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“Zoom discontinued that pedal because nobody bought it – but bass players are always coming up to me wanting to know how I got those sounds”: Remembering jazz great Victor Bailey, who used an unsung multi-FX pedal for his cover of Prince’s biggest hit

From his ’80s heyday with Weather Report through to his mid-’90s stint with Madonna, Victor Bailey earned his stripes as one of the world’s greatest bass players

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“The word on the street was, ‘No-one could be playing that without overdubs.’ Well, the secret’s out. I’ve come clean”: Still copping Victor Wooten’s 20-year-old bass licks? You’d better take another look

Victor Wooten reveals the musical formula behind his 2005 solo album, Soul Circus

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“I'm a completely different bass player now… When I was in Jeff Beck's band, I hadn't even been playing for four years!” Tal Wilkenfeld on her evolution from bass phenomenon to solo artist

The bass player for Prince, Ryan Adams and Jeff Beck on going it alone as a singer-songwriter

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“Don’t sell your first bass. Even if you never play it again, in later life you’ll wish you still had it”: With a stage name coined by Bootsy Collins, Freekbass names the one bass that “like an idiot” he ended up selling

Chris ‘Freekbass’ Sherman on how a Rickenbacker and a BC Rich (via Tiran Porter from the Doobie Brothers) set him on a lifelong low-end path

Guitar World

“Am I a good bassist? I’m a f**king good bassist!” Sting on bass playing, Cream and his “battered looking” P-Bass

From the Bass Player Archive: An interview with Sting

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“40 minutes of bass solos just ain’t going to work for me”: Meshell Ndgeocello on why she could never be as solo-orientated as Jaco Pastorius

Yes, she’s an A-list bass player, but for Meshell Ndgeocello the groove comes first

Guitar World

Marcus Miller's The Sun Don't Lie: the moment Miller proved he was more than just a slap monster

Glass-like fretless tone. Thumb-thumping passages. Tributes to Jaco: 1993's The Sun Don't Lie served notice that Marcus MIller was more than a sideman

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Richard Mylan talks new play inspired by 20 year battle with heroin addiction

The Swansea-born former Waterloo Road actor first opened up about his addiction battle last year

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ITV Coronation Street's Jack James Ryan addresses 'cancel culture' as he faces soap exit

The actor, who stars as Jacob Hay, made his debut in the ITV soap in 2020

Manchester Evening News

Who's Richard Mylan, what TV shows has he been in and who's he married to?

Richard Mylan recently admitted to a 20-year heroin addiction

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