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S2

Deep Joy - Bass for hire :oP

About Me

Once upon a time at Hammersmith Odeon in London a young man saw Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report and so :o . . . I now play bass with: Stray (www.stray-the-band.co.uk) / The Devils (www.delbromham.co.uk) / David Cattermole (www.myspace.com/davidcattermoleband) as well as previously with: Daniel Buckland (Swamis) / The Dean Rees Band / Gwyn Ashton / Jerod Minnies (Al Green, Dexys, Womak & Womak) / Bernie Marsden / The JD Allstars / Dominic Brown / John Howarth / Javelin / Basho / Last Stop China Town / The Roadknights / The Soul Band. I have also played guitar with: Gail Ann Dorsey (Bowie) / Stars (That's Ric Parnell from 'Spinal Tap' on drums!)I play SANDBERG, FENDER & WAL basses through HARTKE (HA5500 + 810XL) & SAMSON SX1200 power amp with 2 SUNN 410H cabs (I also use the amazing little Hartke A25 for recording & small gigs) with a Line 6 Bass PODxt, Samson radio system & BBE DI-100x with Sonic Maximizer. Beeeyoooteeefoool!!! Massive thanks to Alan & Peter at Synergy, all the crew at Sandberg Guitars in Germany, Pete (the fish) Stevens at WAL, all the guys at Machinehead Music Hitchin, Brian at Hartke, Mark & Ian at Soundtech, Laurence at XL2XL Ltd & special thanks to Jamie Crompton & Chris PhylactouI edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Stray - Time Machine at The Borderline

Add to My Profile | More Videos'Houdini' by Stray - Video recorded on the 14th July 2007 at The Half Moon, Herne Hill, London by Prakash Acharya'Time Machine' by Stray - recorded at The Springhead, Hull 26th July 2007 Video of the David Cattermole Band in the studio recording a track from the album 'Travelling Man' called - Free

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Member Since: 9/17/2006
Band Website: stray-the-band.co.uk
Band Members: STRAY are Del Bromham: Guitar, Kbds, Vocals / S2: Bass, Vocals / Karl Randall: Drums
Influences: Brett & Ross Bass: Jaco / Andy Fraser / Glenn Hughes / Alphonso Johnson / Bernard Edwards / Billy Sheehan / Jeff Berlin / Will Lee / Freebo / Nathan Watts / Jack Bruce / Stanley Clarke / Norman Watt-Roy / Ralphe Armstrong / Chris Squire / Doug Pinnick / Stu Hamm / Tommy Shannon / Larry Graham / Patrick O'Hearn / Justin Chancellor / Flea / John Paul Jones / Nick Beggs / Verdine White / Mick Karn / Abraham Laboriel / Greg Ridley / Alan Spenner / Alan Gorrie / Tony Levin / Carol Kaye / Michael Manring / Pino Palladino / Leland Sklar / Chuck Rainey / Victor Wooten / Richard Bona / Rob Trujillo / George Porter Jr / Linley Marthe Guitar: Frank Zappa / Jimi / Michael Hedges / Paul Kossoff / Paul Gilbert / John McLaughlin / Buzzy Feiten / Jeff Beck / Jimmy Page / Rory Gallagher / Ry Cooder / Carlos & Jorge Santana / Peter Green / Pete Townshend / Kal David / Steve Lukather / Allan Holdsworth / Mattias Eklundh / Michael Landau / Stevie Ray Vaughan / Johnny Winter / Caleb Quaye / Joe Satriani / Jan Akkerman / Zakk Wylde / Steve Vai / Larry Carlton / Alan Murphy / Neil Taylor / Zal Clemenson / Ritchie Blackmore / Tommy Bolin / Rick Derringer / Elliott Randall / Robben Ford / Billy Gibbons / Chris Duarte / Doyle Bramhall / Hiram Bullock / Hamish Stuart / Lowell George / Sonny Landreth / John Scofield / Steve Marriott / Peter Frampton / Mick Taylor / Neal Schon / Warren Haynes Drums: Steve Gadd / Pete Erskine / Billy Cobham / Abe Laboriel Jr. / Ric Parnell / Vinnie Colaiuta / Keith Carlock / Ginger Baker / Bill Bruford / Elvin Jones / Terry Bozzio / Stewart Copeland / Alan White / Josh Freese / Dave Grohl / Harvey Mason / Mitch Mitchell / Steve Smith / Narada Michael Walden / Chester Thompson / Michael Shrieve / Jeff Porcaro / John Bonham / Airto Moreira / Richie Hayward / Mike Clarke / Ndugu Chancler / Travis Barker / Danny Carey / Tony Williams . . .
Sounds Like: Currently digging: KAMCHATKA & FREAK KITCHEN! The Vikings are coming!!!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

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BASS ITEMS FOR SALE

Need to replace the engine/gearbox in my Yamaha R1 so I am offering for sale: - WAL Pro 2P Custom, solid Cherry, Ebony Fretless with f/case (One of the first batch of 20 custom basses - 1980, a rare b...
Posted by S2 on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:10:00 PST

BBE @ XL2XL!

Just purchased my new BBE DI-100x from XL2XL www.doubleball.co.uk This has to be one of the best internet companies! QUALITY products, GREAT service & SUPERB prices!!! So if you are interested in ...
Posted by S2 on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:35:00 PST