In their rumbas Congolese musicians slowed the Cuban tempo and added African instruments, drums and the thumb-piano, to the guitar and double-bass.
For the record, this guitar and bass-playing editor was excited about the prospects of the Amphone.
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As pop songs go, "Drink to Moving On" is practically perfect, with a catchy little call throughout: It's an emotional yelp that falls somewhere between a scream and a plaintive cry for help, as a sweet-sounding bass bubbles behind repetitive guitar strumming.
Marble Fairy is Jimmy - lead guitar, Molly - lead vocals, Jake - bass, Charlie - drums and Wheeze on keyboards and synth.
Mikey Digital includes a guitar adapter for connecting instruments such as guitar and bass to the multi-source 3.5mm input jack, which also accepts stereo line-in and mic-in.
His band's gear including a drum set, keyboards, an upright bass, a vintage electric bass and Mr. Isbell's custom-built guitar were gone.
He even extends a wide stride over America's cultural divide, as a Baptist minister (and Darwin-basher) who also plays a mean bass guitar.
It currently consists of three original members, Steve Kilbey (bass and lead vocals), Marty Willson-Piper (guitar) and Petter Koppes (guitar), joined by Tim Powles on drums.
The father-son team reimagined the Beatles, merging bass lines and guitar riffs and choruses from old favorites.
Both Chang and Mayfield VC Raj Kapoor play in Bay Area tech-exec cover band CoverFlow (Kapoor does vocals while Chang plays bass guitar).
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The John Jorgenson Quintet features Stephan Dudash on five-string viola, Gonzalo Bergara on rhythm guitar, Charlie Chadwick on bass and percussionist Rick Reed.
The first thing one notices on the majority of the 171 tracks here is the way the band swings as a whole, whether in the syncopated two-beat of the 1929-30 sessions, which employ a banjo and tuba in the rhythm section, or in the more smoothed-out solid-four grooves of the band in the war years, propelled by guitar and bass in addition to Hines himself.
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Sir Paul will be seen grimacing as Desperate Dan, unaware of the strength of his formidable handshake, crushes the bass player's fingers (thankfully the ones on his right hand - Sir Paul plays a left-handed guitar).
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