Author Topic: Jimmy Johnson! (Read 226 times)

white_cloud · « **on:** May 27, 2012, 04:53:25 AM »

Here is some nice early footage of Jimmy playing with Alan Holdsworth in Japan. This features a really cool bass solo near the end of the track - plenty of nice Alembic visual footage throughout.
http://youtu.be/jX70njhUKII

tncaveman · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2012, 05:57:16 AM »

WOW - three of my favs on one tour. Holdsworth, Wackerman, and Johnson - so cool. Way back in high school, about 4 or 5 of us were really into Holdsworth - no one else had a clue. Being in flyover territory, another group not seen. Thank God RTF has been here at least 2x.

Stephen

yogalembic · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2012, 01:41:20 PM »

nice vid!

for more great jimmy, youtube 'wayne johnson trio'. great live stuff!

JimmyJ · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2012, 09:45:03 PM »

Yikes, who are them youngsters? Ha!

Thanks for the kind words. That's another amazing and unusual Allan tune, one of my faves.

And for you Series bass historians (is such a thing?) that is 82 2252, a graphite necked bass which was only fretted for a short time - including this Japan tour (Holdsworth's first). Soon after it became a fretless and now serves as a backup to my main fretless; 80 1467.

Cheers,
Jimmy J

room037 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2012, 10:15:02 PM »

Series Bass Historian is here.
Thanks, Jimmy.

Serial No. 1467 is 79' range and No.1467 is LSG series 2 that I know.
Your bass No. is 1667 ? (1567 is MSB)

Eiji

yogalembic · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2012, 06:45:55 AM »

Yes, there are a few of us youngsters still out here!

IMO, one of the most beautiful solos I've ever heard....'Marina', from Grasshopper.

Singing fretless tone, melodic....and when you threw in that short flurry @5:01, had I not been sitting down, I would've fallen down!

Lastly, Jimmy, 'One More Reason' from Tom Howard's View From The Bridge....fabulous!
(yes, I still have the album)
Thanks to youtube, it's available---

Jay

white_cloud · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2012, 12:04:52 PM »

Jimmy, your gig with Alan at the Glasgow Ferry two years ago still remains my favourite ever live bass performance. The combination of sublime playing & wonderful tonality! It was an added bonus chewing the fat with you too :-)

Make sure you come back again!

JimmyJ · « **Reply #7 on:** May 28, 2012, 01:05:08 PM »

Eiji! Of course! You know more about Alembic than ... well ... anybody! I will take a close look at the '80 when I get home and post an update. It's definitely a long scale graphite fretless - Series I - but I'll check the number.

Jay, thanks for all that. The Tom Howard record was maybe even before that youtube clip... I don't know if I even have a copy of that... Nice guy, talented singer/songwriter. Sad to have lost him suddenly a couple years ago...

Hey John, yes, that was a fun hang. Hopefully there will be other opportunities like that in the future.

Best to all,
Jimmy J

JimmyJ · « **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2012, 11:07:14 PM »

Eiji-san,

Thanks to your deep knowledge I have discovered that my main fretless bass is actually 80 1497.

I wonder how many years I've had that wrong? I'll be calling my insurance company tomorrow!

Thanks!
Jimmy J

elwoodblue · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:00:03 AM »

!! lol...Eiji , you are priceless !

and thanks for the link whitecloud.

room037 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:41:56 AM »

1497 !
It is the youngest number of 1980 in my archives.

Thank you for the nice picture.

Eiji

mario_farufyno · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2012, 07:21:40 AM »

I'm amazed...

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