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Victor Bailey

VICTOR BAILEY

About Me

Since the late seventies,as a teenager,Victor Bailey has been hailed as one of the worlds greatest bass guitarists.He gained international recogniton in the early nineteen eighties when he joined the innovative jazz fusion supergroup Weather Report.He has made three of the most highly acclaimed solo records ever by any bassist.As a studio musician he has played on over one thousand records.He has toured and recorded with artists as diverse as Joe Zawinul,Mary J. Blige AND Madonna.He is also a prolific composer,producer and bandleader.He is currently working as a solo artist and with CBW with Larry Coryell and Lenny White.

My Interests

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Member Since: 5/18/2006
Band Website: victorbailey.com
Band Members: Victor Bailey-bass,vocals/Lenny White-drums/Peter Horvath-keyboards/Casey Benjamin-sax & keyboards
Influences: Stanley Clarke,Alphonso Johnson,Jaco Pasturius,Larry Graham,Joe Zawinul,Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis,Charlie Parker,John Coltrane,Stevie Wonder.
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My Blog

Do You Know Who He Was/Continuum

Here's another funny one.There's a short clip of me doing my lyrics to Jaco's Continuum.The comments are a lot of guys criticizing my singing.Now this had me on the floor cracking up.It NEVER occured ...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:13:00 PST

Victor B on comments

Regarding the Fender Victor Bailey Signature Bass video comments here's the most unusual one.The same guy who thinks "those are not the basses I play" also says he "thinks 70 percent of everything I s...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:04:00 PST

From Victor Bailey in June

Here's my new blog entry.This time I'm going to address some interesting comments made about my Fender Victor Bailey Signature Bass promotional video,which you'll find on You Tube.You can read the qu...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:16:00 PST

All new www.victorbailey.com

Hey everybody.I've been away from the blog for a long time.I get so caught up in work I forget about.Well right now I'm having the very talented Jack Frisch redo my website so very shortly I'll have t...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:03:00 PST

My illness

Thanks for the kind commments about my neurological problem.However words like "sad" and "worried" were used a lot .You don't have to be sad or worry about me.I just have to move around slower,and I c...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:13:00 PST

Victor B speaks again

The most important thing I need to put out there right now is my health issue.As everyone who's seen me in the last few years knows,I now walk with a cane.I have a neurological disorder called Charcot...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:06:00 PST

From Victor B

Thanks to all the new friends and cats who've sent comments.It's amazing how many people can be reached through a simple myspace page.All of your comments have been great,but there's only one I must a...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:04:00 PST

From Victor B

I'm sitting here in Athens Greece,looking out my hotel balconey at an amazing view of the Acropolis.How much world history was made here?It's an amazing site.Funny but I'm in a rut that seems to be my...
Posted by Victor Bailey on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:09:00 PST