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Si Jones

BASS FACE!!

About Me

It's bin a long, long time but life does get in the way! Massive apologies to anyone awaiting replies from messages sent and ignored! Posted some new tunes, hope u like em'. My original blog can now be found with other ramblings if ur interested. Can't promise to do any better keeping this thing updated regularly but will try!....promises, promises! Also anyone who made a request to be added as a friend since november will have to send new request as they all got deleted - sorry!! On a different note gigs were amazing, recording underway(nearly finished), U.S.A nearly here, festivals in the summer - C u around - Best wishes - Si Jones

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Member Since: 16/06/2007
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Influences: Parliament/Funkadelic, Can, The J.B's, The Meters, Sly and the Family Stone, Bootsy, Billy'Bass'Nelson, Larry Graham, Eddie Hazel, Carol Kaye, Lots of Hip Hop - Ultramagnetic M.C's, Grandmaster, De La Soul, Pharcyde, all things Wu-Tang, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, OutKast, Goodie Mob, Young M.C, Gang Starr and loads more too many to mention. Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, John Mclaughlin, Loadsa Soul - Staple Singers, Barry White, Love Unlimited, Chic, Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, all things Stax and Northern Soul - o.d'd on this shit over the years, so too much to mention! What more can I say, missed out so many lost greats (Kaptain Kopter or Aphrodites Child - anybody?). Oh, can't forget the Wailers, Lee'Scratch'Perry, Toots and the Maytals. Sh*t lets just say all the greats known and unknown soulful and groove heavy! I am a bass player after all! Other stuff I missed out - Joanna Newsom, E.S.G, Kool Keith, Chromeo, Dr.John, Led Zep, Marvin Gaye, Acetone, Al Green, Herbie Flowers, 13th Floor Elevators, Danny Thompson, Aretha, The Band, Serge Gainsbourg, Big Star, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Donny Hathaway, War, Fred Neil, Tim Buckley, Mazzy Star, The Stooges, John Barry, Morricone, Lalo Schifrin, Johnny Cash, The Velvets, Lou Reed, N.W.A, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, The Roots, Roots Manuva, Talking Heads, The Temptations, Mancini, Kings of Leon, Sigur ros, Television, Devendra Banhart, Arcade Fire, Bonnie' Prince' Billy, Duke Garwood, Elvis!
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Original Blog

Verve Bassman - and all that... and numerous collaborations.... Wanna set dis ting up to kinda give exposure to the 'numerous collaborations' I done since da Verve split. I seem to have ended up with ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:46:00 GMT

Guinness on the rider!

Forgot to mention, spoke to new tour manager on the phone and made sure there was plenty of guinness,draft that is(albeit in a can) on the rider-how good is that!-me and kb(Cabey) will be happy! Hoora...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:35:00 GMT

HELLO!!!!!!

Yo! Been pretty effin busy over last couple of months - September was spent in Terry Britten's amazing studio in Richmond. It's brimming with vintage gear, an old E.M.I desk(Pink Floyd-Dark side of mo...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:53:00 GMT

New Verve and post Verve tracks...

NEW TRACKS: About freakin' time i made good on my word! Its hard keeping on top of this my space ting - but i planted the seed so I guess i need to nurture. Am gonna mix it up a bit. Firstly, after a ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:16:00 GMT

Black Affair!

Greetings...... Shit at doin dis ting - can only contemplate doin such a bizzare ting after a few guineness(best things come to all that waits!) hence the time! Anyway, blah,blah..Off to Scot Land tom...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:51:00 GMT

The Tracks Do Work!

Re uploaded this morning, everything fine! Off to Oxygen festival in Ireland, better pack me wellies! Adios!
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:38:00 GMT

The Tracks Dont Work!

Just to say, i tried to upload live tracks late in the evening(bout 2am, still not working) and after a few deletions and re uploads and cans of guinness i had to admit failure! The tracks work as mp3...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:10:00 GMT