Author Topic: Alembic Spotted in BP (Read 405 times)

hifiguy · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2007, 05:37:07 PM »

A bass guitar magazine that ignores Alembic is about as credible as a sports car magazine that pays no attention to Porsche and Ferrari.

dannobasso · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2007, 07:46:26 PM »

Its almost like fetish for us Alembic lovers. I just watched a bit of JT's tribute concert and kept straining to catch Jimmy Johnson on the tube. (he sounded amazing in the mix) I've made my peace that most zines don't cover or feature Alembics. So I check ebay every day and this forum. C'est la guerre!

jacko · « **Reply #17 on:** March 01, 2007, 12:50:31 AM »

Danno.
is that show worth buying? I picked it up in HMV last week then put it down again as I wasn't sure if JT appears on it. A brief review would be a great help.
Thanks

graeme

adriaan · « **Reply #18 on:** March 01, 2007, 03:10:28 AM »

Tribute to JT, or JT's tribute to ... ? Puzzled minds like to know.

dannobasso · « **Reply #19 on:** March 01, 2007, 08:52:50 AM »

It was a lot of artists performing James Taylor's songs, for James Taylor. Sting, Bonnie Raite, Alison Krauss, Dr. John, Taj Mahal, Sheryl Crowe, David Crosby, Jackson Brown and the list goes on. Steve Gadd on Drums, JJ on bass etc. If you love JT it might be nice to have. I love his music but I'm not crazy about all the performers and teir performances of his tunes. The bass sounded awesome on my home system.

adriaan · « **Reply #20 on:** March 01, 2007, 09:08:04 AM »

Thanks Danno, I just might look into that one.

David Houck · « **Reply #21 on:** March 01, 2007, 07:50:46 PM »

I saw it on TV and I agree with Danno. I wasn't crazy about all of the performances (although I absolutely loved one of them). To reinforce what Danno said, JT's band, and thus Jimmy, backs all of the performers. And even on TV, Jimmy's bass sounded great (old-timey over-the-air reception, but it does go through a nice stereo with subwoofer). James sings one or two songs at the end.

jacko · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:06:36 AM »

Thanks Dave and Danno. I guess it's probably worth a trip out to HMV tomorrow to try and pick it up. I was inspired to watch Pull Over last night when I got home. Nothing like some JT and a nice Pinot Noir to Chill things out a bit;-)

Graeme

adriaan · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:11:32 AM »

Hm, thanks for the pinot noir suggestion. It's that age-old question: what wine goes best with James Taylor?

bracheen · « **Reply #24 on:** March 13, 2007, 03:53:17 PM »

The Retro-Rama article in April's BP spotlights the 1976 Series I. Quote from Dave Pomeroy We all owe a debt to the visionaries who bravely blazed a trail deep into the future of bass!

eligilam · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2007, 02:25:25 PM »

Another conspiracy theory shattered...