Doug Wimbish
Doug Wimbish (born September 22, 1956 in Hartford , Connecticut ) is an American bassist and has played for Jeff Beck , Mick Jagger , Madonna , George Clinton , Depeche Mode , Mos Def , Schiller (music project) and Tarja Turunen , among others . He became known for using effects in the bass game.
Doug started playing guitar when he was 12 and bass when he was 14. In 1979 he was hired as a rhythm section for Sugarhill Records , along with guitarist Skip McDonald and drummer Keith LeBlanc . There he played u. a. at Grandmaster Flashs "The Message". Wimbish went to London with McDonald and LeBlanc in 1984 and worked with producer Adrian Sherwood . At that time the group Tackhead was founded.
In 1992 he joined Living Color after Muzz Skillings left the band. He became a sought-after studio musician, so he played on the Rolling Stones' 1997 record "Bridges to Babylon" .
After the temporary end of Living Color, he formed the band Jungle Funk with the drummer Will Calhoun and the vocalist Vinx, which recorded the successful album of the same name. The band headfake was developed from this constellation .
In 2016 he appeared together with other artists at Schiller (music project) during the arena tour, which was recorded with the concert in the Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin on the Blu-ray "Time Travel - Live".
Discography (selection)
solo
- 1999 - Trippy Notes for Bass
- 2008 - CinemaSonics
With living color
- 1993 - Stain
- 2003 - Collide0scope
- 2009 - The Chair in the Doorway
With others
- 1986 Keith LeBlanc - Major Malfuction
- 1987 Mark Stewart - Mark Stewart
- 1987 Mick Jagger - Primitive Cool
- 1989 Tackhead - Friendly as a Handgrenade
- 1991 Seal - Seal
- 1992 Annie Lennox - DIVA
- 1992 Madonna - Erotica
- 1992 Joe Satriani - " The Extremist "
- 1993 Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit
- 1993 Joe Satriani - Time Machine
- 1995 Annie Lennox - Medusa
- 1995 Little Ax - The Wolf That House Built
- 1996 Little Ax - Slow Fuse
- 1996 Mark Stewart - Control Data
- 1997 Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon
- 1999 Jungle Funk - Jungle Funk
- 1999 Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
- 2002 Little Ax - Hard Grind
- 2002 Dhafer Youssef - Electric Sufi
- 2004 Little Ax - Champagne & Grits
- 2005 Fernanda Porto - Giramundo
- 2006 Little Ax - Stone Cold Ohio
- 2006 John McCarthy - "Drive"
- 2007 Tarja Turunen - " My Winter Storm "
- 2010 Tarja Turunen - " What Lies Beneath "
Web links
- "Head >> fake" detailed conversation with Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun in the radio series o94 music special available as free stream, October 21, 2008 (English)
- Doug Wimbish's practice DVD NEW DIMENSIONS FOR BASS, produced by The Rock House Method
- Doug Wimbish's homepage
- head >> fake myspace page
- Living Color Myspace page
- Tack >> Head Homepage
- Doug Wimbish's Myspace page
- Doug wimbish interview at allaboutjazz.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wimbish, Doug |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartford |