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Allman Betts Band
The proud inheritors of the Allman Brothers’ Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley prove to be more than chips off the old block
THREE'S A CHARM
Sir Paul McCartney returns with his third self-titled album
SCHOOL'S IN...
...says bassist extraordinaire Damian Erskine as he launches his new bass education portal
WILL POWER
Austin-based Bonnie Whitmore returns with a bass-packed new album—and some serious food for thought...
RAW POWER
There is no band like AC/DC. There is also no bassist like Cliff Williams. “Jazz makes me feel kinda twitchy,” he confesses to Joel McIver
JACKSON Minion JS1X and SQUIER Mini Precision
Small but perfectly formed, these affordable bass guitars bring a touch of fun-sized charm to the table—but can they compete with their full-grown siblings, asks Joel McIver
GOING SUPERNOVA
Nova Twins bassist Georgia South brings a huge tone—and attitude—to modern rock music. We find out (partly) how it’s done
AMPLIFIERS EXPLAINED
Dan signs off this issue with a dig inside your amp
YAMAHA SLB300 Silent Bass
An electric upright that assembles in 30 seconds? Jon Thorne sets his stopwatch...
Nashville Bound
Producer, author, and bassist Norbert Putnam looks back half a century at a session with a difference—the near‑mythical Nashville Cats recordings with Elvis Presley
FENDER – 60th Anniversary Jazz
Now a sexagenarian, is the Jazz Bass still sexy? Chris Gill takes this Sixties-inspired model for a swing
COLLECTING CHRISTMAS!
GOLDMINE WRITER TIM NEELY TAKES YOU THROUGH THE STEPS OF BUILDING A CHRISTMAS ALBUM COLLECTION IN A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY.
ELTON'S COLLECTION OF JEWELS
AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH ELTON JOHN ABOUT HIS RECENTLY RELEASED ELTON: JEWEL BOX — AMONG OTHER THINGS.
WILCO's TEETH
THE MAKING OF WILCO’S SUMMERTEETH: LOOKING TO THE PAST POINTED THE WAY TO THE FUTURE.
XMAS ROUNDUP
2020 CHRISTMAS RELEASES REVIEWED
HENDRIX'S Hawaii
OVER THE RAINBOW: JIMI HENDRIX TAKES A HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY.
Talking Winos: A Chat with Keith Richards
ICONIC ROLLING STONES GUITARIST KEITH RICHARDS TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO CHAT WITH GOLDMINE ABOUT THE LATEST RELEASE OF X-PENSIVE WINOS MATERIAL, LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM, IN VARIOUS FORMATS.
STILL AS FEISTY AS EVER!
DIONNE WARWICK STILL FEISTY WHILE APPROACHING 80TH BIRTHDAY
All The Pretty Things
DICK TAYLOR, GUITARIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PRETTY THINGS, DEPARTED THE BAND AFTER THEIR CONCEPT ALBUM S.F. SORROW, BUT RETURNED IN 1979 FOR THE LONG HAUL, UNTIL THE RECENTLY RELEASED (AND LAST) ALBUM, BARE AS BONE, BRIGHT AS BLOOD.
THIS MONTH - BASS ELECTRONICS EXPLAINED
Dan Veall closes this issue with a guide to on-board electronics
TAKING FLIGHT
Bassist Timothy B Schmit looks back on being asked to join the Eagles in 1977, just as they hit the big time.
STILL LIVES
In times of darkness we all need light, and that’s just what Camel bassist Colin Bass is hoping to bring with his meditative new album, Still...
Q THE MUSIC
Kicking down boundaries like there was no tomorrow, Suzi Quatro owned the Seventies, with 50 million album sales, a primetime TV slot, and bass mastery that put most of her contemporaries to shame. But the decade wasn’t all about ‘Can The Can’, she warns: there was a whole lot of ‘Can’t’, too...
Introducing
New, cool, and otherwise attention-grabbing bassists whose playing you need to hear, in their own words.
FRANCIS ‘ROCCO' PRESTIA
The great Tower Of Power bassist, whose muted playing style made him one of the funkiest musicians of all time, leaves us.
The 70's In Bass
“The Seventies were all about lead bass!” says the mighty Suzi Q. Let’s take a 148-bassist look back and figure out what really went on back then...
All That Jazz
Fender’s beloved Jazz Bass hits 60 years old this year. We meet Allen Abbassi, Senior Product Development Manager, for a look back—and forward—on the subject of the mighty J...
New Jimi Hendrix film and album feature bassist Billy Cox
I was there! A historic moment in bass world—recalled by those who were there to see it
Tony Visconti
This month’s forward-thinking bass player: David Bowie’s longtime collaborator Tony Visconti.
ROLL THEM BONES
ON SKELETONS, BROTHERS OSBORNE’S BIGGEST AND LOUDEST ALBUM, AMPS RAGE AND SEETHE, HELL IS RAISED — AND THERE’S DAMN NEAR TOO MANY WALLOPING GUITAR SOLOS TO KEEP TRACK OF. BELOW, JOHN AND TJ OSBORNE LET THE SKELETONS OUT OF THE CLOSET