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Rumblings

Week of September 6, 2010

Steve Harris: "The Final Frontier" won't be Iron Maiden's swan song

Mark King and Level 42 give lessons in love

Peter Murphy and Mick Karn get back into Dalis Car

Henry Grimes enjoys return to playing

Long after Cream, Jack Bruce still loves those great songs

Charlie Haden: A bassist with a country pedigree

Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd denies he was homeless

Linda Ronstadt bassist Kenny Edwards passes away

Scott Colley



Jazz icon discusses his musical upbringing, studying with Monty Budwig and Charlie Haden,
tours, solo projects and more
in this exclusive interview!
This week's video


Eric Mauriello

FBPO spotlights bass talent deserving wider recognition.

We feature a new bass player every Wednesday!

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Megabassist



Megadeth bassist David Ellefson meets with FBPO founder Jon Liebman backstage after
Megadeth's Detroit concert. See recent
FBPO interview with the heavy metal bassist here.
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“I enjoyed my interview with Jon Liebman for ForBassPlayersOnly.com and I appreciate his interest in my long career playing the electric bass. Jon's website provides a great opportunity for all bass enthusiasts, professional or otherwise, to hear first-person comments from other bassists well into their careers.”  

- Chuck Rainey



Bass players born August 30-September 5

August 30: Charles Colbert (1944); Horace Panter (1953); Christopher Colangelo (1964)
August 31: Cleveland Eaton (1939); Ritt Henn (1958); Uwe Wessel (1960)
September 01: Willie Ruff (1931); Marshall Lytle (1933); Graham Maby (1952); Bruce Foxton (1955); Al Garcia (1958); Omar Rodríguez-López (1975)
September 02: Grachan Moncur II (1915)
September 03: dUg Pinnick (1950); Jason McCaslin (1980)
September 04: Blackie Lawless (1956); Lonnie Plaxico (1960); Peter Hume (1985)
September 05: Joe Long (1941); Juan Alderete (1963)

See Birthdays page for a complete list of bass player birth (and death) dates for all 366 days of the year.


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Welcome to FBPO. I created this website as a one-stop resource for bass news and information, interviews, links, reviews, new releases, merchandise and more. I welcome your comments. Contact me directly at jon@jonliebman.com.

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