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Russ Hodges

http://www.gwbasses.com

About Me

Russ has been playing the electric bass for 22 years. He has recorded with Eric Peterson, The Buttered Popcorn Experiment, Blue Moon and most recently on Jeff Dodd's acoustic piccolo bass project "Falling Awake" alongside bass greats: Jeff Dodd, Michael Manring, Tony Franklin, Yves Carbonne, Jeff Schmidt, Jonni Lightfoot and Brady Muckelroy. Russ plays solo bass sets in Salt Lake City and teaches in Salt Lake and Utah counties. Russ would like to thank the great companies he has the honor to represent as an artist: GW Basses, Pavel Basses, Genz Benz Amps, Accugroove Cabs and GHS Strings

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Member Since: 6/8/2007
Band Website: russmodernbass.net
Influences: Miles Davis, James Jamerson, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, U2, The Police, Brian Eno, Steve Lawson, Todd Johnson, Marcus Miller, Rocco Prestia, Michael Manring, Will Lee, Michael Hedges, John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Matthew Garrison and just too many to list...
Record Label: Aesthetic Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bass stuff and thanks to my family.

Jeff Dodd's disc "Falling Awake" is now available. It features an all piccolo acoustic bass platform with melodies on fretless bass. "The Last Moment" is the track I play on. Thanks Jeff for the platf...
Posted by Russ Hodges on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:33:00 PST