Stuart Hamm

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Stuart Hamm (2013)
Stuart Hamm (2008)

Stuart "Stu" Hamm (born February 8, 1960 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American bass guitarist .

biography

Hamm studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston , where he met the guitarist Steve Vai and, through him, Joe Satriani . In 1984 Hamm played on Vai's first solo album "Flex-Able", later with Frank Gambale , Richie Kotzen and other well-known guitarists. He also became known as the live bassist for Satriani, with whom he toured in 2008.

Hamm lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter .

Discography (excerpt)

Solo albums

  • Radio Free Albemuth (1988)
  • Kings of Sleep (1989)
  • The Urge (1991)
  • Outbound (2000)
  • Live Stu X 2 (2007)
  • Just Outside of Normal (2010)
  • The Book Of Lies (2015)
  • The Diary of Patrick Xavier (2018)

With Frank Gambale

  • The Great Explorers (1990)

With Frank Gambale and Steve Smith

  • Show Me What You Can Do (1998)
  • The Light Beyond (2000)
  • GHS3 (2003)

With Joe Satriani

  • Dreaming No. 11 (1988) - Titles 2-4
  • Flying in a Blue Dream (1989) - Track 5 (Slap Bass Solo)
  • Time Machine (1993)
  • Crystal Planet (1998)
  • Live in San Francisco (2001)
  • Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock - Double CD and DVD (2010)

With Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai

  • G3: Live in Concert (1997) - Tracks 1-3

With Steve Vai

With other musicians

  • Richie Kotzen, Richie Kotzen (1989)
  • Michael Schenker Group , Arachnophobiac (2003)
  • Thomas Tomsen, Sunflickers (2010)
  • Matthias Arp, Endorphin Overdose (2010) - Title 1 + 10

Instructional videos

  • Slap, Pop & Tap For The Bass (1987)
  • Deeper Inside the Bass (1988)

Web links


Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuart Hamm | Album discography. Retrieved December 23, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Hamm, Stuart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamm, Stu (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American bass guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana