Although they played together for less than a year, James Brown became somewhat of a father figure to bassist Bootsy Collins, ...

Johnny Colt from the Black Crowes gave me a bass guitar, a ‘70s Fender Jazz Bass, so I used it on Scott’s stuff. “I started ...

Ever wondered what kind of car a rock legend like Nikki Sixx drives? Click to discover how the Mötley Crüe bassist’s Stutz Blackhawk matches his larger-than-life persona. Check out the pictures of the ...

Blu DeTiger is inspiring a new generation of fans to pick up the bass guitar. “When I was young, I didn’t have any archetypes to follow,” Blu explains in a press statement. “Then once I ...

Something not looking for applause, yet more essential than any show-stopping riff. It’s the bass guitar of our lives: purpose. The bass guitar is a curious beast, isn’t it? It doesn’t clamor.

“Played bass guitar… was big pals with Lars Ulrich and he asked me if I wanted to play bass with Metallica in their early days but it didn’t work out.” James Hetfield, the lead singer of ...

Upon meeting Lesh again after a 1964 Warlocks gig, Garcia invited him to join the band on bass guitar, an instrument Lesh had never played. Lesh played his first show with the Warlocks at the ...

As a young boy, he met bluegrass icon Bill Monroe ... and – since 2015 – Chris Scruggs on steel guitar and bass. His television variety program The Marty Stuart Show features classic country ...

A wide mix of musical icons paid tribute to Lesh on social media ... Lesh agreed, even though he had never played bass guitar ...

I have an array of guitars that I use to color each particular song. I look at all of these tools as using the whole crayon ...

As part of the Grammy-winning band Duran Duran, “Bass God” John Taylor has toured ... also happens to be married to another style icon: Juicy Couture co-founder Gela Nash-Taylor.

"À Procura" ("in search of" or simply "searching") marks his debut as a bandleader. This quartet project (guitar, piano, double bass, and drums) features Portuguese musicians and explores an original ...