RIP Guybo
Guybo on bass guitar
The legendary Eddie Cochran's bass player Fred Conrad Smith unexpectedly passed away this morning at 7.20am...
Happy Birthday Marshall Lytle (plus new interview)!
Rock'n'roll pioneer and one of the earliest slap bass stars, Marshall Lytle of Bill Haley's Comets, is 77 today (September 1st 2010)!
We would like...
No more King Doublebass?!
In the last few months there was a lot of speculation about what was happening with King Doublebass, one of the most popular upright...
New Slap Bass Strings by Pirastro
Legendary bass strings company Pirastro just announced they started producing new bass strings specially designed for slap bass players - Evah Pirazzi Slap! They developed this...
Blast Cult website is on!
The wait is over. Blast Cult w-site is on the web! Check it out here. They will start accepting new orders on Monday 8/22....
Best Upright Bass Cabinets Yet?
BNA Audio might be a new name in the music gear world, but their owner Mark Robertson (Th' Legendary Shack Shakers) is well known...
New solo record by Mark W. Winchester
A slap bass player for Planet Rockers, Brian Setzer and Emmylou Harris, Mark W. Winchester has a new album out. And it's called UPRIGHT!...
New article about the origins of slap bass!
Possibly the best article ever written about early slap bass players is finally back on internet! Slap That Bass - New Orleans String Bass...
New Interview with Beau Sample
Hey folks,
We interviewed great bassist from Chicago Beau Sample for you!
He also played great jazz tune Limehouse Blues with Joel Paterson for the Art...
RIP James Kirkland
We're sad to inform you that the legendary rockabilly slap bassist JAMES KIRKLAND died Friday April 29th 2022. He was 87 years...