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Archive for March, 2010

The grayest of all hounds – gig story from Kells Nollenberger

Yazan: Jason | 11 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories

Here’s the next “worst gig ever” submission in our series, this time from double bassist Kells Nollenberger. Currently based out of Boulder, Colorado, Kells and I know each other from DePaul University when he was living in Chicago a few years back. He’s a great guy and is filled with great stories (as you can [...]

Here comes the rain – gig story from Eric Hochberg

Yazan: Jason | 10 March 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories

Here’s the next “worst gig ever” submission in our series, this time from double bassist Eric Hochberg. Eric is located here in metro Chicago and has contributed several times to doublebassblog.org in the past (as well as being a part of the quite successful 2010 Chicago Bass Festival). This story is the latest submission for [...]

Crazy Nights – Guy Tuneh

Yazan: Jason | 09 March 2010 | 26 Comments
Categories: bass

Here are some new lyrics to “Crazy Nights” by Kiss written by a reader (“Jacko”) about double bassist Guy Tuneh. I thought that those who tune into the blog to check out posts about Guy would enjoy this: Ciao – I took a “Kiss” song (Crazy Nights) and made my own version: “(Whoow! Here’s a [...]

Snap! – gig story from Brayden Wise

Yazan: Jason | 08 March 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories

Here’s a painfully great gig story from Brayden Wise, the bassist for the Central Band of the Canadian Forces. It’s the first submission I’m putting out in conjunction with the raffle for a free Upton bass pickup. If you’d like to be a contestant in the raffle, just email me your worst gig story (personal [...]

Snow-klahoma

Yazan: Jason | 05 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: humor

Madeleine Crouch from the International Society of Bassists sent out this fun song written by fellow board member John Schimek about all the snow that has been bizarrely pummeling Oklahoma. As a Chicago resident, I can’t help but feel a sense of smug satisfaction at seeing states like Texas and Oklahoma get all the weather [...]