too many guitar players around... heh... jk, friends.

bracheen · June 19, 2006, 06:16:28 AM

Hello Eugene and welcome to the group. Once they put the tar and feathers back in the closet they are a good group.
Stanley Jordan, haven't heard that name in a while. That guy is great. I saw him live one time and what an experience. I had no idea who Mark King was either. My wife, bless her heart is a Level 42 fan. I happened to look at the liner notes once and that's how I found out.
I guess the legend from Florida would be a guy named Jaco.

bracheen

jet_powers · June 19, 2006, 10:00:02 AM

ummm....

Jean Luc Ponty?

tom_z · June 19, 2006, 10:42:07 AM

Austin - how about:

Vassar Clements
Papa John Creach
Charlie Daniels
Allison Kraus
Stefan Grapelli

alembic76407 · June 19, 2006, 11:02:42 AM

back alot of years ago me and my guitar player did sound for Papa john Creach, after the show we were breaking the P.A. down, Papa John and his wife came back in with a ham and cheese plater as a thank you and hung around and visited for awhile.
Papa and his wife were the truly the nices people you would ever want to meet !!!!!

yggdrasil · June 19, 2006, 11:05:03 AM

Austin: im sorry, but... can anyone name one violist i might have heard of?

Replies:Jean Luc Ponty
Vassar Clements
Papa John Creach
Charlie Daniels
Allison Kraus
>Stefan Grapelli

methinks these people are known for playing violin, not viola

(Message edited by yggdrasil on June 19, 2006)

lbpesq · June 19, 2006, 11:45:22 AM

How about Yo Yo Ma?

(That is, before his viola took steroids!)
hehehehehehehehe

Bill, tgo

darkstar01 · June 19, 2006, 12:09:23 PM

yeah. violin is another thing. viola? i mean, come on. the instrument that gets its own clef.

eligilam · June 19, 2006, 12:34:33 PM

No, seriously, does anyone have Stanley's email address?

olieoliver · June 19, 2006, 01:06:19 PM

My grandmothers name was Viola, and she was a player (guitar), thats a Viola-guitarist. About as close as I get get to knowing a violist.

tom_z · June 19, 2006, 01:43:48 PM

Ah viola? Hmmm . . .
so much for my internet reading skills.

keith_h · June 19, 2006, 02:06:59 PM

Austin: im sorry, but... can anyone name one violist i might have heard of?

I remember my sister used to play viola but she is definitely not famous. I think viola is one of those instruments where you have no stars. Kind of like the basoon.

Keith

David Houck · June 19, 2006, 03:40:35 PM

Keith; bassoon - Paul Hanson. Check him out on Bela Fleck's DVD Live At The Quick.

Classico upright bass

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