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Lee
Rocker

Bassist Lee Rocker began taking classical
cello lessons at eight years old, but influenced by rock n roll he took
up electric bass, before hearing the blues of Carl Perkins and Muddy
Water when he took to the acoustic bass. He jammed with his school friends
Jimmy McDonnell aka Slim Jim Phantom and Brian Setzer, who in 1979 became
The Stray Cats, who went on to revive rockabilly music around the world.
Lee's powerful, original songs, virtuoso musicianship, and vibrant vocals,
brought depth and substance to a neglected style of music to a new generation
who loved it. From 1984 has worked with Earl Slick, Carl Perkins, Dave
Edmunds, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Willie
Nelson and others. In more recent years Lee has founded his band Black
Cat Bone; 2002, he toured the U.S. with ex-Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty
Moore; 2003 The Stray Cats reunited for an 18-city tour of Europe, and
2007 saw another successful rocking Stray Cat world tour. Orange County
Weekly quote: there has never been a rock n roll bass
player more fun
to watch in concert than Lee Rocker.
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Jance Garfat

US
bassist Jance Garfat started his career with different bands around
Union City, New Jersey before joining the pop-country rock band Dr.
Hook and the Medicine Show in 1972 as their full-time bassist. Jance
added a fuller depth and a solid bottom line to their sound. At the
height of their success Dr Hook were top of the charts in 42 countries.
They were known more for there singles rather than an album band and
Jance can be heard on all the bands tracks from 1972 to 1985, such as
'A Little Bit More', 'Only Sixteen', 'If I Said You Had A Beautiful
Body', 'Sexy Eyes', 'Cover Of The Rolling Stone', 'More Like The Movies',
'Ballad Of Lucy Jordan', 'When Your In Love with a Beautiful Woman'
and dozens more. This great band amassed 60 gold and platinum singles
and albums.
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Mike
Dirnt

Born
Michael Ryan Pritchard, Mike Dirnt at the age of 14 formed the band
Sweet Children, with friend Billie Joe Armstrong. Two years later in
1989 with the addition of John Kiffmeyer aka Al Sobrante they formed
Green Day, gathering
a big fanbase on the punk rock scene in Berkeley, California. In 1994
thier break-through and third album "Dookie" sold over 10
million copies, Mike's basslines on "Longview" showed the
world what
an awesome bassist
he is. The band has sold over 60 million records worldwide, won three
Grammy Awards; Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for
American Idiot, and Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken
Dreams.". Mike has also played with bands Squirtgun, the Screeching
Weasel, the Network, and Crummy Musicians, and currently plays with
The Frustrators as well as Green Day. Mike is working on a new Green
Day studio album set to be released sometime in 2008.
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Bill
Dickinson
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Bill Dickinson is a well known and very respected
electic bass guitarist in Los Angeles, where back in the late 60's and
70's he used to play every Tuesday night with his friend and then fellow
session guitarist Lee Mack "Captain Fingers" Ritenour at The
Baked Potato. As well as playing the Californian scene Bill has a busy
life playing sessions in the shadows of the L.A. studios recording with
Seals
& Croft, Willie
Bobo,
Righteous Brothers,
John Pisano, Michael Franks, Dave Grusin to mention a few.
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Tommy
Shannon
Tommy
Shannon joined his first band The Avengers at the age of 13, but got
his big break some years later when he met Johnny Winter in The Fog
at Dallas and they formed a project known as The Progressive Blues Experiment,
Edgar Winter joined them onstage wat Woodstock. In 1970 Tommy moved
to
San Francisco forming the band Krakerjack. 1977 sees him in Houston
with Allen Hayes opening for bands Bachman-Turner Overdrive and KISS.
Next he met up with Stevie Ray Vaughan in The Fog at Dallas and joined
Stevies band Double Trouble. Since SRV's sad, untimely death Tommy has
played, recorded and-or toured with The Mighty Zor, the Arc Angels,
Storyville, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Clapton, The
Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Hubert Sumlin, Mike McCready, Johnny
Lang, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Johnson, David Grissom, Mato Nanji
and Jeff Beck.
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Clifford
Burton
Clifford Burton was born in Castro Valley, California,
to hippy parents. He studied classical piano at six, bass guitar at
14, spending four to six hours a day perfecting his bass guitar skills,
and took a music course at Napa Valley Junior College. He formed Trauma,
it was while with this band
Ron McGovney heard Clifford perform his solo, "(Anesthesia) Pulling
Teeth", asking him to join Metallica. Clifford joined Metallica
only after they relocated to the San Francisco, California Bay Area.
Clifford
had a major say in Metallica's music, look, and direction, his early
influence and driving bassline, was the essential ingredient in creating
the unique musical style for which Metallica would later become famous.
he exposed early Metallica to a variety of music styles from The Misfits,
Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, and Thin Lizzy, to classical pianist
Glenn Gould. Clifford's first appeared with Metallica at The Stone,
in San Francisco, CA on March 5th, 1983. His final performance was in
Stockholm, Sweden on September 26, 1986, only hours before the tragic
road accident. R.I.P.
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Dave
Bronze

