Michael Manring joins an all-star cast of bassists, including Rufus Reid, Steve Bailey, Seth Horan and Bruce Gertz at the New Hampshire Bass Fest. The four day festival starts on June 20th and features lectures, concerts and master classes. Several luthiers, vendors, and manufacturers will be exhibiting.
Registration is $400. Check out the event’s web site for details.
Jack Bruce, bassist for the 60’s power rock trio Cream, along with guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker, says a reunion may be in the works.
Bruce and Baker have been feuding for years and apparently are ready to put their differences aside in order to regroup later this year.
This won’t be the first reunion for the trio. In 2005, Clapton persuaded Bruce and Baker to reunite after a 37-year hiatus. The tour quickly turned for the worse during a Madison Square Garden show, where Bruce and Baker were at it once again. Bruce says he was still recovering from a liver transplant.
“I hadn’t recovered properly yet, so I found it quite difficult,” Bruce said. “Now I’m completely recovered so I would enjoy it more.”
Fender has just announced the release of Victor Bailey’s popular signature acoustic bass in a five-string version.
Originally introduced in 2005, the Artist Design Series Victor Bailey Acoustic Bass guitar features an arched back, figured dao body, abalone rosette, tortoise shell binding, a bound 34″-scale neck matching Victor’s signature Fender electric bass, gold Hipshot tuners and Fishman electronics.
The MSRP for the bass is $1,428.56.
Source: Modern Guitars Magazine
David Pastorius (nephew of Jaco Pastorius) has just released a new album on P-Vine Records titled “David Pastorius and Local 518″.
Local 518 has released a few live performance videos featuring tracks from the album:
Source: DavidPastorius.com.