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Dwight Mabe

Dwight Mabe

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Dwight Mabe began playing music at age of 5½, starting on guitar. He learned to read music at the same time as written words. Around the age of 12, the rock and roll bug hit and he bought his first electric guitar and bass guitar. After the usual high school rock bands, he switched full time to bass guitar and double bass for the high school jazz band. Relying on 2 years of cello study, he taught himself to play double bass and adapted the classical guitar techniques to bass guitar. He received degrees in Music Performance and Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, studying double bass with Lynn Peters, professor of double bass at the UNC School of the Arts.

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Underrated Bassist: An Interview with Colin Hodgkinson
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Underrated Bassist: An Interview with Colin Hodgkinson

This is part one of a new series on underrated bass players. First up is Colin Hodgkinson, best known for the innovative blues, rock and jazz group Back Door. While players like Jaco Pastorius were still in high school, Colin Hodgkinson was playing solos, counter-melody, bass lines and chords with Back Door. In my opinion, Colin ranks up there with...