Stephen McGrath's Basscraft

Andrew is a Salt Lake City-based musician, bass player, and YouTuber. . Currently the bass player for local pop/funk band Jake and the Heist as well as the theater production Deep Love: A Ghostly Rock Opera. We're here today to chat about AMPs youtube page and our favorite multi-FX unit, the Zoom b3.

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This week im chatting I'm chatting to Tod Bowers. In 1998 he helped form The Steepwater Band along with Jeff Massey& Joseph Winters, and over 20 years released 6 studio albums, 2 live albums, a few EPs and numerous singles. Steepwater notoriously known as road-dogs, performed well over 2,500 gigs worldwide, including supporting amazing artists like ZZTop, Gov’t Mule, Wilco, Buddy Guy, Drive-By Truckers, T-Model Ford, Bad Company, Leon Russell, Blackberry Smoke and Taj Mahal. In 2019 he parted ways from Steepwater, and quickly was recruited by Manx-born musician Davy Knowles for his band. Shortly after Tod joining the group, Davy was signed by Mascot Label Group/Provogue Records. In the summer of 2020 Tod joined Davy and the band in the studio to record what would become Davy’s 5th studio album, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

► Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/todmichaelbowers/

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This week im chatting I'm chatting to Tod Bowers. In 1998 he helped form The Steepwater Band along with Jeff Massey& Joseph Winters, and over 20 years released 6 studio albums, 2 live albums, a few EPs and numerous singles. Steepwater notoriously known as road-dogs, performed well over 2,500 gigs worldwide, including supporting amazing artists like ZZTop, Gov’t Mule, Wilco, Buddy Guy, Drive-By Truckers, T-Model Ford, Bad Company, Leon Russell, Blackberry Smoke and Taj Mahal. In 2019 he parted ways from Steepwater, and quickly was recruited by Manx-born musician Davy Knowles for his band. Shortly after Tod joining the group, Davy was signed by Mascot Label Group/Provogue Records. In the summer of 2020 Tod joined Davy and the band in the studio to record what would become Davy’s 5th studio album, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

► Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/todmichaelbowers/

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This week I'm chatting to Irish rock bassist Watchy. He is an exciting player who not only releases solo material, holds down the low end in Irish metal behemoths Strangers with Guns but also is one part of a two piece rock band Stitch Jones. Stitch Jones are a drums and bass combo that make a a brilliant racket where Watchy uses effects to create a full sound.

► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/andsoiwatchyfromafar/

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This week I'm chatting to Cormac Moore who has been holding down the low end in the house band for The Late Late show since 2009. The show is Ireland's biggest chat show and attracts world famous guests. Cormac has also managed/played in numerous tribute bands and was a founding member of the Camembert Quartet, a musical Comedy Act that started in 2000, made a couple of albums and became the House-band on the Television Show “Tubridy Tonight’ 2004-2009 and the Late Late Show Houseband 2009-2020. Cormac took up double bass in the last 5 years and it was really interesting to hear about his journey on the BIG bass as well other nuggets of information from a long career as a professional bassist.

► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/moore.cormac/

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Part 2 of my epic bass chat with Dave Swift, so much great info in this bass hang

Since joining Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra in 1991, Dave Swift has established himself as one of the UK’s finest, high-profile bass players. In his career, which expands beyond three decades, Dave boasts a musician’s portfolio that seconds no other. Dave Swift has played for an array of renowned artists, from George Benson and Chaka Khan to Eric Clapton and Paul Simon.

► Web http://daveswiftbass.com/

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This week im chatting to Dave Swift since joining Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra in 1991, Dave Swift has established himself as one of the UK’s finest, high-profile bass players. In his career, which expands beyond three decades, Dave boasts a musician’s portfolio that seconds no other. Dave Swift has played for an array of renowned artists, from George Benson and Chaka Khan to Eric Clapton and Paul Simon.

► Web http://daveswiftbass.com/

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This week I'm chatting to one of the most in-demand session bassists in Ireland. Mike O Connell is a Cork-based bassist and vocalist. Mike has played, recorded, and toured extensively with singer/songwriter Marc O’ Reilly since 2014. During this time he’s been lucky to perform in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and a tour of the Balkan countries. Mike has worked with artists of varied styles, both as a live performer and studio musician, such as Ariel Posen, Jack O’ Rourke, Niall McCabe, The Hard Ground, Tiz McNamara, and Mick Flannery

Mike's Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/mikeyoc

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This week I'm chatting to Los Angeles native, electric bass player, Nick Campbell who is reinventing the jazz genre for this generation. Flipping traditional conventions on their head, Nick’s unique penchant for superimposing triadic patterns over static harmony has brought a modern twist to “getting modal,” creating a distinctive yet eccentric sound of his own.

Mirroring the musical inclusivity of his work, Nick has taken the stage with music artists of all genres. From traditional jazz bands to pop music sensations, he can be seen performing with Pomplamoose, Scary Pockets, Charlie Puth, Vulfpeck, Meghan Trainor, Raquel Rodriguez, Nigel Hall, Josh Smith, Kirk Fletcher, Michael Mayo and Moonchild (to name a few) and composing original music with bands such as Shrek Is Love and Bear Attack.

His debut album "Art" will be out in 2022...ive heard it and its awesome so make sure to check that out

► https://nickcampbelldestroys.com/

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This week Im having a chat with Joel McIver. Since 2012, Joel has been the editor of Bass Guitar magazine, and since 2018, editor of Bass Player after the two publications merged. His best-known work is Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica, first published in 2004 and appearing in nine languages since then. As well as writing his own books, McIver also co-writes musicians' autobiographies. The first of these was the memoir of sometime Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes, published in 2011. Other memoirs co-written by McIver include those of Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, David Bowie's former drummer Woody Woodmansey and blues veteran John Mayall.

Joel's latest book Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax Hardcover by Frank Bello and Joel McIver is out Oct 12th.

► https://twitter.com/JoelMcIver

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