Author Topic: Pete Sears is one helluva bass player (Read 107 times)

lbpesq · « **on:** December 15, 2009, 11:13:28 AM »

I've seen Pete Sears many times over the years with numerous Bay Area bands. He was always playing keyboards. Saturday night I went to the SEVA holiday benefit concert at the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley (wonderfully tiny venue), and saw Pete play with Moonalice and also join in with several configurations during the course of the night. While he played his usual keyboards, he also played quite a bit of bass. I was dumbfounded at how good he is on the instrument. It was a great show that included the Rowan Brothers, Peter Rowan, and David Nelson. Barry Sless played the entire night with everyone.

Bill, tgo

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #1 on:** December 15, 2009, 11:25:32 AM »

He IS wonderful. I remember first hearing of him when I read his name in the credits of albums by Rod Stewart in the early '70's.

811952 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 15, 2009, 01:01:47 PM »

Yeah, when I found out he had switched to keyboards it bummed me out. Great musician.

John

dluxe · « **Reply #3 on:** December 15, 2009, 03:43:25 PM »

I really like his playing on those mid 70's Jefferson Starship records too. They had a great writeup/interview on both Sears and Freiberg in a late 1970's issue of Guitar Player.

pas · « **Reply #4 on:** December 18, 2009, 05:38:19 AM »

Pete is an outstanding all-around musician...and a really nice, humble guy to boot.

The picture above is just what the doctor ordered. The bass he is holding was built by Doug Irwin, according to Pete. I didn't even know of it's existance until Pete told me about it between sets at a Moonalice show earlier this year. I had never seen a picture of it until now. Unfortunately, Pete also told me that this bass was destroyed in the riot & fire in Germany on the '78 tour.

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #5 on:** December 18, 2009, 09:31:49 AM »

He's also a funny guy. He was sitting in with my friend's band a few years ago. My friend suffered a minor injury, and Pete offered him a couple of aspirin. My friend ate them, and then Pete mentioned that he got the aspirin from his friend Owsley. (They really were aspirin...)

lbpesq · « **Reply #6 on:** December 18, 2009, 03:00:06 PM »

rotfl!

Bill, tgo

paulman · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2009, 01:19:20 PM »

http://www.gotarevolution.com/lorelei.htm

dluxe · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2009, 04:10:29 PM »

I found the photo on this website.

http://www.lieberguitars.com/guitars/