Interview with James Kirkland
1950's were very important years for the popularization of slap bass. Since many bands didn't have drums, the percussive sound of the upright bass...
Interview with Bob Moore
There are not that many old timers left to pass along their knowledge and experience. Bob Moore is definitely one of them....
Interview with Nicolas Dubouchet
After putting Atomic Boogie, my promo video at the time, on YouTube, I began receiving a lot of emails from fellow slap bassists. The email...
Interview with Didi Beck
Until about fifteen years ago, there were not a lot of ways to learn rockabilly slap bass. There were no teachers, no videos, no...
Interview with Kevin Smith
I still remember hearing the album Stranger Things by High Noon for the first time. I was in high school and already...
Interview with Ray Campi
In the period of 1970's, most of the bands that were playing 1950's rock'n'roll and rockabilly were using bass guitar. Ray Campi was one...
Interview with Beau Sample
Most of nowadays' slap bass players are interested in a narrow range of music genres. That's usually rockabilly, psychobilly or some sort of early...
Interview with Ryan Gould
In last ten years or so, Austin TX become a Mecca for slap bass players. The level of musicianship is very high and it's...
Interview with Marshall Lytle
Rock'n'Roll bass players have long held a reputation for wild onstage antics. Although there were a handful of folks early on who would put...
Interview with Greg Olwell
It's not new that major media press doesn't give almost any attention to the slap technique on the upright bass. They either consider it...