John Giblin
John Giblin (born February 26, 1952 ) is a British bass player. He plays fretless bass, acoustic bass, electric bass and double bass.
Musical career
In 1979, John Giblin represented bassist Percy Jones in the band Brand X , who had moved from London to New York and could not be present at all recordings. Contributions to the album Product were u. a. the two quieter songs Rhesus Perplexus and April as well as the collaboration with Jones on bass in Wal to Wal . Phil Collins and John Giblin were close friends and went through a divorce from their wives together in 1980.
From 1985 to 1988 Giblin was a member of the band Simple Minds and played on the Amnesty International supporting tour for the Simple Minds album Once Upon a Time .
His style was compared to the way of playing Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report in the 1980s . Among other things, he played a Gibson SG
collaboration
As a studio musician, he played the bass part on dozens of successful folk, rock and pop albums from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
| year | artist | album | song | Specialty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Mae MacKenna | Walk on water | unknown | - |
| 1978 | Wilding | Pleasure Signals | unknown | - |
| 1979 | Colin Blunstone | Late nights in Soho | unknown | - |
| 1979 | Jim Rafferty | Solid Logic | unknown | - |
| 1979 | Brand X | Product | Plays on all tracks except Dance Of The Illegal Aliens and And So To F ... | Composer of Rhesus Perplexus, April and Wal to wal |
| 1980 | Jon Anderson | Song of Seven | unknown | - |
| 1980 | Lucio Battisti | Una giornata uggiosa | unknown | - |
| 1980 | John Martyn | Grace & Danger | unknown | "At times the blending of Martyn's voice and guitar, John Giblin's beautiful bass and Phil Collins immaculate drumming is simply breathtaking." - Melody Maker |
| 1980 | Peter Gabriel | III / melt | all pieces | - |
| 1980 | Kate Bush | Never for ever | Babooshka, Breathing, | - |
| 1981 | Jon Anderson | animation | unknown | - |
| 1982 | Chris de Burgh | The Getaway | unknown | - |
| 1983 | Judie Tzuke | Ritmo | unknown | - |
| 1984 | Claire Hammill | Touch paper | unknown | - |
| 1984 | Chris de Burgh | Man on the line | Taking it to the top | - |
| 1989 | Kate Bush | The Sensual World | Love and Anger, Deeper Understanding, Rocket's Tail | - |
| 1992 | Annie Lennox | MTV Unplugged ' | Why | - |
| 1993 | John Martyn | Little boy | I don't wanna know, Sunday's Child, Bless the weather, Rock salt and nails | - |
| 1993 | Kate Bush | The Red Shoes | Rubberband Girl, And So Is Love, Eat The Music, Lily, Top Of The City, Constellation Of The Heart, You're The One | - |
| 1995 | Gerry Convay | About Thyme | Jabalpur, Lovely Joan, Factory Girl, Little Voices, The wife of Usher's well, | - |
| 1996 | John Martyn | And | unknown | - |
| 1998 | John Martyn | The Church with one Bell | unknown | - |
| 2004 | John Martyn | On the Cobbles | unknown | - |
| 2005 | Billy Sherwood | Back against the wall | In the Flesh ?, One of my turns | Pink Floyd tribute album with Steve Lukather , Ian Anderson , Mike and Steve Porcaro and many others. |
| 2005 | Kate Bush | Aerial | An Architect's Dream, Sunset, Nocturn, | - |
| 2006 | Billy Sherwood | Return to the dark side of the moon | Speak to me / Breathe, | Pink Floyd tribute album with Steve Lukather , Jan Anderson , Mike and Steve Porcaro and many others. |
| 2014 | Kate Bush | Before The Dawn | unknown | Concert series |
| 2016 | Kate Bush | Before The Dawn | unknown | Live album |
| 1990 | Tanita Tikaram | The sweet keeper | Consider the rain | Studio album |
| 1990 | Tanita Tikaram | The sweet keeper | Sunset's arrived | Studio album |
| 1990 | Tanita Tikaram | The sweet keeper | Love story | Studio album |
Further collaboration (incomplete):
- Joan Armatrading
- Richard Ashcroft
- Claudio Baglioni
- Franco Battiato
- Elkie Brooks ( Pearls and Shangri-La albums)
- Duncan Browne (with The Wild Places )
- Phil Collins ( In The Air Tonight , You Can't Hurry Love and other songs)
- The Everly Brothers (on the album "Heartaches and Harmonies")
- Roberta Flack
- Fish (on Fish's first solo album, Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors )
- Peter Gabriel (including Birdy and Peter Gabriel (III) )
- Manolo García
- Al Green
- John Lennon ( Grow Old with Me )
- George Martin
- Paul McCartney (live at the Royal Albert Hall , London )
- metro
- Alan Parsons ( On Air )
- Gerry Rafferty
- Eros Ramazzotti
- Mavis Staples
- David Sylvian
- Simple Minds ( Once Upon a Time and Live in the City of Light ).
- Judie Tzuke ( Bailey's Song )
- Scott Walker (including Tilt )
- Tanika Tikaram (The sweet keeper)
Web links
- John Giblin's website
- John Giblin at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giblin, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British bass player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1952 |