Stuart Hamm
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
- Flex-Able (1984)
- Passion and Warfare (1990)
- Fire Garden (1996) - Track 3
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
- Own web presence
- Interview in Bass Musician Magazine 2009 (English) ( Memento of 7 May 2011 at the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuart Hamm | Album discography. Retrieved December 23, 2019 (American English).
personal data | |
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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 |