Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk, 1951-2010

Bass Player is sad to report the passing of longtime Hall Oates and "Saturday Night Live" bassist Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, who died of a heart attack on February 27, 2010. The following is an official statement from Daryl Hall and John Oates. BP's Chris Jisi is currently putting together a full obituary.Daryl Hall:"To say that I am shocked is the

Men in the Mirror: The Bassists of Michael

There's a revealing exchange about five minutes into This Is It, the documentary about the late Michael Jackson’s planned world tour, in which the Gloved One is encouraging his keyboardist to play the answer riff to the penetrating bass line of “Wanna Be Startin’ Something” funkier. “It’s not there yet,” he says gently, before singing the

Lesson: New Jaco Early Years Discs

When 17-year-old Jaco Pastorius laid eyes on his buddy Bob Bobbing’s Sony reel-to-reel tape recorder, he saw musical possibilities with unlimited potential. Fortunately for us, Bobbing had already recognized those same qualities in Jaco. Lugging the unit to Jaco’s initial gigs or loaning it to him for a sound-on-sound home version of “The

SoundRoom: Peavey Cirrus Bolt-On

IT’S NEVER A BAD THING TO HAVE SOME staying power in the music industry, especially when it’s bolstered by a historically solid reputation. Consider Peavey, which has been on the scene for over 40 years and has maintained a respectable reputation for the duration. Peavey’s newest instrument is the Cirrus Bolt-on, and from the first glance,