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Doug Wimbish Anchors Dave Koltai Debut Album, “Daughter of Mercury”
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Doug Wimbish Anchors Dave Koltai Debut Album, “Daughter of Mercury”

You may recognize Dave Koltai as the sound designer for Supro and Pigtronix, but he’s also a fantastic musician. Koltai just released his solo debut album, “Daughter of Mercury,” and enlisted Living Colour’s rhythm section of Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish.

Carly Simon Releases “Live at Grand Central” with Doug Wimbish
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Carly Simon Releases “Live at Grand Central” with Doug Wimbish

Carly Simon surprised the commuters of New York City in April 1995 when she led an unannounced concert in the middle of Grand Central Station. Now that concert has been released as an album called “Live At Grand Central,” with Doug Wimbish on bass.

Dunlop Launches Bass Freq’s Podcast
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Dunlop Launches Bass Freq’s Podcast

If you can’t get enough bass talk, then you’re in for a treat. Dunlop has just launched a new podcast called Bass Freq’s, which will feature weekly conversations with bass players. They kicked things off with Doug Wimbish.

Alberto Rigoni’s “For the Love Of Bass” Features All-Star Bassists
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Alberto Rigoni’s “For the Love Of Bass” Features All-Star Bassists

Alberto Rigoni loves the bass, and he’s just released a new album to prove it. “For the Love of Bass” features a jaw-dropping cast of bassists of many styles.

Charlie Wooton Project Releases “Blue Basso”
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Charlie Wooton Project Releases “Blue Basso”

Bassist Charlie Wooton has released a new album with his solo project called “Blue Basso.” Named after his well-worn and well-loved bass, the record also helps to pay tribute to one of his idols: Jaco Pastorius.

Doug Wimbish Announces 2018 WimBash Music Festival
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Doug Wimbish Announces 2018 WimBash Music Festival

Bass wizard Doug Wimbish has announced the 2018 WimBash New Haven Music Festival for August 18th. The event is jam-packed with incredible music and serves as a benefit for New Haven Public Schools. “It only takes a moment to give that spark to a kid,” Wimbish says. Former West Haven mayor Ed O’Brien adds, “The value of the arts in...

Living Colour Announces U.S. Tour
Concerts & Tours

Living Colour Announces U.S. Tour

Living Colour has announced a month-long tour in support of their brand new album, Shade. The “Shade in the U.S.A.” tour kicks off October 12th in New Hope, Pennsylvania before traveling up and down the East Coast, reaching as far south as Florida. Their trek is slated to wrap up November 9th at the City Winery in Nashville, Tennessee. Anyone...

Living Colour Returns With “Shade”
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Living Colour Returns With “Shade”

It’s been eight years since the last Living Colour album, but the wait has been worth it. The band has just released Shade, a 13-song record that brings their unique blend of rock, blues, and funk to 2017. This time, it focuses particularly on the blues. The spark for the album came from performing a spiritually charged version of pioneer...

Groove – Episode #24: Doug Wimbish
Groove Podcast

Groove – Episode #24: Doug Wimbish

Here’s the funny thing about a great bass line. It creeps up on you. You find yourself humming it. The song won’t get out of your head for days. Sometimes, you’re humming it aloud. Often, it becomes an earworm for someone else. They’re either thankful for this or – more often than not – they want to kill you for...

Bassists Galore Featured on Alberto Rigoni’s Latest
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Bassists Galore Featured on Alberto Rigoni’s Latest

Alberto Rigoni’s new album, which mixes funky, electro, ambient, rock, pop and experimental vibes, is all about the bass – it’s even called Bassorama. Italian bassist Rigoni (TwinSpirits, Kim Bingham, The Italians, and his own solo work) pulled together an extraordinary assortment of bassists for the album, including Doug Wimbish of Living Colour, Divinity Roxx, Stuart Hamm, Steve Lawson, Nik...

Doug Wimbish and Victor Wooten: Bass Duet (NAMM 2015)
Bass Videos

Doug Wimbish and Victor Wooten: Bass Duet (NAMM 2015)

The Behringer booth at this year’s NAMM show was crammed with people for this impromptu performance by Doug Wimbish and Victor Wooten. Thankfully, they filmed it.

Old School Doug Wimbish: Doug Jam (1990)
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Old School Doug Wimbish: Doug Jam (1990)

Even Doug Wimbish‘s sound checks are cool. Here’s Doug at Southern Studios in London, back in 1990.