Dave Bronze was born in Billericay,
Essex, England. He joined the Robin Trower band in 1983, making 4 albums
over the next 4 years. Also
in
the 80's, he played and recorded in No Stiletto Shoes band with Gary
Brooker and Art of Noise. In 1990 he formed "Be Sharpe" with
Jerry Stevenson on keyboards and guitar &
drummer, Bob Jenkins. Between 1990 and 1994 Dave
was a member of the Dr Feelgood Band and the Procol Harum band, touring
and recording with both bands. Dave joined the Eric Clapton Band in
1994 which he toured with throughout the '90's and into the 2000's;
as well as recording, touring and playing with Jeff
Beck, Robin
Trower, Eric Clapton, Dr. Feelgood, Sting, Duane Eddy, Tina
Turner, George Harrison, Leo
Sayer, Procol
Harum, The Hamsters, Chris Farlowe, Gary Brooker, Be Sharp, Phil Collins,
Stuart Copeland, Bo Diddly, Roger Daltry, David Gilmore, Mike Rutherford,
Steve Windwood, Paul Carrack, Belinda Carlisle, Brian Ferry, Mickey
Jupp,
Ray Davis ..... to name but a few! Dave was also voted British Blues
Connections 2000 Bass Player Of The Year.
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Lemmy
Kilmister

Ian
"Lemmy" Kilmister, bass playing frontman of the seminal punk-metal
crossover band, Motörhead, hails from Stoke-on-Trent, UK, but raised
in Anglesey, Wales. In the 60's he roadied for Jimi Hendrix & The
Nice and played in several bands including Sam Gopal, The Rockin' Vickers
and Opal Butterfly. 1971 sees him in the space rock UK Underground band
Hawkwind, 1973's"Silver
Machine", reached No.3. In 1975 he went on to form a new band The
Bastard, soon renamed Motörhead, which he still fronts today. Lemmy
has appearance in number of films and television productions, and as
well as his career with Motorhead he has recorded with The Damned, The
Young & Moody Band, Robert Calvert, Albert Jarvinen Band, Nina Hagen,
Fast Eddie Clarke, Shonen Knife, Myth Dreams of World, The Ramones,
Jetboy, Probot, The Head Cat, Ugly Kid Joe, Skew Siskin and still makes
guest appearances with Hawkwind.
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Jay Bentley
Jay Bentley was born in Kansas in 1964.
He was a founder member of the legendary punk rock group 'Bad Religion'
in 1980 while still at El Camino High School. He
left BR for a few of years and played in number of bands, including
Epitaph and TSOL, but returned to 'Bad Religion' in the late 80's, which
is his most proud and well-known collaboration, with the punk masters.This
has established him as one of Punk Rock's finest bass players, Jay Bentley
has never failed to impress with his slick skills for over 26 years.
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Michael
Henderson
Michael
Henderson played bass with the Fantastic Four, Detroit Emeralds, Billy
Preston, and other Motown acts from the age of 13. He later toured extensively
with Stevie Wonder & Aretha Franklin before joining Miles Davis
for 7 years. Sessioned with all the jazz greats, his latest projects
being Children on the Corner and Bass Player's Ball.
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Jerome
Rimson
Bass virtuoso originally
from Detroit City, playing soul, jazz and rock with full solid
enthusiasm and empathy. His amazing career stretchs over 4 decades from
the
Detroit Emeralds to Freddie Mercury to Mark Knofner to Van Morrison,
with dozens more in between. World
respected bass sessionist.
FULLER
BIOGRAPHY
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Norman
Watt-Roy

Norman
Watt-Roy one of the most accomplished bass players in the UK, who
helped
Ian Dury
& the Blockheads come to fame . Norman has also
contributed his talents to recording artists as diverse as
the Clash and Frankie goes to Holly-wood.
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