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Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: bracheen on February 12, 2004, 07:25:22 AM

I just learned this morning that Sen. John Kerry was a garage band bass player in the early '60s. I tried to copy the photo but couldn't.  Pesky copyright laws!  Anyway here's a link to it for any interested. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4009-2004Feb1.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4009-2004Feb1.html)
 
This is in no way either pro or anti John Kerry.  It's just a point of interest.
 
Sam

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: elzie on February 12, 2004, 08:32:20 AM

I understand he wasn't good at that either ;)

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: David Houck on February 12, 2004, 08:43:08 AM

The article that goes with the pic is a pretty neat story.
Thanks for the link!

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: the_schwartz on February 12, 2004, 10:41:02 AM

Here's the pic:
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/8184.jpg)

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: David Houck on February 12, 2004, 10:53:12 AM

My sister heard it on NPR this morning.  Here's the link; you can hear the band behind the commentator's story.
 
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1671987 (http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1671987)

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: bracheen on February 12, 2004, 01:07:39 PM

Cool! Thanks Dave

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: ajdover on February 12, 2004, 09:49:44 PM

What can I say .. it looks like a Precision ... which I've never liked ...
 
Alan
 
P.S.  Maybe I can talk him into a Spyder 4?

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: the_schwartz on February 12, 2004, 10:58:58 PM

Maybe Fender will issue a John Kerry Signature model.

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: palembic on February 12, 2004, 11:23:25 PM

Yeah right!
With a stars and stripes body. Or Bears or Elephants or what'soever symbol that party has.
Hussssssssssh brother Joe.
We may giving them ideas ...they are actually able to do so.
 
 
Paul the bad one

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: mikedm on February 13, 2004, 05:06:25 AM

The Ivy League is out of my league, and wrong decade to boot, but could you really meet girls dressed like that?
 
Paul - sadly his party symbol is a donkey. I think it originally meant stubborness, but lately it can be applied to other less savory human attributes...

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: the_schwartz on February 13, 2004, 08:24:30 AM

He met a girl - with the Heinz ketchup fortune, no less.
Not to mention what that P-bass is worth now, if he still has it.
 
Joe

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: elzie on February 13, 2004, 08:30:39 AM

Joe, you missed a woman in there!
 
He married a woman worth $200 million, but that wasn't enough so he left her to marry Heinz, worth about $500 million. An interesting note, his wife was not whole heartedly behind him when he first started running for pres. What's that tell you? ;)

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: adriaan on February 13, 2004, 08:44:25 AM

What does that tell me? You can fool a hell of a lot of people most of the time, but you have to give up playing bass or they'll find out.
 
Anyway, as long as George W. does not get re-elected I'm not complaining. Then again I'm not American.

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: jet_powers on February 13, 2004, 12:34:53 PM

I agree w/ Adriaan. I'd vote for Stalin if he were up against Dubya..... all right, Mussolini then.
 
JP

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: elzie on February 13, 2004, 02:31:03 PM

Sorry guys, I guess you missed my joke. It was a reference to Seinfeld, as in Mimbo - male bimbo.
 
I know, I should know better on a friday. Everyone is tired.......

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: the_schwartz on February 13, 2004, 09:39:03 PM

So can we safely assume that, if elected, John Kerry would be the first bassist President?
 
I can see the slogan now:  Send a bass to the White House
 
Joe

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: alembic76407 on February 14, 2004, 05:44:04 AM

So if Clinton blew (or got blown,sorry), will that make Kerry a funky president. pop and snap Kerry!!!!
 
PS: VH1's reunite the band should go after Kerry's old band, I bet he already has a tour bus.

Title: John Kerry - bass player
Post by: 811952 on February 16, 2004, 01:36:58 PM

Mr. Bassident.  It has a nice ring to it.