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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Andrew Daly

“I was falling out of love with music. Playing with Elton John woke me from my slumber. I got blisters every night because it was fun again!” Matt Bissonette’s “dumb-guy” approach to bass has taken him round the world with pop and rock royalty

MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 04: Matt Bissonette performs for Sir Elton John at Mediolanum Forum of Assago on December 4, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images).

Despite his amazing versatility, Matt Bissonette struggles to move on from seeing The Beatles in 1966, when he was five years old, and being inspired – like many others – by Paul McCartney’s bass playing.

“You can never take the Paul out of the bass,” he says. “I literally have to fight myself from playing Paul’s licks on sessions. And when I write songs, I have to keep an eye on ripping off a Beatles motif!”

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