Player Spotlight: Darryl Anders

We first featured Darryl Anders and his band AgapeSoul back in July of last year. The bassist’s deep pocket groove made that first appearance here a big hit.

Darryl has an impressive resume and a pretty sweet gear list too. So it was an easy choice to select him for this week’s player spotlight feature… the first of 2013.

Bio:

I’ve had the opportunity to work with some truly great artist like Tower of Power, Booker T Jones, Zigaboo Modeliste, Ledisi, Martin Luther and Bonnie Hayes.

In August, 2012 my band Darryl Anders~AgapeSoul released ore debut CD Believe In Love, which was #1 on the UK Soul Chart.

Location:

SF Bay Area

Day gig:

Bass products manager for Dunlop / MXR Bass Innovations

Years experience:

30+ years

Bands & Gigs:

I am the leader of my own band Darryl Anders~AgapeSoul. We play an eclectic mix of mostly original… soulful R&B and neo-soul.

Gear:

• Mike Lull M5V x 4
• Elrick EvoLution 5
• Spector Euro4LX
• Spector Euro5lx custom
• Spector Coda 5
• SoundTrade 4
• Carvin SB5000
• Aguilar DB751
• Aguilar TH500
• Aguilar gs112 (x3) gs410, gs412
• MXR M288 bass octave
• MXR M82 bass envelope
• MXR M84 bass fuzz
• MXR M87 bass cmop
• MXR M83 bass chorus
• MXR M89 bass over drive
• Dunlop Bass Strings DBN45125, DN45105

Why I play the bass:

I heard Louis Johnson playing bass on the Quincy Jones LP Mellow Madness. It was a sound I’d never heard before. Then I saw him live in concert after the Bros Johnson Look Out For #1 LP came out, and I know at that moment that it was what I wanted to do.

My bass superpower/claim to fame

I think what makes me stand out in the world of so many great players is my tone and the fact that I don’t play very hard, but still manage to get a big sound

My influences

So many people have influenced me on this journey. Louis Johnson, Larry Graham, Lee Sklar, Wille Weeks, Marcus Miller, Jimmy Haslip, Jaco, Gary Willis…

Videos:

More on the web:

• AgapeSoul website
• AgapeSoul Facebook Page

More: Darryl Anders

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Darryl Anders and AgapéSoul Release “Believe in Love”

Darryl Anders and AgapéSoul: “Believe In Love”